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Regular meetings will be at one of TWO different locations - check the Timetable for location and time details on each meet.
Gary Morava Recreation Center 110 W. Camp McDonald Road, Prospect Heights, IL 60070, will run from 1:30 PM until 4:00 PM,
or the
Glenview Public Library 1930 Glenview Rd, Glenview, IL 60025, in the Multi-Purpose Room on the main floor near the east entrance, will run from 2:00 PM until 4:30 PM,
and also via the Zoom Video Conference application.
Click on a link to display a map locating the Gary Morava Recreation Center or the Glenview Public Library
All activities, locations and dates are subject to change, so please check meeting listings regularly for any change in activity, location or time.
Unless otherwise noted, meetings are free and guests are always welcome. Click on a meeting date below for additional details of that event.
All activities, dates and locations 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. Non-member guests should contact the webmaster for meeting logon information. Click on a meeting date below for additional details of that event. Please download the first two reference PDFs in advance of the Zoom 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.
Note: Zoom now requires that its applications have the latest updates installed before it will connect you to a meeting. Just open the application and it will automatically update itself or open the app and click on the small account icon in the upper right corner. Scroll down the menu and click on "Check for Updates". This takes a few minutes so please do not wait until the last minutes to open the app.
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 NO LATER THAN Noon on the Friday 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 either here, on the contest photo web-page or 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
Model Display entries will be shown in-person at each meet until further notice.
Clinic Presentation: Santa Fe livestock movement. by Steve Sandifier, MMR and a Master Santa Fe Modeler by the Santa Fe Society. He is currently treasurer for the Lone Star Region of the NMRA.
In the years prior to 1970 it was common to see stock cars on American Railroads. Horses (primarily until the
30s), cattle, sheep, goats, and hogs were regularly shipped across the country to provide horsepower and food for Americans. Since these are living creatures, special treatment was necessary to keep livestock from becoming dead freight! And yes, you could find the stockcar hauling grain, tomatoes, or rail. Steve will discuss the procedures, rules, forms, cars, stock pens, feeding stations - everything required to make this industry function.
Model Achievement Celebration Display Category: Up to 3 Steam Locomotives
Bring your model to celebrate your accomplishments.
Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item
This meeting will also host our annual business meeting and election of the next Superintendent and Chief Clerk. If you are interested in running for either of these offices please contact the Chief Clerk via our Contact Us web page.
Clinic Presentation: Photographing Your Models Outdoors by Keith Kohlman. Learn how to take dramatic and amazing photos of your modeling work by taking them outdoors. It is really not that difficult.
Model Achievement Celebration Display Category: Up to 3 Refigerated Billboard Cars
Bring your model to celebrate your accomplishments.
Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item
The convention will be held at the Century Center, South Bend, IN
Check out https://www.mwr-nmra.org/aroundthebend.html for convention information as it becomes available.
Clinic Presentation: TBA
Model Achievement Celebration Display Category: Up to 3 Freight Cars with an Open Load
To enter the contest, please follow the instructions above this notice.
Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item