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bulletNEBRASKA  (2)
Ohama , 68138  
NEBRASKA G.R.S

Info:Donald Hofsheier, 13804 Josephine Street, Omaha, NE 68138, (402) 895-6774
1200 N Jefferson
Lincoln , 68506  
PRAIRIE G,R.S.

Info:Dave Wood, 3548 Neerpark Drive, Lincoln, NE 68506, (402) 483-5959 
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bulletNEVADA  (2)
Las Vegas, 89112 :
G.R.S  Info:Charles E. McManis,5478 Ferrari Avenue. (702) 431-7475 / FAX (702) 641-8398
Las Vegas 89115 :
Vegas Valley Module RRers
1680 Rolling Hills Dr.
Contact: Paul Nicholson
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bulletNEW HAMPSHIRE   (5)
Bath , 03740 :
The Ammonoosuc Valley Railway Association
P.O. Box 48
Meetings: Every 2nd Wednesday of the month in a member's home for a monthly meeting and in another member's home every 4th Saturday of the month to enjoy an operating session on that members home railroad. Sometimes we operate, sometimes we work on the member's railroad. New members and visitors are always welcome. We have our annual train meet on the last Saturday of October every year at the Armory in Littleton, NH where we display both out HO & O Scale modular railroads along side of the dealers to help promote model railroading in the northern end of New Hampshire.
Info: Bill Driscoll P.O. Box 48, Bath, NH 03740 (603) 747-3492 or
E-mail:choochoo@Dartmouth.edu
Bedford :
Bedford Boomers
Concord , 03302-0961 :
Concord Model Railroad Club
Box 61
The CMRrc meets every Wednesday at 7pm in the basement of a laundromat on Loudon Road. (First right after the Storage Station, if you're heading east out of Concord) The entrance is behind the building. The club has a 24 x 30 modular HO layout which is exhibited four times a year. A permanent layout is under construction. The layout will represent railroading north of Concord, NH in the 60s and 70s timeframe. New members are always welcome!
Info: Jonathan Miner (603) 424-8491 or E-mail:jonathan.w.miner@lmco.com
Conway :    
470 Club
- Founded to commemorate the last run of steam loco no. 470, it has developed into a general historical society with collections of both prototype railroad equipment (on display at North Conway, NH) and photo archives of New England railroading.
Merrimack , 03054 :
NEW HAMPSHIRE G.R.S.  Info:Don Sweet, 6 Mason Road. (603) 424-2497
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bulletNEW JERSEY  (7)
Delaware Valley
South Jersey S Gaugers
  North Arlington :
Hudson Central Railroad : The Hudson Central Railroad is a standard gauge, HO scale freelance railroad located in Northern New Jersey, and is based upon much of the freight and passenger rail traffic that existed from the 1950s until today.
Jersey Valley :  
Jersey Valley Model Railroad Club Jersey Valley Model Railroad Club runs HO scale trains on a large layout in the basement of the Kuser Farm Mansion in Hamilton, New Jersey
North Haledon :
Garden State Model Railway Club, Inc. :
We are an HO Club. Visit our annual open house just after Thanksgiving. New members are welcome to participate in new construction, club trips, operating sessions, slide shows, and many other activities.
Wayne :
Northern New Jersey N-TRAK
Wayside :
 
Jersey Central N-Trak Club
Ocean Twp
We use the N-Trak standards for making N-scale layout modules. We now have been setting up at aprox 7-10 shows a year (we have 7 planned for the comming year. This is not bad for a club that is very small-at the moment we have aprox 15 modules in the club (this include club owned as apposed to privately owned modules). We are a small club but we welcome any and all model railroaders, even of the female variety (we have 2 female members). Whether you like to build models & modules or just like to run trains, we have a place for you in our club!!!! Meetings: Once a month at member's home at 7:30pm on the second Saturday of each month. Please call our contact number for guidance to the meeting.
. Info:DANIEL & NANCY MORRIS (908)935-9514 E-mail:dnmrr@enter-net.net or
or John Abolins 3371 Brunswick Pike, #302-226, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 or E-mail:JDA-IR@pluto.njcc.com
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bulletNEW MEXICO   (2)
Albuquerque :
New Mexico Garden Railroaders (NMGRR)
Info:Bill Luxford,604 Gretta NE,Albuquerque. NM 87123-2823,(505)294-7527 or
Jon Lindgren, 9700 Admiral Emerson NE, Albuquerque NM 87111-1318 or
E-mail::BKYDRR@AOL.COM
Albuquerque :
New Mexico Rail Runners
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bulletNEW YORK  (15)
 
bulletCarmel , 10512 :
Putnam Historical Model Railroad Club.
93 Carolyn Road
Carmel, NY 10512
We are modeling the old Putnam division of New York Central in HO scale. The layout is modular for transportation purposes. Presently part of the layout is setup in the garage of the current president, Mike Bibbo.
Meetings: Tuesday at 7PM in Mike's garage. We are looking for a more permanent location.
Info: Mike Bibbo, President, (914)-225-2022
Farmingdale, LI
West Island Model Railroad Club
Frankfort , 13340  :
Frankfort United N-TRAK Model Railroad Club, Inc.(FUNTRAK)
240 East Main Street
We are having our annual "Valley Rail Sights" show at Mohawk Valley Community College in the College Center, Room 116, at 1101 Sherman Drive, Utica, N.Y. 13502 on Saturday, July 15, 1995 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. We have other shows in work and would be glad to tell anyone about them. Members receive our news letter, FUNTRACK Times.
Meetings: Second and fourth Tuesday of each month
Info: Brian F. King, President, (315) 894-1149 E-mail: 76573.1530@compuserve.com
or Clayt Farrall, Club Secretary (315) 735-6268
Interlaken , 14847 :
Rock River Model Railroad Club

c/o Carl Schmidt Rock River Road
Interlaken, NY 14847
Permanent HO layout under construction
Meetings: weekly on Tuesday and Thursday
Contact: 607-532-9489 Rock River Model Hobbies.
Rockland County Model Railroad Club
18 Valenza Lane
Blauvelt, New York 10913
Meetings : First Monday of each month, St. John's Episcopal Church, New City, New York.
We Attend most model railroad shows in New York Metropolitan Area. No eras, anything can and will be run by members. We will have a permanent location within the year in Garnerville, New York (About 30 Miles North of NY City)
Info:Robin Spock,Vice President (914) 362-0460 or
Michael Steinberg, Director of Communications E-mail:RiverMP21@prodigy.com
WWW:http://www.cec.wustl.edu/~mjs6/rcmrrc.html
Lackawanna :
Western New York Trainmasters

Liverpool , 13090 CENTRAL NEW YORK G.R.S.
Info:Roger Caiazza,7679 Bay Circle,(315) 622-3257
Central New York Model Railroad Club
Jordan Rd.
Elbridge, NY
(formerly the Skaneateles MRrc)
We are in an old New York Central Station 15 minutes outside of Syracuse, NY in a tiny junction town known as Elbridge. The club owns the building and land. HO scale w/ 5.3 scale miles of hand laid single line main, that is operated as a point to point class "B" line w/ connections to larger lines on the southern tier.
Visitors are welcome anytime and that special arrangements can be made to see the layout anytime. All members have a key to the club.
Meetings: Every Friday @ 8:00 p.m.
1st Friday of month is Operations Night
2nd Friday is business meeting night
3rd, 4th, 5th Fridays are general work and bull session nights
Info:Russ Schiller, Club President, phone # 315-638-4774 or E-mail:CNYCLUB@AOL.COM
Margaretville , 12455
Catskill Mountain Model Railroaders Club
Hubbell Complex
Kelly Corners
NYS Rt. 30
Roughly based on Eastern short lines (U&D, D&N, D&H, NYC branches)
Meetings: Every Tuesday, 7:30 PM EastTime, New members-all skills-welcome!
Info:Alton M. Weiss (914) 586-4664 or E-mail:AlNa@Catskill.net
Central NY chapter, both in Syracuse
Middleport , 14105  
Cornell Railroad Historical Society
c/o Tom Trencansky 
4122a Snee Hall
Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853
Meetings: NRHS. Meets second Tuesday of each month at 7:30pm
Info: 607-255-5352
Erie Basin & Orleans Railroading Club
Located at Main Street (above Radio Shack)
Medina, New York 14103
(no phone)
We currently have 15 members
Meetings: Every Wednesday night at 7pm
Info: Neil Keirn, 21 Francis St., Middleport ph. 716-735-8604
Northport , 11768 :
GENESEE "G" GAUGE RAILWAY SOCIETY
Info:John Krizan,79 Talamora Trail,Brockport, NY 14420,(716) 637-8363
HOTrack of the Sunrise Trail
c/o Dennis De Angelis
256 Main Street
Hotrack is an HO Scale Modular Railroad Club, based on Long Island, New York. The only requirements for membership is a sincere interest in the hobby and the desire to have "FUN". Hotrack does approximately 20 shows per year, mainly for NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, such as the Boy Scouts, churches, synagogues, etc., to help them raise funds for their individual endeavors. Hotrack does not charge any fee to these organizations, ALL of our time is COMPLETELY voluntary.
There are no meetings to attend, we meet at the shows. There are NO minimum time requirements, a member can attend one show per year or 20 shows per year, the time they put into the club is completely up to the individual member. YOU DON'T NEED A MODULE OR EVEN A SET OF TRAINS!!!!!!
BEGINNERS AND WELL-BEHAVED CHILDREN WELCOME!!!!!!
ALL WE WANT FROM YOU IS A SINCERE INTEREST IN THE HOBBY!!!!!!
Info:Ken King ,(516)-799-3192 Home, (516)-799-4775 Fax, E-mail:corpora2@ix,netcom.com
Rochester
Genesee-N-Ontario Lines
NTRAK club  
Rochester :
RIT Model Rail Club
St. James :
St. James Model Railroad Club
Mills Pond House (Basement)
(516) 862-8740: (516) 543-8732
We have a permanent 38' X 48' Fully-scenic'ed Layout. This is a 38' X 48' Lionel train layout representing Railroading from the Age of Steam to Present Day with many freight and passenger trains running simultaneously in a scenic, imaginative setting. Featured are many brightly illuminated, scratch-built structures, animated accessories, bustling towns, a busy seaport, and much more.
Meetings: Wednesday nights at 8:00pm.
Info: Pat Knetter, (516) 979-7345 call evenings. E-mail:PatKn@aol.com
Yonkers :
WESTCHESTER G.R.S.

Info: Harry Leeds, 14 Maple Avenue, Tarrytown, NY 10591, (914) 332-1064
Yonkers Model Railroad Club . . . . . . Scale: HO
Tibbits Brook Park Administration Building
The club has been in operation for 49 years and has a permanent HO Scale layout located in the Tibbits Brook Park Administration Building based on the Putnam Division of the NYC Mount Hope Station, Tilly Foster Mine just a few sites modeled in detail. If you can find it in the Northeast, you can find it here from NYC, New Haven, LIRR, Rutland, Lehigh New England to Conrail, roofwalk to double stacks and autoracks, Steam, Electrics and Diesels of every generation. The scenery also echos the region. There is lots of interest found in this club.
Meetings: Mondays and Thursdays from 8:00pm until ????
Info: President: Billy Bahr (914)576-3115 or Jim Hage E-mail:HageMSM@aol.com
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bulletNORTH CAROLINA   (6)
Charlotte , 28269 :
Charlotte Second Section
11900 Mallard Ridge Drive
Meetings are the third Friday of each month at 7:30 PM in member's homes. Most are HO, but other scales are represented. Dues are $6.00 to cover mailing costs for meeting announcements.
Info: Jerry A. Shepardson, (704) 596-0171 E-mail:CMSTC@Infoave.net
 Goldsboro
 

bullet   Goldsboro Area Model Railroad Club, Inc. 
Goldsboro, North Carolina
Home of the Piedmont & Eastern Carolina Railroad, an imaginary railroad line in North Carolinas 195's, and eastern North Carolinas only N-Scale model railroad club!
bullet revised.jpg (907 bytes)  Greensboro, 27415 :
Carolina Model Railroaders, Inc.

Carolina Model Railroaders is a not for profit organization dedicated to the promotion of model railroading as a hobby. Our new location is the old REA building inside the Depot at 234B East Washington St. in downtown Greensboro, NC. Membership is open. Our regular business meeting is held the third Thursday of every month. We are open for visitors on Thursday nights from 7p.m. to 9p.m., Saturdays from 10a.m. to 5p.m., and Sundays 2p.m. to 5p.m. Please visit this site
monthly for regular updates.   Contact e-mail - carolinamodelrr@aol.com
Raliegh :
North Raliegh Model Railroad Club
Valdese :
Piedmont and Western Railroad Club
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bulletNORTH DAKOTA    (2)
Grand Forks , 50201
Northern Lights Model Railroad Association
City Center Mall - North Mezzanine
25 So 3rd St
We have an HO operating club layout
Meetings:Business meeting - 3rd tuesday of each month 7:00 pm
Operating Session - 3rd saturday of each month 10:00 am
Info:John Williams, Secretary E-mail: johwilli@prairie.nodak.edu
or Charles Durrenberger - President (701)746-7652
Wilton Slope Area Model Railroad Club
Located in the old SOO Line Depot in Wilton, ND, featuring the entire state of ND in HO gauge. 3 complete mainlines, NP, GN & SOO. Towns of Grand Forks, Harvey, Wilton, Bismarck, Mandan, Minot, Williston, Medora, NewTown represented.
Meetings: Every tuesday night weather permitting, from 6:30 to 10:00 pm
Info: Gerald Olson 2038 N 4th, Bismarck, ND 58501-1772 (701)258-7781
or E-mail golson@tic.bisman.com
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bulletNETHERLANDS (8)
AMSTERDAM , HOLLAND
Amsterdamse Modelbouwers Club:
Amsterdam, Holland. News, information, and pictures of our HO layout based on the center of Amsterdam.
  Live Steam Model Locomotives Tilburg, Netherlands, Netherlands - This site will inform you about the construction of live steam model locomotives in several gauges (0/1, 3.5" and 5") You'll find descriptions about how to make parts for locomotives and how to make a steam boiler
Modelteam Meijerij:
. DCC driven California westcoast logging layout.
VLAARDINGEN , NETHERLANDS
Bramble Yard Page of Rick en René: Progress of our club layout and many photo's of other great layouts found on the web and on shows
OTHER CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Modelspoorwegen:
This is the website of the Contactgroep NMRA Nederland.
Modelspoorwegclub 'Veenendaal': Provides information on the difficulties the model railroader may face and gives tips. We also add our two monthly 'Stuurstand'
Netherlands Modelrailroading Federation: All Netherlands societies are associated in this Federation. It has relations with the MOROP. Plus info on events in Holland
 NVM Rotterdam : Homepage of the Rotterdam Model Club
De Nullijn: National organization, Netherlands, Europe. Web-zine published by the Dutch O scale organization Stichting Spoor-Nul Contact to inspire (Dutch) O-gauge modellers.
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bulletNEW ZEALAND (5)
CHRIST CHUrcH :
Garden City Model Railroad Club:
Information on club.
NOARLUNGA :
Noarlunga Model Railroaders Incorporated:
Photos and descriptions of construction of our permanent and display layouts, exhibitions, clubrooms and coming events. links to other train sites.
WAIRAPA :
Wairarapa Railway Modelers, Inc: New Zealand. Club information, activities, photos, and more.
OTHER NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATIONS
New Zealand Association Of Model Railway Clubs, Inc : L
isting of member clubs, area reps, association conventions and exhibitions.
New Zealand Model Railway Guild:
Dedicated to modelling the NZ prototype.
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bulletNORWAY (1)
Sandefjord Model Railway Club: We build model railway layouts, take journeys to railway sites, and arrange club meetings. The main purpose is to engage young people in a constructive hobby, but people of all ages are welcome.
 

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