[Grad-postdoc-assn] Fwd: Model Railroad open house invitation for Sat-Sun
Maura Hagan
hagan at ucar.edu
Mon Sep 17 11:38:23 MDT 2007
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
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