The Club

Our History

The club was started some time before 2001. We used to meet at the Eau Claire Parks and Recreation building on 1st Avenue. That facility is no longer available so we are currently meeting at the old Hobby Junction store on Western Avenue in Eau Claire, WI. See home page for a map.

Organization

We have a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and webmaster. Election of officers is held once per year. Subcommittees are created as needed.

Meetings

Meetings consist of a short business session which is usually followed by a "show and tell" time, a clinic on some topic of interest, perhaps a train related video. Snacks normally accompany a meeting. Of course there is always some social time to catch up on what's happening in our lives.

Current Activities

We have our pretty regular monthly meetings although December is usually skipped. A banquet with a speaker is usually in January and a picnic in July.

The group that build, maintains, and shows the HO scale modular layout gets together as needed to work on the it and of course to show it. A smaller portable layout is under construction by members.

We host a train show once a year, the second weekend in October. It will be at the Eau Claire Indoor Sports Center at least thru 2015. There is a committee that plans the show. All members help to conduct the show. Tasks include marking the floor for layouts and vendors, assist with unloading and loading as needed, selling tickets, taking pictures, clean up, etc.