2025 March “O” Scale Meet – General Schedule
Thursday March 20 – Sunday March 23, 2025
Tentative Schedule Published February 21, 2025
Thursday March 20, 2025
Noon – 5:00 pm Ted Schnepf FULL LENGTH Operation Session.
Reservations Required: EMAIL: railsunlimited2@gmail.com
Day and Evening Layout Tours (See Layout Tour Schedule)
Friday March 21, 2025
1:00 pm – 9:00 pm Dealer Setup: No Trading Allowed
10:00 am – 3:00 pm Illinois Railway Museum SELF Guided Tour
1:00 pm sharp! Illinois Railway Museum GUIDED Tour (SEE PROTO TOURS)
Day and Evening Layout Tours (See Layout Tour Schedule)
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm General O Scale Discussion Meeting (Tom Marsh Moderator)
8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Proto:48 Discussion Meeting (James Schultz Moderator)
Saturday March 22, 2025
8:00 am – 9:00 am Dealer Setup. No Trading Allowed
8:00 am – 9:00 am CLINIC: 3d Printed Trees (Greg Viggiano)
9:00 am – 5:00 pm Show
9:00 am – 11:00 am Model Contest Entries Accepted
10:00 am – 11:00 am CLINIC: History of O Scale (Cheers Carey)
11:00 am – Noon CLINIC: Soundtraxx Bluenami (George Bogatiuk III)
11:00 am- 1:00 pm Model Contest Open for Viewing
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm CLINIC: Nickel Plate Road in O Scale 2 Rail (David Vaughn)
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Model Contest Closed for Judging
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm CLNIC: Public land Records and Surveys to use for your Model Railroad (James Rindt)
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm O Scale Central Meeting – Open to All
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Contest awards announced and models available for pickup
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Facebook Group meeting / CLINIC: Painting Hydrocal Masonry. (Ken Burney)
7:00 pm – 12:00 Midnight Social with a cash bar in foyer sponsored by O Scale Central
Evening Layout Tours (See Layout Tour Schedule)
Sunday March 23, 2025
8:30 am – 2:00 pm Show
10:00 am Clinic Room Open
11:30 am Clinic Room Open
Afternoon Layout Tours (See Layout Tour Schedule)
Clinic Room is available for Forum Groups to use for gatherings when not in use please contact
committee at ChicagoMeet@yahoo.com to schedule the use of the room.