Public open house events have been an important aspect of BMRC since its beginning. The practice of holding monthly open houses has been going on here for nearly 30 years. And we are somewhat unique in that most clubs have no more than one open house per year and they dread even that. Naturally, model railroaders love to show off their work to other model railroaders and the general public. But we also know that there are many folks out there who love railroads, trains, and the way they operate as much as we do. Interestingly, we have found that there are many former or current railroad employees who attend our open houses. Our members enjoy open houses as much as our visitors do and that always makes for a very friendly event.
We schedule monthly 2-day open house weekends from September through April and usually have 2 weekends in November and December. Our 2023-24 schedule is as follows:
Sept. 16-17, 2023
Oct. 21-22, 2023
Nov. 11-12 and 18-19, 2023
Dec. 9-10 and 16-17, 2023
Jan. 20-21, 2024
Feb. 24-25, 2024
Mar. 23-24, 2024
Apr. 20-21, 2024