Railroad Prototype Modelers Conference – RPM Naperville 2025
October 16-18, 2025, Naperville, IL
RPM Conference - Naperville 2025
Welcome to the RPM Conference website.
RPM Chicagoland returns in 2025, in conjunction with the Fox Valley Division NMRA.We will keep this site updated with the latest RPM event news and hold an archive of past RPM related handouts and presentation files.
2018 Program and Presentation Links
The 2018 Attendee Program has been posted on the schedule page. Here is the direct link: 2018 Digital Program We thank those presenters who have allowed us to post or link to their information.
Chris Vanko on Freight Car Weathering
Chris Vanko's excellent clinic on weathering needs to be viewed in color instead of black and white handouts. As promised, his full color presentation is being posted as a PDF: Chris Vanko's Weathering Clinic PDF Thanks go to Chris, not only for presenting, but for...
Friends of the Freight Car Panel Discussion
This week we'll be adding links to photos of the event, a digital copy of the attendee program, and presentation handouts which we have permission from the authors to provide digitally. However, an online discussion kicked off at RealSTMFC about the history of resin...
Building a 6-3 Heavyweight Sleeper with John Greene
John Greene will be hosting a hand-on clinic this year. Pre-registration is necessary, and attendees can sign up at the registration table. The cost is $15 payable to John at the clinic. Per John: Bethlehem Car Works will supply kits, glue and sanding boards. Modeler...
Hotel Room Block Update
The hotel has just informed me that they were able to add 9 more rooms (double beds only) to the RPM block. I know several people have been asking if more rooms could be made available. These are first come first served, and you can contact the hotel directly at...
Model Cards
The models brought for display are an integral part of the RPM meet. They aren't brought in to win a contest, but rather are brought to share with the other like minded attendees. We've updated the model display cards, and are including a PDF file in case you want to...
Online Registration Closing Soon
Online registration will conclude tomorrow, October 10, at 7:00 PM CST. But that doesn't mean that we don't want you to come to the event if your schedule changes at the last minute! You can always register for the event on site next Thursday. Or come for one day at...
2018 Mini-Kit
Frank Hodina has finished his test model of this year's Mini-Kit in HO scale, shown above. Early bird registrants will receive this year's Mini-Kit which includes resin conversion parts and a set of decals to be used to convert an Accurail 40ft wood reefer into an...