2020 April Clinic

LIVE FROM JIM’S TRAIN ROOM! 10:00 AM Saturday April 18th! Jim’s Train Room Clinic – Building Turnouts This month’s clinic is back in Jim’s train room (actually his work room where the real work gets done) where you can be “a fly on the wall” and watch in as he […]


March Events Cancelled

The March Board Meeting and Monthly Event are cancelled. We have received this notice from Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation! This notice includes our meeting location at the Redwood Recreation Facility. I am not one to give into hype or overreact, but with all the announcements postponing and cancelling events and activities […]


2019 NMRA National Convention is Over

Pictured is most of the committee for the 2019 NMRA National Convention held in Salt Lake City hosted by the Northern Utah Division of the NMRA! After years of planning, it has finally come and gone! Now to get back to “normal” life, whatever that means! 🙂 Thanks to all […]


Heavy Heart

It is with heavy heart I must give the news that we lost two model railroaders this week. On Monday, January 7, 2019 we lost Peter Hahn to cancer. He was a member of the Utah Garden Railway Society and a contest winner at the Intermountain Train Expo. I recently was […]


New Place and New Time

NEW EVENT LOCATION & STARTING TIME! The Northern Utah Division Event has moved to the Redwood Recreation Center in West Valley City. Please note this for all future events. We are also starting at a new time! Board of Director’s Meeting from 9 AM – 10 AM Division Event from 10 AM […]


Sad News about Al Badham

It is with sad news that we have learned of the passing of Al Badham, a Northern Utah Division, NMRA member. Many of you know him as a legendary scratch builder who had just completed his 96th scratch built car. Al was a fine musician and a loyal member of the […]


Layout Tours June 30th

Get ready for an exciting Saturday of layout tours, June 30th, 2018 Layout Tour #1 Russ Ferre’s Lasalle Central 1631 West Rundquist Dr. (7575 South) West Jordan, Utah 10 am – 2 pm Google Map Link  Russ’ layout is double deck built around the walls with a center peninsula. He […]


New Superintendent

Jack Chase has resigned as Superintendent of the Division. As Assistant Superintendent I took over the duties temporarily. Saturday night we had a Board Meeting to make it official. I am the new Superintendent and Rick Luther is the new Assistant Superintendent. We have a few people in mind for […]


Salt Lake City Marathon Street Closures

ATTENTION! The Event this month will be held at our regular time from 3PM – 5PM. The Salt Lake City Marathon will be ending around 1:30 PM and road closures around the Leonardo should be open by 2:30 PM. Traffic maybe heavy and parking might be farther away than normal. […]


Welcome

The Northern Utah Division is big on Fun, Friendship, and Modeling!! Our members model the entire spectrum of scale, gauge, era, and subject, and we are sure you will find a local model railroad club that will meet your needs. Guests are always welcome to “test-drive” one of our member-only […]