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April 2007 14: Luce Line RR Club Inc., Spring Rail Fest, Hutchinson Mall, 1060 State Hwy. 15 S., Hutchinson, MN, free. Layouts and flea market ($10 tables). Call Bruce Crosby (320) 587-8073. A 100% NMRA club! 21: Prairie Lakes Division spring meet, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Sibley Community Center, corner of 8th St. & 6th Ave. Admission $3. Details can be found elsewhere in this issue of the Journal. 21: Randolph (MN) Railroad Days train show, $3,3 bls. n. of CR 88/83 intersection. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. flea market, layouts and museum. Will Grovender (507) 263-3199. 28: Newport club Woodbury Sr. High flea market, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., $4 Stan Whitingham (952) 200-9729. May 2007 18-20: Chicago & North Western Historical Society annual convention, Huron Event Center & Crossroads Hotel, Huron, S.D. Model railroad show Sun., May 20, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., $2 general public. Contact Terry Davis for tables ($10) or to display layouts, (320) 587-7820, ptdavis@hutchtel.net. For more on convention: http://www.cnwhs.org. 19: Twin City Model RR Museum’s hobby sale, Education Bldg., Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., $4. Flea market and layouts. (651) 647-9628. June 2007 8-10: “Steaming to Winona”, Thousand Lakes Region/NMRA annual convention, Winona Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites, Winona, Mn. Saturday night banquet on the steam riverboat “Julia Belle Swain,” clinics, historical presentations, model/photo contests. For more, call Tom Mauszycki (507) 454-3800, or tmauszycki@charter.net, or visit www.thousandlakesregion.com. See the full convention schedule and registration form elsewhere in this issue of the Journal. 21-24: Milw. Rd. Historical Assoc. convention, Holiday Inn, n. of Elgin, chartered Metra train, more, www.mrha.com. July 2007 15-18: Great Northern Railway Historical Society convention, Minot Grand International Hotel, tour of Williston and Minot. www,gnrhs.org 21: Great Tri-State Rail Fair, Copeland Park, LaCrosse, Wis., $3, under 12 free, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., for more: (608) 784-0036, or 582-4761, http://www.lacrosseshortline.org 21: Lakes Area Model RR Assoc.’s 4th annual Kid Day Train Show, National Guard Armory, Benson, MN., 11 a.m.-4 p.m., $2.50, 9 and younger free. Contact Randy Thoen, (320) 762-8840 of lamrra@yahoo.com. A 100% NMRA club! 22-28: The Great Lakes Express, National Model Railroad Association’s National Convention in Detroit. Visit www.nmra.org/2007/ 28-29: Lakes Area Model RR Assoc.’s 2007 Greater Minnesota Model Train Show & Sale, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun., Central Square Cultural Center (old high school 2 blocks north of Main Street), Glenwood, MN. Contact Randy Thoen, (320) 762-8840 of lamrra@yahoo.com. A 100% NMRA club! September 2007 14-16: Soo Line Historical & Technical Society convention, Eau Claire, Wis. www.sooline.org 22: TCMRRM hobby sale. See May 19 listing for details. October 2007 6: Prairie Lakes Division fall meet, Fairmont, Minn. See future Journal’s for more details! 13: 13th Hutchinson Model Railroad Show, sponsors are Luce Line Railroad Club Inc. (a 100% NMRA club) and Minnesota River Valley Div., 9 a.m-4 p.m., McLeod County Fairgrounds, Century Ave. 3 blocks west of State Hwy 15 S. at McDonald’s. More than a dozen layouts and 50 flea market tables ($18). $3 admission. Call Bruce Crosby (320) 587-8073.