Division 9 Board Meeting
2026-01-04 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | 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 | TBA
Division 9 Membership Meeting – TBD

Division 9 Membership Meeting - Local Layout Tours - Tentative
2026-07-18 08:00 - 17:00 | TBA
Local Layout Tours – Tentative

Division 9 Membership Meeting - Family Picnic Tentative
2026-08-22 09:00 - 12:00 | TBA
Family Picnic Tentative

Annual Membership Meeting
2026-09-19 09:00 - 12:00 | Kalamazoo Bridge Club, 648 Maple Hill Drive, Kalamazoo, MI, 49009, United States
