Will County Model Railroad Association

Will County Model Railroad Association The Official page of the Will County Model Railroad Association. We are “0locally based club for HO scale model railroaders of all ages.
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President Brian Wasko,0
VP Mark Razny, Treasurer Dave Drenner, Secretary Len Sievert. Founded in 1979 as the Romeoville Model Railroad Association, we've been around for 43+ years. We are focused on HO-scale model railroading and are actively building a modular in-club layout based on Free-mo for easy expansion and changes, to include new ideas from members, and to keep things fresh. We participat

ed in the 2010 and 2012 Free-mo layouts at the National Train Show and do joint setups with local groups like the Northwest Train Masters and Bolingbrook Model Railroad Club. Our club is the main organizer for two major shows each year: Old Canal Days in Lockport (typically Father's Day weekend) with a 125 X 25' layout and for the Southland Model Railroad Show at Richards High School (in the fall) with a multi-club, 70 X 125' layout. We work for a club experience by working together; sharing knowledge, helping members each other, and learning from members with different experiences and ideas. No need to be apprehensive about new technology or ideas; odds are someone has some applicable experience they would be willing to share or we can work together to figure it out! We are focused on operations-oriented sessions on our DCC-based modular layout using NCE DCC equipment. By using a modular approach, we keep our layout fresh and are able to easily accommodate new ideas and changes. There are always new modules being added from both new and existing members incorporating a wide variety of ideas, industries, track configurations, and operating possibilities. By working together, we feel we get more out of the hobby; are you getting the most out of your hobby time? Want to try and learn new things? Consider the Will County Model Railroad Association. We are also actively working with other clubs in the Chicago area to encourage, promote, and host multi-club events so that even larger groups of modelers can get together and increase our enjoyment of our hobby (keep an eye out for future events!).

08/02/2026

Santa Fe freight with five power units.

08/02/2026

Milwaukee Road in action.

07/27/2026

Burlington Northern moving grain.

07/27/2026

CSX intermodal running at the club.

07/26/2026

Iowa Interstate local run delivering freight cars. For those of you who frequently watch are videos you probably recognize the two boxcars as our track cleaning cars. We are cleaning track while running trains.

07/26/2026

No matter how old you are, if your Dad buys you a BN GP40-2 engine for your birthday the next step is for both of you to come down to the club and run it.

07/20/2026

Since we were founded we have experienced losing our facility and being forced to look for a new home several times. We feel their pain.

07/20/2026

Santa Fe manifest train running at the club earlier this week.

07/20/2026

Milwaukee Road repositioning one hopper.

07/20/2026

BN ore train with 108 hopper cars.

Address

2175 Oneida Street
Joliet, IL
60403

Opening Hours

Tuesday 6pm - 9pm
Thursday 6pm - 9pm
Sunday 12pm - 4pm

Telephone

+17085182840

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