Sn3 Symposium

Location:

Salt Lake City, Utah

Web Site:

visit

Location:

Mesa, AZ

Location:

Virginia City, NV

Registrations:

100

Web Site:

visit

Notes:

Contest winners were Doug Jolley who took 1st place with his Lucky Joe's Bar, Ross Moody who took 2nd place with his Rico Depot, and Warren Judge who took 3rd with his sawmill. Their web site has photos in the Photo Gallery.

Location:

Denver, CO

Notes:

Colorado Model Railroad Museum Executive Director, Michelle Kempema, visited the 2022 Sn3 Symposium. She talks with Jimmy Booth of P-B-L, and records models and vendors that were there.

This forum page shows a couple of photos.

Location:

Albuquerque, NM

Registrations:

~60

Notes:

Paul Delaney and Jim Spice won Best-of-show as there was a tie. Paul for his "Water Tank" and Jim for his "Logging Train".

Location:

Albuquerque, NM

Notes:

Cancelled due to corona virus lockdown.

Location:

Bellevue, WA

Location:

Dallas, TX

Notes:

Among those layouts that were open were the following Sn3 layouts:

• Bob Lydecker's Westside like Lumber Co.
• Marc LaChey's Cripple Creek & Tincup Railroad
• Jay Miller's Freelance Layout

Location:

St. Louis, MO

Registrations:

161

Notes:

Among the layouts open were the following Sn3 layouts:

• Pete Smith's "Loon Lake & Navigation Company"
• Randy Meyer's "Canyon & Rocky Mountain Railroad"
• John Kalin's "Rio Grande Southern"
• North Texas Narrow Gauge Gang's modular "Elk Canyon & Western"

Location:

Clearwater, FL

Notes:

Due to the lack of suitable security in the hotel being remodeled, no modeling contests were held. Among the layouts open were the following Sn3 layouts:

• Jon Addison's "Silverton Central"
• Ted van Pelt's 22'x22' RGS/D&RGW Colorado layout
• Larry Cox' 10'x28' layout

An article about the event appeared in the July 2016 issue of the NASG's Dispatch magazine (includes several photos).

Location:

Bellevue, WA

Link:

Review and photos of the event

Notes:

Among the local layouts open was the last chance to view Paul Scoles' "Pelican Bay Ry & Navigation Co." layout (photos of the layout), as he had passed away just a few months before the Symposium. Other Sn3 layouts open were: Dave Woodrell, Dale Kreutzer, Steve Depolo, Bob Christopherson, Russ Segner, Bruce Hanley, Bill Bujacca, Max Maginness, and the S standard-gauge layout of Roger Nulton.

Location:

Irving, TX

Web Site:

visit

Registrations:

140

Link:

Layouts open at the event

Notes:

Among the layouts open were the following Sn3 layouts:

• Chip Romig's "Colorado & Silver River" (S/Sn3)
• Bob Lydecker's "Westside style Lumber Railroad"
• Jack Walton's "Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad"
• Marc LaChey's "Cripple Creek & Tincup Railroad"
• North Texas Narrow Gauge Group's modular "Elk Creek & Western"

Location:

Minneapolis, MN

Web Site:

visit

Registrations:

75

Location:

Albuquerque, NM

Location:

Monrovia, CA

Link:

Model Contest Photo Album

Link:

Sn3 Layout Video

Location:

Houston, TX

Registrations:

125+

Notes:

Among the layouts open were the following:

• Craig Raymond's "Rio Grande Southern" Sn3 layout
• Bob Werre's "Great Plains Northern Terminal Railroad" standard-gauge S-scale layout
• McKenzie brothers' "Red Mountain Narrow Gauge" portable layout (video not taken at the Symposium)

An article about the event appeared in the April 2010 issue of the NASG's Dispatch magazine (includes several photos).

Location:

Clearwater, FL

Registrations:

~100

Notes:

An article about the event appeared in the April 2009 issue of the NASG's Dispatch magazine (includes several photos).

Location:

St. Louis, MO

Registrations:

200+

Notes:

Among the layouts open were the following Sn3 layouts:

• Lyle Anderson's "Rio Grande Southern"
• Jeff Boock's "D&RGW"
• Roger Duffield's "Uncompagre Subdivision - D&RGW"
• John Kalin's "Rio Grande Southern"
• Randy Meyer's "Canyon & Rocky Mountain Railroad"
• Pete Smith's "Loon Lake Railway & Navigation Company"
• Tom Troughton's "Cimarron and Tall Timbers RR"
• John Waite's "East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad"

An article about the event appeared in the April 2008 issue of the NASG's Dispatch magazine (includes several photos).

Location:

Lakewood, CO

Location:

Bellevue, WA

Location:

Clearwater, FL

Web Site:

visit

Notes:

Among the layouts open were the following Sn3 layouts:

• Jon Addison's "Silverton Central"
• Joe Brook, Jr's "Denver, South Park and Southern"
• Roger Russell's 23'x32' layout
• Larry Cox' 10'x28' layout
• Ted van Pelt's 22'x22' RGS/D&RGW Colorado layout

An article about the event appeared in the April 2005 issue of the NASG's Dispatch magazine (includes several photos).

Location:

Pasadena, CA

Organized By:

Slim Gauge Guild

Location:

St. Louis, MO

Organized By:

Pete Smith

Web Site:

visit

Registrations:

158

Notes:

Among the layouts open were the following Sn3 layouts:

• Lyle Anderson's "Rio Grande Southern"
• Jeff Boock's "D&RGW"
• John Kalin's "Rio Grande Southern"
• Randy Meyer's "Canyon & Rocky Mountain Railroad"
• Rich Owings's layout
• Pete Smith's "Loon Lake Railway & Navigation Company"
• Mike Swerdeska's S/Sn3 layout
• Tom Troughton's "Cimarron and Tall Timbers RR"
• John Waite's "East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad"
• David Keith's Sn2 modular layout was set up in the vendor area

An article about the event appeared in the April 2003 issue of the NASG's Dispatch magazine (includes several photos).

Location:

Scottsdale, AZ

Organized By:

Jan Rons, Pat Turner, Dan and Billie Pyzel

Web Site:

visit

Registrations:

~150

Notes:

Among the layouts open, only Nelson Steinmetz's standard-gauge 22'x22' Santa Fe layout was in "S". An article about the event appeared in the April 2002 issue of the NASG's Dispatch magazine.

Location:

Bellevue, WA

Organized By:

Jim Noonan

Web Site:

visit

Notes:

Among the layouts open were the following Sn3 layouts:

• Jim Brown's "D&RGW" layout
• Bill Busacca's "RGS at Dolores, CO"
• Bob Christophersons' 20'x18' "Columbia Valley & Western" (standard-gauge)
• Brian Ellerby's 28'x52' "Copper River & Yukon"
• Paul Scoles' "PBR&N"
• Dave Woodrell's 18'x33' "Rio Grande Southern"

Location:

Lakewood, CO

Organized By:

Doug Junda

Location:

Pasadena, CA

Organized By:

Jeff Smith

Location:

Walnut Creek, CA

Location:

Phoenix, AZ

Organized By:

Don & Sally Stewart

Registrations:

141

Notes:

A write-up of the event appeared in the April 1997 issue of the NASG's Dispatch. Another report was included in the April 1997 issue of the S/Sn3 Modeling Guide magazine.

Location:

San Diego, CA

Organized By:

San Diego Sn3 Fellowship

Notes:

A review of this event was covered in the April 1996 issue of the S/Sn3 Modeling Guide magazine (includes several photos). Among the layouts open were the following Sn3 layouts:

• Paul Claffey
• Joel Shank
• Gabe Bradford
• Mel Medhurst

Location:

Phoenix, AZ

Organized By:

Don & Sally Stewart

Registrations:

100+

Notes:

A report can be found in the February 1995 issue of the S/Sn3 Modeling Guide magazine (includes several photos).

Location:

Costa Mesa, CA

Organized By:

Mike Blazek, Walt Stampfli

Registrations:

160

Notes:

A report can be found in the July 1994 issue of the S/Sn3 Buyers' Guide magazine (includes several photos, including one of the Best-of-show winner).

Location:

Tucson, AZ

Location:

San Diego, CA

Registrations:

165

Notes:

Dick Karnes writes about this event in the June 1992 issue of 3/16 "S"cale Railroading magazine (Jerry Martin's diorama is shown full-page on pg 61). Layouts open were Gabe Bradford's Rio Grande Southern, Paul Claffey's Western slopes of the Sierras layout, Mel Medhurst's Southwestern Division of the D&RGW, and Roger Nulton's standard-gauge Monon Railroad. P-B-L had their Chama layout operating, and the San Diego/Durango Sn3 Fellowship had a large modular layout set up.

Location:

Phoenix, AZ

Registrations:

140+

Notes:

Visits included the Lowell Jantzen's Sn3 Rio Grande Southern layout being built by him and his friends.

Location:

Costa Mesa, CA

Location:

Tucson, AZ

Registrations:

~150

Location:

San Diego, CA

Organized By:

San Diego Sn3 Fellowship

Registrations:

116

Location:

Chama, NM

Organized By:

P-B-L

Location:

Phoenix, AZ

Organized By:

Jan and Carol Rons

Registrations:

60