Upcoming Events
2009-2010 RRVD Schedule

Unless otherwise stated, RRVD meets are held in the Lakeview Room at the Midway Village Museum Center. Midway Village is located at 6799 Guilford Road, just west of Perryville road in Rockford, IL. The doors open at about 12:30 PM and the meets start at 1:00 PM.

Train Events in the MWR, as prepared by Don Brindle

September 13, 2009

Show and Tell: Presentations of railroad related activities from this summer.

October 4, 2009

CLINIC: Super Detailing a simple Flat Car (By John Drozdak)

CLINIC: Modeling Peeled Paint (By Jim McQueeny)

Contest: Open Loads – Kit build, Kitbash or Scratchbuild a model of a railroad car that is carrying an open load, any size, any scale, any gauge. The car can be built of any material, wood, plastic, cardstock or whatever you prefer.

November 7-8, 2009

Midway Village Train Show (Flyer)

December 6, 2009

Division Garage Sale

January 3, 2010

CLINIC: Steam and Diesel Locomotive Operations (By Dick Lindquist)

Contest: Locomotive Service – Enter a model of a structure that is used to service a locomotive. Steam or diesel, any size or shape. It can be as simple as a small shovel fed coaling stop to a huge diesel shop with overhead crane interior detail.

February 7, 2010

CLINIC: Railroads of Rockford (By Dick Caudle)

CLINIC: Custom Control Panels (By Jim Baker)

Contest: Off Line Structures – Off line structures are not served by a railroad siding to the building. A small bakery, furniture store, and a large truck LTL distribution warehouse are just a few examples of off line structures.

March 14, 2010

Contest: Passenger Railroad Stations, Depots – Any size or scale, as large as the Union Station in Chicago to as small as a rural, seldom used, whistle stop on a branch line.

March 27th and 28th, 2010

Show and Sale: See Flyer! (Map)

April 11, 2010

CLINIC: Alaskan Railroads – A history of construction and operations (By Ken Olsen)

Contest: Passenger Cars – Any unit of rolling stock that carries passengers. This could be a commuter rail car, a trolley, maintenance of way bunk car, a drover's caboose, heavy weight or lightweight Pullmans and open platform coaches are a few examples.

May 2, 2010

Meet at South Central Wisconsin Division (SCWD)

More details to follow!

Fitchburg Community Center, 5510 Lacy Road, Fitchburg , WI (Map)

Contact: SCWD, 3015 Union St #4 , Madison , WI 53714