Convention Update News
| Mar 13, 2024 | The ability to purchase merchandise, tours and Modeling with the Masters clinics are now available. There are buttons at the bottom of the their corresponding pages for "How To Purchase Instructions" and "Purchasing". You can also use the "Online registration" button on registration page for purchasing or use the links below: |
| Mar 10 2024 | Convention merchandise is available for purchase. The merchandise page shows what is availble and links with "How to Purchase" instructions and for purchasing one or more items. |
| Mar 8, 2024 | Clinics and clinicisans are available for viewing. Clinics are organized by category. The clinic title for a clinician when clicked on will take you to the clinics page. The clinic will be in the first row of clinics that are shown. Use the "Show More" button to see the entire clinic description. The "Bio" button for clinician will produce a pop window with information about the clinician. |
| Feb 17, 2024 | Clinics & Clinicians now available under the Clincs menu (just the beginning). More to come. |
| Jan 4, 2024 | Hotel Registration booking is now available on the Hotel page and on the Home page under Hotel |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Clinic Presenter Form now available |
| Dec 3, 2023 | National Train Show announcement on the home page |
| Nov 15, 2023 | New Contact Us page with updates for Clnics |
| Aug 17, 2023 | Online Registration is now available |
| Jul 10, 2023 | Mail-in Registration for Member, spouse, youth is available |
Hotel
A great convention needs an amazing location, and the The Westin Long Beach in downtown Long Beach is the place. The Westin Long Beach is two blocks from the beach, harbor, and pier. Directly across the street from Center for Performing Arts.
Use the button below to book your hotel reservation for the SurfLiner 2024 Convention.
Clicking on the button below will redirect you to the Westin Hotel Online reservation page.
Clinics
More than 100 clinics consisting of on-site presentations by local model railroaders, nationally recognized “Master Model Railroaders”, and virtual presentations by clinicians around the world will be available. Clinics will cover the history of railroading in Southern California (the SP, UP, ATSF and others) and the Southern California citrus industry. There will also be clinics on basic and advanced model railroading, backdrop painting and methods, along with electronics and animation, battery powered model railroading (Dead Rail), layout planning, layout design, scenery techniques and much more.
Prototype Tours
Prototype Tours currently include Los Angeles Union Station, The Southern California Railway Museum, Travel Town Museum Rail Giants Train Museum, Metro Rail Fleet Services Facility and Self Guided Tours of Tehachpi Loop and Cajon Pass.
General Interest Tours and Activities
There are many activities at the convention for attendees that are not related to model railroading, including on-site crafting, quilting, painting, games, speakers, and social events. General interest tours include the Queen Mary, San Antonio Winery, the Warner Bros. Studio Tour with more being added soon.
Modeling With The Masters®
Modeling With The Masters® is a unique opportunity to participate in an immersive, multi-day, hands-on clinic track where participants learn and use both basic and advanced modeling techniques taught by Master Model Railroaders®. These skills include scratch-building in styrene and wood, kit building, kit-bashing, scenery construction, and more. There are eight (8) Modeling With The Masters® clinics available as part of the SurfLiner 2024 Convention, one of which is a 2-part, 2-day construction of a creek diorama.
