You're likely very good at some of things you do...but are you up to your best? The Achievement Program(AP) lets you measure yourself, and gets you involved in positive feedback from your fellow NMRA members.

Information about the achievement program is available on the NMRA Achievement Program web page. (https://www.nmra.org/education/achievement-program)

Eventually the AP may lead to your getting the Master Model Railroader award.  And yes, you certainly can get there without building a locomotive from brass sheet and tube!

MER Achievement Program coordinators can be reached via the Division Superintendents

Kurt Thompson of Maryland is our AP Chairman. Send email

Other Special Awards specific to the MER are described here.

If you are looking for contest entry forms to fill out on your computer,
Fred Miller, MMR, has created a few such forms. They are MS Word files. Download links are here.

If you want a judge to pre-evaluate the model in your home and if found wanting give you pointers on how to improve it, contact your Division AP person. He will either come or send someone you know and trust to go over the model(s) with you. The objective of the AP is to help you learn how to do everything in model railroading better including how to earn merit awards. Picking the mind of someone who has already earned a few awards is only common sense