{"id":1268,"date":"2015-06-09T18:56:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T22:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smallmr.com\/wordpress\/?p=1268"},"modified":"2015-06-16T11:55:13","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T15:55:13","slug":"back-in-the-nmra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallmr.com\/wordpress\/back-in-the-nmra\/","title":{"rendered":"Back in the NMRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I joined the NMRA on a trial membership back in 2012. The experience was uneventful. Because of where I live, I was placed in a division which met in another state and was not close to my home or\u00a0work. I never attended a meeting and too much my surprise, I never heard from anyone in that division. Not a hello, welcome or anything else. I did receive the usual welcome package from the NMRA home office and copies of the magazine.<\/p>\n<p>I did not feel that I was getting enough out of the\u00a0membership and let it expire. Today, I think I made a mistake. I assumed the NMRA would provide me some service in my modeling endeavors. this year I became a member again and this time i reached out to a local division. In the NMRA you can attend any division, your just limited to voting in your division. I have also found that the more you give to the NMRA, the more you will receive from it. The NMRA is a two-way street.<\/p>\n<p>This year I have signed up for a few meets in the fall and I am putting together a clinic for Dead Rail. My schedule is still tight and I have only been able to attend a couple monthly meetings but some new-found friends have kept me up to date on what has transpired. I feel more connected with the hobby and fellow modelers by participating and stepping up to the challenge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smallmr.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/nmra001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1270\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/smallmr.com\/wordpress\/back-in-the-nmra\/nmra001\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/smallmr.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/nmra001.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"200,154\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nmra001\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/smallmr.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/nmra001.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1270\" src=\"http:\/\/smallmr.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/nmra001.jpg\" alt=\"nmra001\" width=\"200\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I joined the NMRA on a trial membership back in 2012. The experience was uneventful. Because of where I live, I was placed in a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-1268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-train-orders","tag-june-2015","post_format-post-format-aside","wpcat-26-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/smallmr.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Stop-Look-Listen-sign-IRM-7-7-07.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4e6yk-ks","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":765,"url":"https:\/\/smallmr.com\/wordpress\/765\/","url_meta":{"origin":1268,"position":0},"title":"Train Show Small Layouts","author":"Marshall Stull","date":"January 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"It is that time of year when train shows abound. 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