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MCoR 2026 Convention
July 23-25, 2026
Collinsville Convention Center, Collinsville, IL
The 2026 Mid-Continent Region convention will be held at the Collinsville Convention Center in Collinsville, IL from July 23-25
This year’s convention is a joint convention with the RPM Meet! One registration gets you into ALL the RPM events and the MCoR events including our Contest and Saturday Night Banquet!
There will be lots of vendors at the Collinsville Convention Center ready to sell you all the part items you are looking for! There will be clinics and contests.
You can enter the MCoR contest and RPM display (you just can’t enter the same model in both events). In addition to the regular NMRA MCoR contests, there are TWO special MCoR Contests this year. We are doing both a Square Footer AND a Photo Match contest. The Square Footer is open to any scale as long as the entry fits on a 12”x12” base. The Photo Match can also be any scale, just bring the photo, painting, or illustration of the scene you are modeling. The Light Iron Award, a privately sponsored award, will also be eligible for award in the MCoR contest. This award is presented to the model that best represents the spirit of Narrow-Gauge Modeling and is selected by the sponsors.
White Elephants Anyone??
As an added event we are offering space to display and sell up to 10 of your White Elephant items or any of your treasures you have decided you can let go (to make room for more!). Just bring your item, add the price and we’ll collect for any items sold that you can collect at the end of the convention. We will also be conducting our regular raffle at the banquet. Any items you would like to donate will be raffled off for the MCoR (including any of those White Elephants that didn’t sell).
Hotel
We have a special rate for the Convention with the Double Tree by Hilton for $118 plus tax per night. The hotel is located just across the street from the Convention Center and in easy walking distance. We also have a special $8 breakfast deal with the hotel. Just use the link on the right to make your reservation online and it takes you directly to the MCoR room rate.
Doubletree by Hilton Collinsville – St. Louis
1000 Eastport Plaza Drive, Collinsville, IL 62234
Links
To learn more about the RPM event and forms for entering models in their contest use this link:
https://www.stlrpm.com/resources