SouCalOps is a group of layout owners in the greater Los Angeles area that have been contributing to layout operating sessions on a bi-annual schedule... well, this is only the second of hopefully more to come. Many thanks goes to Al D. for coordinating the event. Invited guests are pulled from other operating groups across the country, many configured in a similar fashion. This last weekend was the first that I have participated, and had a great time hosting my layout. It was three days of operations on 13 different layouts, with two addition bonus days for those that just couldn't get enough. There were also clinics at the main hotel, a feature dinner, and layout tours. We had guests operate the layouts coming from Van Rails, Bay Rails, Arizona, Colorado, San Diego, and more. Guests spent most of the day here Saturday operating the layout, and I kept the layout open for layout tours, which ended up extending our operations well past the dinner hour. Special thanks to my local helpers for working all that overtime (also our guest dispatcher from BC Canada), and making it an enjoyable day for all. It is a pleasure to get responses from my crews post-ops, on how much they enjoyed themselves. Thanks to all who participated in making this an event to remember!
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