O Scale Central

Detroit Model Railroad Club Open House
2024-11-29 07:00 - 2025-03-16 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Detroit Model Railroad Clubhouse, 104 N. Saginaw, Holly, MI, 48442, United States
Michigan’s largest ‘O’ Scale Model Railroad Club has many open house dates throughout the winter months. See multiple sound-equipped radio-controlled trains operating on a permanent layout with 6500 feet of track on our 4000+ sq. ft. layout. Please check our website for dates, times and contact information.

2024

2025

Nov. 29, Nov. 30 & Dec. 1
Jan. 11 & 12

Dec. 7 & 8
Jan. 25 & 26

Dec. 14 & 15
Mar. 1 & 2

Mar. 15 & 16

O Scale South
2025-02-22 08:00 - 13:00 | Cross of Life Lutheran Church, 1000 Henbree Rd., Roswell, GA, 30076, United States
Join us for the largest 2-Rail O Scale Show in the southeast. Show highlights include; swap meet and modular layout display.

Strasburg O Scale Spring Train Show
2025-04-12 08:00 - 12:00 | Strasburg PA Fire Company, 203 W Franklin Street, Strasburg, PA, 17579, United States
Please join us for our annual Spring 2-Rail O Scale model train show. See our website for details on times, location and table registration information.

East Penn Traction Club Model Trolley Meet
2025-05-15 - 2025-05-17 | Allentown Fairgrounds, 17th & Chew Streets, Allentown, PA, 18104, United States
In the spring of odd numbered years, the East Penn Traction Club sponsors the largest trolley-only model meet in the country. The next meet will be in May 2025 and will be held at Allentown Fairgrounds.
The meet draws the premier modelers and manufacturers from all over the country for a weekend of viewing models, layouts, films, photos, slides, model contests, and how-to clinics on subjects ranging from hanging trolley wire to modeling subway cars. The theme for the meet will be Cars of the St. Louis Car Company. There will be a judged model contest and Popular Model contests. In addition, the latest in trolley kits, parts, bodies, etc. are offered for sale as is prototype data such as photos and books.

O Scale West
2025-05-23 - 2025-05-26 | Hyatt Regency Hotel Santa Clara, California, 5101 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA, 95054, United States
This is to update you on the planning for the 2025 meet.
The name of the meet will be changed to the event’s original name: O Scale West. The phrases Narrow Gauge West and S West will be dropped from the name; narrow gauge and S Scale attendance will continue to be recognized and encouraged in OSW’s communications.
It is time to recognize that the old days of OSW with 200 tables sold and more than 500 attendees are gone; until the demand changes, OSW will be planned to be a 100 table 200 attendee event.
Lastly, a long term goal that will take some time to implement, is that the meet will be moved from Memorial Day weekend to OSW’s historical early February dates. The earliest this can happen is in 2026, so stay tuned – when we have a contract in place an announcement will be made on our website.
With regards to the 2025 meet. Don’t miss the biggest O Scale, S Scale, and Narrow Gauge Meet west of the Mississippi. Save big on your O Scale and S Scale and Narrow Gauge needs at the amazing swap meet. Shop 150 vendor tables with everything from brass to ground foam. Learn at clinics focused on the meet’s namesake scales, and visit amazing layouts in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you model in or are considering O Scale, S Scale, or Narrow Gauge, this is the meet for you.

See the world of larger scales and narrow gauge modeling.
More info and on-line registration is at our website for latest updates.

Thank you for your support of O Scale West! See you at the 2025 meet!

2025 NMRA National Convention - Novi, MI
2025-07-14 08:00 - 2025-07-19 20:00 | Sheraton Hotel – Novi, MI, 21111 Haggerty Road, Novi, MI, 48375, United States
The convention is being hosted by the NORTH CENTRAL REGION of the NMRA. Our goal is for A Convention Like No Other. We are planning a great week of model and prototype railroading, just for YOU!
This convention is open to ALL model railroaders! You do not have to be an NMRA member to attend!

St. Louis Railroad Prototype Modeler
2025-07-24 - 2025-07-26 | Gateway Convention Center, Collinsville, IL, One Gateway Drive,, IL 62234, Collinsville, IL, 62234, United States
July 24th – 26th.

Thursday 7/24: 5 PM Bandanas Barbeque, 6 PM – 10 PM Layout Tours
Friday 7/25: 9 AM – 9 PM Open to the public (see our website for show details)
Saturday 7/26: 9 AM – 6 PM Open to the public (see our website for show details)

Largest event of its kind, we feature upwards of 5000 models on display, 21 clinics, approximately 200 tables representing leading manufactures, historical societies, visit with exciting new start-up companies and see their cutting-edge products. Enjoy operating layouts, home layout tours, and social activities to engage some of the hobby’s best modelers nationally and internationally.
This year’s 2025 theme is:
Introducing “Technology: Advancing the ‘How-to’ for Prototypical Railroad Modeling” in 2025. This year’s theme addresses the impact of technology on our ever-changing hobby and how you can use the latest products, services, capabilities and devices to give you more believable and prototypical results. No matter what the need, from building models, or creating more realistic layouts, to running the trains with incredible realism, our hobby has made and IS making giant leaps forward. We hope to include topics such as: 3D printing, DDC & Sound, Train Control, as well as LED lighting. We will help you learn more about the magic of what is available now and coming your way soon. Join us in July to witness all this firsthand. Clinicians will be announced on our schedule page as we get closer to the event.
Friday & Saturday admission $35; Saturday only $25. Info on current and past events, housing, and other important details, and learn about our ongoing updates, regularly visit our informative and entertaining website at < www.stlrpm.com >. Or call Lonnie Bathurst at (217)556-0314 or email bathurst@litchfieldil.com. O Scale Central will have tables and The Jim Canter P-48 layout will be displayed.

Strasburg O Scale Summer Train Show
2025-08-09 08:00 - 12:00 | Strasburg PA Fire Company, 203 W Franklin Street, Strasburg, PA, 17579, United States
Please join us for our annual Summer 2-Rail O Scale model train show. See our website for details on times, location and table registration information.

2025 National Narrow Gauge Convention - St. Louis
2025-09-03 08:00 - 2025-09-06 20:00 | Gateway Convention Center, 1 Gateway Dr., Collinsville, IL, 62234, United States
Join us in the beautiful Midwest for the 45th National Narrow Gauge Convention. You will find outstanding clinics, world-class narrow gauge layouts, stunning modular displays, your favorite exhibitors and vendors, and “The Contest”- all under one roof at the popular Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville, IL. You will also have the opportunity to attend one or more extra fare venues. Many fine Non-Rail activities are also included, and local attractions are just a short drive away.

Indianapolis O Scale Meet
2025-09-19 - 2025-09-20 | La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Indianapolis South, 5120 Victory Dr., Indianapolis, IN, 46203, United States
Indianapolis 2-Rail O Scale Train Show
*See our website and Facebook page for details
Friday September 19, 3:00 to 7:00 PM and Saturday September 20, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
La Quinta Inn & Suites Indianapolis South @ Intersection of HWY 465 and Emerson Ave.
O Scale 2 Rail/P48, Narrow Gauge/On30, Traction, 3 Rail Scale welcome
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/indyoscaleshow
Email: indyoscaleshow@gmail.com
Website: indyoscaleshow.com
Phone: (317) 435-8378

Southern New England Model RR Club Fall Show
2025-09-27 08:30 - 15:00 | United Methodist Church, 161 Chestnut Street, Gardner, MA, 01440, United States
The Southern New England Model RR Club O scale fall show is Saturday September 27, 2025 in Gardner, MA. from 9:30 A.M. to 4 P.M. at 161 Chestnut
Street in the United Methodist Church. Admission and parking are free. Dealers include Norm Pullen, Bob Lavezzi, Tom McCarthy, Richard Sladja,
Maynard Stowe and others. Our 65′ X 40′ layout is in the basement and has no less than 50 structures built by Herm Botzow and an 850′ double track
mainline. Food and beverages available.

Strasburg O Scale Fall Train Show
2025-10-11 08:00 - 12:00 | Strasburg PA Fire Company, 203 W Franklin Street, Strasburg, PA, 17579, United States
Please join us for our annual Fall 2-Rail O Scale model train show. See our website for details on times, location and table registration information.

Cincinnati Fall Train Show
2025-10-11 09:00 - 2025-10-12 15:00 | Lakota West High School, 8940 Union Centre Blvd., West Chester, OH, 45069, United States
CINCINNATI, OHIO October 11-12, 2025 – 57th Annual Div 7 NMRA Fall Train Show
Lakota West High School, 8940 Union Centre Blvd. West Chester, OH 45069
10 am to 4 pm both days. Many scales & sizes of operating layouts, plus hundreds of sales tables of new & used model trains, books, collectibles. $10 cash-only admission. Kids 12 and under + scouts in uniform free with paying adult. No animals allowed except service dogs. Wheelchair accessible. Food and refreshments available. Free parking. Door prizes. See cincy-div.7.org

George Wallace Southwest O Scale Meet
2025-10-17 - 2025-10-18 | Archery Traditions of Oklahoma, 328 Elm Avenue, Yukon, OK, 73099, United States
RESERVE THE DATES: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2025 AND SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2025
The Meet will be held at the Archery Traditions of Oklahoma in Yukon, OK, a suburb of Oklahoma City (same facility as last year). Doors will open for set up at 11:00AM on Friday, October17 with trading beginning when you are set up and continuing until 9:00PM. On Saturday, October 18, we will convene at 8:00AM with the Meet closing at 3:00PM. We will have clinics scheduled for 9:00AM and 10:30AM along with a “show and tell” program at 1:00PM, all on Saturday. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO BRING A MODEL OR PROJECT, FINISHED OR UNFINISHED, TO SHOW. Following the Meet, all are invited to visit the Oklahoma Model Railroad Association & Museum, Inc. “O” Scale layout at the Museum in Oklahoma City.
Registration information will be coming in a few weeks. It will include information about the Friday evening BBQ dinner and Saturday Lunch as well as a block of rooms that have been reserved at a special rate at the Fairfield Inn and Suites in Yukon.
For more information, please contact:
Joe Norman, joe@jncpa.co, 405-640-6287
Doug Forsman, firefors2@gmail.com, 501-757-0099

O Scale Central OnLine 4pm EDT Zoom Sunday 3D Printing and Modules
2025-10-19 15:00 - 17:00 | CA
The next OSC Online will be held on October 19th at 4:00 p.m. EDT on Zoom – will include a presentation by Daniel Raible on 3D printing: an in-depth overview of how 3D printing works, start to finish, and, even better, how to make 3D printing work for you. Daniel is a true 3D wizard. He has a terrific power point which lays it all out. This is a “don’t miss” presentation. Watch for the invitation, which will include one-click link and meeting ID and passcode.
Also included in the October program will be an introduction to the new O Scale modular standards. The construction of layouts comprised of interchangeable sections offers ways for modelers who lack room, longer time horizons and money to build layout sections and operate on relatively large layouts. But modular layouts also offer opportunities for modelers who have downsized into smaller spaces and given up larger layouts to continue to participate in the Scale. And it offers a way even for modelers who have layouts to become part of a larger community.
The presentation will also include an introduction to a new modular group which has been established in Maryland, using the standards, to build a modeling community, develop modeling skills, promote model railroading hobby, and 2 rail O scale in particular while having fun. If this sparks your imagination to start something similar in your area, that is one of the purposes.

Cleveland O Scale Show November 1st and 2nd
2025-10-31 - 2025-11-02 | UAW Local 1005 Large Hall, 5615 Chevrolet Blvd, Parma, OH, 44130, United States
Cleveland 2-Rail O Scale Train Show
SATURDAY 11/1 – TRAIN SHOW
SUNDAY 11/2 – O SCALE MODULAR MEET
UAW Local 1005 Large Hall
5615 Chevrolet Blvd
Parma, OH 44130
Free Parking
Link to the Flyer
Link to the Table Order Form

O Scale Central OnLine 4pm EST Zoom Sunday
2025-11-16 15:00 - 17:00 | CA
Watch for the featured program notices or check check this calendar.

O Scale Central OnLine 4pm EST Zoom Sunday
2025-12-14 15:00 - 17:00 | CA
Watch for the program information message or check this calendar

O Scale West
2026-03-06 08:00 - 2026-03-07 17:00 | IFES Society Hall and Event Venue, 432 Stierlin Rd, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
We surveyed our attendees regarding their preferences. The response was marvelous! As a result of what our attendees told us we have reinvented the meet: new dates, new schedule, and lowered admission prices.

The meet was moved from the Memorial Day weekend to earlier in the year, Friday and Saturday March 6-7, 2026. Friday will be setup and a part day swap meet, Saturday will include set up and a full day swap meet. Of course, the model contest, clinics, and layout visits are included. New this year will be the inclusion of scale 3-rail. As always, S scale and all scales narrow gauge are included.

Registration fees were lowered to $35 for individuals/family for Friday and Saturday and $25 for individuals/family for Saturday only. Vendor fees are unchanged (see our web site for vendor fees).

The location was moved to the IFES Society Hall in Mountain View, CA.
The nearest lodging facility, The Hampton Inn, has reserved a block of rooms at a favorable price for OSW attendees; a link to register is available on the OSW website. The special room rates are available for March 6 and March 7. There is a hard cut off date, January 20, for making room reservations.

You can register to attend OSW on-line or via a mailed form. Both methods are available on the web site https://oscalewest.com.

O Scale March Meet
2026-03-19 - 2026-03-22 | Westin Chicago Lombard, 70 Yorktown Center, Lombard, IL, 60148, United States
Please join us for the annual March Meet in Lombard, IL. The Chicago March O Scale Meet (actually held at the Westin Hotel in Lombard, Illinois, west of Chicago) is the largest (and many say best) O Scale 2 Rail Meet in the country.
One thousand OS2R modelers gather to shop at 350 vendor tables, attend clinics, catch operating modular layouts, enter and view models in the contest, visit layouts and attractions and share stories, friendships and an occasional beer. The contest uses NMRA model evaluation criteria and evaluators so NMRA member models earning merit awards can be used toward NMRA Achievement Program certificates.
For 2026, the March Meet will be held on Saturday, March 21st (9 am-5 pm) and Sunday, March 22rd (8:30 am-2 p.m). Dealer setup is from 1-9 pm on Friday, March 20th and 8-9 am on Saturday. Brad Kowal and his committee do a fantastic job.
Information about the March Meet is available through https://marchmeet.net/WP/ or on Facebook at facebook.com/MarchOScaleMeet/ or by calling 414 629-0030.
