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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.

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Upcoming Meetings

General Membership

December's meeting will be held at The Greene County Historical Society, 74 W Church St, Xenia, OH on Decemberr 15th at 2 pm. A ZOOM link will be available. Your e-mail is necessary to receive the ZOOM link . Email to NMRA.Div.3@gmail.com to received the link.

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 December 2nd, at 7 pm.

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The Division will present a portion of the collection at the Springfield Train Show. For good deals on a variety of cars stop by our tables at the show.

Read collection summary here.
See sample photos here.

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 .
2024 Flyer .pdf 2024 flyer .docx

2024 Dayton Train Showsm Participants

December Call Board available

The December issue of the Call Board is now available. Read here or Go here for archived copies.

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Upcoming Events and Clinics

Date Event
December 6, 2024 UD Christmas on Campus. Contact Rick Lach.
December 15, 2024 General Membership Meeting. Contest is Structures. Clinic by Wil Davis Moving and Rebuilding an N Scale Layout.
January 19, 2025 General Meeting. Contest is Open Loads.
February 16, 2025 General Meeting. Contest is Non-revenue Cars.
March 16, 2025 General Meeting.Contest is Freight Cars.
April 12, 2025 2025 TRAINing Day. At The Carillon Historical Park.
April 27, 2025 General Meeting. Contest is Locomotives (all classses).
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 Montgomery County Fairgrounds.
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.

December's contest is Non-railroad Structures. Catagories 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