Membership Meeting 12/21/2024
2024-12-21 00:00 UTC | Kalamazoo Bridge Club, 648 Maple Hill Drive, Kalamazoo, MI, 49009, United States
Rich Mahaney – Clinic on “Old Era Equipment”

Division 9 Board Meeting
2025-01-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Kalamazoo Bridge Club, 648 Maple Hill Drive, Kalamazoo, MI, 49009, United States

Membership Meeting
2025-01-18 09:30 - 11:00 | Kalamazoo Bridge Club, 648 Maple Hill Drive, Kalamazoo, MI, 49009, United States
Ryan Yanez – General Manager, will be speaking on the Grand Elk Railroad

Membership Meeting
2025-02-15 09:30 - 12:00 | Kalamazoo Bridge Club, 648 Maple Hill Drive, Kalamazoo, MI, 49009, United States
MMR Dan Lewis – “Getting the Most Out of DPM Kits”

Membership Meeting - Kalamazoo Model RR Club
2025-03-15 09:30 - 12:00 | Kalamazoo Model Railroad, 9336 N Riverview Dr., Kalamazoo, MI, 49004, United States
Kalamazoo Model RR Club
Clinic with information, training and demonstrations involving model railroad layout building.

Board Meeting
2025-04-06 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-07-20 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-05 19:00 - 20:00 | TBA

Membership Meeting
2025-04-19 09:30 - 12:00 | Kalamazoo Bridge Club, 648 Maple Hill Drive, Kalamazoo, MI, 49009, United States
Presentation by Doug Harding – Topic Fun with Pickles: a look at the Pickle Industry

Membership Meeting - Mid-Michigan Railroad Facilities in Turkeyville, Mi.
2025-05-17 10:00 - 12:00 | Mid-Michigan Railroad Club, 18689 15 1/2 Mile Rd, Marshall, MI 49068, Marshall, MI, 49068, United States
Mid-Michigan Railroad Facilities in Turkeyville, Mi.
Time of meeting: 10:00 am
The Mid-Michigan Railroad is a club like many other except their models are considerably larger than a typical O, HO or N scale.
We will actually be able to ride the trains, tour their facilities and train layout. Most likely some of their members will bring their own locomotives and cars. From what we know they have lots of stories that they are more than willing to share with visitors willing to listen. They have a Grand Elk RR caboose which was donated to the club. We expect to learn about the club operations, their size and their future plans. Members should plan to arrive at 10:00AM
For more information click on the link below:
MID MICHIGAN RAILROAD CLUB – Home

Membership Meeting - Dave Capron “Operations for small layouts”
2025-06-21 09:30 - 12:00 | Kalamazoo Bridge Club, 648 Maple Hill Drive, Kalamazoo, MI, 49009, United States
(Former NCR President) will be joining us at the Kalamazoo Bridge Club and presenting a clinic on “Operations for a Small Layout”.
Dave is a Master Model Railroader and a frequent clinic presenter at local and national conventions.

Annual Meeting
2025-09-20 09:30 - 12:00 | Kalamazoo Bridge Club, 648 Maple Hill Drive, Kalamazoo, MI, 49009, United States

Membership Meeting
2025-10-18 09:30 - 12:00 | Rooster Call – Shaver Road Location, 9136 Shaver Rd, Portage, MI, 49024, United States

Membership Meeting (3 Layout Tours Schoolcraft Area)
2025-11-15 09:30 - 12:00 | TBA
Local Layout Tours in November
Our program for November is to visit three of our best local area layouts.
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Our first stop at 9:30 AM is at Rick Garthe’s layout, located at 6737 TEXAS DR. Rick has a multi-scale HO and Lionel layout that is battery operated with wide aisles. (Note: this is a schedule change as Jim Fankhauser had a conflict in his schedule)
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Our next stop at approximately 10:30AM is at Greg Stonerock’s located at 9344 S 8TH ST. Greg models the Duluth, Missabi & Iron Range, MN. in HO scale.
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Our final stop on the tour at approximately 11:30 AM is at Bill Nichol’s layout located at 5746 West VW Ave, Schoolcraft, MI, (west of Schoolcraft on VW, off of 131). Kevin Kizer & Sheila Nichols will be our hosts when we tour Bill’s Boston & Maine layout. This is rather large layout, that is signaled controlled by the Dispatcher’s Desk. Operators must call into the Dispatcher for permission to move.
Each of these layouts is unique and interesting and will make for an enjoyable Saturday morning.
All layouts have plenty of parking spaces and are relatively close to one another.
Both Rick and Greg layouts are handicap accessible.
Thanks to Rick Garthe for taking Jim Fankhauser’s place on the schedule.

Membership Meeting UPDATE!!!!
2025-12-13 09:30 - 12:00
The following is a note from Greg Marvin regarding the December & January Membership Meetings.
December Membership Meeting
BIG CHANGE:
We are going to have a general membership meeting on December 13.
Due to difficulty in finding a good venue for December we had decided to combine the December and January meeting, but things have changed! The new plan is to meet at Yogi’s Diner 2070 E VW Ave Vicksburg at 8:30 for breakfast. Following breakfast, we will head west on VW ½ mile to Greg Marvin’s at 1032 E VW Ave for our meeting. (long driveway so plenty of parking especially back by the barn). We will conduct our normal membership meeting and not have to miss a meeting.
In January we will host our combined Christmas/New Years event as previously discussed where spouses will be invited to attend and enjoy celebrating with us!
I hope this isn’t confusing- any questions please ASK! We look forward to seeing everyone for the layout tours and at the December meeting!
Greg Marvin

Division 9 Board Meeting
2026-01-04 19:00 - 21:00 | TBA

Membership Meeting & Christmas Party
2026-01-17 09:30 - 12:00 | Kalamazoo Bridge Club, 648 Maple Hill Drive, Kalamazoo, MI, 49009, United States
Mark Tomlonson – RPO Cars & Railroad Post Office Operations

Division 9 Membership Meeting
2026-02-21 09:00 - 12:00 | Kalamazoo Bridge Club, 648 Maple Hill Drive, Kalamazoo, MI, 49009, United States
Modeling Challenge & TBD

Division 9 Membership Meeting
2026-03-21 09:00 - 12:00 | Kalamazoo Bridge Club, 648 Maple Hill Drive, Kalamazoo, MI, 49009, United States
Hands-on Clinic by Norm Logan & Barry Hensel, on Upgrading Rolling Stock
A two-hour presentation and hands-on opportunity to improve the operation of your layout rolling stock, presented by Norm Logan & Barry Hensel from Division 6. Members can bring up to 6 cars from your collection of rolling stock, to check them out during this clinic. Emphasis will be on wheels, couplers, weights, and other facets affecting the performance of your railroad rolling stock.

Division 9 Board Meeting
2026-04-12 19:00 - 21:00
Division 9 Board Meeting
Location: Bob Lawrence’s House

Division 9 Membership Meeting (Operating Session)
2026-04-18 09:00 - 12:00 | Kalamazoo Model Railroad, 9336 N Riverview Dr., Kalamazoo, MI, 49004, United States
Kalamazoo Model Railroad Club has invited Division 9 members to participate in an operating session on their new layout. Join them in moving freight cars on their layout in trains to communities and industries. See their signaling system operate other special features on their new layout.

Division 9 Membership Meeting - TBD
2026-05-09 09:00 - 12:00 | Kalamazoo Bridge Club, 648 Maple Hill Drive, Kalamazoo, MI, 49009, United States
TBD

New York Central Railroad Historical Society Train Ride Day
2026-05-16 09:00 - 17:00
The New York Central is coming to Kalamazoo
The New York Central Railroad System Historical Society is hosting their 2026 annual convention in Kalamazoo, MI between May 14 and 17, 2026. The headquarters hotel is the Marriott Delta Hotel on the west side of Kalamazoo, just off US 131. Besides the standard activities of a railroad convention, they are planning a train ride from Pleasant Lake, IN to Coldwater, MI on Saturday May 16th. They are allowing non-NYCSHS people to register and sign up for the convention train ride and lunch to help increase the attendance at the convention and to help fill the train. More information, registration and pricing will be available at the NYCSHS website. For more information click on the links below:
New York Central System Historical Society
NYCSHS 2026 Annual | NYCS Historical Society
The NYCSHS Board has removed the requirement to be a Society member to attend the convention.
The train ride will start with everybody getting on a bus at the Delta Hotel on the west side of Kalamazoo and highway 131. Then the bus will head to Pleasant Lake, IN to board the train. The train will go up to Hillside for a lunch stop at the Hillsdale Brewing Company, lunch is included in the train ride ticket price. From Hillsdale, the train will head to Coldwater. At Coldwater everyone will get on the buses to ride to the Turkeyville area to visit the Mid-Michigan Train Club to see the steam engines and other trains operating. Then back on the buses to return to Kalamazoo and the Delta Hotel.
Train ride tickets will be available soon on the NYC Convention website.

Division 9 Membership Meeting - TBD
2026-06-20 09:00 - 12:00 | Kalamazoo Bridge Club, 648 Maple Hill Drive, Kalamazoo, MI, 49009, United States
Rolling Stock Workshop Session – Hands-on test & repair your rolling stock. Bring your own supplies & tools.

Division 9 Board Meeting
2026-07-12 19:00 - 21:00

Division 9 Membership Meeting - Greg Stonerock’s - Operating Session
2026-07-18 13:00 - 17:00 | Greg Stonerock, 9344 S. 8th, Schoolcraft, MI, 49087, United States
Greg Stonerock’s – Operating Session

Greg Stonerock
9344 S th 8th
Schoolcraft mi 49087

Rolling Stock Workshop Session
2026-08-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Alan Bau, 2441 Hunters Run, Kalamazoo, MI, 49048, United States

Division 9 Membership Meeting - Family Picnic - Vicksburg Train Station
2026-08-22 09:00 - 12:00 | Vicksburg Train Depot, 300 N. Richardson St., Vicksburg, MI, 49097, United States
Family picnic at the Vicksburg Train Depot. All Division Nine members and their families are invited to attend.

Annual Membership Meeting
2026-09-19 09:00 - 12:00 | Kalamazoo Bridge Club, 648 Maple Hill Drive, Kalamazoo, MI, 49009, United States
Annual Membership Meeting
The tentative agenda is displayed below:
• Coffee, Donuts & Conversation – 9:00 to 9:30 AM
• Introductions – 9:30 AM
• Board Member Reports – 9:45 AM
• Board Member Election – if necessary
• 50/50 Raffle & Door Prizes – 10:15 AM
• Show & Tell -10:30 AM
• Member Feedback & Open Discussion – 10:45AM
• Clinic 11:00 AM – Rich Mahaney- “Use of layout benchwork for buildings on layouts”

Division 9 Board Meeting
2026-10-04 19:00 - 21:00
Division 9 Board Meeting – Bob Lawrence’s House
