{"id":100,"date":"2020-06-17T19:09:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T19:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marchmeet.net\/WP\/?page_id=100"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:50:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:50:54","slug":"schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marchmeet.net\/WP\/index.php\/schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"2027 Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"hestia-title \" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #0000ff;\">Please check back closer to the show dates.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">2026 March \u201cO\u201d Scale Meet - General Schedule<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Thursday, March 19 - Sunday, March 22, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Updated February 04, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">See Separate Schedules for MEETINGS AND CLINICS as well as LAYOUT TOURS<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>Thursday March 19, 2026<\/u><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">1:00 pm- 5:00 pm Ted Schnepf FULL LENGTH Operation Session.<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Reservations Required: <\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> EMAIL: <\/span><\/span><a href=\"mailto:railsunlimited2@gmail.com\"><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>railsunlimited2@gmail.com<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Day and Evening Layout Tours (See Layout Tour Schedule)<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>Friday March 20, 2026<\/u><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">1:00 pm - 9:00 pm Dealer Setup: No Trading Allowed<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">10:00 am -3:00 pm Illinois Railway Museum SELF Guided Tour<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">1:00 pm sharp! Illinois Railway Museum GUIDED Tour<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Day and Evening Layout Tours (See Layout Tour Schedule)<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">6:30 pm -8:00 pm <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">General O Scale Discussion Meeting <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">(Jay Escamilla - Sunset 3rd Rail Moderator)<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">8:00 pm -9:30 pm Proto:48 Discussion Meeting (Dave Schultz and James Schultz <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">(Moderators)<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>Saturday March 21, 2026<\/u><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">8:00 am - 9:00 am Dealer Setup. No Trading Allowed<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">9:00 am - 5:00 pm Show<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">9:00 am - 11:00 am Model Contest Entries Accepted<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">10:00 am Clinic: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>Santiago Pineda<\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> - Scratch-building a D&amp;RGW 1000 series<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">heavyweight coach.<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">11:00 am- 1:00 pm Model Contest Open for Viewing<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">11:00 am Clinic: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>Daniel Raible<\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> - Printing the Future in 3D<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Model Contest Closed for Judging<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">1:00 pm Clinic: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>Nick Bulgarino<\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> - Dead Rail\/Battery Power. An Introduction.<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">2:00 pm Clinic: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>Marty Megregian<\/u><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> - Building the Southern Railway <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Duplex\/Tractor 2-10-2+2-6-2 in brass.<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">2:00 pm Meeting: David Vaughn - Nickel Plate Modelers\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Meeting Room number available at Registration.<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">3:00 pm Clinic: Glenn Guerra - William E. Fowler and his Box Cars<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Contest awards ann<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">ounced and Models available for pickup<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">4:15 pm Meeting: O Scale Central Membership Meeting and Orientation.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">7:00 pm - 12 Midnight Social with a cash bar in foyer sponsored by O Scale Central<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Evening Layout Tours (See Layout Tour Schedule)<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #1d2228;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u>Sunday March 22, 2026<\/u><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">8:30 am - 2:00 pm Show<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">10:00 am Meeting: Ken Burney - Facebook Group Meet and Greet<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> O Scale Two Rail and P48 Railroading<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Afternoon Layout Tours (See Layout Tour Schedule)<\/span> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please check back closer to the show dates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":417,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-100","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marchmeet.net\/WP\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marchmeet.net\/WP\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marchmeet.net\/WP\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marchmeet.net\/WP\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marchmeet.net\/WP\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/marchmeet.net\/WP\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1878,"href":"https:\/\/marchmeet.net\/WP\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100\/revisions\/1878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marchmeet.net\/WP\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marchmeet.net\/WP\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}