model railroading

• Location: Harlem High School, 9229 N Alpine Rd, Machesney Park, IL 61115.
• Date: Saturday, March 21, and Sunday, March 22.
• Time: 10-5 Saturday, 10-3 Sunday.
• Admission: $5.00 for adults, kids are free!.
• There will be plenty of new and used model railroad supplies for sale, informative displays, and fun-to-watch operating model trains for children of all ages. Door prizes are awarded every hour, but you must be present to win.

• Location: C & O Railway Heritage Center, 705 Main St, Clifton Forge, VA 24422, and  Clifton Forge Armory, 724 Commercial Ave, Clifton Forge, VA 24422
• Date: Saturday, March 21, 2026, and Sunday, March 22, 2026. 
• Time: Saturday, March 21st, 10 AM-4 PM, and Sunday, March 22nd, 12 PM-4 PM.
• Admission: $5.00.
• For more information and any changes: https://chessieshop.com/event/george-washington-train-show-2026/.

• Location: Carillon Park, located at 1000 Carillon Blvd, Dayton, Ohio, 45409.
• Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026, and  Sunday, June 28, 2026.
• Time: Saturday, June 27, 2026, 9:30 am - 5 pm, and  Sunday, June 28, 2026, 11 am - 4 pm.
• Admission: $14 Adults, $12 Seniors (60+), $10 Children (3-17), under 2 free.
• Featuring model train displays, historical displays, live steam engines, food & merchandise vendors, and miniature train rides throughout the weekend. 

• Location: Mountaineer Mall, 5000 Greenbag Road, Morgantown, WV.
• Date: Sunday, March 15, 2026.
• Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM.
• Admission: FREE.
• We're drawing modelers from across North Central West Virginia and Western Maryland - an underserved market with no hobby shops in much of the region.
• The show is co-located with the NMRA Keystone Division Meeting, which alone typically brings 80-100 serious NMRA modelers.

• Location: 425 Fulton Shipyard Rd, Antioch, CA 94509.
• Date: Saturday, April 18, 2026.
• Time: 9:30 to 3:00 pm.
• Admission: Free.
• For more information and any changes, contact: https://blackdiamondlines.org/index.html.

This event is part of the NMRA (National Model Railroad Association), founded in 1935.

• Location: New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
• Date: May 1, 2026, May, 2, 2026, May 3 2026.
• Time: Friday (May 2) evening, Saturday morning (May 2), Saturday afternoon (May 2), and Sunday (May 3) morning. Actual times will vary by host layout.
• Admission: None.

• Location: Norris Penrose Event Center, 945 Lower Gold Camp Road, 80905.
• Date: Saturday, February 28, and Sunday,  March 1, 2026.
• Time: Saturday: 9 am - 5 pm and Sunday: 10 am - 3 pm.
• Admission: $10.00 per person. Scouts in uniform and children 12 and under are FREE. Youth 13- 18/$5.
• Layouts of all scales and configurations, clinics, and historical presentations.
• For more information and any changes, contact: https://tecoshow.org/.
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• Location: Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, 70 Yorktown Center, Lombard, IL, 60148.
• Date: Thursday, March 19, 2026, to Sunday, March 22, 2026.
• Time: Thursday, March 19, 2026, 1:00 pm to Sunday, March 22, 2026, 11:00 am.
• Admission: $30 per person. Spouses and children under 15 years of age are included with the fee.
• For more information or any changes, contact us at 414-629-0030 or Email ChicagoMeet [at] yahoo.com.

• Location: Bennett Event Center in the OKC Fair Park. 3101 Gordon Cooper Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73107.
• Date: Saturday, Nov 14th, 2026.
•           Sunday, Nov 15th, 2026.
• Time: Saturday, Nov 14th, 9 am-5 pm.
•           Sunday, Nov 15th, 10 am-4 pm.
• Admission: 1-Day Ticket $15 each and 2-Day Ticket $20 each.
• Over 100,000 square feet, over 600 tables of railroad items, and over 20 layouts!

1. Location:  2240 Sleeping Giant Parkway, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7A 0E7.
2. Date: May 21, 2026, to May 24, 2026.
3. Time: 3:00 pm, May 21, 2026, to 1200 noon, May 24, 2026.
4. Admission: Not available.
5. Event: A wide variety of events, tours, and layout tours are planned.
6. More Information and any changes, contact: Not available.

This event is part of the NMRA (National Model Railroad Association), founded in 1935.