The Western Reserve Division, is Division 5,
in the Mid
Central Region (MCR) of the National
Model Railroad Association (NMRA). The NMRA is
broken into geographic regions, and each Region is broken
into Divisions.
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Members of the NMRA,
that live in the Ohio
counties of Ashtabula, Geauga, and Lake, are
automatically members of the Western Reserve Division
5. You must be a member of the NMRA to be a
member of Division 5, but everyone is more than
welcome to attend our meetings. You may obtain an
application to join the |
NMRA at any of our meetings or events, or you can fill out
an NMRA
membership application on their website.
Our Division 5 meetings are on the first Friday of every
month at 7:30 pm. The majority of our meetings are held at
the Hambden Township Hall, 13887 GAR Highway (Rt. 6),
Chardon, Ohio (see the map).
This facility is handicapped accessible and a non-smoking
facility. We do occasionally have a meeting at
someone's home to view their layout or at some other special
location. It is best to check with our Events
page to see where the next meeting will be held.
The first part of the meeting is our business meeting
that usually lasts from 30 to 45 minutes. We then have a
Bring & Brag time where members talk about railroad
related items they have brought to the meeting to show. We
then break for refreshments, a raffle, and take time to look
at the Bring & Brag items. The final event for the
evening is a model railroading related program that may be a
clinic on how to perform some modeling technique, a slide
show, a guest speaker, or the viewing of a train related
video. The meeting is usually over between 10:00 and 10:30
pm.
Goals: To promote the hobby of model railroading,
promote fellowship among NMRA members, provide a common
meeting ground for social activities, and to engage any and
all activities that will enhance the hobby.
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