Stephenson Society of Model Trainmen

Stephenson Society of Model Trainmen The Fever River Railroad is an HO scale layout. Our layout size is 120'-by-24' including a staging yard with a helix for continuous operation.

Located in Freeport, Illinois, USA. The Fever River Railroad is a model railroad club located in Freeport, Illinois, USA. Owned and operated by the Stephenson Society of Model Trainmen, a non-profit organization incorporated in the State of Illinois. We have built a large, permanent HO scale model railroad layout in our clubhouse which was a boarding house for the Illinois Central Railroad Iowa Di

vision. Our HO scale layout size is 120'-by-24' including a staging yard with a helix for continuous operation.

10/10/2025
08/20/2025
09/16/2021

As you may know, the Stephenson Society of Model Trainmen is a sister organization of Fever River Railroad. At this months business meeting, it was decided to combine the 1:1 scale news presented here, with the Fever River Railroad page, and discontinue all post on this page. Effective immediately. If you follow this page, and do not follow Fever River Railroad, please accept this invitation and 'Like' our Fever River Railroad page where posts about regional railroad news will be combined with posts about our model railroad club. Thank you

09/15/2021

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The four-month battle for Kansas City Southern is officially over. KCS and Canadian National ripped up their $33.6 billion merger agreement today, 15 days after the Surface Transportation Board denied CN’s request to place KCS into an independent voting trust. Canadian Pacific...

09/15/2021

Crash at Crush history

09/12/2021

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern on Sunday accepted Canadian Pacific’s $300 per share merger offer, spurning Canadian National’s higher bid due to its regulatory obstacles. In a midday press release, KCS said its board had determined CP’s revised offer constituted a “Company Superio...

09/10/2021

The Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad is pleased to announce the completion of the interior of the Mark Twain Zephyr's dining room of the Huckleberry Finn.

09/09/2021

Progress Rail will be part of an agreement between Caterpillar and energy company Chevron to develop a hydrogen-powered locomotive demonstration project, along with hydrogen-powered demonstrations for other transportation and stationary power uses. Caterpillar and Chevron said the project’s goal i...

09/05/2021

Railroad Days Come enjoy UNLIMITED rides on our vintage trains! We'll be running several of our operational locomotives all weekend long, and you can ride them all day for a single fare. Travel on a passenger train, hop a caboose on a freight train, ride in a motor car, play special kids' games, and...

09/05/2021

Address

1055 W Beach Street
Freeport, IL
61032

Opening Hours

Wednesday 7pm - 10pm
Saturday 9am - 12pm

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Stephenson Society of Model Trainmen posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Organization

Send a message to Stephenson Society of Model Trainmen:

Shortcuts

Share

Category