2026 National Convention
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Recent Updates and Additions.
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** Updated home page and sidebar menu.
** Updated Train Show Page , now listing 6 train shows.
** Updated Meetings page.
** Updated Division Contest page.
** Updated Call Board page.
** Erik Buck's Cleveland Flats Industrial Area N scale layout uploaded to layout photos page.
Upcoming Meetings
TRAINing Day
The annual TRAINing Day will be held at The Carillon historical Park, 1000 Carillon Blvd .,Dayton, OH on April 12th, 2025. 9:30 am to 4 pm. It is free to attend, but if you wish to enter the park, it will be at the park's standard rates. Make note that the general meeting has been moved to 2nd Sunday, the 13th and will also be at the park.
General Membership
April's meeting will be held at The Carillon Historical Park, 1000 Carillon Blvd, Dayton, OH on April 13th at 2 pm. No ZOOM link will be available for the meeting. To receive the link for future meetings we must have your email address. If you have not been receiving notices, the lack of an email or an incorrect email might be the cause. Forward an email to NMRA.Div.3@gmail.com. The February contest will also be held at the meeting.
Board of Governors (BOG)
The Division's Board of Governors(BOG) meetings are being held via ZOOM and are open to all members. Contact a BOG member or Webmaster for details. The next BOG meeting is on April 7th, at 7 pm.
The Dayton Train Showsm
Division 3, MCR, NMRA is the host of the Dayton Train Showsm held the first full weekend of November. For 2025 it will be held on November 1st and 2nd. The show is from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm on Saturday and 11:00 am to 4 pm on Sunday. The show will be held at The Fairgrounds and Event Center of Montgomery County, 645 Infirmary Rd, Dayton, OH. You can follow the train show by clicking Dayton Train Showsm to visit the train show website or visit our facebook page at NMRA Annual Dayton Train Showsm .
2025 Flyer .pdf
2024 Dayton Train Showsm Participants
April Call Board available
Go here for archived copies.
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Upcoming Events and Clinics
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| April 12, 2025 | 2025 TRAINing Day. At The Carillon Historical Park. |
| April 13, 2025 | General Meeting. Contest is Locomotives (all classes). |
| May 18, 2025 | General Meeting. Contest is Passenger Equipment. |
| June 15, 2025 | General Meeting. Contest is Railroad Structures. |
| July 20, 2025 | General Meeting. No contest, auction time. |
| August, 2025 | No General Meeting. |
| September 21, 2025 | General Meeting. Contest is Freight Cars. |
| October 19, 2025 | General Meeting. Contest is Caboose. |
| November 1-2, 2025 | The 49th Dayton Train Showsm at The Fairgrounds and Event Center of Montgomery County. |
| November 16, 2025 | General Meeting. Contest is Weathering |
| December 8, 2025 | UD Christmas on Campus. |
| December 21, 2025 | General Meeting. Contest is Non-railroad structures. |
Contest Information
For a look at recent winners, visit our Contest page.
The February meeting was cancelled because of weather February's contest is Non-revenue cars and will be held along with the April contest. April is for passenger cars. Categories for both months are Kit, Kit Bashed, Scratchbuilt and Photo.
Questions? Email at NMRA.Div.3@gmail.com or call (937)424-6413.
NOTICE: THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. CHECK BACK FREQUENTLY FOR LATEST INFORMATION.
Video Library!
The division's video library contains over 300 titles, available to Division 3 members. Titles include Allen Keller Great Model Railroads series, modeling "how-to" videos, and prototypes railroads broken out by category to make them easier to find. New titles will be added during the year. These VHS tapes, DVDs, movies and books are available, but must be reserved through the Division 3 Librarian.
The video library is now in possession of 87 clinics from the NMRA National Office! New items are posted on the Division 3 Video Library web page. Many will be previewed here. To view a complete list of titles go to the video index (CLICK HERE).
NMRA Clinics now available from the library.
If you wish to reserve them please send an e-mail to the Division 3 Librarian