I'm looking to make contact with anyone who is modeling 009 in North America and I have created the Facebook group called "009 Narrow Gauge Modeling: North America" as a rally point. I want to stress that anyone who models, or is considering modeling in 009 IS welcome! There are many good Facebook groups out there with a lot more content, and my objective is not to complete with those groups. The secondary focus of this quest is the hope of finding fellow modelers who would like to participate in a Freemo-like modular get-together and operate 009 scale model trains. This idea stems from a group Will James (https://www.willjamesrailways.com/) has put together in Australia (https://www.willjamesrailways.com/freem009-australia), and good ideas should be repeated. :) I am located in Wisconsin, and don't mind traveling out of the area.
Here is the link to the Faceboo group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/503829635868978/
Thanks,
Vern
Vern,
There are about 60 people with addresses in North America who are members of the Society. If you would like to form a North American area group, please send me an email at chairman@009society.com. Once we agree a few simple details, we can then send a targetted email to all members in the USA and Canada and see how matters progress. Other area groups with large distances between members use the Society's Zoom account to stay in touch and make plans.
Julian