The Chesapeake Division has invited Paul Weiss, VP for the Operations Special Interest Group, to discuss the OpSIG’s Achievement Program, aimed at recognizing facets of operations important to layouts and operators looking to improve and develop their skills in the area of operations.

We hope to cover the subject of just what is ‘operations,’ as well as what does it take to model them. Areas to cover include volunteering, Yardmaster, hosting, helper, boomer, clinician, dispatcher, and more. A topic under development with the Layout Design Special Interest Group is that of Layout Design for Operation.

Paul’s railroad modeling background includes organizing the building of the Central Vermont layout, in Northern California. An article about the layout was published in the January 2021 issue of the NMRA Magazine. You can download it here: https://tinyurl.com/Central-Vermont-RR-Weiss

Paul’s presentation will be held Friday, February 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM EST via Zoom (link below). Please tune in with us as we welcome Paul to the Mid-Atlantic and learn about the OpSIG operations achievement program.

https://jhuapl.zoomgov.com/j/1612841850?pwd=0fMTAkmrpFg59BM9fFsg3LMN6ZTY2P.1

Meeting ID: 161 284 1850
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