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Until further notice, regular FVD meetings are held from 1:30 PM until 4:30 PM, via the Zoom Video Conference application. All activities and dates are subject to change, so please check meeting listings regularly for any change in activity, or time. Meetings are free and guests are always welcome. Click on a meeting date below for additional details of that event. Please download the first two reference PDFs in advance of the meeting:
• FVD Zoom Meeting Procedures to understand our virtual meeting process.
• FVD Zoom Meeting Quick guide for quick assistance with the Zoom screen and other FAQs.
If you need additional help, click on: Zoom Help Topics for general application assistance.
Regular division members on our email list will receive video conference login credentials via our meeting notices emailed to you about ONE WEEK PRIOR to the meet. If you are not a FVD member and/or not on our email list, and would like to attend as a guest, please contact the FVD webmaster for details on how to participate.
Photographs of contest entries will be displayed on the CONTEST WEBPAGE as they are received. Please upload your photos of your entry using the FVD website upload form NO LATER THAN 48 hours before the meet. Please include, your name, category, entry title and scale. You may send up to 3 photos of each entry - but only one entry per member per monthly category. Photos will display the best if they are 1200 pixels wide at 72 px/inch minimum but any size will work.
Contest voting will be via on-line ballot available on the contest photo web-page and the Zoom meeting notice. The voting window opens 2 days before the meet and closes at NOON the day of the meet.
Click here to VOTE
Click here to read the April 28, 2019 business meeting minutes
Click here to read the September 20, 2020 meeting agenda
Clinic Presentation: Model Railroading Projects We Did While Sheltered in Place by Walt Herrick
Contest: Passenger Car - one car only
To enter the contest, please upload photos of your entry using the FVD website upload form NO LATER THAN 48 hours before the meet. Please include, your name, category, entry title and scale. You may send up to 3 photos of each entry - but only one entry per member per monthly category. Photos will display the best if they are 1200 pixels wide at 72 px/inch minimum but any size will work.
Contest voting will be via on-line ballot available on the contest photo web-page and the Zoom meeting notice. The voting ballot window closes at NOON the morning of the meet.
Show and Tell Table: Display any category or train related item
Contest awards.
Clinic Presentation: LCC - Layout Command & Control by Paul Wussow, DuPage Division
Contest: Weathered Structure - one structure only
Show and Tell Table: Display any category or train related item
Contest awards.
Clinic Presentation: Less Than Carload Traffic in the Days Before UPS and FedEx by Mark Vaughan
Contest: Unfinished Project - on entry per member
Show and Tell Table: Display any category or train related item
Contest awards.
Clinic Presentation: Layout Wiring by Eric Peterson, Central Indiana Division
Contest: Yard Switcher - one loco only
Show and Tell Table: Display any category or train related item
Contest awards.
Clinic Presentation: 3 D Printing by Phillip Burnside
Contest: Open Load - one car only
Show and Tell Table: Display any category or train related item
Contest awards.
Clinic Presentation: Flat Buildings by Charles Malinowski
Contest: Over, Under, Around or Through - One structure only
Show and Tell Table: Display any category or train related item
Contest awards.
Clinic Presentation: The Pursuit of Realism by Lance Mindheim - Gary Saxton to facilitate
Contest: Locomotive - one loco only
Show and Tell Table: Display any category or train related item
Contest awards.
Annual FVD Business Meeting
Election of Assistant Superintendent and Paymaster
Clinic Presentation: 1906 Crystal Lake IL Historical Diorama by Walt Herrick
Contest: Illuminated Structure - one structure only
Show and Tell Table: Display any category or train related item
Contest awards.
Clinic Presentation: Scratch Building Cars for the AP program by Jim Osborn
Contest: 12 x 12 inch diorama with re-purposed or retired rolling stock
Show and Tell Table: Display any category or train related item
Contest awards.
The 2021 Midwest Region convention - Rockford Railroad Convention will be hosted by the Rock River Valley Division.
The convention facility will be the Holiday Inn at State Street and I-90 which was the location of our last convention.
Complete details will be forthcoming on the Rock River Valley Division website
Save the Dates!
The 2022 Midwest, North Central & Mid Central Tri-Region convention - Indy Junction will be jointly hosted by the three regions.
The convention facility will be Marriott East, 7202 E 21st St Indianapolis, IN 46219
Please see the Information PDF
for more about this event.