Local EVENTS AND SHOWS

Our 2025 Cinti Div. 7 Spring Flea Market and Trade Show will be on Saturday, March 15, 2025 in the main gym of the Lakota West Freshman Campus at 5050 Tylersville Rd, West Chester, OH 45069. This is a fun and popular modeler's event to buy and sell new and not so new model railroad items from dealers and individuals. Also features our NMRA info booth, loco test track, White Elephant sales and modeler aid services.

Division 7 members wishing to enter items in the White Elephant Sale should use the downloads below for the submission instructions (either in MS Word or as a PDF document) and a blank submissions spreadsheet (either in MS Excel or as a PDF document).

Contact Registrar Roy Hord for table inquiries and Chair Gary Ossenschmidt for other needs. See flyer for further details.

Our 2025 Cincinnati Model Train and Trade Show will be held on Sat & Sun Oct 11 & 12, 2025 at the Lakota West High School at 8940 Union Center Ave, West Chester, OH 45069. This will be the 56th edition of this huge fun-filled family and hobbyist event! See flyer below for details. For tables and display space see Registrar Roy Hord. Contact John Burchnall to obtain street signs to post. Contact Chair Rick Crumrine with other questions.

Our White Elephant booth will again be a featured attraction. For those Division 7 members wishing to enter items, please see the downloads below for the submission instructions (either in MS Word or as a PDF document) and a blank submissions spreadsheet (either in MS Excel or as a PDF document).

Please also join us in thanking and supporting our contributing Fall Show sponsor Peter Paul Office Equipment.

This event will be operated under all local, state, and federal health guidelines in effect at that time. Masks are currently optional. Subject to cancellation due to events beyond our control. Watch here for last-minute info or changes.

Sam Parfitt of West Chester, Ohio invites nearby NMRA members to informal operating sessions on his large HO scale Great Northern Ry.  Please RSVP to him via email at samparfitt@fuse.net

See the "Sam Parfitt GNRW Operations Invite" attachment below for directions, plus layout, operations, web blog, videos and additional info.

You may bring your own DCC engines to run plus your Digitrax throttle. Pizza at 6:30-7:00. Junk food and beverage provided.