PSR Annual Conventions
Welcome to the PSR Convention Home page. This web site is the starting point for information about the PSR Annual Conventions, registration, and various activities centered around the conventions.
The PSR Annual Convention is a PSR sanctioned model railroad convention that rotates between the four Division geographic areas in sequence each year, and is usually in September. The conventions are hosted and run by convention committees, who are local volunteers in each area who have agreed to abide by all the policies and rules of the PSR and the NMRA. The local Division, model railroad clubs, and other organized groups are eligible to host a convention, at the discretion of the PSR Board of Directors.
The Convention normally includes the PSR Model Contest, clinics, layout tours, prototype tours, and various SIG (Special Interest Group), Railette (non-rail) and other activities of interest to the model railroading community.
Photo: Joel Shank Layout Scene - B. Sevier 2005
Other Conventions
Pacific Coast Region / NMRA Silver Rails 2010 Convention ~ April 28 - May 2, 2010 ~ Sparks, Nevada
The Sierra Division cordially invites you to attend the Silver Rails 2010 Pacific Coast Region Convention in Sparks, Nevada. Plans and preparations are well under way by a dedicated team of volunteers working hard to ensure you will have a rewarding and enjoyable experience at the Silver Rails 2010 PCR Convention.
The National Model Railroad Association will be hosting its 75th Anniversary Convention in Milwaukee, WI on July 11-18, 2010
Come to Milwaukee and celebrate 75 years of modeling history in the place where it all began back in 1935. Walk on the same streets where Al Kalmbach, Bill Walthers and those other modeling pioneers lived and worked. The convention will be held at the Midwest Airline Center located on Wisconsin and Fourth Streets in downtown Milwaukee. We have planned an outstanding modeling program and an excellent general interest program, so bring the entire family. There are special events to choose from each night of the week. There will be operating sessions, layout tours, prototype tours, clinics on Midwestern topics and of course the contests and silent auction.
EXTRA 2011 WEST 2011 NMRA National Convention ~ July 3 to 9, 2011 - Sacramento, California
Sacramento has long been a railroad town. The Central Pacific Railroad began building eastward from Sacramento in 1863, and celebrated the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory, Utah, five years later. It was home to the vast Southern Pacific Railroad Shops. It is now home to the California State Railroad Museum, one of the premier railroad museums in the country, located in Old Sacramento, less than 1½ miles from the Convention Hotel. With 53 historic buildings, Old Sacramento has more buildings of historic value condensed into its 28 acres than most areas of similar size in the West.
Sacramento will be the home of the 2011 National Model Railroad Association's National Convention. The EXTRA 2011 WEST CONVENTION promises to be The Unconventional Convention!