ProRail 2012, April 26-28

Mark your calendars for ProRail 2012 April 26th through 28th, in the San Francisco Bay Area. We look forward to having those invited join us for some exciting operating sessions, great camaraderie, interesting clinics, and a fun time visiting sites in here in the Bay Area. Operating sessions will be held on Thursday April 26th, Friday, April 27th, and Saturday April 28th. Eighteen Bay Area railroads will be available for your selection as well as five bonus layouts on Wednesday before and Sunday after the main events located a little further afield. The sessions will be daytime operating sessions and will generally run 4-6 hours with a break for lunch. We will have a clinic program Thursday evening and layout open houses Friday evening. On Saturday evening we'll be having a dinner at a restaurant close to the event hotel.

We suggest you plan to arrive not later than Wednesday and to depart not earlier than Saturday evening, or better still, Sunday so as to be able to join us for the Saturday evening dinner. For those of you flying in, the closest airports to the hotel are San Jose (SJC), Oakland (OAK) and San Francisco (SFO). Amtrak serves Oakland (Emeryville) with the daily California Zephyr between Chicago, IL and Emeryville, CA and the Coast Starlight from Los Angeles or Seattle.

Hotel accommodations have been arranged at $93 per night for a standard (two-person) room, including a continental breakfast. These hotel room rates will also be honored for the days preceding and following ProRail for those who wish to extend their stay. Go to the Hotel Page for additional hotel information.

Invited attendees should go to the "Accept Invitation" page to confirm their attendance and make layout selections. Layout selections must be completed by March 15, you can change your selections by going to the "Accept Invitation" page any time before then.