Welcome to the Daylight Division!

We are one of five divisions in the Pacific Coast Region of NMRA, with Coast, Redwood Empire, Sierra and Hawaiian Divisions being the other four.

The Daylight Division of the Pacific Coast Region serves NMRA members residing in the California counties of Merced, Mariposa, Madera, Fresno, Tulare, Kings, Kern, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara.

Division meets are held quarterly in February, May, August, and November, rotating to different locations throughout the Division to give everyone an opportunity to attend meetings nearby and share the long-distance drives. Carpooling is encouraged! The Daylight Division is a BIG division.

CALLING ALL N SCALERS IN BAKERSFIELD, KERN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES

The local model railroad club in Bakersfield, the Golden Empire Historical & Modeling Society, N Scale Division, is currently looking for any N scalers in Kern County who would like to join in on constructing an 18' x 80' N scale club layout, loosely based on the Bakersfield to Mojave line. We have been working on this layout since around 1996, but the more modelers, the merrier! If you have any questions, please contact Doug Wagner at (661) 589-0391 or via email at carldw@aol.com. Visit our website at www.GEHAMS.net. Thank you!

NEW "OBSERVATION" AVAILABLE!

Click here for the current issue of The Daylight Observation! (186 kb)

MODEL & PHOTO CONTEST CATEGORIES

To encourage greater participation in "Show-n-Tell" and Contests at our meets, the Daylight Division Operations Committee (DOC) has revived the practice of having different Contests themes, according to the following schedule (revised 11/03/11):

February 2012 - Visalia
Models: Caboose
Photos: Railroad Structures

May 2012 - Merced / Mariposa area
Models: Passenger Car
Photos: Trains in the Seasons

August 2012 - Bakersfield / Tehachapi area
Models: Steam Locomotive
Photos: Steam Locomotives

Future Meets
November 2012 - Freight Car
February 2013 - Maintenance of Way
May 2013 - Diesel Locomotive
August 2013 - Structures
November 2013 - Traction and Self-Propelled

NEXT MEET - 9:30 AM, Saturday, February 25, 2012, in Visalia

The Daylight Division Winter Meet is Saturday, February 25^th in the Sequoia Council BSA Office, 230 NW 3rd Ave, Visalia, CA. MAP

Clinics, model and photo contests, business meeting, White Elephant Auction, door prizes, layout tours.. The meet starts at 9:30 AM with registration, refreshments, contest entries, socializing and more.

Join us for a fun-filled day of activities, including contests, clinics, layout tours, raffle, door prizes, food, the "World Famous" Daylight White Elephant Auction (well, WE know about it!), and, of course, the obligatory quarterly Daylight Division business meeting.

Remember to bring plain-wrapped railroad-related items for the White Elephant Auction and models or photos for the contests. Display-only models are welcome, too. Awards will be presented to contest winners!

There will be tables set out for both railroad-related display items and contest entries. Please bring whatever items (prototype, model or photograph) that you are especially proud of, expecially contest entries (model and photographs), as well as items brought for the auction. Registration will start at 9:30 am.

Contest categories for the February 25^th meet:

Models: Cabooses
Photos: Railroad Structures

Donations for door prizes would be especially welcome. Bring plain-wrapped RR goodies for White Elephant Auction!

Registration is $4.00 for NMRA members, $5.00 for non-members. Lunch details are still being planned at this time.

Addresses and driving directions for the layouts will be distributed after the Division Business Meeting.

FUTURE MEETS

February 2012 - Visalia
May 2012 - Merced / Mariposa area
August 2012 - Santa Barbara (New)
November 2012 - Bakersfield (New)

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