CALIFORNIA, RICHMOND,
June 22, San Francisco Bay Area
Prototype Modelers meet sponsored by BAPM. St. David School,
871 Sonoma Street. Info at
CALIFORNIA, SAN BERNARDINO,
April 13, Western Prototype
Modelers Meet, featuring model displays, manufacturer
exhibits, vendor tables, raffle prizes, and special presenta-
tions by Michael Gross and Gary Robinson -- plus live BNSF
mainline railfanning. Amtrak/Santa Fe Depot (and museum),
1170 West 3rd Street. Info at
Vendors contact Joe D'Elia at
or phone 760 -721-3393.
COLORADO, LONGMONT,
December 8-9, Annual Train Show,
sponsored by Boulder Model Railroad Club, with operat-
ing layouts, prize winning models, vendor tables, and layout
raffle. Boulder County Fairgrounds. Info at
CONNECTICUT, COLLINSVILLE,
May 31 – June 1, New England/
Northeast Prototype Modelers Meet. Info from Dave Owens at
or
.
GEORGIA, ATLANTA,
July 14-20, NMRA Annual Convention.
Cobb Galleria Centre with convention HQ at adjacent
Renaissance Waverly Hotel. Info at
GEORGIA, ATLANTA,
July 18-20, National Train Show, in con-
junction with annual NMRA convention. Cobb Galleria Centre,
2 Galleria Parkway. Info at
.
GEORGIA, PORT WENTWORTH (Savannah area),
April 4-6,
13th Annual Savannah RPM. Usual RPM format with clinics,
model displays, vendors, historical societies, and brotherhood.
Port Wentworth Community Center on Appleby Road. Info
from Bob Harpe at
or Denis Blake at
ILLINOIS, WATSEKA,
April 20, Annual Meeting of Chicago &
Eastern Illinois Historical Society includes swap meet, modeling
display, photography, and railfanning at Woodlawn Junction.
Info from Dave Forbes at
.
INDIANA, INDIANAPOLIS,
May 2-5, Mile Post 50, annual
convention of NMRA Central Indiana Division, with layout
tours, operating layouts, op sessions, clinics, and contests.
Banquet speaker is Thomas Hoback, president/CEO of Indiana
Railroad Company. Event info at
Marriott
Indianapolis East, 7202 East 21st Street. Hotel reservations at
317-352-1231.
INDIANA, MIDDLEBURY,
April 19-20, NMRA Michiana Division
2013 Education and Training Conference (formerly GLMRS
Symposium) and Friday evening banquet. Das Dutchman
Essenhaus. Info at
.
MARYLAND, TIMONIUM,
April 13-14, Great Scale Model Train
Show. One of the nation’s largest shows with more than 800
vendor tables. Hosted by Howard Zane at The Cow Palace,
Maryland State Fairgrounds. Information at
MINNESOTA, BLOOMINGTON,
April 25-28, 28th Annual Sn3
Symposium. RamadaMall of America Hotel. Info at
NEW MEXICO, ALBUQUERQUE,
June 6-9, Rails Along the Rio
Grande, NMRA Rocky Mountain Region, Rio Grande Division
6 Convention with clinics, layout tours, train show, OpSig ses-
sions, UPRR and BNSF modelers showcase night, and banquet.
Marriott Pyramid North. Info at
.
OHIO, MARION,
April 25-27, Central Ohio RPM Meet at Marion
Union Station. Info from Denis Blake at
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