What groups will be listed here and what groups will be listed on the Other Scales and Similar Groups list?

There is a very very limited margin for "free-mo friendly" listings, a lower height can be over come with a leg extension. Other things can not: Code 100 rail. 24 inch curves. The use of short fitter tracks instead of fitter rails. These can not be overcome.

Clubs can have a variation so long as they can meet the minimum free-mo standard at a joint setup.

If I include non-free-mo groups on a list of free-mo groups, I am not helping to promote the one standard. Including the pseudo-Free-mo groups in a Free-mo list will only encourage non-compliance by seeming to offer "forgiveness" for their non-compliance.

And spreading non-compliance will only blur the meaning of Free-mo and very likely encourage the development of competing standards (regional or ???). Divergence between the European and US standards is quite enough. We don't need more!

Think about a DCC products list that included DCC and "DCC-like" products. The latter would at best be silly and meaningless.

The point of the list is to help others find Free-mo groups, not to find pseudo-Free-mo groups.

This being said, below you will find a list of HO Free-mo groups.

United States

Arizona

• Central Arizona Free-mo

California

• NorCalF - The Northern California Free-mo group
  (NorCal Free-mo, NCF, or "NorCalF")
  • Where: The greater San Francisco Bay Area region
  • Web Site: www.norcalfreemo.org
• Free-mo SLO
  • Where: The San Luis Obispo area from Paso Robles to Santa Maria.
  • Web Stie: TrainWeb.US/freemoslo
• Free-mo LA
  • Where: The greater LA area.
  • Contact: Chris Butts, Martin Young and Dan Risdon

Colorado

• Colorado Free-mo
  • Where: Denver Metro Area
  • Contact: Roger Smith

Connecticut

See New England Free-mo under Massachusetts

Florida

• South Florida Free-Mo
  • Where: South Florida, Pompano Beach area
  • Contact: Marc Saval
• North Florida Free-Mo
  • Where: Gainesville, Fl
  • Contact: Rick Devlin
  • Yahoo Group: North Florida Free-Mo

Georgia

• Southeast GA Free-mo
  • Where: Rincon GA (15mi north of Savannah)
  • Contact: Michael J. Sherbak II

Idaho

• Idaho Free-Mo
  • Where: Boise, Idaho
  • Contact: Joe Burket

Illinois

• Gateway Society of Model Railroad Engineers
  • See listing under Missouri
• Central Illinois Railroad Club

Kansas

• SoKS Free-mo
  • Where: Wichita, KS
  • Contact: superfleet93@yahoo.com
  • Web Site: TrainWeb.US/freemosoks
• South East Kansas Free-mo
  • Where: Based out of Cherryvale, Kansas
  • Contact: Perry Lambert
  • E-Mail List: See their Web Site
  • Web Site: TrainWeb.US/sek-mo

Maine

See New England Free-mo under Massachusetts

Massachusetts

• New England Free-mo
  • Where: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
  • Contact: Rich or James
  • Web Site: www.nefree-mo.org

Michigan

• Southeast Michigan Free-Mo
  • Where: Southeast Michigan
    [ Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston, Genesee, Lapeer, Sanilac, and Washtenaw Counties ]
  • Contact: Bill Gawthrop

Minnesota

• Minnesota Free-mo Modelers

  • Where: Twin Cities, MN and outlying areas including western Wisconsin

  • Web Site: www.mnfreemo.org

Missouri

• Gateway Society of Model Railroad Engineers
  • Where: East Central MO & West Central IL
  • Contact: Christopher Thies

New Hampshire

See New England Free-mo under Massachusetts

New Mexico

• Group Name  SouthWest Free-Mo
  • Where: Albuquerque, NM
  • Web Site: TrainWeb.org/swfree-mo

New York

• RIT Model Railroad Club
  • Where: Rochester, NY
  • Web Site: http://www.ritmrc.org

North Carolina

• ???
  • Where: Cary North Carolina
  • Contact: Mike Davison

Ohio

• Ohio Valley Free-mo
  • Where: Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana within a general 30-50 mile range of Cincinnati, Ohio
• NorthEast Ohio (NEO) Free-mo
  • Where: Northern Ohio (Sandusky - Cleveland - Akron - Canton area)
  • Contact: Jerry Krueger or Tim Moran (moderators)

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma Free-mo
  • Where: Central Oklahoma
  • Contact: Adam Eastman
  • Web Site: TrainWeb.org/okfreemo

Oregon

• Group Name
  • Where: Oregon, SW Washington
  • Contact: Ron Smith

Pennsylvania

• Keystone Division of the NMRA is sponsoring a FreeMo group
  • Where: Pittsburgh, PA. area, the Division also extends down into northern West Virgina
  • Contact: Bob Meier.

Rhode Island

See New England Free-mo under Massachusetts

Texas

• • FREEMO-SA
    • Where: San Antonio Texas
    • Contact: Gary Rodriguez
  • Denton Area Model Railroad Club (DAMRRC)
    • Where: Denton, Texas
    • Web site: TrainWeb.org/damrrc

Utah

• Utah Free-mo
• Where: Utah
• Contact: Adam Eastman
• Web Site: www.utahfree-mo.org

Vermont

See New England Free-mo under Massachusetts

Washington

• Pacific Northwest Free-mo
  • Where: Western Washington, Seattle area to Bellingham and beyond
  • SW Washington - See the Oregon section of the list.

West Virginia

• See Keystone Division of the NMRA in the Pennsylvania listing

Wisconsin

• Southeastern Wisconsin Free-Mo
  • Where: Racine, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Burlington, Union Grove, Wisconsin Dells, but members are welcomed from elsewhere
  • Contact: Mike Slater
• Northeastern Wisconsin Free-Mo

Canada

Alberta

• Calgary Free-mo
  • Where: Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 20+ active members
  • Contact: Jon Calon, George Langley, others can be contacted via our contact page on the website
  • E-Mail List: we have our own mailing list, hosted on the web server for members
  • Web Site: www.calgaryfreemo.ca
• Battle River Railway Modellers
  • Where: Camrose, Alberta, Canada
  • Contact: Greg Chrabaszcz, or Norm Prestage
  • Web Site: www.battleriverrailway.ca
  • Other: Meet Thursday nights at Duggan Mall

British Columbia

• Chilliwack Model Railway Club - Free-mo Division
  • Where: Chilliwack and Abbotsford, BC
  • Contact: Larry Sebelley, Secretary, 44694 Ashbury Place, Chilliwack, BC Canada, V2R 2Y6

Ontario

• CASO Free-Mo Group
  • Where: South-western Ontario region, Canada
  • Contact: Pierre Oliver
  • Using the Free-Mo standards we are recreating signature scenes from the Canada Southern Division of the NYC

Quebec

• Free-Modu-Rail de la Capitale
  • Where: Quebec City, Canada
  • Contact: Les Halmos

Around the World

Columbia

• Free-mo Colombia

  • Where: Bogota D.C., COLOMBIA, South America (would be members in Bogota area)(lenguages: Spanish and English)
  • Contact: Henry C Peraza