Western Heritage Division, NMRA Inc.

Representing Omaha, Council Bluffs and surrounding areas

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2010 Turkey Creek Division Layout tours
Sat, Aug 7th, @3:00pm
WHD August Meeting
Sat, Aug 14th, @12:00am
WHD September Meeting
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2010 North Platte Rail Fest
Fri, Sep 17th
2010 North Platte Rail Fest
Sat, Sep 18th

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  • 2009 SAC Museum Holiday Setup

    The museum operating hours are 10 am to 5 pm daily except Wednesday, when they are closed.  We have arranged to enter the museum at 9 am on Saturday (November 21), 1 hour ahead of the public.  I would ask that each of you be at the hanger doors on t...
  • 2009 Holiday Dinner Meeting

    The dinner will be December 12 at 7pm, at Famous Dave’s at 2015 Pratt Ave in Bellevue.A buffet will be set up for us that includes ribs and brisket, potato salad and beans, cornbread muffins and non-alcoholic drinks. The cost is $12.07 a person. A chil...
  • whdnmra.org changes to whdnmra.info

    After many years of using the domain name whdnmra.org, the Division has had to change the domain to whdnmra.info.I apologize for the inconvenience this is causing....
  • We wish you well...

    We've lost a long-time member and good friend today. Fred Martincek passed away this morning.He was a soft-spoken man, gifted with scenery, and devoted to model railroading. The Division offers our most sincere condolences to Carol, his widow, and the...
  • August 2008 Meeting

    The August meeting will be held at the Children's Museum this Saturday at noon. The address is 500 S 20th Street....
  • Model Train Show and Swap Meet: 2009 Edition

    GENERAL INFORMATION:Dates: April 25 - 26, 2009Hours: Saturday 9am to 5pm; Sunday 10am to 5pmPlace: Omaha Burke High School; 12200 Burke Boulevard, southwest corner of 120th and West Dodge RoadAdmission: $5 per adult, children under 12 free with paid adult...
  • Children's Museum Display

    The HO-scale modules will be displaying at the Omaha Children's Museum August 9th - 17th.SETUP INFO:  Friday, the 8th, we can get in 3:30pm at to start setup. Someone from the Division can be there at 4pm. Please be there as early as possible. We have t...
  • Josh Fennen

    Joshua David Fennen was born in Littleton, CO on August 20, 1994. He was baptized into the Christian faith at St. Christopher's Church in Houston, TX. He was an eighth grade honor student at Anderson Middle School and was looking forward to ninth grade a...
  • May 2008 Announcements

    Just some quick news blurbs:Lauritzen Gardens has its garden railway running. There are plans to expand it this summer.Next month (June) is our annual picnic, so we'll return to our normal meeting schedule in July. If you are willing to conduct a clinic a...
  • 2008 Summer Picnic

    Note from the webmaster: I apologize; I had the wrong date listed. The correct date is below. Our annual family picnic will be held at the Camp Creek Threshers' in Waverly on June 21st. We'll meet there at noon. We've been there before, and they've alway...
  • 2008 Election Nominations

    Dennis needs to have written nominations (with the nominee's signature) for 2008-2010 officers by MAY 9th (the day before our next meeting). Please remember that elected officers will now serve TWO year terms....
  • More Site Updates

    Warning: Geekery ahead. I'm continuing to make improvements and renovations to the site as I come across problems. To help me keep track of everything, I've installed a piece of server software called FlySpray. Normally, this is used by software developme...
  • April 2008 Announcements

    Our monthly meeting will be this Saturday, the 12th at the usual place.Be thinking about nominations for Division officers. Remember that beginning with this election, officers will serve two years. Details about the June family picnic will be announced.E...
  • Site Transfer Progress

    Betcha didn't know there was one going on, huh? Good reason - it hasn't happened just yet.If you'd like to catch up on the reasons for this transfer, go HERE....
  • February 2008 Site Updates

    I added several new events to the Calendar today gathered from fliers picked up at the GTE this weekend. Most are more long-distance travel affairs (Mad City in Madison, WI for example), but I thought it would be good to have them there for reference. Ple...
  • Great Train Expo Information

    The Division will be displaying at the GTE this weekend (Feb 9 & 10). The HO modular layout and Betty Winther's Z-scale layout will be there. Setup begins Friday at noon and continues till 6pm. Then Saturday morning, setup runs from 7-10am. The...
  • January 2008 Site Updates

    The Division calendar has been updated with Gary Hemmingway's January Switching List. I will try to keep it up-to-date in the future. For some reason, the silly thing won't let me type the words "Union Pacific" into it - says I violated some security sett...
  • 2007 Holiday Dinner Report and News Update

    The Division offers our most sincere condolences on the loss of one of our oldest friends: Gene Robson. We also wish to acknowledge the events of December 5th at the Westroads Mall, and want to let the victims, their families, the family of the shooter, ...
  • Take a Model Train to Work Day

    This year's Day is November 16th. Show off your hobby to your coworkers!Don't forget the WHD monthly meeting on the 10th....
  • Model Train Show and Swap Meet: Fall 2007 Edition

    Wanna look at trains? We’ll have operating model layouts in nearly every gauge, from tiny Z-scale to showy G-scale. Clinics will offer instruction on everything from scenery to kit-building. Bring your models and photos to enter into contests, complete...
 
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