ILLINOIS, LISLE (formerly at Naperville),
October 17-19,
20th Annual RPM-Naperville Conference featuring prototype
models, vendor displays, and clinics with blue ribbon panel
of speakers including Bob Van Arnem, John Brown, Richard
Hendrickson, Tony Koester, Clark Propst, Mont Switzer, and
Tony Thompson. Friends of the Freight Car dinner Thursday.
At Wyndham Lisle Hotel (new venue), 3000 Warrenville Road,
Lisle. Call 630-505-1000 for hotel reservations. Event hosted
by Joe D’Elia. Info at
KANSAS, OLATHE,
June 13-16, NMRA Mid-Continent Region
2013 Convention. Info at
MASSACHUSETS, PITTSFIELD,
November 7-9, Fine Scale Model
Railroader Expo. Billed as “the only show dedicated to the art
of scale model structure building,” with model displays, vendor
exhibits, and a layout tour of Dick Elwell’s Hoosac Valley Lines.
All-star list of clinician/speakers include Jon Addison, Michael
Duggan, Dave Frary, Brett Gallant, Ken Hamilton, Bernard
Kempinski, Marty McGuirk, Bob Mitchell, Dave Revelia, and Bill
Sartore. Expo info at
. Event at Berkshire
Crown Plaza Hotel, One West Street. Call 413-499-2000 for hotel
reservations.
NEW MEXICO, ALBUQUERQUE,
June 6-9, Rails Along the Rio
Grande, NMRA Rocky Mountain Region, Rio Grande Division 6
Convention, at Marriott Pyramid North. Info at
NEW YORK, GARDINER,
October 25-26, Semi-Annual Mid
Hudson On30 Meet at St. Charles Borromeo RC Church, 2212
Route 44/55. Details at
OHIO, MASON (Cincinnati),
June 5-9, 29th Annual National
Garden Railway Convention. HQ at Great Wolfe Lodge, adjacent
to Kings Island Amusement Park. Info at
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