Our 2022 Dean of the Woods award went to Lon Wall, posthumously, for his significant contributions to the hobby and our logging interest group in general. We wish he could have been with us to accept the award but alas, that was not to be.

Pacific Model Loggers' Congress
Logging history and model railroad logging and model building
Our 2022 Dean of the Woods award went to Lon Wall, posthumously, for his significant contributions to the hobby and our logging interest group in general. We wish he could have been with us to accept the award but alas, that was not to be.
The 2022 event is not even a week old and already we’re working on some changes for 2023. We don’t have a specific range of things we need, or want, to modify but during our debrief chats we’re always looking for ways to improve. It’s always possible to tweak some of the details that go into an event, even just a one-day foofaraw, and any way we can make the event better or more appealing or fun for the attendees is a good move.
Because our model contest is so important to the event it’s naturally one activity area we’re discussing. We have several ideas we think most of our attendees will like and we’ll talk more about those later on this year.
We would be pleased if any of our participants would like to weigh in with any comments or suggestions they care to pass along. Send any thoughts to my email at splco-mwry@comcast.net, if the mood strikes.
Thank you! – Jeff Johnston
After much arduous searching and cross checking, we have a date for the 2023 event! It’s March 11, back closer to where we always were before. The date is, as far as we know, free and clear of any other local RR events, as well as being at least a week ahead of the first Oregon or Washington spring break schedules. The earlier date means we’ll need to hope for the best as far as weather is concerned, but that’s the best we can do.
The 2022 edition of the Pacific Model Loggers’ Congress is in the books. We had a small crowd, as expected during this tumultuous “re-opening the country” time of history, but our attendees seemed enthusiastic and the model contest, while small in numbers, had its usual array of terrific quality entries.
Our event heart and soul, Lon Wall, was seriously missed. RIP Lon.
We’re researching our options for the event date next year and as soon as we can nail something down, we’ll let you know. In the meantime if you have any questions or comments, drop a line at the Contact Us link at the bottom of the home page.
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One week from today we’ll be gathering at Camp 18 for the event. We’ve had excellent response from quite a few pending attendees and that’s a welcome development. Our projects are mostly finished and ready to go, we’re rounding up all of our usual hardware, and our crew is assembling well. With any luck this year’s Congress will be one to remember!
Remember, we still have a dealer table or two available, and any of our usual suspects who feel like volunteering to help should let us know at your nearest convenience.
Thank you!
With just about three weeks to go our preparations are moving forward full speed. All’s well so far, including the small details like finishing the model contest paperwork. It’s going to be fun!
We’re moving ahead with plans for the event as well as refining some Covid-related aspects our attendees may want to know about.
This is a new work in progress. Please be patient with us …
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