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Welcome to the Fever River Railroad

Stephenson Society of Model Trainsmen



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.


*** Open House ***

Saturday, April 10 and Sunday, April 11
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.


Printable details and map


Coupon for $1.00 off Admission




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.