Welcome to the Daylight Division!
Daylight is one of four divisions in the Pacific Coast Region of NMRA, with Coast, Redwood Empire, and Sierra being the other three divisions.
The PCR Daylight Division 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. The Daylight Division is a BIG division.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PAUL DEIS NAMED NMRA MASTER MODEL RAILROADER #801!
July 4, 2025 • It was announced today that Daylight Division member Paul Deis of Paso Robles is the newest NMRA Master Model Railroader, with the award being conferred today. To qualify for this honor, Paul earned the following seven (of 11 available) Achievement Program certificates: Chief Dispatcher (2010), Association Volunteer (2021), Model Railroad Author (2021), Model Railroad Engineer Civil (2024), Model Railroad Engineer Electrical (2024), Master Builder Scenery (2024), and Master Builder Cars (2025). This is a well-deserved recognition of his efforts. Congratulations to Paul!
CURRENT NEWSLETTER: The Daylight Observation (1.4 Mb)
Published June 24, 2025
The Daylight Observation is only available online at www.pcrnmra.org/daylight/newsletters.html.
CONTRIBUTING TO THE DAYLIGHT OBSERVATION
We want contributions to the newsletter from and for the benefit of our members. Many members cannot make it to our quarterly meets and would like to know more about our comings and goings. You can get AP points for the Model Railroad Author certificate by getting items published in division and regional publications. (See the NMRA website for more information or contact the Daylight AP Chairman, Dave Grenier at grenida@pacbell.net.)
We're also looking for photographs of your layouts with captions or short stories about each. What do you say people? How about some publicity for your layouts that you work so long and hard on?
Click for a list of suggested subjects.
GROUPS.IO
Email addresses for the Daylight Division's group on Groups.io, Daylight Division - PCR:
- Post: DaylightDivisionPCR@groups.io
- Subscribe: DaylightDivisionPCR+subscribe@groups.io
- Unsubscribe: DaylightDivisionPCR+unsubscribe@groups.io
- Group Owner: DaylightDivisionPCR+owner@groups.io
- Help: DaylightDivisionPCR+help@groups.io
MODEL & PHOTO CONTEST CATEGORIES
- See the "Contests" page.
FUTURE MEETS
- See the "Next Daylight Meet" page.
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