WVMGRS

Monthly Meeting for October
2026-10-18 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Further information about this event will be posted at a later time.

Brunswick Railroad Days
2026-10-02 - 2026-10-04
This will be WVMGRS’s 16th appearance at this event. Further details will be posted at a later time.

Monthly Meeting for September
2026-09-13 09:00 - 17:00
Further information about this event will be updated at a later time.

WVMGRS 40th Anniversary Party
2026-08-08 11:00 - 17:00
Who: All WVMGRS members and guests
When: Saturday August 8, 2026
11:00 AM – Arrivals and running your trains. ** battery power only
12:30 PM Catered BBQ Lunch **RSVP will be required.
Where: Members please see the monthly newsletter for event location and further information.

WVMGRS Fun Run
2026-08-01 11:00 - 17:00
Members pleas see the email for further details. This will be for Track power, Battery power, or Live Steam.

WVMGRS Fun Run
2026-07-25 13:00 - 17:00
Members please see the email for further details. This will be for battery powered trains only.

National Capital Trolley Museum / Monthly Meeting
2026-07-11 09:00 - 17:00 | National Capital Trolly Museum, 1313 Bonifant Road, Colesville, MD, 20905, United States
9:00 AM set up
11:00 AM Brief Board Meeting followed by General Membership Meeting
12:00 Lunch for members
12:00 Museum opens to the public.
At 5:00 PM Museum closes and we begin tearing down track.

Manassas Heritage Railway Festival
2026-06-06 09:00 - 15:00 | Manassas Railway Festival, 9431 West Street, Manassas, VA, 20110, United States
Manassas Heritage Railway Festival
June 6th 2026 from 9AM to 3PM

Brookside Gardens
2024-11-30 10:00 - 2024-12-31 17:00 | Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, Maryland, 20902
WVMGRS 19th consecutive appearance. This is our premier show and runs from Thanksgiving to Christmas.

Brunswick Railroad Days
2024-10-04 08:00 - 2024-10-06 17:00 | Brunswick, MD
WVMGRS’s 14th appearance

Friends of Fairfax Station
2024-07-28 08:00 - 17:00
Setup:7/28/2024
8am – 11am
Display: 7/28/2024
11am – 5pm

July Member Meeting - Michael & Sue Ann Colella
2024-07-13 14:00 - 17:00

Fun Run - Jon Wilson's home
2024-07-13 12:00 - 17:00

June Member Meeting - Magram's Home
2024-06-23 13:00 - 17:00

Fun Run - Peter Drymalski’s
2024-06-15 12:00 - 16:00

Manassas Heritage Railway Festival
2024-06-01
Participate in WVMGRS display.

East Coast Large Scale Train Show
2024-04-11 08:00 - 2024-04-13 17:00
April 2024
Shopping complex at Star Hobby
The address for Star Hobby is: 1564 Whitehall Rd, Annapolis, MD 21409
The confirmed dates and times:
Set up: Thursday, the 11th of April, set up from 8am till 6pm.
Final Set up: Friday, the 12th of April, from 7am to 9am
Running trains: Friday, the 12th of April, from 9am till 5pm.
Running trains: Saturday, the 13th of April, from 9am till 5pm.
Teardown: Saturday, the 13th of April after 5pm.

Members' Mtg / B&O Museum
2024-03-16 13:00 - 16:30 | B&O Museum, Baltimore, 901 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD, 21223, United States
The March Members’ meeting will be held at the B&O Museum. Convene in the middle of the roundhouse.

Monthly Mtg
2024-02-27 10:30 - 12:30
Next Monthly meeting is at Hollin Hall Senior Center. Check newsletter for details

WVMGRS G-Scale Holiday train display at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, MD
2023-11-25 10:00 - 2024-01-01 16:00 | Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, Maryland, 20902
The Washington, Virginia & Maryland Garden Railway Society (www.wvmgrs.org) members will have a G-Scale train display running in the South Conservatory of Brookside Gardens from November 25th 2023 until January 1st 2024 from 10am to 4pm daily, except Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Admission from 10am to 4 pm is free. This display is not part of the Garden of Light Show. Brookside Gardens is located at 1800 Glenallen Avenue, Wheaton, MD 20903. Information on the Museum and shows is at:
https://www.montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/brookside-gardens or phone 301-962-1400 / 301-962-1453.

April Membership Meeting
2023-04-29 11:00 - 17:00
The April Membership meeting will be held at Dave Chaffee’s residence starting at 11am, and will be held until he kicks us out of his property.

ECLSTS - Day 2
2023-04-15 05:00 - 13:00
The East Coast Large Scale Train Show is one of the premier model railroading conventions in the eastern United States. The first ECLSTS was held in 1997 in Atlantic City, NJ. The convention was developed to reach the untapped Large Scale model railroad (1/29th SCALE ) hobbyist market east of the Mississippi (For those that do not know what size Large Scale is or looks like, the easiest visual description we can give is it is TWICE as large as O Gauge Trains or another description would be “about the size of the old standard gauge electric trains .)

Bay 50 Shopping Center
1564 Whitehall Rd,
Annapolis, MD 21409

ECLSTS - Day 1
2023-04-14 05:00 - 13:00 | Bay 50 Shopping Center, 1564 Whitehall Rd, Annapolis, MD, 21046, United States

Fun Run at Chaffee's
2023-04-01 12:00 - 17:00
We’ll host a fun run at Dave and Ann Chaffee’s home on 1 April from 1200 until 4 or 5 PM. 240 Finnegan Drive, Millersville, MD 21108. As you’ll recall, we have plenty of track for multiple trains but they MUST BE BATTERY or Steam Powered. Hope to see ya’ll there!!! my phone is 443-852-4264

February Meeting
2023-02-11 08:30 - 12:00 | Air & Space Museum – Udvar-Hazy Center, 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway, Chantilly, VA, United States
For the month of February, we will not be meeting in in a back yard, but inside a 200,000 sq. ft. heated, covered space – The Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly VA.
We will walk through the museum and discuss and contrast rail passenger service and air commercial transportation. We will examine this subject decade by decade. When we complete this, we will migrate to the space hangar to discuss how railroads were critical to the success of the shuttle program.
While we will not be able to run trains, we will be warm and dry.
Plan for 45 minutes to 1 hour on concrete, so you should wear comfortable shoes. Please give a heads up email or call to Bill Krayer: wekrayer@gmail.com or (703) 508-6461
Meals – there are several restaurants in the area and Shake Shack is in the museum.
The Museum is free, but parking is $15 per car. Consider carpooling.
Museum Location:
14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA
* Meet at the Docent desk (next to the SR-71 Blackbird)

Test 2
2023-02-07 - 2023-02-11

Test Event
2023-02-06 23:00 - 2023-02-09 06:00
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