[Grad-postdoc-assn] Fwd: Model Railroad open house invitation for Sat-Sun

[Maura Hagan]

Fellows-
   Appended is an extra-curricula invitation that may be of interest to you.
FYI, Barbara Emery is an HAO colleague. My family and I visited the
Granite Mountain Railway several years ago. I can assure you that you
will have an amazing experience should you choose to do so too. Best
regards.
--Maura

>
>Subject: Model Railroad open house invitation for Sat-Sun
>
>	Model Railroad Open House, Sep 22 (9AM-6PM), Sep 23 (1-5PM)
>
>The management of the Granite Mountain Railway invites you to an
>open house to be held on Saturday Sep 22 (9AM-6PM) and Sunday
>Sep 23 (1-5 PM).  The railroad is located in
>the basement of 701 S Terry St in Longmont, as shown on the map below.
>
>The GMRy is a modern-era HO/HOn3 model railroad of approximately 2000
>square feet, with multiple levels, EZ-DCC command control, 3 large
>staging yards, 4 spirals, freight and Amtrak passenger operations, and
>6 interchange railroads.  We hold monthly operating sessions of
>12-15 people, trying to run the railroad as realistically as possible.
>A real Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) machine with a dispatcher
>located in the garage together with operating signals controls the railroad.
>
>Please come visit us at our open house, and feel free to share this
>invitation with your friends.
>
>					- Barbara Emery(-Geiger)
>					- Doug Geiger
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>              Directions to the Granite Mountain Railway
>
>Home of Doug Geiger and Barbara Emery(-Geiger).
>701 S. Terry (SW corner Grand/Terry, 1 block S 119, turn on Pratt Pky 1 block
>east of 287)
>Longmont, CO  80501
>(303) 651-2225
>dgeiger at mho.com and emery at ucar.edu                   
>
>
>|                 Hover                            Pratt  Main (287)
>|                   |RG                              Pky       |
>|                   |                                 |        |
>|                   | TW    R   Ken Pratt Boulevard   | 1 block|
>|                   | 
>__________________|_____________|________|_________ to I-25
>|                   |/                  |             |7/11    | 
>exit 240
>|                   /                 RR tracks       |1 block |
>|    119 Diagonal  /|                                 |        |
>|                 / |                     Grand ______|____    |
>|                /                                    |   X|= 701 S Terry
>|               /                                     |    |   |Hampton Inn
>|              /                                      |    |   |
>|             /                                       |    |   |bus station
>|            /                                        | Terry
>|           /                                        
>|          /                                         
>|         /                                    
>|        /                                    
>|Boulder/                                    
>                                              
>                                        
>                                               
>RG=Rogers Grove
>TW=Twin Peaks Mall
>R = Raintree Hotel


-- 
Maura Hagan
Director, Advanced Study Program
Senior Scientist, High Altitude Observatory
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, Colorado
+1-303-497-1537