Another successful Tiger Tracks Train Show!

 

Another Tiger Tracks Train Show is in the books! Thank you to everyone who braved the snow storms this past weekend to attend our show, and visit our new layout under construction in the Student Union. Attendance was a little lower than we would have liked (thanks to the snow), but otherwise it was a great weekend for everyone involved. Thank you to our sponsors, our vendors, and most of all, our kind visitors! We'll see you again next year for the 9th Annual Tiger Tracks Train Show & Sale on December 13-14, 2014!

Getting used to the new semester schedule, RITMRC will be closed for most of the month of January. Through the rest of the year we'll be working on getting in all the sidings, fine tuning the electrical, and getting block detection installed. We'll most likely have another public open house in May, stay tuned for details.

Happy Holidays and best wishes for a Happy New Year from the RIT Model Railroad Club!

Toasting the main line, getting ready for Tiger Tracks!

Just prior to Thanksgiving break, the first train made a complete circuit of the entire new main line under its own power for the first time! Not a bad benchmark of progress since just a little more than a year ago we were faced with an empty clubroom in need of a layout. Upon our return from break, we had a brief organizational meeting on December 4 to discuss details related to our upcoming Tiger Tracks Train Show this weekend. Following the meeting, some local alumni members joined us for a special toast celebrating the completion of the new main line.

Phil pours sparkling cider for the toast on December 4.

Many RITMRC alumni joined us for this historic event celebrating the completion of the new main line on R&IT v2.0.

RITMRC co-founder and past president Tom Rohatsch admires a long mixed freight traversing the crossover and curves at CP 373.

The RIT Model Railroad Club is proud to present Tiger Tracks, the largest train show in Rochester! Fun for the whole family, you'll enjoy two days of vendors, museum displays, operating model railroads in all scales, exciting door prizes and more. Trains and tracks, scenery, accessories, books, videos, gifts, railroad memorabilia, and more. See progress on the new HO scale Rochester & Irondequoit Terminal. Free parking. Handicap accessible. Refreshments available. Close to many hotels and malls, and only 20 minutes south of downtown Rochester. ALL ABOARD!  

Saturday, December 14, 2013 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday, December 15, 2013 - 10:00am - 4:00pm

Admission: $5.00 Adults - $3.00 Seniors (65+)
Children under 12 FREE with paid adult 

RIT students, faculty, and staff FREE with I.D.