About NRail
The purpose of NRail is to promote N-Scale model railroading in all forms, through a variety of community activities; including exhibits, lectures, workshops, conventions, educational classes and historical displays.
Today, N-scale is the second most popular scale in the North America and the NRail Newsletter continues to be a communications channel for all N-scale modelers.
GovernanceNRail is led by its President, who oversees the leadership composed of 8 other board of director members and advisors. Four officers, elected from the 9 member board, perform specific functions to keep the organization running. Board members are elected from the general membership and serve a 3 year term staggered to provide overlap and continuity. Advisors are non-voting members the leadership, who are appointed by the president and serve at the president’s pleasure. Advisors are chosen for the skills in specific areas, or the line of communications to other groups of modelers, or functions they perform for the organization. Board members and advisors meet for monthly leadership meetings to address policies, expenditures and other organization business.
| NRail, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We are a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, incorporated July 11, 1996 as NTRAK MODULAR RAILROADING SOCIETY, INC; the name of the corporation was changed on January 1, 2021 to NRail, Inc. Corporate documents available for download: History of NRAILIn 1974, Jim FitzGerald started publishing a newsletter with the intent of establishing communications with the N-scale community about new ideas and about N-scale. That newsletter became the NTRAK Newsletter and in 1996, NTRAK became a formal organization with incorporation. In 2000, T-TRAK was introduced to the United States through the NTRAK Newsletter. In 2021 the formal name was changed to NRail. Read more about our history --> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||