Welcome to the Lincoln Area Railway Historical Society

Next LARHS ANNUAL Show: February 15-16 2025

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Announcement: We have a new home at Lincoln Air Park! Note: This location is only open to the public for “Open Houses” that will be posted on this website starting in 2025.

Club News

2025 Annual Show

Our 2025 Annual Train Show is scheduled for February 15 & 16, 2025 See the Annual Show Page for Details

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Lincoln Children’s Museum

The LARHS was honored to be asked to build an HO layout for the Lincoln Children’s Museum. This was made possible by a grant from BNSF. See the Layout here

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2024 Show Update

Our 2024 Annual Show was a success! Even though we had a smaller turnout than in some past years, we still had more than the last few years. Our vendors, layouts, and clubs all considered it a great show. Thank you for coming and we look forward to next year's show.

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Upcoming Area Train Shows

See our updated Annual Shows Page for Shows in the area.

Locations:

Lincoln Air Park – Our new home, albeit, possibly temporary, is at Lincoln Air Park. We moved here in October 2024. This location will have a small collection from the museum, as well as layouts in Z, N, HO, and O scale.
This location will only be open to the public on select days for “open houses”, to be posted on this website.

Sandhills Global Event Center (Formerly the Lancaster Event Center) – Our BN Caboose and Depot are located on the SW corner of the Event Center. These are currently only open on select days during the summer, and open days will be posted on this website.

Serving the Lincoln Area Since 1980

Club members watch UP and BNSF trains at the Rochelle Railroad Park, in Rochelle, IL.
SP Cab forward on the travelling layout.
Club members photograph CSX and CN freights at Blue Island, IL.