Rochester Institute of Technology Model Railroad Club - RITMRC

03/25/2026

Work session recap from the past month!

Lots of woodwork and track work has been completed so far. We have been working extra hard to get ready for Imagine RIT.

Come visit us for our open house on April 25th from 10AM-5PM, especially if you’re already around for Imagine RIT. We hope to see you there!

02/15/2026

Happy Valentines day railfans!

We've had a pretty busy last month or so, so here's a brief recap! Our club visited the MIT's Tech Model Railroad on our way to the Amherst train show in Springfield MA!

Some of our club members (Theo, Miles, Justin, and Drew) built modules during an NMTA N scale module build session to display at the show, which was awesome to see at one of the biggest train shows in the world!

Today, we had a work session where we made great strides in continuing to build our model railroad, and we can't wait to show off the finished product during our Image RIT open house in April!



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02/12/2026

As many of you may already know, our club was at risk of losing our club room without a suitable replacement. We want to sincerely thank all of you for helping demonstrate just how important our club is to the community.
We recently met with RIT Student Life, who have extended our relocation timeline and committed to finding us an appropriate new space. They will not require us to move out of our club room until a new space has been secured! 
In the meantime, we will continue building and improving our layout in our current room until a new space is secured.
We are excited to confirm that we will again host the RIT Tiger Tracks Train Show and Sale this year on December 12-13th and will continue hosting Tiger Tracks for the foreseeable future!
Be sure to visit us during our Open House on April 25 as part of Imagine RIT to see the latest updates to our layout.
Thank you again for your continued support!

02/04/2026

Train club’s club car train
Latest car from and signed by !
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12/14/2025

Hello Railfans!

THIS IS A REMINDER that if you missed tiger tracks on Saturday we are still open today form 10am to 4pm! This show is one of the most well-known train shows in the Rochester area. Located at the Gordon Field House on the Rochester Institute of Technology campus, the show features many vendors, organizations, and operating layouts from Z-scale to G-Scale and welcomes thousands of guests every year.

We gave a new set of door prizes today! Congratulations to yesterday’s winners!!!

Admission is at the door: $10 for the general public, $8 for seniors, and free for RIT students, staff, and children under 12!
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12/13/2025

Don’t forget to checkout our free door prize table for the show Tomorrow! Pictures one is what is being given away on Saturday and picture is being given away on Sunday!
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12/12/2025

Don’t forget to stop by our club room this weekend during Tiger Tracks to see all the progress we’ve made this semester! We’ve made major strides on our module and counter helix and will have them on display. We also held a build session with the , and those projects will be shown at the train show as well. Plus, we brought our module to the earlier this semester.
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12/11/2025

Hey Railfans! Tiger Tracks is just 3 days away, and we wanted to remind everyone that our custom R&IT club cars are still available. Come pick one up at Tiger Tracks this weekend!
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12/10/2025

🚨 Crucial Call to Action: Support the RIT Model Railroad Club! 🚨 Obviously attend their show this weekend… but there is a more serious issue at hand regarding their club at RIT.

The NMRA strongly believes that college model railroad clubs like RIT's are vital. They are more than just hobbies; they are engines for fellowship, bringing together students from diverse fields to collaborate, build relationships, and gain real-world skills in engineering, project management, and community leadership. For some students, this club is a critical part of their college experience—even a reason they chose RIT!

Tragically, after nearly 30 years, the RIT Model Railroad Club is facing eviction from their dedicated club room, which will lead to the destruction of their decades-old layout. A model railroad club cannot exist without a permanent space for a layout. Losing this room, and the layout with it, is equivalent to dismantling the club entirely. The amazing Tiger Tracks show, which supports the club and is the second-largest student-run event on campus, will also be lost to the Rochester community.

The NMRA is calling on the entire model railroading community to SUPPORT the RIT Model Railroad Club in their fight for survival!

👉 Please sign and share their petition to help RIT understand why keeping this space is so important: https://www.change.org/p/save-the-rit-model-railroad-club

Every signature shows the administration the immense value and support this organization has from students, alumni, and the broader community. Let's help ensure the longevity of this incredible student organization and the legacy of Professor James Scudder!

12/06/2025

In a week, on December 13th and 14th, 2025 the RIT Model Railroad Club’s nineteenth annual Tiger Tracks 2-Day Train Show will take place in Rochester, NY. This show is one of the most well-known train shows in the Rochester area. Located at the Gordon Field House on the Rochester Institute of Technology campus, the show features many vendors, organizations, and operating layouts from Z-scale to G-Scale and welcomes thousands of guests every year. This year we are also continuing our seminars and free door prizes!

Admission is $10 for the general public, $8 for seniors, and free for RIT students, staff, and children under 12!
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12/04/2025

Update regarding our current situation:

We recently met with some of the higher ups at RIT regarding our situation. The only requirement which has changed is the order to dispose of 50% of our assets, which is no longer the case, though we will still need to reduce our inventory. The timeline of the most important issue, the loss of our club room, which we have occupied for 30 years, has not changed. We are currently due to submit an inventory list by February, and still set to be evicted from our room of 30 years in April. We still do not know what will become of our room after we are removed.

Although the administration has offered to try to support the club to find a new room, RIT has made no offers of, nor commitments to, a new location for the club. We are still searching for an alternate space in other departments, though to no success.
We are a model railroad club. Our operation relies on a model railroad layout, which requires a permanent residence. Currently, we will no longer be able to have and maintain a model railroad layout come April. Although RIT’s intent may not be to get rid of our club, preventing our club from having a model railroad layout is equivalent to dismantling our club.

We must thank everybody for your support, as it gives us the ability to push for the preservation of our club.

- Executive Board of the RIT Model Railroad Club

Link to petition:

Save the RIT Model Railroad Club!