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2026 Photo Contest Rules
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2026 Model Contest
Please consider entering your model (OR YOUR MODULE) in the contest at the Festival. We have two new categories this year, in addition to our normal categories found on the entry form: LEGO, which will include LEGO Train-related models, including kit built and "Scratch" built Lego train cars or railroad structures, and MODULES. You can enter your MODULE to be judged in the contest by our crack crew of Judges. Basically any Module in the layouts at the festival can be entered for judging. The new categories are listed below:
_____LEGO: Any entry constructed of LEGO building blocks, in a railroad related theme. This includes LEGO trains, structures considered to be on the railroad right-of-way, Dioramas of multiple buildings, etc.
____Modules: Any modules on any of the train layouts participating in the show.
Click here for the entry form and rules
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2026 Hostler events
March 6, 7, 8 - Hostler Festival, Union Station
March 18, 7:00 p.m. Monthly Meeting
April 15, 7:00 p.m. Monthly Meeting
April Estate Sale - TBA
May 20, 7:00 p.m. Monthly Meeting
June 17, South Weber Park, time TBA
July activity still in planning
August 1 & 2, Evanston Roundhouse Festival
August 19, 7:00 p.m. Monthly Meeting, Dimond Looslie's home
September 16, 7:00 p.m. Monthly Meeting
September Layout Tour - TBA
October 9, 10, 11, Idaho Falls Train Show
October 21, 7:00 p.m. Monthly meeting
November 17, 7:00 p.m. Monthly Meeting
November 24, 4:00 p.m. set up modules at Newgate mall
December 5, 6:00 p.m., Christmas Party - Youth Impact gym
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Also visit the Hostler Model Railroad Museum
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
One of our members, David Putman, has a web site illustrating his project of building a module featuring the famous "hanging bridge on the Rio Grande railroad's Royal Gorge line
https://myroyalgorgedioram.wixsite.com/royal-gorge-diorama
Take a tour of the August 2025 Hostlers Roundhouse Festival in
Evanston, Wyoming
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Hostler Member John Griffin has a blog called The Hostlers Inn. He has recently posted two entries regarding model train companies concerned with the effect of tariffs on the model train industry. The following two links will take you to each of the two entries:
https://hostlersinn.blogspot.com/2025/05/a-message-from-model-train-industry.html
https://hostlersinn.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-hobby-industry-coalition.html
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We have a new membership form available. We are now offering a membership in the Hostler Model Railroad Museum as a stand alone membership. Click Here to access the form and download it if interested.
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Members who run DCC locomotives at Hostler events must have a unique DCC address code for each locomotive. See the list of available addresses prefixes HERE:
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Here's a short video showing our 2024 Newgate Mall modular layout for the Holiday season. The 2025 Christmas layout will begin Nov. 26th.
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Updated Member DCC Codes as of 1/21/26
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The Hostler Model Railroad Museum website has been launched and updated. Check it out hmrrm.org
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Those of you interested in leaning more about DCC equipment, go to John Griffin's blog. His latest article can be found here: https://hostlersinn.blogspot.com/2021/06/digitrax-lnwi-ur93ur92-with.html
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The Hostlers are supporting the development of a model train museum in the Ogden Newgate Mall. The museum has just selected a board of officers to develop and manage the museum. A permanent themed HO layout is being planned and construction will soon begin. In the meantime the Hostlers have set up some modules as an attraction. Hostler members have been taking shifts running trains on the modules for the entertainment of mall shoppers….and themselves of course. Admission is free.
Click here for photos of the beginning activity in building the new permanent layout for this new Museum. On Friday, May 21 a group of Hostlers met and began cutting plywood to be assembled into the framework for the layout.
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Hostler member John Griffin has started a new blog on DCC and other topics.
John has posted a new article to his blog.
https://hostlersinn.blogspot.com/2021/06/digitrax-lnwi-ur93ur92-with.html
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The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society (R&LHS), Golden Spike Chapter has been working on the restoration of the D&RGW narrow gauge locomotive 223 for many years. This restoration, and the preservation and protection of 223 is the primary mission of the Golden Spike Chapter. Locomotive 223 is an important historical artifact and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Please visit our web site for a complete history of the 223 locomotive and our restoration activities http://www.save223.com.
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Visit our friends in South Weber Model Railroad Club
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Who Are We?
The Hostler Model Railroad Club was founded in February 1988 in Ogden as an all scale group. By June of ‘88 the club had grown to fourteen members.
Monthly meetings were held in member’s homes. Within a year, an HO module group was formed to promote model railroading at local train shows. The Hostler modules have been shown in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and Idaho.
While all scales are represented, HO is the primary scale of most members. The club has grown to nearly 180 members in 2004, mostly from the Wasatch Front area of Utah. They generally meet once a month at the Ogden Union Station every third Wednesday. New members are welcome anytime.
Under the long term leadership of president Mike Murphy, the club has gained in reputation and leadership among model railroad clubs in the west. Our annual model train festival the first weekend of March draws upwards of 8,000 people during a 3 day show.
The Hostlers also has a strong public service record through donations of monetary gifts to several local charities, the Ogden Union Station and participation in the annual Ogden Christmas Village at the Ogden Municipal Park.
