Run by volunteers

Pikes Peak “N”Gineers

The club was founded October 13, 1989 for N-scale model railroaders to meet and to foster interest in model railroading. There were 38 charter members, one of them Ron Theisman, owner of Train Showcase. The club's first home was the Plaza of the Rockies in downtown Colorado Springs.

In December 1992 the club moved to the Shops at the Bluffs, where the layout grew to fill about 3,000 square feet. After three good years there it went into storage, and about a year and a half later found a home on Jeannine Drive, paying rent for the first time. It has also been at the Meadowlake Airport near Falcon. Since August 2007 the club has been at 32 S Sierra Madre, in the old Rio Grande Depot downtown.

The club attends roughly 8-12 shows and swap meets a year, and has an annual Anniversary Dinner, a picnic at Palmer Lake, and two to four club trips a year, including at least one train ride.

Board meetings

First Monday of the month, 5:30 pm, Perkins Restaurant at Chelton and Platte. Anyone is welcome.

Business meetings

Third Friday of the month, 5:30 pm, Perkins Restaurant at Chelton and Platte.

Run sessions

Saturdays 11 am - 1 pm at the clubroom, 32 S Sierra Madre.

Mail

c/o Mike Peck, 4970 Iron Horse Trail, Colorado Springs, CO 80917

Contact

719-640-2076 · [email protected]

Pikes Peak Division NMRA

We have over two centuries of modeling experience! Each meeting has a short business meeting, a break with refreshments, a how-to clinic or presentation, a door-prize drawing, and a model contest; the winners are in the Milepost newsletter. We also have a large HO scale modular group, and many members are in HOn3 and N scale modular groups too.

Meetings are usually at the Sand Creek Police Station, 950 Academy Park Loop, Colorado Springs, on the second Friday of the month at 7:00 pm. Come join us, and check the website and the latest Milepost for any changes.

Colorado Midland Chapter NRHS

The importance of the railroads to the growth of the United States is a compelling story. We share a genuine interest in this all-encompassing industry, which has woven an iron and steel path across the face of the nation.

Every NRHS member receives the National Railway Bulletin every other month, a leading rail history publication; one issue a year covers the local chapters. Back in 1935 the NRHS founders saw the need to preserve and promote railroading nationwide. That need still exists, and you can be part of it: photographing or preserving locomotives, riding or running trains, reading or researching history.

The chapter holds an annual banquet, runs excursions (not only by rail), presents slide, film and video shows and guest speakers, tours railroad facilities, and exchanges newsletters.

Mail

PO Box 824, Colorado Springs, CO 80901-0824

Phone

719-533-1311

Youth in Model Railroading

Kids are the future of model railroading. Everyone talks about getting young people into the hobby; this club does it, with a model railroad club just for kids. Come to the TECO show and see what's going on and how much fun the kids are having.

Pikemasters Railroad Club

The Pikemasters Railroad Club of Colorado Springs was founded in 1988 and for many years was in the basement of the City Auditorium downtown. When the city turned the Auditorium over to the Colorado Springs Community Cultural Collective, the club lost its home.

Looking for a new one, the club decided to reimagine itself as an HO Free-mo traveling club. With lighter, easy-to-carry Free-mo modules we take part in Free-mo events, follow the standards, and promote realism and "the next level" of model railroading. We run trains like the prototype railroads, and while we miss the City Auditorium, we're excited about a fresh start.