FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions

1. Visit the Registration page.
2. Click on the button to Click here to start/amend your Registration.
3. Sign in to the event site (if necessary). If your name appears in the upper-right-hand corner, you’re already signed in.
4. You are presented three big buttons to register:
   • Myself
   • Someone else under my email
   • Someone else under their email.
5. In the Myself button, click the Modify my registration link.
6. A menu appears with a list modification options, the first of which is Add to my registration; click this link.
7. Select the items that you wanted to add, scroll to the bottom and click Confirm Selections.
8. Proceed to checkout.
9. Pay for the newly added items.

You will need to send a request to the registrar asking to remove the item(s) from your registration. A full refund of the item(s) registration fees, less a 15% to cover credit card processing fees and administrative costs, if cancellation requests received on or before March 15, 2025. A full refund of the item(s) registration fees, less 30%, is due for cancellation requests received between March 16 and April 30, 2025. A full refund of the item(s) registration fees, less 60%, is due for cancellation requests received between May 1 and June 15, 2025. No refund of the registration fees will be provided for cancellation requests after June 15, 2025.

Absolutely! The Spouse/Companion registration includes access to the clinics, the layout tours, and the National Train Show. If your spouse/companion wants to attend a paid-for registration item (for example: prototype tour, Modeling with the Masters clinic, banquet), those will need to be added to their base Spouse/Companion registration. Otherwise, the rest of the convention is open to them.

There are two ways to add to existing sub-account registrations:

The easiest is to:

1. Find the Confirmation Email for the sub-account’s registration. 
2. In the Important Links section of that email is a MODIFY REGISTRATION link, click it.
3. That should navigate to the registration selections page for that sub-account.

Another solution is to: 

1. Visit the event page.
2. Sign in (if you’re not already); there should be a Sign in button in the upper-right corner.
3. Click your name in the upper-right corner, and select Account from the menu. 
4. Under My Profile, click Event Registrations. 
5. Above the list of registrations is a couple of filter pop-ups. Click the one named My Events and select the sub-account name you wish to change. 
6. Their registrations now show up in the list. Click Details.
7. From the links that pop up, click Modify Registration Selections to show their current selections and to add items.

You will need to send a request to the registrar asking to remove your registration. A full refund of the registration fees, less a 15% to cover credit card processing fees and administrative costs, if cancellation requests received on or before March 15, 2025. A full refund of the registration fees, less 30%, is due for cancellation requests received between March 16 and April 30, 2025. A full refund of the registration fees, less 60%, is due for cancellation requests received between May 1 and June 15, 2025. No refund of the registration fees will be provided for cancellation requests after June 15, 2025.

Refunds typically appear on your credit card account in 2-4 business days.

Since the Station No. VI NMRA 2025 National Convention is being hosted by the North Central Region of the NMRA, your registration transactions will show up as: NORTH CENTRAL REGION OKEMOS MI.

If you forget your password, you can prompt the event/registration site to send you a verification code to log in.

1. Use your web browser to navigate to the event site at https://www.eventsquid.com/event.cfm?id=21178.
2. Click the Sign in link appears in the upper right corner.
3. Since you don’t know your password, click the Sign in without a password button.
4. Enter your email address into the field provided and click the Verify button.
5. The event/registration site will now send you a verification code. If you entered both an email address and a mobile phone number, it will prompt you to select which to use to send the verification code.
6. Check your email account (or mobile phone) for the verification code and enter it into the field provided.
7. Now you’re signed in and can change your password to a new, and hopefully, remembered value. 😉
8. Click your name in the upper right corner, and click the Account option that appears in the pop-up menu.
9. On the My Profile page, click Profile in the items in the left column.
10. From the resulting options in the right column, click Account info.
11. Directly under your email address is a link to change your password.

To change your password on our event/registration site, use the following steps:

1. Use your web browser to navigate to the event site at https://www.eventsquid.com/event.cfm?id=21178.
2. Sign in to the event site, if necessary, using your current password. If your name appears in the upper right corner (blue text on a white background), you’re already signed in. If a Sign in link appears in the upper right corner, click that link to sign in.
3. Once you’re signed in, click your name in the upper right corner, and click the Account option that appears in the pop-up menu.
4. On the My Profile page, click Profile in the items in the left column.
5. From the resulting options in the right column, click Account info.
6. Directly under your email address is a link to change your password.

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, locally known as Metro Airport, with an airport code of DTW. Metro lies about 21 miles (26 minutes) from the convention site at the Sheraton Detroit Novi.

There is no shuttle between the airport and the convention. From the airport, you can take a cab or use your favorite rideshare platform (Uber, Lyft, etc.). Each terminal at the airport has its own designated area for meeting rideshare drivers.

The convention is just over 20 miles from several stops along Amtrak’s Wolverine line, which runs from Chicago, IL across southern Michigan to Detroit and the suburb of Pontiac, MI. If you’re traveling to the convention from the west or south, your best strategy is to make your way to Chicago, IL and switch trains to the Wolverine line. On the Wolverine line, the stations closest to the convention are:

• Ann Arbor (ARB), which is 24 miles (26 minutes) from the convention.
• Dearborn (DER), which is 22 miles (31 minutes) from the convention and one stop down the Wolverine line from the Ann Arbor (ARB) station.
• Pontiac (PNT), which is 20 miles (36 minutes) from the convention and five (5) stops down the Wolverine line from the Ann Arbor (ARB) station.

If you’re traveling to the convention from the east, you’ll need to venture as far west as Chicago, IL to pick up the Wolverine line. Otherwise, the closest train station is Toledo, OH (TOL), which is 62 miles (64 minutes) from the convention.

There is no shuttle or bus between the train stations and the convention. From the train stations, you can take a cab to a car rental agency (Enterprise will deliver the car to the station) or use your favorite rideshare platform (Uber, Lyft, etc.).

When you navigate to the event site from a phone, the event site automatically displays the mobile site. To force the mobile site to load from a desktop/laptop computer or tablet you need to access the mobile site directly. Note that a mobile site link is also available on your Confirmation Email that you receive when you register.

The Itinerary, and the ability to add Agenda items to your Itinerary, is only available from the mobile site. When you navigate to the event site from a phone, the event site automatically displays the mobile site. To force the mobile site to load from a desktop/laptop computer or tablet you need to access the mobile site directly. Note that a mobile site link is also available on your Confirmation Email that you receive when you register.

The EventSquid mobile app is for convention staff to scan QR codes that help attendees check in when they arrive at the convention. It is not intended for attendee use; you should delete it from your phone. While the Station No.VI event site uses the EventSquid platform, it doesn’t need a mobile app to access the mobile site.

You can view all the layouts on the layout tours on our Layout Tours page.

Yes. The layouts on the layout tours are grouped together by geographic region and each region is open on a different day. The regions and their respective days are listed at the top of the Layout Tours page. On the Layout Tours page, each layout has its region in the title. Some layouts are not open for the entire day. To view the open time for each layout, please visit the Event site, click the Agenda link, and view the agenda for the layout tours open on each day (with specific hours for each layout). If you visit the Mobile Event site, you can select you’re favorite layouts and add them to your Personal Itinerary.

No reservations are necessary. Simply arrive at a time that the layout is open, per the dates and times in the Agenda (on the Event site).

Your best option is to drive to the layout tours and operating sessions. There is no bus to take you from layout to layout. If you are flying to Station No.VI, you can either rent a car for your stay or coordinate with other attendees to ride to the layout tours. For operating sessions, it’s best to coordinate with the other attendees for your specific operating session.

Yes, the addresses for the layouts will be available at the convention. A short time before the convention, registered attendees will be able to view a Google Map that will include all the layout tours. You can use this map to plan your days and/or navigate to the actual layouts.

You can view a list of functional leaders for the Station No.VI 2025 NMRA National Convention on our Convention Team page.