NMRA holds week long virtual model railroad convention starting July 12

The NMRA is bringing a complete week long national convention right to your home! In place of the cancelled national convention which was to be held in St. Louis, Missouri this summer, the NMRA-X team is holding Gateway-X, the first ever virtual national model railroad convention.

Starting on Sunday, July, 12 at 8:00AM eastern standard time and running through to Saturday, July 18, you able to view all 105 hours of content via the NMRA Facebook page at https://bit.ly/NMRAFacebook and their YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/NMRAYouTube

If you can't tune in live, all presentations will remain available on the Facebook page. Each individual presentation will be uploaded to the YouTube channel once editing has been completed. For full details about the convention, go to: https://bit.ly/GatewayX

National Model Railroad Association cancels 2020 national convention

The National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) has cancelled their 2020 national convention. The convention, titled Gateway 2020, was scheduled to begin on July 12, 2020, in St. Louis, Missouri. The local host group has determined that they can no longer continue with the preparations and operation of the convention. One reason for the decision is that a key member is ill with COVID-19.

Some members of the local model railroad community in St. Louis have withdrawn their model railroads from the layout hops due to concerns about  the COVID-19 virus.

The NMRA has never cancelled a convention before Gateway 2020, including during World War II.

For those who have registered for the convention, the refund policy will be published as soon as possible at Gateway2020.org.