Michiana Division presents TRAINing Day Saturday, September 21, 2019

The Fall MWR BOD meeting will be held Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 10:30 am in Trainfest Clinic room 4, West Allis, WI.

The next Midwest Region Annual Membership meeting will be held during the Spring MWR Convention to be held during the third week of May, 2020 in Peoria, IL
Details will be provided as they become available.

May 14-17, 2020

The 2020 Midwest Region convention, The Peoria Rocket, will be hosted by the Illinois Valley Division of the MWR.

The convention facility will be Holiday Inn and Suites, 101 Holiday Street, East Peoria, Illinois 61611
1-309-698-3333

More information will be posted when it becomes available

Walt Herrick, Midwest Region Photographer and member of the FVD, authored an article about Mike Ritchdorff's N&W Pocahontas Division RR in the January FVD Semaphore. That article was picked up by the Division Business Car column of the April 2018 NMRA Magazine.

NMRA members CLICK HERE to link to the NMRA Members section to read the article.

May 17-20, 2019 - Joint Convention with the Thousand Lakes Region

Another excellent convention that was very well attended. We had a record number of contest entries. Thanks to all involved.

Photos of all the model & photography contest entries are posted on this site. Click HERE to see them.

The 2019 Midwest Region convention, was hosted by the Thousand Lakes Region.

Here is a list of his awards won at the National Convention.
Photos can be viewed at: Jim Allen Award Pictures
Congratulations to Jim!

Craft: First Place: Jim Allen for his locomotive carrying case
Diesel: First Place: Jim Allen for his ATSF TR-4 cow and calf engine set
Freight Car: First Place: Jim Allen for his Hot Metal car
Non-Revenue Car: First Place: Jim Allen for his On3 Water Car
Display Category: First Place: Jim Allen for his Forest Scene with Holt ‘Caterpillar’ tractor and log buggy
Locomotive, Scratch-built: 2nd Place: Jim Allen for his Single-Truck, 2-Cylinder Shay
Locomotive, Scratch-built: 3rd Place: Jim Allen for his On3 Rio Grande Southern Beyer-Garrett 2-8-0 + 0-8-2 steam engine
Structure, Scratch-built: 3rd Place: Jim Allen for his Flying “A” gas station (with the DC-3 on pedestals)
Thumbz model: 2nd Place: Jim Allen for his Grandpa Percy with walker
Thumbz model: 3rd Place: Jim Allen for his Big Breakfast egg-carrying flatcar

Additionally, Jim also won the:
• Iwata Air Brush Motive Power Award for his On3 Single-Truck, 2-Cylinder Shay
• NMRA Magazine Award for Most Photogenic Model for his Flying “A” Gas Station
• The NMRA Contest Chairman’s Award for his RGS On3 Beyer-Garrett locomotive