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Welcome To The PLD

Spring Meet 2012


Join the Prairie Lakes Division in Mason City, Iowa on April 28th and 29th, 2012

The PLD Spring Meet will be held in Mason City, Iowa at the Southbridge Mall located in the Old downtown area. The meet will begin at 8:30am with various clinics, swap and dealer tables, and contests. There will be modular layouts running all day and the business meeting will be held at 3pm. Following the business meeting on Saturday will be tours.

The Mall is home to the Northern Iowa Modular Group which is helping to coordinate this meet. One of the clinics will be given by Stanley Gentry. He will present a powerpoint on the construction of a working steam locomotive V & T “Lyon”. The engine is a 2-6-0 being put together at the Iowa Trolley Park which we will be visiting after the business meeting. There will also be several great layout tours.

The dealers and modules will remain up for the day on Sunday from 10am-4pm.

Bring the whole family to Mason City! There are excellent shopping and sightseeing opportunities for everyone. The Southbridge Mall features many shops and stores. Across the street from the mall is Music Man Square, commemorating Meredith Wilson and his musical The music Man. Mason City also features several Frank Lloyd Wright works which are a short distance from the mall.

For the Railfan, Mason City contains Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific, and Iowa Traction action. The steam lover can find a restored M & St. L 2-8-0 residing at East Park. For more information check out Friends of 457 on the internet. 

Schedule of Events for the Spring Meet


Welcome to the 2012 PLD Spring Meet 

Mason City, Iowa 
Schedule of Events 

 8:30 Show Opens 
 9:00 Contest Registration Opens 
 10:00 Clinic: Building a Real Steam Engine The Virginia & Truckee 2-6-0 Presented by Stanley Gentry 
 11:00 Clinic: CGW Freight Cars Presented by Mike Moore 
 11:30 Contest Voting Closes 
 12:00 Lunch 
 1:30 Clinic: What is Prototype Modeling? Presented by Clark Propst 
 2:30 Business Meeting 
 3:00 Home Layout Tours 
Clark Propst 
HO scale M.&St.L RR 
533 7th Street SE 
Bob Gretillat 
HO scale Rock Island RR 
1514 8th Street SW 
 4:00 Tour of Iowa Trolley Park (Clear Lake)

Submitted by Jay Davis