Reservation Deadlines
The deadline for hotel and meet reservations is 02/18/2000 . After this date we can make no refunds unless your space is taken by a standby reservation.

Limited Tour Bus Capacity
Since we plan to use one 47-passenger tour bus, 47 is the maximum number of attendees we can enroll . We have never reached this figure in the past so we don't anticipate a problem, but in the unlikely event the meet is oversubscribed, you will be notified and placed on a waiting list. Currently we are not in a position to accommodate "followers" in private vehicles for the Thursday and Friday tours.

Registration Form

Hotel
Hotel and conference accommodations will be provided by the Quality Inn and Suites - Laurel, Maryland . The room rate is $72/night plus tax, single or double. Make your own reservations by calling (301) 725-8800. Specify the Railroad Industries Special Interest Group. If you encounter any problems, ask for Sheila Walker . (Do not call any 800 reservation number from the Internet or elsewhere.)

The hotel has plenty of free parking if you are driving. It provides a nice continental breakfast; there is a Denny's within a block, and several coffee shops nearby. We will have eclusive use of a very nice meeting and display room for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, so it is important that as many attendees as possible stay at the hotel since rooms are paying for our meeting space.

The Quality Inn is very convenient to I-95. There is a MA ryland R ail C ommuter (MARC) station around the corner with regular access to Baltimore and Washington. The hotel doesn't provide shuttle service to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, and the rail line served by the MARC station at BWI is not the one that runs through downtown Laurel, so if you plan to fly in, check with the ground transportation desk at the airport for options. The Quality Inn is actually located between the northbound and southbound lanes of US-1. Main Street Laurel, located just to the west of the hotel, has numerous shops and restaurants.

A major model-railroad-only hobby shop, Peach Creek Shops , is located right next to the hotel. They stock a full line of craftsman supplies and have a large display of contemporary and vintage brass; the Cornerstone room contains all the Walthers kits and the Walthers steel mill tableau. Peach Creek will be arranging convenient hours for meet attendees and may even come up with a surprise.