I will be participating in the NMRA Mid Eastern Region convention this fall, having my layout open for visitation and for operating sessions.
The Philly Express is October 16-19, 2025 and will be held in King of Prussia, a little northwest of Philadelphia. The convention hotel is the Crowne Plaza, and it is just under 1 hour from my home. I'll have the layout open to visitors traveling in on Thursday 12-4 and traveling home on Sunday 12-4.
I will also host 2 operating sessions, Thursday evening 6-10, and Saturday morning 9-12:30. This is a chance to run trains on the layout, with up to 6 operatoring positions available for each session.
The convention also has other open layouts, op sessions, clinics and excursions, It looks to be a good time! Here is a link to the convention web site to get all the details: https://phillyexpress.org/
Registration is open now at an early bird price, and there is an easy to use online registration process.
Op session information is at https://phillyexpress.org/ops/
If you are interested in joining in on one of the op sessions on my layout (or any of the other layouts), that is part of the registration process. I am activity 805 (Thursday) and 806 (Sat).
Hope to see you at the convention!
