The 1/87 Vehicle Club will be participating in the upcoming Grand Rapids, Michigan model train show. The Grand Rapids Model Railroad Historical Society (www.grmrhs.org/convention)/NMRA North Central Region Annual Convention will be located at the Courtyard Grand Rapids Downtown, 11 Monroe Ave., Grand Rapids, Michigan; phone (616) 242-6000. This is a one day show only, Saturday, October 11, from 9:00AM-6:00PM.

This is part of a New Membership Drive/Current Membership Service Outreach, or simply a "meet and greet"!

We encourage you to come, attend, and participate! That means 1) Bring your custom (scratchbuilt or kitbashed) models for display. 2) Sell or swap your current vehicle collection with other members and the general public.

The only stipulation is that you wear an official 1/87th Vehicle Club shirt. They are available online here at the club website. If you don't have a club shirt and still want to participate, you are cerainly welcome and you will incur a small portion of the table rental costs.

We hope that this concept will expand to other areas of the country where there are enough members to make this justifiable. BUT THIS WILL WORK ONLY WITH MEMBER PARTICIPATION!!

For GRAND RAPIDS, we're looking for members from Lower Michigan, northern Indiana and Ohio, and folks from the Chicagoland area but members from anywhere are welcome to participate!

The Grand Rapids event will honor Model Railroader magazine columnist Lionel Strang who, in his April 2003 "Workin' on the Railroad" column, gave our Club the highest tribute by naming us one of the "Ten Best Websites for Model Railroading!" The Club will honor Lionel with a brief ceremony!

If you need further info on these events, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].