Upcoming Railroad Prototype Modeler events
2019
St. Louis RPM – July 26 & 27, Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville, IL
Buffalo & Susquehanna RR Symposium – August 3 & 4, Heritage Discovery Center in Buffalo, NY.
Reading Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet – September 13 – 15, at the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum, Hamburg, PA.
Mid-Atlantic RPM – September 19 – 22, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Baltimore – BWI Airport!
WISE Division RPM – September 21, at the Four Points Sheraton, Milwaukee Airport
LA Area Prototype Modelers Meet – October 5, at the Encounter Christian Church, Bellflower, CA
Greater Toronto Railway Prototype Modelers – October 5 & 6, held in conjunction with the Greater Toronto Train Show at the Brampton Fairgrounds in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Rocky Mountain RPM – October 11 – 13, held in conjunction with the Rocky Mountain Hobby-Expo, Denver Mart, Denver, CO,
RPM Chicagoland – October 24-26, Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in Lisle, IL
RPM Carolinas: School of Railway Prototype Modeling – November 8 & 9, at the N.C. Cooperative Extension, Forsyth County Center, Winston-Salem, NC
2020 Events
Prototype Rails – January 9-11, Hilton Oceanfront in Cocoa Beach, FL
RPM Valley Forge – March 27-29, Desmond Hotel in Malvern, PA
Bridgetown Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet – Saturday May 2, Airport Shilo Inn, Portland, OR
Maritime Prototype Modellers Meet– June 20, at the Douglas Street Recreation Centre, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
Contact Will Lawrence at will.d.lawrence@gmail.com, or Ric Hamilton at r.hamilton@xcountry.tv for more details.
Past 2019 events
Bay Area Layout Design & Operations Weekend – January 25, 26, & 27, Petaluma, CA
Copetown RPM Meet – Saturday February 23, Copetown, Ontario
Toronto Railway Prototype Modellers Meet – Saturday, March 16, Toronto, ON
Railroad Modeler’s Retreat – March 15 & 16, Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, Plymouth, MN
RPM-East – March 22 & 23, Greensburg, PA (Next event in 2021!)
Savannah Prototype Modeler’s Meet – March 29 & 30, Savannah, GA
Central Ohio RPM – April 26-28, Marion, OH
Contact dblake7@columbus.rr.com for more details.
Western Prototype Modelers Meet – Saturday, April 27, the Santa Fe/Amtrak Station, San Bernardino, CA – 29th annual meet!
Railway Modellers Meet – May 3 – 5, Vancouver, BC
New England/Northeast RPM – May 31 & June 1, Farmington, CT
BAPM 2018 – The San Francisco Bay Area Prototype Modelers Meet – Saturday June 15, Richmond, CA
Past 2018 events
2018 Layout Design and Operations Weekend – March 16-18, Tulsa, Oklahoma ( Look for a possible 2020 event!)
Mountain States RPM – Saturday September 8, Evanston, WY (A 2019 meet is not planned. Look for a possible 2020 event!)
Modeling Like a PROtotype Conference – September 21 & 22, at the Aloft Hotel, South bend, IN
Garden State RPM – November 2018 event CANCELLED, Scotch Plains, NJ
Mid-Continent Prototype Modelers Meet – November 10 & 11, Benton, KS
2017 events
Pacific Northwest RPM – Saturday April 29, Monroe, WA
It’s difficult to keep track of all RPM events. Please send me an email if I missed an event. Include the event name, location, dates, and website address in an email to keep this calendar up to date. Please send your event details to: eric@hansmanns.org