News & Events
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JRM Layout will be at the 2012 National Cherry Blossom Festival's Sakrua Matsuri
The JRM layout bill be displayed for the fourth year in a row at the Sakura Matsuri steet festival at the 2012 National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC April 14th, 2012, from 11am - 6pm. This one day event is a wonderful celebration of Japanese culture and the Washington Cherry Blossoms! This year marks the 100 year anniversary of gift of the cherry trees to Washington DC from Tokyo, Japan. |
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"SANTETSU" Will Not Give Up!
Green light is lit until complete restoration
The Santetsu railway was very heavily damaged in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, but is vowing to rebuild! |
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Railroads Damaged by Earthquake and Tsunami
On the Pacific shores of Iwate, the JR Ofunato Line and Sanriku Railway Company lines suffered heavy damage in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. On April 10th, Naoto Kodama of Iwate Rail Modelers' Circle (JRM's sister club in Iwatetsu, Japan) traveled to the coast to witness and photograph the state of these railroads one month after the catastrophe. |
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A Message From The Executive Director of JRM's Sister Club IRC in Iwate, Japan
Mr. Kodama, the executive director of IRC gives an update on the disaster relief going on in the area and expresses his resiliency of the Japanese people and their spirit to persevere through these disasters. |
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Message From the President
Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Disaster - Update
Ten days after the earthquake and tsunamis struck Japan, the situation is grim but improving. Railroads have been opened to Morioka (in the heart of Iwate) from the west and north, making it much easier to get supplies into the stricken area. Lines of communication and supplies are beginning to reach isolated evacuation centers and groups of survivors. Acute shortages of food, gasoline, and kerosene have been alleviated in many areas. Along with the bad news, we are seeing some reports of good news -- families reunited, survivors miraculously found inside collapsed buildings nine days after the tsunamis, hospital patients safely moved to hospitals outside the disaster area. |
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JRM Layout Show History
You can see a complete history of the shows the JRM layout has been displayed at here. |
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JRM At BSA Troop 964 Annual Train Show
JRM will be showing either the JRM layout or Japanese TTrak modules at the BSA Troop 964 annual train show in Manassas, VA March 10 (10a-5p) and 11 (11a - 5p). This year the train show's theme will be japanese as the troop is supporting Troop 2, Japan in the devistated Iwate region of Japan. |
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Japan Rail Modelers Showing at the GSMT Show
February 4 & 5, 2012
JRM will be displaying at the fall Great Scale Model Train show in Timonium Maryland on February 4-5, 2012. This will be JRM's 18th GSMT show! Show is 9am - 4pm Saturday and 10am - 4pm Sunday. |
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Japan Rail Modelers Showing at the GSMT Show
October 29-30, 2011 (09.15.11)
JRM will be displaying at the fall Great Scale Model Train show in Timonium Maryland on October 29-30, 2011. This will be JRM's 17th GSMT show! Show is 9am - 4pm Saturday and 10am - 4pm Sunday. |
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Japan Rail Modelers Will Be at the 2011 Rockville Lions Club 22st Annual Train Show (09.15.11)
JRM will display its layout for the sixth year in a row at the Annual family Train Show in Rockville, MD on November 12th - 13th. This show is a very popular local club-only (no vendors) show for families to come out and see club layouts from T gauge to O gauge. |
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Japan Rail Modelers Displays T-trak & Unitram Layouts at Ekoji Buddhist Temple 2011 Summer Obon Festival
On July 9, 2011 the Japan Rail Modelers displayed T-trak and Unitram modules at the Obon Summer Festival sponsored by Ekoji Buddhist Temple in Fairfax Station, VA. The festival included Japanese folk dancing, taiko drumming, temple and Japanese garden tours, and lots of good food! |
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JRM Layout at 2011 National Cherry Blossom Festival's Sakrua Matsuri
The JRM layout was displayed at the Sakura Matsuri steet festival at the 2011 National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC April 9th, 2011, from 11am - 6pm. This one day event is a wonderful celebration of Japanese culture and the Washington Cherry Blossoms! |
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Photos from the Sakura Matsuri Festival > |
Japan Rail Modelers Particpates inthe Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum's Holiday Festival of Trains!
Our layout was on display at the museum Saturday, December 4th from 10AM - 4PM, and Sunday, December 5th, 2010 from 11AM to 4PM. The Holiday Festival of Trains is a six-week event featuring a number of different model railroads displayed among the real trains in the roundhouse. It's a rare opportunity to experience the JRM layout in the middle of America's most important, historic and comprehensive railroad collection. Layout visit is included with museum admission fee. |
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Japan Rail Modelers Shows at the 2010 Rockville Lions Club 20th Annual Train Show (03.15.10)
JRM displayed its layout for the fifth year in a row at the Annual family Train Show in Rockville, MD on November 13th - 14th. This show is a very popular local club-only (no vendors) show for families to come out and see club layouts from T gauge to O gauge. |
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Japan Rail Modelers Displays T-trak & Unitram Layouts at Ekoji Buddhist Temple 2010 Summer Obon Festival (07.25.10)
On July 10, 2010 the Japan Rail Modelers displayed T-trak and Unitram modules at the Obon Summer Festival sponsored by Ekoji Buddhist Temple in Fairfax Station, VA. The festival included Japanese folk dancing, taiko drumming, temple and Japanese garden tours, and lots of good food! |
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Japan Rail Modelers Shows the New JRM Layout at the 2010 National Cherry Blossom Festival's Sakura Matsuri to a Crowd of 160,000! (05.08.10)
This year the JRM was honored to be invited back again to show our layout at the National Cherry Blossom Festival Sakura Matsuri (Street Festival) in Washington DC. Presented by the Japan-America Society, the festival is the largest one day japanese cultural event outside Japan. This year drew 160,000 people over a 7 hour period! |
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Japan Rail Modelers is proud to be a part of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum's Holiday Festival of Trains event! (11.14.09)
Our layout was on display at the museum Saturday, January 9, and Sunday, January 10, 2010. The Holiday Festival of Trains is a six-week event featuring a number of different model railroads displayed among the real trains in the roundhouse. It's a rare opportunity to experience the JRM layout in the middle of America's most important, historic and comprehensive railroad collection. Layout visit is included with museum admission fee.
January 9 (Saturday), 10am - 4pm
January 10 (Sunday), 11am - 4pm |
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Japan Rail Modelers Showing at the 2009 Rockville Lions Club Train Show (03.11.09)
JRM will displaying its layout for the fourth year in a row at the Annual family Train Show in Rockville, MD on November 7-8. This show is a very popular local club-only (no vendors) show for families to come out and see club layouts from T gauge to O gauge. More information is provided in the show flyer PDF linked below. |
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JRM and Iwate Rail Modelers' Club in Iwate Japan Sign Sister Club Agreement
Matthew Davis's two year adventure in Japan concludes with cementing a friendship and sister club agreement between JRM and IRC! (04.25.09) |
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JRM Website Facelift (04.20.09)
The JRM website had gotten a much needed facelift and reorganization this spring. |
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Japan Rail Modelers Plays to a Crowd of 160,00 at the 2009 National Cherry Blossom Festival's Sakura Matsuri - Japanese Street Festival (04.11.09)
This year the Japan Rail Modelers (JRM) were honored to be invited to show our layout at the National Cherry Blossom Festival Sakura Matsuri (Street Festival) in Washington DC. Presented by the Japan-America Society, the festival is the largest one day japanese cultural event outside Japan, with over 140,000 people attending in a 7 hour period in past years with good weather. This years blustery, but sunny and warm weather brought out record crowds estimates at 160,000 visitors! |
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Japan Rail Modelers Showing at the 2009 GSMT Show October 10 &11, 2009 (03.11.09)
JRM will be displaying at the fall Great Scale Model Train show in Timonium Maryland on October 10 & 11, 2009. This will be JRM's 15th GSMT show! Show information here. |
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JRM Layout - First Exhibition, October 2004
We first exhibited the JRM layout at the Great Scale Model Train show in Timonium MD October 9-10, 2004. The layout concept was started in the spring of 2004 to potentially do a layout for the National N Scale Convention taking place the summer of 2004 in the washington DC area. We were not able to develop the layout in time for the convention, so debuted the layout at the GSMT show in the fall. |
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