| 2024 Surrey Excursion Schedule | V.8 | |||||||||||
| Wednesday, May 22 | 8:00AM-9:00AM | 9:00AM-10:00AM | 10:00AM-11:00AM | 11:00AM-Noon | Noon-1:30PM | 1:30PM-2:30PM | 2:30PM-3:30PM | 3:30PM-4:30PM | 4:30PM-7:00PM | 7:00PM-8:00PM | 8:00PM-9:00PM | 9:00PM-10:00PM |
| Timber 2 | Modeling with the Masters | Break - Closed | Modeling with the Masters | Break - Closed | Closed | |||||||
| Dogwood | Closed | Break - Closed | Non-Rail | Break - Closed | Non-Rail | |||||||
| Trillium | Closed | Break - Closed | Registration | Break - Closed | Social/Registration | Registration | Closed | |||||
| Offsite | 7:00PM-10:00PM Layout Open House | |||||||||||
| Offsite | 7:00PM-10:00PM Operating Sessions | |||||||||||
| Thursday, May 23 | 8:00AM-9:00AM | 9:00AM-10:00AM | 10:00AM-11:00AM | 11:00AM-Noon | Noon-1:30PM | 1:30PM-2:30PM | 2:30PM-3:30PM | 3:30PM-4:30PM | 4:30PM-7:00PM | 7:00PM-8:00PM | 8:00PM-9:00PM | 9:00PM-10:00PM |
| Timber 4 | Closed | Tim Horton - Model RR Photography | Cal Sexsmith - Prairie Town Layout Design | Geoff Bunza - Telegraphy Prototype and Modelling | Break - Closed | Al Matchett - Building and Installing a Super Capacitor Power Pack in a Locomotive | Paul Clegg - Bridges and Trestles | Ron Hopkins - Creating an On30 Shortline in a Bedroom-Sized Space | Break - Closed | Rich Mahaney - “OMG” – Prototypical Accessories To Buildings and Communities For Model Railroads! | Victor Gilbert - A New Type of Benchwork - False Starts and Lessons Learned | Rich Mahaney - Benchwork Industries and Other Interesting Industries To Add To Your Layout |
| Timber 3 | Rich Mahaney - Interesting Flat Car Loads | Mike Chandler - A Tour of the Western Midland | Paul Hobbs - Business Cars, Private Cars | Mike Barone - CPR Snowplows | Break - Closed | Dave Marecek - Robson/West Robson 1901 Operations | Rob Badmington - A Visit to the New Westminster Southern | David Morgan - History of Abernethy and Lougheed Logging Co. | Break - Closed | Fred Headon - Grade Crossing I Have Known | Ken Robertson - Building a Brass Locomotive | Closed |
| Timber 2 | Contest/Display - Closed | Contest/Display - Receiving | Contest/Display - Receiving | Contest/Display | Break - Closed | Contest/Display | Break - Closed | Contest/Display | ||||
| Dogwood | Non-Rail | Break - Closed | Non-Rail | Break - Closed | Non-Rail | |||||||
| Trillium | Registration/Office/Raffle | Break - Closed | Registration/Office/Raffle | Break - Closed | Registration/Office/Raffle | |||||||
| Bus Tour - Offsite | 8:00AM-Noon G3 Tour 1 | Noon-4:00PM G3 Tour 2 | ||||||||||
| Friday, May 24 | 8:00AM-9:00AM | 9:00AM-10:00AM | 10:00AM-11:00AM | 11:00AM-Noon | Noon-1:30PM | 1:30PM-2:30PM | 2:30PM-3:30PM | 3:30PM-4:30PM | 4:30PM-7:00PM | 7:00PM-8:00PM | 8:00PM-9:00PM | 9:00PM-10:00PM |
| Timber 4 | Marc Simpson - Covered Wagons Slideshow | John Geddes - Diesel Locomotive Sound and Operations | Tim Horton - Freight Car Anatomy 101 | Break - Closed | Al Lill - Boston Bar - Modelling a Compact CNR Division Point in the Fraser Canyon | Cal Sexsmith - Layout Design Only Make New Mistakes | Break - Closed | Al Turnbull - Basic Scenery Part 1 | Al Turnbull - Basic Scenery Part 2 | Closed | ||
| Timber 3 | Closed | Steve Stark - Backdrop Painting | Roger Walker - Making Stripwood and Styrene Look Like Real Wood | Geoff Bunza - Modelling Working Cranes | Break - Closed | Paul Hobbs - Belt Lines and Terminal Railroads | Robert Turner - Around the World on the working Steam Railways | Ron Hopkins - Methods for Building Structures | Break - Closed | Rhod Hubbard - Yard/Staging Alternatives - Make it move | Hoghead Media - Movie The Last Stop | |
| Timber 2 | Contest/Display | Break - Closed | Contest/Display Judging - Closed | Break - Closed | Contest/Display | |||||||
| Dogwood | Non-Rail | Break - Closed | Non-Rail | Break - Closed | Non-Rail | |||||||
| Trillium | Registration/Office/Raffle | Break - Closed | Registration/Office/Raffle | Break - Closed | Registration/Office/Raffle | |||||||
| Offsite | 7:00PM-10:00PM Operating Sessions | |||||||||||
| Saturday, May 25 | 8:00AM-9:00AM | 9:00AM-10:00AM | 10:00AM-11:00AM | 11:00AM-Noon | Noon-1:30PM | 1:30PM-2:30PM | 2:30PM-3:30PM | 3:30PM-4:30PM | 4:30PM-7:00PM | 7:00PM-8:00PM | 8:00PM-9:00PM | 9:00PM-10:00PM |
| Timber 4 | Closed | Aidan Botting - Reflective Road Signs | Al Turnbull - Basic DC/DCC Wiring | Break - Closed | Rob Kirkham - Vancouver Harbour Commissioners Terminal Railway | Table Top Clinics | Closed | |||||
| Timber 3 | Pacific Northwest Region Annual General Meeting | Rich Mahaney - Five Busy Railroad Traffic Locations For Your Layout (Interchanges, Freight Houses, Team Tracks, Bulk Transfer Facilities and Rail Car Repair Facilities | Burr Stewart - Using triage to stay focused on the model railroad's purpose of fun | Break - Closed | Russ Segner - Modelling a Dynamite Manufacturing Facility | Brian Ferris -Model Railroad Operations – Things to consider for Hosts and Guests | Brian Stokes - A Design for the C&W 2.0 | Closed | ||||
| Timber 2 | Closed | Contest/Display | Break - Closed | Contest/Display | Contest/Display - Pick-up | Closed | ||||||
| Dogwood | Non-Rail | Break - Closed | Non-Rail | Closed | ||||||||
| Trillium | Closed | Registration/Office/Raffle | Break - Closed | Office/Raffle Draw | Office - Raffle Pick-up | Closed | ||||||
| Offsite | 10:00AM-1:00PM Layout Open House | 1:00PM-4:00PM Layout Open House | ||||||||||
| Tynehead Ballroom | 6:00PM-7:00PM Happy Hour | 7:00PM-10:00PM Banquet | ||||||||||
| Sunday, May 26 | Good day to visit Burnaby Central Railway - open 11:30 - 4:30. | |||||||||||
| Offsite | 10:00AM-2:00PM Operating Sessions | |||||||||||