July 13, 14 & 15
The Villages Model Train Show - The Villages, Florida
Monday, July 13, 2026
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Savannah Recreation Center
1545 Buena Vista Boulevard The Villages, Florida 32162
Admission FREE
August 2026
August 8
Miseirvitch Family Fun Run, Swap & Shop
Wildwood, Florida
Fun Run Swap and Shop
Feel Free to bring Items you would like to trade or sell to other club members.
Saturday, August 8, 2026
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Big Lake and Southern RR in Wildwood, Florida 34785
Trains can be run on their loop, with a curve radius which can handle long cars.
Feel free to bring your larger rolling stock if you would like.
Minimum diameter on the main line is 10’, but the larger curves are 16’ and 20’ diameter.
The track will be dead rail - no power - so only battery operated system can be run.
We will be able to run 3 trains simultaneously on the loop. It's long enough with another separate smaller section that can be run independently which is connected to the main line. We will have 2 elevated (2' off the ground) staging areas for people to have their trains wait - the staging area is 50' long,
so plenty of room to have multiple trains waiting to run.
They are opening the pool, so bring your swim suits, towels and sunscreen!
They will be cooking up some amazing food on the grill for everyone - You are welcome to bring a dish to share.
August 29, 2026 - 69th Atlanta Model Train Show - Duluth, Georgia
Over 300 Tables of Model Trains and Railroad Collectibles FOR SALE Atlanta’s Oldest and Largest Model Train and Railroadiana Show Large Operating Layouts
Saturday, August 22, 2026
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Gas South Convention Center 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway
Duluth, Georgia 30097
Admission: $12.00, Children 12 and under FREE
Pay for Parking
Previous Events
FGRS Fun Run,
Tavares, Florida
This Railroad, known as the "Lane Park and Wherever", has a thousand feet of track divided into four loops, with another ninety feet of storage track in the shed. It runs on NCE DCC track power. Twenty two wooden bridges cross two rivers connecting three ponds and two dry river beds. Two mountains with fifty feet of trestle complete the layout. This year you will see a scratch-built depot/warehouse modeled after one down the road from this layout.
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FGRS Fun Run, Ocala, Florida
The SILVER RIVER RAIL ROAD, in Ocala. The layout is DC track powered, with 1,500' of track. It covers over 1/2 acre. There is a 30' oval pond 100' stream and 8' bog. The freight yard is in one bay of the two car barn/ garage, and a new track extension will make it easier for visiting locomotives to be loaded onto the track . There will be a scavenger hunt to see if you can find interesting details along the way.
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FGRS Fun Run
North Port, Florida
This layout is patterned after the South Fork Division of the Southern Railway in the Lake Cumberland area of Kentucky, and depicts the Southern Railway as it would have appeared near the end of the steam era (circa 1945).
There is 300’ of main-line and 6 stub sidings, a crossover between double tracks, and a passing siding. The layout is set up for multiple train switching operations
FGRS Fun Run
Mount Dora, Florida
FGRS Fun Run
Port Charlotte, Florida
The Tropical RR has 400’ of main line track with 20’ diameter curves so bring on the Big Boys. The switching yard has 7 tracks for plenty of storage and there are several routes looping around the front and backs yards. All switches are #6 and are pneumatically operated via a sophisticated Airwire interface. All trains are battery operated and controlled with Airwire throttles. There is no track power.
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FGRS Special Fun Run
River Bend
Alva, Florida
This is a large community club layout which includes several switching yards and interesting routing features, with an extensive scratch-built town and many industries. They operate 1:20.3 fine scale narrow gauge trains.
FGRS Fun Run,
North Port, Florida
This fine layout is in an oversize side-yard in a mobile home park, and part of the layout runs under a deck. The layout has one of the most interesting villages you will see anywhere and a number of well-detailed industries. It includes a trolley line which carries the little villagers to the local VFW. He is using electric switch machines to add operating interest and there is track power with an MTH control system.
FGRS Fun Run
Ft Myers, Florida
This layout is a free lance designed railroad. It doesn’t have a specific geographical location. It is located indoors, in a 1000 sq. ft. climate-controlled storage facility. It is a tri-level railroad consisting of approximately 400 ft. of main line and approximately 100 ft. of sidings, 29 turnouts and 2 diamond crossings. 20 of the turnouts are controlled by LED Touch Toggles. Both battery power and track power are used.
FGRS Fun Run
Ridge Live Steamers
Lake Wales, Florida
The "Ridge Live Steamers" is a 7½" gauge railroad that currently has 7,500 feet of mainline with an additional 7,300 feet in sidings and yards. We also have a 180 foot, 3 track loop of elevated Gauge 1 and G-Gauge railways under a roof. Stationary and steam traction engines are also run here.
There is currently over 14,800 feet of 7½" gauge track consisting of approximately 7500 feet of main line rail and an additional 7300 feet of sidings and interchange track, with over 100 turnouts.
