We will be exhibiting model trains at North Platte Rail Days August 6-9 2026 in North Platte, Nebraska. Click for or more information on North Platte Rail Days. Stop by and say hi!
North Platte Rail Days 2026
NMRA National Convention 2026 – Chattanooga, TN
2026 Scenic City Express Chattanooga TN – NMRA National Convention and T-Trak World Record Attempt
The NMRA National Convention is coming to Chattanooga, TN, for the first time in 2026! The Southeastern Region is excited to host NMRA members from around the world in the Scenic City. We have a week full of fun activities planned, including:
- Layout Tours
- Prototype Tours
- Steam-Powered Excursions and Dinner Train
- Non-Rail Tours and other Activities
- Operating Sessions
- Special Interest Groups
- Railroad Historical Societies
- Modeling with the Masters(r)
- Celebration of Models
- Train Show
Click here for more info: https://www.nmra2026.org/
Dates: July 27 to August 2 2026
Twin Cities Division: New Crossing Gate Podcast Episode
The Twin Cities Division of the NMRA (TCD) is a neighboring division in the Thousand Lakes Region (TLR) to the east of us. Our friends in the TCD are quite an active group and are always entertaining with their operations focused podcast antics!
Our friends discuss their modeling plans for summer 2026 in this new podcast episode.
Summer 2026 Thousand Lakes Region Fusee
Summer 2026 Thousand Lakes Region Fusee
The Fusee is a quarterly publication of the Thousand Lakes Region of the NMRA. DSED is a proud member of the TLR and a regular contributor to its pages. See inside this issue for a report from the Thousand Lakes Region convention in Thunder Bay Ontario, a good discussion on adhesives, an update from the Twin Cities Division and an introduction to DSED member Eric Carlson’s HO scale Black Hills & Eastern Railroad.
See us at Canton Depot Days!
We will be set up and running trains Friday Night June 26th 2026 from 5pm to 8pm and Saturday 9am to 2pm on Saturday June 27th 2026. We will be at the Depot – 600 W 5th St Canton, South Dakota. See you there!
Model Railroad Community Education
Each spring (April) and fall (November) we host a community education class on ‘Model Railroad Module Building’. Each registrant has the opportunity to add track to a 2-foot T-Trak module, add some scenery and then run trains on the completed modules. We had a great time building the scenery on the modules and made some new friends of model railroading.
Our next class is scheduled for the four Tuesdays in November 2026. Classes are from 6-8pm each evening. One of the classes is a tour of two of the instructor’s home model train layouts. Information and registration will be available sometime in August 2026 through the Sioux Falls Community Education program at https://sfsdcomed.myrec.com.
