Upcoming Meets & Shows

Upcoming Meets & Shows

Boeing Employees' Railroad Club - St. Louis
Railroad Swap Meet
March 9, 2024

Greensfelder Recreation Complex at Queeny Park
550 Wiedman Road
St. Louis, Missouri 63011

Saturday, March 9, 2024
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Admission: $5.00 (Children under 12 Free)
For Information Call (after 6:30 PM Central Time)
Matthew Schimmel (636) 448-7528

_******* Illinois Traction Society 37^th Annual Meet _*******
April 26^th & 27^th, 2024

Illinois Railway Museum
7000 Olson Road
Union, Illinois, 60180
(815) 923-4391

> PRINT Meet Reservation Form <

Friday - April 26^th
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM	The Friday night “informal get together” will be at 6:00 PM at Joe’s Place, 19716 East Grant Highway, Marengo, Illinois (815) 568 2500. Members will pay for their meal at time served.

Saturday - April 27^th
Beginning at 7:30 AM	Registration will begin in the Mercantile Building located just inside the entrance gate to the museum.
9:00 AM to 4:30 PM and 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM	IT equipment will leave from the East Union Station with either 277-518 or St. Louis & Alton 101.
9:15 AM to 4:30 PM and 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM	The car line will provide half-hour service with Bridge Car 415 (or an alternative Chicago Car).

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Area Motels - Hampshire, Illinois
	Super 8	115 Arrowhead Drive (5.6 miles from IRM), ***	(847) 683-0888

Area Motels - Woodstock, Illinois
	Quality Inn & Suites	1785 South Eastwood Drive (6.8 miles from IRM) ***	(815) 527-7390

Area Motels - Algonquin, Illinois
	Holiday Inn Express	2595 Bunker Hill Drive (10.4 miles from IRM) ½*	(847) 458-6000

Area Motels - Huntley, Illinois
	Hampton Inn	13000 Illinois Route 47 (10.7 miles from IRM) ***½	(847) 669-9737

Area Motels - Crystal Lake, Illinois
	Country Inn & Suites	600 Tracy Trail (11.7 miles from IRM) ****	(815) 477-3500
	Comfort Inn	595 Tracy Trail (11.7 miles from IRM) ½*	(815) 261-1682
	Super 8	577 Crystal Point Road (12.0 miles from IRM) ***	(815) 219-7877
	Holiday Inn Express & Suites	800 South State Route 31 (12.4 miles from IRM) ½*	(815) 477-7000

The 2024 St. Louis RPM Meet
July 19 & 20, 2024

Gateway Convention Center
One Gateway Drive
Collinsville, Illinois 62234

Friday, July 19^th and Saturday, July 20^th
Meet Hours: 9 AM to 7 PM both days
Sales end at 5 PM Saturday

St. Louis RPM will be bigger and better than ever. The 2024 event is scheduled for July 19 - 20. This year's theme is "One for the Ages - The Art of Aging Your Models to Your Era ". This year's theme focuses on helping you learn to weather your models to match your era through a variety of mediums and by different masters in the hobby. A good portion of our clinics will be given on the topics of using oil paints, pan pastels, airbrushing, and dry brushing with acrylic paints by modelers who have been doing these techniques for years. For the latest information go to
https://stlrpm.com/.

Photos of past meets are available online at:
https://www.stlrpm.com/gallery/
Great modeling and fellowship for life--that's what St. Louis RPM is all about.

Bring your models, finished or in progress, for display and discussion.
All scales, gauges, and models from all eras are welcome; bring locomotives, structures, freight cars, dioramas, vehicles or other models. There are no contests. The purpose of this event is to share and learn new techniques, and meet your fellow modelers from St. Louis and around the Nation.

800⁺ Attendees brought over 5,000 models to display in 2023!

Admission: $35.00 Fri & Sat, $25.00 Sat only. Kids under 13 free with paid adult admission.
Contact Lonnie Bathurst at bathurst@litchfieldil.com (217) 556-0314 for meet info.
This is a not-for profit event—hosted For Modelers By Modelers.