32nd Washington State Model Railroad Show & Marketplace, Monroe, WA
2025-02-22 - 2025-02-23 | Evergreen State Fairgrounds, 14405 179th Avenue SE, Monroe, WA, 98272, United States
United NorthWest Model Railroad Club Presents:
The 32nd Washington State Model Railroad Show & Marketplace
Evergreen State Fairgrounds, Monroe WA
United NorthWest Model Railroad Club is proud to present the
32nd Washington State Model Railroad Show & Marketplace benefiting the Snohomish County 4-H Foundation on February 22nd & 23rd, 2025.
Join us on February 22 and 23, 2025, at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA, in the same location as last year.
The Washington State Model Railroad Show is an all-scale model railroad event, featuring layouts and items for sale across a wide range of scales, including G scale, O scale, S scale, HO scale, N scale, and Z scale. The event also showcases 7-1/2 inch gauge live-steam operating trains. As the largest all-scale model train show on the West Coast, it remains one of the few events in the country dedicated to raising funds in support of youth programs.
Over the past three decades, the United NorthWest Model Railroad Club has raised nearly $350,000 for charitable organizations, with a focus on supporting youth development.

4dPNR "Second Saturday" Layout Tour Zoom is Jerry Boudreaux on layout design for operations
2025-03-08 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)
Jerry Boudreaux will be our presenter at the March 2025 4dPNR Layout Tour. His presentation will focus on layout planning and operations design and paperwork, with time for discussion afterwards. As usual, we open the meeting at 9:30am and his presentation will begin at 10:00. Here is the Zoom info to join the meeting:
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 872 1065 7142
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Whidbey Clinic - Fun with Foam
2025-03-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St, Oak Harbor, WA, 98277, United States
Methods of constructing scenery with pink foam material.

Olympia March Clinic
2025-03-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Panorama City Seattle Room, 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA, 98503, United States
Olympia March Clinic will be by a new presenter, Russell Kerr. Russell will be demonstrating how to build a slip switch using FastTrack tools. Russell will concentrate on the tools and the NMRA gauge to make derailment free turnouts. Russell is working towards his MMR so look forward to a very informative presentation.
This will be a hybrid clinic, Zoom and in person. Please join us and our new presenter!
Topic: Olympia Clinic, Building Turnouts
Time: March 14, 2025 7:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
PANORAMA CITY
Address: 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA 98503
Our clinic will be in the basement auditorium of the Panorama Quinault Apartment building known as the Seattle Room (across the hall from our old meeting room).

Or Join Zoom Meeting (Online about 6:45)
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Meeting ID: 818 1555 4623
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Whidbey Clinic TBA
2025-04-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Oak Harbor Senior Center, 51 SE Jerome St, Oak Harbor, WA, 98277, United States

"Second Saturday" Zoom Layout Tour featuring Mike Stepner's HO mining layout
2025-04-12 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)
Join us on Saturday, April 12, 2025, for a layout tour of Mike Stepner’s HO scale mining layout. The meeting opens at 9:30am and the presentation will start at 10:00am. To join the meeting, here is the Zoom info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87210657142?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 872 1065 7142
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Olympia April Clinic
2025-04-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Panorama City Seattle Room, 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA, 98503, United States
Heritage Railways in England
Brian Ferris
Great Britain has done an exceptional job of preserving their railway history. Pristinely restored steam engines and rolling stock regularly run over charming rail lines located in the English countryside. This clinic will cover a trip to 4 English heritage railways Brian visited in June of 2024. Brief rail history along with operational practices will be included in the presentation. Join us at 7:00pm on April 18 for a trip across the pond to see some British trains!
This will be a hybrid clinic, Zoom and in person.
Topic: Olympia Clinic, English Heritage Railways
Time: Apr 18, 2025 7:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
PANORAMA CITY
Address: 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA 98503
Our clinic will be in the basement auditorium of the Panorama Quinault Apartment building known as the Seattle Room (across the hall from our old meeting room).

Or Join Zoom Meeting (Online about 6:45)

Topic: Olympia Clinic
Time: Apr 18, 2025 06:45 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 818 1555 4623
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Ainsworth Connector, PNR Convention 2025
2025-05-09 - 2025-05-11
This annual Regional Convention will be May 9 – 11, 2025 in Pasco, Washington.
The Convention will offer self-guided layout tours, free-mo layouts, operating sessions, clinics, achievement program evaluations, and more!

Second Saturday Zoom layout tour featuring Jame Boyd's HO BN
2025-05-10 09:30 - 11:00 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)
Join us on Saturday morning, May 10, 2025, at 10:00am PST, for a layout tour of Jame Boyd’s HO scale Burlington Northern, set in the post-merger era of the 1970s. The layout is currently under construction and will depict Auburn and the west side of Stampede Pass. Jame will walk us through some of the design challenges he encountered and how he addressed them. Here is the Zoom info to join the meeting online:
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Meeting ID: 864 4822 7895
Passcode: [REDACTED]

4D Eastside Get Together clinic
2025-05-15 19:00 - 20:00
Our Eastside Get Together will be this Thursday 5/15 at 7:00 PM. Sort of snuck up on both Russ and myself. 3rd Thusday of the month already!

Russ will present photos of a recent trip to Promontory Utah (Joining of the rails in 1869). He has photos of the shops there as well as some spectacular HO layouts in the Salt Lake City area while he was there for the Sn3 Symposium.
We may have time enough for others if you would like to share any recent experiences or provide status or update on your own model railroads. Any photos would be most welcome. We would love to hear how everyone is doing!
Of course we will also have time to share any timely announcements.
Please contact Doug and/or Russ if you have any suggestions for future meetings.
Looking forward to seeing you!
Doug and Russ

Board of Directors Meeting
2025-05-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Renton Community Center, 1715 Maple Valley Highway, Renton, WA, 98057

Boeing Employees Model Railroad Open House
2025-05-24 10:00 - 18:00 | BEMRRC, 425 SW 153rd Street, Burien, WA, 98166, United States
The Boeing Employees Model Railroad Club (BEMRRC) is having an open house. This is one of only a few days each year for the public to come see the layout. For more details see the link below.
BEMRRC

Olympia May Clinic
2025-05-30 19:00 - 20:30 | Panorama City Seattle Room, 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA, 98503, United States
Building an Engine Facility
Scott Buckley
Scott will share his recent progress constructing buildings for an engine facility on his Tehama Valley layout. The clinic will feature a scratchbuilt roundhouse and other supporting buildings.
This will be a hybrid clinic, Zoom and in person.
Topic: Olympia Clinic, Building an Engine Facility
Time: May 30, 2025 7:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
PANORAMA CITY
Address: 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA 98503
Our clinic will be in the basement auditorium of the Panorama Quinault Apartment building known as the Seattle Room (across the hall from our old meeting room).

Or Join Zoom Meeting (Online about 6:45)

Topic: Olympia Clinic
Time: May 30, 2025 06:45 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 818 1555 4623
Passcode: [REDACTED]

4D NMRA Spring Meet and Annual Meeting 2025
2025-05-31 07:30 - 17:00 | Northwest Railway Museum, 38625 SE King Street, Snoqualmie, WA, 98065, United States
Please register by downloading and filling out the form below and send to bkenworthy4@comcast.net.

Spring Meet 2025 Announcement

TIMETABLE

7:30 to 8:15 am Check-in at the Snoqualmie Depot.
8:30 to 9:00 am Train ride from Snoqualmie Depot to Northwest Railway Museum (NRM).

9:10 to 9:55 am Clinic Session 1
1A – Shop Tour – Meet at the Yellow Bollards at the Railroad Crossing – Presented by NRM staff and volunteers.
1B – Clinic in Conference Room in Railway History Center – “Layout Design with CAD: How? Why?” – Presented by Robin Peel.
1C – Clinic in Train Shed Foyer in Train Shed Exhibit Hall – “Building Bench Work with Extruded Aluminum” – Presented by Magnus Christerson.

10:05 to 10:50 am Clinic Session 2
2A – Shop Tour – Meet at the Yellow Bollards at the Railroad Crossing – Presented by NRM staff and volunteers.
2B – Clinic in Conference Room in Railway History Center – “Operating Sessions for Beginners” – Presented by Bob Stafford. Attendees are invited to sign up for a First Timers Operating Session at the Boeing Engineers MRC layout on Sat., June 14th.
2C – Clinic in Train Shed Foyer in Train Shed Exhibit Hall – “Using AI in Model Railroading – An Example” – Presented by Kurt Laidlaw.
2D – Clinic in Trains Shed Exhibit Hall – “O Scale Layout Progress Report” – Presented by NRM staff and volunteers.

11:00 to 11:45 pm Clinic Session 3
3A – Shop Tour – Meet at the Yellow Bollards at the Railroad Crossing – Presented by NRM staff and volunteers.
3B – Clinic in Conference Room in Railway History Center – “Using JMRI for Operations on an On30 Modular Club Layout” – Presented by Rich Blake.
3C – Clinic in Train Shed Foyer in Train Shed Exhibit Hall – “I’d Build an Open Pit Mine If I Only Had More Room – a Mirror and Woodland Scenics to the Rescue” – Presented by Greg Wright.

11:45 to 12:40 pm Lunch and Annual Meeting.
12:40 to 1:00 pm Roundhouse Exhibit Gallery Presentation – NRM staff.
1:00 to 1:20 pm 2027 NMRA National Convention in Tacoma Presentation.
1:30 to 2:00 pm Train ride from NRM to Snoqualmie Depot.
2:00 to 3:00 pm Travel Time to Layout Open Houses.

3:00 to 5:00 pm Layout Open Houses.
Greg Amer’s BNSF The Industrial Lead (modern era, HO)
Russ Segner’s Coal Creek Lumber Company (1930, Sn3)
3:30 to 5:00 pm Larry Sloan’s South Olympic Branch (1970’s, HO)

"Second Saturday" Zoom layout tour featuring Kurt Laidlaw's construction progress report
2025-06-14 10:00 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)
The June 2025 “Second Saturday” will feature an update by Kurt Laidlaw on how he started his N scale layout and its progress to date. Join us at 10:00am on Saturday, June 14. Here is the Zoom info needed to join the meeting on Zoom:
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 872 1065 7142
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Olympia Clinic June Outing to Kitsap Live Steamers
2025-06-14 11:00 - 14:00
Olympia Clinic is sponsoring a Saturday trip to Kitsap Live steamers in Port Orchard WA https://kls.clubexpress.com/
Located in: South Kitsap Regional Park
Address: 3101 SE Marbeth Ln, Port Orchard, WA 98366, enter at Jackson Avenue side
Festivities begin at 11:00. Look for the Gophers sign near the front gate. It is an open to the public day so we will mix in with anyone else that happens to be there that day. At around noon everyone that is part of this Gophers trip will get to go inside the Kitsap member’s area to have a hotdog lunch (Sabol Dogs) grilled by Jim Sabol.
Please RSVP to (gregorywright2002@yahoo.com) so we know how many hot dogs to bring! If you want to bring a bag of chips or a dessert, feel free!
If you need a ride from Olympia, please say so in your RSVP. We will set up cars leaving from Olympia at about 9:30. Details will be sent to anyone requesting a ride.
After lunch you can stay as long as you like or until the park closes at 4:00 pm.
Friends, family and other railroaders are invited, just RSVP if you want a Sabol Dog!
If weather becomes an issue, everyone will get an email cancelling the event.

4D Eastside Get Together clinic
2025-06-19 19:00 - 20:30
Our program will feature my photos of several fan trips on the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railway. Included will be several trips to Morton when the entire line was operating over the large trestle that burned recently. Included will be photos of many of the entire engine roster including the Willamette #2 and the three truck Heisler and Climaxes.
-Russ

45th National Narrow Gauge Convention
2025-09-03 - 2025-09-07 | Collinsville, IL, Collinsville, IL, United States

Second Saturday Zoom layout tour - Burr Stewart on steel mill modeling
2025-09-13 09:30 - 11:30 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)
The September 2025 “Second Saturday” will feature Burr Stewart on modeling steel mills. As usual, we will open the Zoom meeting at 9:30am, and Burr’s presentation will start at 10:00am, on Saturday, September 13. Here is the Zoom info needed to join the meeting:

Join Zoom Meeting:
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Meeting ID: 872 1065 7142
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Lynden Lions Club Model Train and Toy Show
2025-10-04 - 2025-10-05 | Northwest Washington Fair Grounds, 1775 Front St, Lynden, WA, 98264, United States
Northwest Washington Fairgrounds
Henry Jansen Agricultural Bldg.
1775 Front St.
Lynden, Washington 98264

Whidbey Clinic
2025-10-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Coupeville Rec Hall, 901 NW Alexander St, Coupeville, WA, United States
Vintage slide presentation on narrow gauge railroads Cumbres and Toltec and the East Broad Top.

Olympia May Clinic
2025-10-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Panorama City Seattle Room, 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA, 98503, United States
Scratch Building an On30 Locomotive
Russell Kerr will be showing us via PowerPoint and with the finished model, how he scratch built his On30 Steam locomotive. This model was built specifically to complete Russell’s AP Locomotive Certificate, the last one he needs for his MMR. This should be a great look at the building of a highly detailed, unique model. Please join us!
This will be a hybrid clinic, Zoom and in person.
Topic: Olympia Clinic, Building an On30 Loco
Time: September 19, 2025 7:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
PANORAMA CITY
Address: 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA 98503
Our clinic will be in the basement auditorium of the Panorama Quinault Apartment building known as the Seattle Room (across the hall from our old meeting room).

Or Join Zoom Meeting (Online about 6:45)
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Lewis County Model Railroad Train Show & Swap Meet
2025-10-18 10:00 - 2025-10-19 16:00 | Southwest Washington Fairgrounds, 1909 South Gold Street, Centralia, WA, 98531, United States
Tables available
Moose Creek Logging Railroad and European Train Enthusiasts will be operating their layouts.

Maple Valley Train Show with NMRA 4D Layouts
2025-10-18 10:00 - 2025-10-19 16:00 | Gracie Hansen Community Center, 27132 Ravensdale Way, Ravensdale, WA, 98051, United States
27th ANNUAL MODEL TRAIN SHOW
FAMILY FUN WITH MODEL TRAINS AND REGIONAL HISTORY
OCTOBER 18-19, 2025
The Greater Maple Valley Unincorporated Area Council (GMVUAC) will hold its annual Model Train Show on October 18th and 19th at the Gracie Hansen Community Center in Ravensdale (27132 Ravensdale Way, Ravensdale, WA) from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday and 10 am to 4 pm on Sunday.
There will be operating model train layouts in many popular gauges. There will be an exhibit from the Black Diamond Museum depicting local history, including transportation, timber, and mining.
The show is fun for the entire family. If you have questions about model railroading the exhibitors are happy to try to answer them.
There will be plenty of free parking. The suggested donation for the train show is $5.00 for adults and $2.00 for children ages 3-11.
The train show is sponsored by your GMVUAC. Visit our table at the train show. We have monthly Council meetings that are open to the public. The dates are listed on our website. GMVUAC is a Washington non-profit corporation and is not any type of 501c charitable organization under the IRS code.
Gracie Hansen Community Center is made available courtesy of Rock Creek Sports.

Boeing Employees’ Model Railroad Club Annual Swap Meet
2025-11-08 09:30 - 16:00 | Kent Commons Community Center, 525 4th Avenue North, Kent, WA, 98030, United States
WA, KENT: Boeing Employees’ Model Railroad Club Annual Swap Meet. Saturday, November 8, 2025, 9:30am-4:00pm.
Kent Commons Community Center, 525 4th Avenue North, Kent, WA 98030.
Admission: $10.00, under 16 free.
Ed Sherry or Caleb at: seattleandnorthcascades@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/BEMRRC/

Whidbey Clinic
2025-11-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Coupeville Rec Hall, 901 NW Alexander St, Coupeville, WA, United States
Presentation on railroad passenger car dining sets.

Eastside Clinic
2025-11-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual Zoom Meeting (link in GrabIron)
The zoom link and topic of the month will be emailed using the Eastside clinic email list.
To register for Eastside Clinic email list, pls contact Russ Segner <russseg AT gmail DOT com>.

Olympia November Clinic
2025-11-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Panorama City Seattle Room, 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA, 98503, United States
Building a structure from fractured memories
Lee Bishop, our often published On30 modeler, will share how to scratch build and detail a country building landmark from a picture and/or your memories of a building or scene that comes from your past! Lee is a great modeler and photographer so we are in store for a very informative presentation. Please join us!
This will be a hybrid clinic, Zoom and in person.
Topic: Olympia Clinic, Building a structure from fractured memories
Time: November 21, 2025 7:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
PANORAMA CITY
Address: 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA 98503
Our clinic will be in the basement auditorium of the Panorama Quinault Apartment building known as the Seattle Room (across the hall from our old meeting room).

Or Join Zoom Meeting (Online about 6:45)
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89071839956?pwd=[REDACTED]

Whidbey Clinic
2025-12-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Coupeville Rec Hall, 901 NW Alexander St, Coupeville, WA, United States
Wassail Special

Olympia December Clinic
2025-12-12 19:00 - 20:30 | Panorama City Seattle Room, 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA, 98503, United States
2025 NMRA National Convention Review
Join us at the 2025 NMRA National Convention in Detroit on December 12 at 7:00 pm. We will be live at our spot on Panorama and on Zoom.
Well, via pictures anyway. Scott Buckley, Brian Ferris and Greg Wright went to Detroit for the convention last August.
The layout tours and prototype visits were incredible. You will enjoy the pictures of great models and vintage prototypes!
This will be a hybrid clinic, Zoom and in person.
Time: December 12, 2025 7:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
PANORAMA CITY
Address: 1751 Circle Ln SE, Lacey, WA 98503
Our clinic will be in the basement auditorium of the Panorama Quinault Apartment building known as the Seattle Room (across the hall from our old meeting room).
PLEASE NOTE: Panorama is situated in Lacey on about 40 acres; consists of single family residences, duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes plus three multistory apartments housing about 1100 residents!! It’s a big place so PLEASE FOLLOW these INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LETTER; otherwise, given it may be after dark, you may never find us.
Please only enter off SLEATER KINNEY ROAD onto CIRCLE LANE immediately north of the large nursing home building. Follow CIRCLE LANE going right at the first round about (onto CIRCLE LANE) then proceeding past the lighted glass statuary and entrance on your right and turning right immediately into the next parking lot. Park anywhere.
Look for the entrance** at the right end of the large multistory apartment (Quinault Apartments); enter there and proceed one flight downstairs either by stairway or “slow” elevator. Walk down the long hallway you’re in about halfway, enter the Quinault Auditorium on your right and YOU’RE THERE!!
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