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Nov 13th 2021 10am to 3pm PST
Still plenty of slots open!
Pick up a throttle(virtually) to take a virtual spin around the Silicon Valley Lines layout for our Fall 2021 open house event. This event is open to all ages, first time operators and professionals alike.
What: SVLs Virtual open house where you can take control of a train on our 23’x73′ layout and get a engineers POV of our layout and a light demonstration of our virtual operating sessions ran monthly.
When: Saturday November 13th from 10am to 3pm PST in half hour running blocks.
Where: Your home, office, RV on a camping trip with good camp ground WiFi, another club, etc. The virtual throttle and camera feed can be run from an Android/iOS phone or tablet or a Windows/Mac/Linux based computer running a modern browser like Chrome or Safari.
How: Use this link to sign up, information will follow before the Open House.
If you are unsure about participating we have some demonstration and examples below.
Silicon Valley Lines 
Looking forward to the Fall Open House. I had a chance to operate during Rails by the Bay. was wondering (maybe suggesting) if there are any switching operations problems on the SVL that might be accessed by an overhead camera to facilitate operations beyond running trains around the fantastic SVL layout.
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We have been working on that ability though we have not had the man power recently to devote a onsite brakeman to that duty. We have a engine with remote couplers on that we hope to press into service sometime. This would require less help, we just need to find a switching puzzle area that will work for single car moves. It might work for train building though.
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