Operating sessions are available every day of the convention, with several of the available layouts holding multiple sessions.
Sessions are being scheduled through OperatingSessions.com. You will need to create an account at OperatingSessions.com if you do not already have one. You can create an account at OperatingSessions.com at any time, before or after you register for the Station No.VI 2025 convention. You will, however, need to be registered for the Station No.VI 2025 convention before you can register for the convention’s operating sessions.
To preview the layouts that will be holding operating sessions during the Station No.VI 2025 convention, browse to the 2025 NMRA National Convention, Station No.VI, Operating Sessions page.
To register for operating sessions during the Station No.VI 2025 convention:
- Preview the layouts holding operating sessions by browsing to the 2025 NMRA National Convention, Station No.VI, Operating Sessions page or using the links at the bottom of this page. Make a note of the specific layouts or sessions that you’d like to attend. (Hint: leave this page open in a separate browser tab or window so you can switch back to it for reference.)
- Browse to the 2025 NMRA National Convention, Station No.VI, Operating Session Registration page.
- Log in to the OperatingSessions.com page with the user account credentials that you created earlier.
- Enter the Authorization Code that was included in your Station No.VI 2025 registration confirmation email (after March 4, 2025) or emailed to you directly if you registered before March 4th, 2025. From the Agenda, you can also find the authorization code in the On-demand Resources available for each operating session.
- Click the button to Register as an Individual.
- Select the sessions you’d like to register for. If you need to de-select a specific session, click the No session selected for this time slot option.
- When your selections are complete, scroll to the bottom of the page and click Register.
Hint: After registering for operating sessions, you can find the corresponding session items on the Agenda and add them to your Personal Itinerary so you won’t accidentally schedule other clinics or tours during your operating sessions.
Registration for operating sessions will close on July 1st, 2025.
Layouts
Below is a list of layouts which will be available for operations. Links to Layout Tour descriptions have been provided where available:
- Adrian and Blissfield Railroad – Macomb Division (Owner: Ron Griffin, Located in Macomb, MI)
- C&O – Clifton Forge Division (Owner: Mike Burgett, Located in Waterford, MI)
- Central Vermont and the Grand Trunk Western (Owner: Ron Blumer, Located in Lake Orion, MI)
- Chessie System Huntington Division (Owner: Richard Neibert, Located in Canton, MI)
- Colorado & Southern – Clear Creek Division (Owner: Doug Tagsold, Located in Blissfield, MI)
- Danforth Hadley & Northern (Owner: Kenneth Chick, Located in Northville, MI)
- Detroit Model Railroad Club – Detroit Union Railroad (Located in Holly, MI)
- Durango & Silverton (Owner: Tom Dart, Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI)
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway (Owner: John DePauw, Located in Lake Orion, MI)
- Erie Railroad (Owner: Ron King, Located in Garden City, MI)
- Great Northern Cascade Division (Owner: Scott Kremer, Located in Northville, MI)
- GTW North – Sterling Sub (Owner: Gary Smith, Located in Detroit, MI)
- Iowa Central at Vinton, Iowa (Owner: Kevin Griffin, Located in Pinckney, MI)
- Michigan Short Line (Owner: Dick Tomlinson, Located in Fenton, MI)
- Michigan Southern Railway (Owner: Norman Logan, Located in Northville, MI)
- Nashville Road (Owner: Andy Keeney, Located in Dewitt, MI)
- PRR Monongehela Division, Southwest Branch (Owner: Jim Botsko, Located in Troy, MI)
- PY&A Division of the PRR & B&O Railroads (Owner: Jim Tilley, Located in Plymouth, MI)
- Reading Lines – Central Division (Owner: Barry Hensel, Located in Canton, MI)
- Sagana Northern – Laurel Creek Subdivision (Owner: Michael Kisser, Located in Trenton, MI)
- South Oakland County Model Railroad Club (Located in Hazel Park, MI)
- The North Montana Line (Owner: Daniel Lewis, Located in Rochester Hills, MI)
- Union Pacific / Butte Mine & Eastern RR (Owner: Bruce Ernatt, Located in Troy, MI)
- Wabash Railroad 2nd District (Located in Saline, MI)
