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Welcome to the Fever River RailroadStephenson Society of Model Trainsmen
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The Fever River Railroad is a model railroad club located in Freeport, Illinois 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 Division. Our layout size is 80'-by-24'
including a staging yard with a helix for continuous operation.
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News
- Work on the back section of the layout has progressed quite well. The new ethanol plant is about 1/2 complete and
should hopefully be completed by the open house. The CGW loop is being worked on to connect Ulah and run the length of
the layout and curve around to go to Hanover. The CB&Q has been opened up on the far side of the layout so you can see
more of it. LaFarge is getting a different track plan to make it easier to switch and run. Lots going on to make the
layout more updated and to run a lot better.
- Mark your calendar: the 2010 open houses will be April 10-11 and November 20-21 from 10-4.
- Thank you to the model railroad group from Sun City who visited our club and for your donation.
We hope you enjoyed your visit and hope to come and visit your layout in the future.
Shows
We have two train shows each year where we get to show off the layout to the general public --
one in April and the other the weekend before Thanksgiving.
Meetings
Visitors are welcome anytime we are at the clubhouse. We also will give tours for large groups if
planned in advance. Feel free to contact us to arrange
for an appointment or tour.
We have a monthly business meeting the evening of the first Wednesday of each month.
We generally are at the clubhouse every Wednesday evening after 6:30 p.m. and every Saturday morning
after 9:00 a.m.
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