Hobby Event – Notes on Designing, Building, and Operating Model Railroads

2026 St. Louis RPM

The St. Louis Railroad Prototype Modeler (RPM) event is just around the corner, July 23 through 25, in Collinsville, Illinois. This RPM has attracted the largest attendance over the years and may surpass 1,000 modelers through the door.

2026 NERPM summary

I drove to Springfield, Massachusetts, for the New England Railroad Prototype Modeler meet on the last weekend of May. This is also known as the Northeast RPM.

2026 RPM season

Another RPM season is beginning! A couple of railroad prototype modeler (RPM) events have already occurred this year. The calendar ahead is chock full of more.

Upcoming RPM events

Bob Cronin’s model display at the 2024 Mid-Atlantic RPM.

In case you haven’t checked the RPM Calendar lately, you might be surprised to see eleven railroad prototype modeler (RPM) events before teh end of 2025.

ELEVEN!!!

2025 RPM-East summary

Steve Raque’s HO scale models on display at RPM-East

The latest southwestern Pennsylvania prototype modeler meet is in the books! The 2025 RPM-East event was another success with 250 attendees spending their March 21st & 22nd on the Westmoreland County Community College campus in Youngwood, Pennsylvania.