What's New

What's New as of 1 August 2004!!!

Registration is closed!

You can still get into the Capitol Limited 2004, though - just stop by the Registration Desk in the Holiday Inn when you arrive at the convention and you can register for the convention on-site!

Module Registration, however, is utterly closed...

Final Layout Setup Instructions and Layout Operating Rules have both been posted on the Layout Page!

The Layout Diagram Page has been updated - check it out! This is as detailed a preview as yer gonna get before the show!!!

The Contest Page has been updated - check it out!

In case you didn't know, all parking in and around the convention site is FREE!

Take a look at the newly-posted Clubs Page - for a roster of those NTRAK organizations directly supporting the success of the Capitol Limited 2004!

The Convention Cars Have Arrived!!!

The Convention Pin is on-hand, Too!

Check out the new pictures in the Extra Fare section of our on-line registration page!!!

Heads-Up! The cut-off date for the special convention rate at all Capitol Limited 2004 Convention Hotels is 12 July 2004!!!

Which is to say, if you haven't made your reservations by 12 July 2004, you will pay the going rate at any of the hotels!!!

DCC Operations Page added! Check it out to learn all you need to know to operate on the DCC loops!

Woo-Hoo - more stuff's available - haberdashery, a neat pin, and the famous Fairfax Station are now purchasable from our on-line registration page or you can print a registration form* to order them!

We've just added a Sponsors Page to thank those fine businesses who have contributed materially to making this a great convention!

Mark R. Warner, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, welcomes you!

The Comfort Suites are just about full! But no worries - we are proud to announce that we have two new official Capitol Limited 2004 lodgings! Please check our Lodgings page for details!

Check out the our auction of a Capitol Limited 2004 Registration on eBay at:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5904018235&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

Don't delay! The auction ends at 9:30pm EST on 23 June 2004!

Another on-site map added to the on-site page! (14 June 2004)

NEWS FLASH 5/18/04!

All good things must end - the Early Bird Registration did! It ended on May 15, 2004. However, it seemed, well, unfair to penalize loyal convention goers, so what used to be the Early Bird Registration is now the

Special Registration

- and it's still available! The only requirement is that you stay at one of the Official Convention Lodgings and send us your reservation confirmation number with your registration... Check out the On-line Registration page for details!

Added Timetable PDF file* to the On-site Timetable Page!

You can now pre-register for the Extra Fare Clinics - simply go to our on-line registration page or print a registration form* to order these clinics!

Build a custom laser-cut kit of the famed Fairfax Station (well-known haunt of NVNTRAK), build a brass structure kit, or even build an "open load" for your flat car or gondola! Check it out...

Want to buy some Extra Fare items but don't need to register? Check out the new instructions at the top of the Registration Page!

Hey - check it out! The Timetable's been updated!

Clinics have now been added to the schedule!

Clinics at the Capitol Limited 2004

The Module Inspection Guidelines and Module Certification Form have both been added to the Module Registration page!

Preliminary Contest information is now available at:

Contests at the Capitol Limited 2004

Check this page from time to time - final details will be posted here first!

A complete layout tour listing is at the link below:

Layout Tours at the Capitol Limited 2004

Check back to the Layout Tours page regularly because changes will appear!

Fresh from our Engineering Shops comes the detailed layout plan - check it out on our Layout Page - click on the Layout Page! Well, actually, on a link from that page to the Layout Diagram Page...

The (excruciatingly) detailed Convention Operating Timetable has now been posted on the Timetable Page - check it out!

The NSC Swap Meet has now been added to the On-Line Registration Page - check it out! You'll find all manner of esoteric, rare, and just plain neat N scale goodies at this event! Attendance is free to all registered attendees and table registration is quite inexpensive for those attendees wishing to participate as sellers...

Yow! Nearby the Capitol Limited 2004 is the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian Institution's Air and Space Museum! This place has a great display of aviation history - you know, aircraft, the bigger, the better! There are few better ways to spend your non-train hours than browsing amongst the Space Shuttle, the Enola Gay, a Blackbird - nothing like this to give you a sense of perspective when looking at locomotives (and air transport is honorarily the second best freight and passenger mover)! What could be cooler? Oh - and there's a free shuttle bus between the convention site and the museum! OK - that's cooler...

Be ye aware! The special $65 Early Bird registration rate will expire on May 15, 2004! Check our Registration Page for details...

Check out the Getting There page for information on how to get to the Capitol Limited 2004, where to park, where to eat, and other (non) trivial logistics matters! Not a lot of information there just now, but this is where you'll find out!

T-TRAK will be at the Capitol Limited 2004! If you want to bring your T-TRAK modules with you to the show, please contact Lee Fitzgerald directly for more information about the T-TRAK layout. Lee is your "Club Coordinator" for T-TRAK and will be in direct contact with our Module Coordinator, Matt Schaefer, to be sure that you're "in" the T-TRAK layout!

Check out the Registration Page - it now explains how you can order Extra Fare items after you've sent in your registration!

You can now make your reservations at the official Hotel of the Capitol Limited 2004 by phone and on-line! Check out the details on our Registration Page!

Matt Schaefer, our Layout Coordinator, has just provided an update on the progress of the Capitol Limited 2004 Layout - check it out on our Layout Page!

The Capitol Limited 2004 is being held in conjunction with the Greenberg Train, Toy, and Hobby Show at the Dulles Expo Center in beautiful Chantilly Virginia!

Vendors, if you want to participate, please contact Greenberg direct, at http://www.greenbergshows.com/exhibit.htm for more information!

Please contact our Director, John Drye, if you have any other questions.

Stay tuned for more news!

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