River City 3 Railers

12/25/2025

I cannot believe that we are half way in our holiday display journey at the Great Big Green House so far. It has been a great event so far. Thank you all for coming out to see us. The crowds have been huge and the excitement has been palpable.

Train displays resume tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 PM till 4:30. REMEMBER.....the hours of the GBGH change after Christmas. Check the GBGH website or the RC3R webdite for an updated time and schedule.

The River City 3 Railers want to thank all who participated in our Annual Raffle. The proceeds go a long way in helping to defray our expenses.......THANK YOU SO MUCH !

The Raffle Drawing was held this past Sunday.

1st Prize winner was CD of Dinwiddie.
2nd Prize winner was AM of Petersburg.
3rd Prize winner was DW of Henrico.

Thank you all so much and congratulations to the winners!

We will be at the GBGH until January 17. Please come out and see us!

Here are some pictures from the last few weeks.

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12/05/2025

Today was supposed to be our opening night at the Great Big Green House (GBGH). Unfortunately, due to the weather, the GBGH is closed. (The GBGH follows the Chesterfield County Government actions. When the Chesterfield County Govenrment closes, they close). so, our Opening Night has been moved to an Opening Day........tomorrow, Dec 6th at 9AM. It is also Kids Day in the Garden.......a fun day with activities and give aways.....Come and join us. The pictures that follow are from last Sunday at the Science Museum of Virginia and from set up this week. As always, a great big THANK YOU goes to our gracious hosts, the Great Big Green House!!!!!!!

11/18/2025

In less than 3 weeks we open at the Great Big Green House for our 12th Holiday Season. We start running trains on Friday afternoon, December 5. We are very excited. The Great Big Green House are gracious hosts and allow us to turn part if their establishement into a wonderland of trains and accessories. Here are some pictures from last year. Very soon you will be able to check train-running times on our websites.

Looking foprward to seeing you all.....and, this event is FREE to the public.....

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11/18/2025

In less than two weeks, we will be back at the Science Museum of Virginia for the 44th Annual Train Show. We have been participants for the last 15 years.......Here are some pictures/videos from last year. This year's show is from Nov28-30. Check www.SMV.org for details.

10/10/2025

The countdown continues.......we are now only 8 weeks away!

10/03/2025

Today, Friday, October 3rd starts the countdown to the Great Big Green House. In 9 weeks, on Friday December 5th, it will be Opening Day of our annual layout display. This is going to be our 12th year and as always, we thank the Great Big Green House for being such gracious hosts. We look forward to seeing all of you at what has become a Richmond Metro Christmas Tradition!

08/16/2025

Thank you to all who came and saw us at the Keystone Truck and Tractor Museum event. We had a blast running trains and interacting with all of you.
Our next stop is the Chesterfield County Fair which begins next Friday (August 22nd) and ends the following Saturday (August 30th). We are running trains in Arts and Crafts Building until 9PM each day. As a group, the River City 3 Railers, started running trains at the Fair informally since 2007 and formally since 2009.
Here are some pictures from our recent event.

07/12/2025

This week we are setting up our large O Gauge display at the Keystone Truck and Tractor Museum, just north of Petersburg VA along I-95. We will be there with our RF&P N scale and HO scale colleagues on July 19th, 20th, 26th and 27th.
There is a Museum admission charge.
Pictures from last year’s exhibit:
Come join us

06/26/2025

Unfortunately, our time at Westchester Commons is at an end. We learned last week that the space has been rented. We want to thank the Westchester Commons management for generously allowing us to use the space at 313 Perimeter Drive for the last 8 months!

This week, WTVR, Channel 6 did a segment on our search for a new venue….

https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/model-railroad-seek-new-home-june-25-2025@

A group of model railroad enthusiasts in Central Virginia is searching for a new home after losing their space in a shopping center.

06/10/2025

We have an Open House this weekend, Saturday, June 14th from 9AM till 2PM at Westchester Commons, 313 Perimeter Drive. It is FREE to the Public. Come join us if you can.

03/15/2025

Come see us next weekend on Saturday, March 22nd from 10-3.......at 313 Perimeter Drive, Westchester Commons shopping center.
For more details, see our website......

We are forever grateful to the Management of Westchester Commons for hosting our club at the shopping center for the past 4 years.

01/20/2025

We want to thank all of you and especially the Great Big Green House for a spectacular 2024-25 Holiday Train Season. We had a blast running trains and cannot be more thankful for all of your support!
We are now moving back to 313 Perimeter Drive at Westchester Commons to share our old space with layouts of all scales. The Flyer for our 1st Open House is below......along with some other pictures of a great season!