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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
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2026 Convention Car lettered for Bob Fink's DD&W.
Convention registration here
Division Elections
The results of the elections was announced at the April general meeting. New officers are:
Superintendent Chris Stilson
Assistant Superintendent Ed Lamprecht
Returning for her second term Chief Clerk Gail Yarnall
A hardy thanks to Eric(Ric) Zimmerman and Gordon Carlson for their service for the last four years.
T-Trak Modules
There is a new kid in town. His name is T-Trak. What it does is take the module idea and reduced to a tabletop layout. It is one foot by one foot modules that can be tied together to form a layout. Mostly done on N scale, it can also be done in HO. Recent conventions have held a gathering of modules, To form a sizable running layout. You can purchase a module kit or a pre-built module on line. Here is a link on how to build your own. Peter Guise has used foam core to reduce weight and cost. T-Trak module
Upcoming Meetings
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 May 4th, at 7 pm.
General Membership
May's meeting will be held at Greene County Historical Museum, 74 W Church St, Xenia, OH on May 17th at 2 pm. A ZOOM link will be available for the meeting. To receive the link for this and 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 Dayton Train Showsm
Division 3, MCR, NMRA is the host of the Dayton Train Showsm held the first full weekend of November. For 2026 it will be held on November 7th and 8th. 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 .
2026 Flyer .pdf
2025 Dayton Train Showsm Participants
April Call Board available
Click here for April Call Board. Click here for archival issues.
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Upcoming Events and Clinics
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| May 17, 2026 | General Meeting. Contest is Passenger Equipment. |
| June 4-7, 2026 | Whistle-Stop Dayton the MCR Convention. At The Marroitt at University of Dayton. |
| June 21, 2026 | General Meeting. Contest is Railroad Structures. Ron Goble will present a clinic on Structures. |
| July 19, 2026 | General Meeting. Auction time, no contest. |
| August, 2026 | No Meeting. |
| September 20, 2026 | General Meeting. Contest is Freight Cars. Chris Stilton will talk about Java Model Railroad Interface or JMRI |
| October 18, 2026 | General Meeting. Contest is Caboose. Peter Guise will discuss Modeling Then and Now |
| November 7-8, 2026 | The 50th Dayton Train Showsm at The Fairgrounds and Event Center of Montgomery County. |
| November 15, 2026 | General Meeting. Contest is Weathering. Phil Gliebe will demonstrate his caboose building techniques. |
| December 4, 2026 | Christmas on Campus at The University of Dayton. |
| December 20, 2026 | General Meeting. Contest is Non-railroad Structures. Rick Lach will discuss Trains Through Dayton Then and Now. |
Contest Information
The contest for April is Locomotives. Categories are kit, kit bashed, scratch built and photo. Visit our Contest page.
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
2026 National Convention
