The Potomac Division has a brochure to promote the hobby and membership in
the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA). It is available for you to
print and give to your friends and acquaintances to interest them in our
hobby. Click here to open the PDF file ready for printing.
The file is set up for easy two-sided printing at home by folding on the
short edge.
Click
here to open the NMRA membership web page to join the NMRA. Click here to
join the Potomac Division discussion group on Groups.IO:PD2MERNMRA.
Why should you join the NMRA?
Just as the NMRA organization has three levels, membership benefits
accrue at three levels.
At the local level, Potomac Division,
level we offer:
Achievement
Program - Your opportunity to have your modeling work
evaluated by your peers and recognized for excellence. Home Pages - Want to
promote your pike? We will list it on our web page. We'll
even host it for you. Layout
Tours - Come visit the best layouts in the area at
these monthly get-togethers.
Modeling Ideas - A library of idea of varying sizes and scopes.
Operating
Groups - Interested in operating a railroad in a prototype
manner? We have groups that will welcome you to the fun. Session
frequencies vary from weekly to monthly. Operations
Saturday - Not sure you want to join a group, but want to find
out what the fun and excitement is about? Our periodic sessions
are a perfect way to dip your toe into the water.
Potomac Flyer - Our bi-monthly newsletter about all things
model railroading happening in the Potomac Division. MiniCon - A
local, annual, one-day convention, complete with modular layouts,
clinics, judging for merit and the AP Program, a white elephant table
where members exchange equipment and related materials that are
surplus to their needs, at prices usually far below the market.
The
Division has social media accounts
Groups.io :
An on-line Potomac Division discussion group.
Twitter: You need to have a Twitter account to access. Our division is
Nmra Pd.
Instagram: You need a Instagram
account to access. Our division is potomacnmra.
At our regional, Mid-Eastern Region
(MER), level we offer:
MER web site Annual
Convention - A multi-day affair with clinics, layout tours,
operating sessions, modular layouts, judging, and prototype tours. The
Local - A regional newsletter published six times a year.
Standards - When the cars of one manufacturer
cars work with the cars of another manufacturer on a track or
your DCC system, with decoders from one manufacturer and the base
system from another, works, thank the NMRA as they have established
standards for such. Annual
Convention - Larger than the regional convention, includes the
National Train Show. NMRA
Magazine - A monthly model railroading magazine.
