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2025 MCR Convention
15 - 18 May, 2025 Dublin, Ohio.

Welcome to the Buckeye Express Website

The Mid Central Region cordially invites you to join us for the 90th anniversary of the NMRA in its original home - Columbus, Ohio. The Buckeye Express will feature a wide range of clinics, operating sessions, layout tours (including a trip to a 7 1/2" inch gauge scale live steam operation), photo and model contests, T-TRAK, company store, swap meet, and more. Additionally, the Columbus area features three hobby shops specializing in model trains, plus two of the premier shopping areas in the Midwest (including IKEA). Nonrail activities include tours of the Ohio Stathouse, art museum, and...
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The links below will take you to the Buckeye Express Convention registration page and the Dublin Embassy Suites reservation page.

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Buckeye Express Convention Registration

Full Fare: $80.00
Additional Fare-Family Member Registration: $35.00
(Spouse, significant other, and children 16 and under with Full Fare Registrant)

Note: Room reservations may be made by using the Hotel link to the right.

Convention Registration Page

Embassy Suites

The Embassy Suites Hotel, Dublin, Ohio

5100 Upper Metro Place, Dublin, Ohio, 43017
Free Parking, Free Breakfast, Free afternoon Drinks
Easy to find, right off I-270.

As you know, any convention at a hotel depends on the number of room nights booked by guests to offset the cost of using the hotel. The deadline for reserving rooms at Embassy Suites is fast approaching. Please ensure you book your rooms before the deadline:
Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at 11:59:59PM.

Hotel Reservation Page

The Buckeye Express
A Mid Central Region Convention
presented by
The Buckeye Division (Division 6),
Mid Central Region,
The National Model Railroad Association, Inc.