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Misc

Welcome to the TCD Spring layout tours.
The Spring tours will be focused on the East side of the Twin Cities.

Open Houses will run from 10am to 2pm, on April 12

Layouts that will be part of the Spring 2025 Layout Tour:

Mark Ahmfar:  Union Pacific – Nebraska Division

Damian Kostron:  Missabe Valley

Dave Zuhn:  State Belt Railway of California

Please be respectful of the owner’s home, and bring “indoor shoes” (slippers), especially if raining that day.

If you are interested in attending the Layout Tour, and to get addresses of the layouts, please contact Lou at:  tours@tcdnmra.org (A message will be sent to you, with layout addresses and details.)

Don McGlothlin:  GN K-Line 

The K-Line layout has been removed from the Tour List due to sickness.

Please do NOT go to Don’s Layout.

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Previous Fall Tours – last September ’24

Joe Binish – Central of Minnesota

Les Breuer – Minneapolis & Northland Railroad Company

Dave Hamilton – CB&Q River Division

Ken Zieska – Minnesota Heartland Western Division

 

April 15th, 2026 – Wednesday – Member Meeting (updated 01-18-26)

April 18th – Saturday – TCD Spring Layout Tours (updated 03-06-26)

May 20th, 2026 – Wednesday – Member Meeting

May 21-24, 2026, Thousand Lakes Region Convention

June 20th, 2026 – Saturday – GN MT Open House

July 27-Aug 2 – NMRA National Convention 2026

 

Progress Valley RPM – Burnsville RPM **

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Upcoming Non-TCD Events in the Twin Cities area (and more)

Past Events

 

 

May 9th, 2026 – Saturday – TCD will have a switching layout at the Twin Cities Model Railroad Museum Hobby show and sale at the State Fairgrounds on May 9th.  Come join us and try your hand at operations.  Link