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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. 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 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 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
Annual FVD Business Meeting
Minutes of the prior business meeting held on September 20, 2020 are available to download and read by clicking HERE.
Election of Assistant Superintendent and Paymaster
Clinic Presentation: 12 inch to the foot Junction to Crossing Reconstruction By Steve Miazga, WISE Division
Contest: Illuminated Structure - one structure only
To enter the contest, please follow the instructions above this notice.
Show and Tell Table: Display any category or train related item
The Fox Valley Division has accumulated a quantity of donated rail hobby items generally from estates of past modelers. We are making the used equipment available to current and future modelers. All equipment is free on a first come - first served basis - with a promise that it will put to use and not be resold. Quantities will be reasonably limited to each individual in order to spread the equipment. The inventory includes HO and O-scale locomotives, passenger cars, freight car (RTR and kits), buildings (RTR and kits), Lionel and other O-scale. There are 3 N-scale bridges. American Flyer, S-Scale, Sn3 locos and cars. There is 1, G-scale 4 wheel CBQ switcher, two turnouts and 1 box of G scale track. 50 items of Railroadiana and over 60 books.
Some miscellaneous items are photos, prints and paintings (framed and un-framed), timetables, matchbooks, misc. paper, memorabilia, DVD’s, videos, RR-logo’d items, etc. Other items include loco’s (powered and dummies), passenger and freight cars, kits and built-up, bridges (various scales and lengths and constructions), bundles of track (gauges vary), roadbed, flex-track of various gauges; structures (kit and built up), power packs, vehicles, RR-themed items.
We make no representation of operability or quality of any of this equipment other than it can be put to use by a hobbyist. Some equipment may require a little "TLC" which is the fun part of the hobby.
Location of the equipment distribution is:
2013 W Grove Ave, Waukegan, IL 60085
1 pm - 4 pm April 24, 2021.
Masks required.
Clinic Presentation: Building Cars for the AP program by Jim Osborn
Contest: A Photo of a small scene with re-purposed or retired rolling stock
To enter the contest, please follow the instructions above this notice.
Show and Tell Table: Display any category or train related item
Clinic Presentation: TBA by TBA
Contest: TBA
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Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item
Clinic Presentation: TBA by TBA
Contest: TBA
To enter the contest, please follow the instructions above this notice.
Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item
Clinic Presentation: TBA by TBA
Contest: TBA
To enter the contest, please follow the instructions above this notice.
Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item
Clinic Presentation: TBA by TBA
Contest: TBA
To enter the contest, please follow the instructions above this notice.
Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item
Clinic Presentation: TBA by TBA
Contest: TBA
To enter the contest, please follow the instructions above this notice.
Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item
Clinic Presentation: TBA by TBA
Contest: TBA
To enter the contest, please follow the instructions above this notice.
Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item
Clinic Presentation: TBA by TBA
Contest: TBA
To enter the contest, please follow the instructions above this notice.
Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item
Clinic Presentation: TBA by TBA
Contest: TBA
To enter the contest, please follow the instructions above this notice.
Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item
Clinic Presentation: TBA by TBA
Contest: TBA
To enter the contest, please follow the instructions above this notice.
Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item
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.