2021 RGM&HS Convention Update

Production of our first RGM&HS Virtual Convention which will be held online November 13th at 2 p.m. Central time has started.  The convention team is working with presenters to work out their presentations and the visuals for the online meeting. The convention will be held online using the Microsoft Teams platform

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CZ Dome-Buffet-Lounge “Silver Shop”

The Board of the American Passenger Train History Museum in Charles City, Iowa, recently reached out to the RGM&HS with the news the Phil Sheridan Trust recently donated CZ Dome-Buffet-"Cable Car" Lounge "Silver Shop" to our museum and we are working diligently to get the car moved in short  order.

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September 2021 Green Light

In this issue of the Green Light we've got the following line-up for you: D&RGW Caboose 01503 Restoration & New Forever Home Interesting Read: Tribe Backs Uinta Basin Railroad Construction RGM&HS Society News From the President’s Office: by Jeff Pierce, RGM&HS President Pre-Orders of the 2022 Rio Grande Calendar by

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2022 Rio Grande Calendar Is In Stock

The RGM&HS is now taking pre-orders for the 2022 Rio Grande Calendar by McMillan Publications which will be available in late August 2021.  The calendar features 13 large views of Rio Grande standard gauge trains; one scene to a month: January 2022 through January 2023. The calendar opens to an eye-catching 14

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August 2021 Green Light

In this issue of the Green Light we've got the following line-up for you: Cumbres & Toltec 50th Anniversary Brings Rare Steam Engines Together Interesting Read: Inside the Hanging Lake Tunnels CDOT command center RGM&HS Society News From the President’s Office: by Jeff Pierce, RGM&HS President 2021 RGM&HS Convention Update

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Rio Grande Product News – August 2021

We try to capture the significant D&RGW models for Rio Grande modelers in the our Rio Grande Model News section of The Green Light Newsletter.  Here are the new product announcements that were in the August 2021 edition sent to members. If we missed a product announcement, or you have

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RGM&HS Members benefits with Western Pacific Railroad Museum

The Society is proud to announce a new benefit to existing members of the RGM&HS.  Recently the RGM&HS as a 501(c)3 became an institutional member of The Feather River Rail Society.  Your RGMHS membership now gets you free admission and a gift shop discount at the WPRM museum. In Portola,

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The Society announces our first book

The Rio Grande T-12 Locomotive and the Return of the 168 by Jerry Day The book covers the operational history of each of the Rio Grande’s twelve 4-6-0, T-12 passenger locomotives, placed in service in 1883 and 1884 on their narrow gauge routes. And, the book specifically covers the restoration

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Rio Grande Product Announcements – June 2021

We try to capture the significant D&RGW models for Rio Grande modelers in the our Rio Grande Model News section of The Green Light Newsletter.  Here are the new product announcements that were in the June 2021 edition sent to members. If we missed a product announcement, or you have

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October 2018 Green Light

October's Green Light hot off the press right at the end of the month.  In this month's of the Green Light we've got the following lined-up for you: DRGW 5401 Finds "Forever Home" at Colorado Railroad Museum by Kevin Morgan RGM&HS Society News: Message from President's Office by Mike Carlson

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