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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
Contest entries will be displayed in-person at each meet until further notice.
Clinic Presentation: Mining Coal in Land of Corn and Soybeans by Mark Vaughan
Contest: One Diesel Locomotive
To enter the contest, please follow the instructions above this notice.
Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item
Clinic Presentation: Live 3D Printing Demonstration by Ken Mosny
Contest: One Repurposed or Retired Rolling Stock
To enter the contest, please follow the instructions above this notice.
Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item
Clinic Presentation: Irish One Rail System by Dan Cahill
The Irish Monorail: In a remote backwater of Ireland, economic necessities led to the construction of one of the first successful monorail lines in the world.
Contest: One Illuminated Structure
To enter the contest, please follow the instructions above this notice.
Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item
Silent Auction: Bring your train items to sell or look for bargins and bid on them.
Clinic Presentation: A Closer Look at Track by Dave Nelson.
A Closer Look at Track does exactly what the title says: using prototype photos to look at track from the subroadbed up to the ballast, the ties, the tie plates, rails, rail joiners, and other elements of railroad track such as culverts, ditches and guard rails with the goal of making us more aware of details that are so easy to overlook, and yet deserve to be modeled more precisely on our layouts.
Contest: One Steam or Diesel Yard Switcher
To enter the contest, please follow the instructions above this notice.
Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item
Clinic Presentation: How to add a Layout Scene in 15 Easy Steps by Bob Frankrone
Contest: One Caboose
To enter the contest, please follow the instructions above this notice.
Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item
Clinic Presentation: TBA
Contest: One Weathered Car or Structure
To enter the contest, please follow the instructions above this notice.
Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item
Clinic Presentation: TBA
Contest: One Steam Locomotive
To enter the contest, please follow the instructions above this notice.
Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item
This meeting will alos 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: TBA
Contest: One Refigerated Billboard Car
To enter the contest, please follow the instructions above this notice.
Show and Tell: Display any category or train related item
The convention will be held at the Century Center, South Bend, IN
Check out http://2024aroundthebend.com/ for convention information as it becomes available.
Clinic Presentation: TBA
Contest: One Freight Car 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