 The Abrams Railroad Empire (ARE) is a
20 foot by 22 foot walk-around frelance HO layout that models the
"anachronistic era." Click here to visit
the ARE
home page. The
ARE focuses on operating among 21 industries, 5 yards, 7 towns, and 2
interchange tracks using RailOP computer-generated train orders and
Digitrax DCC control. One section is fully sceniced and scenery
construction is spreading. The ARE operations are directed using
train orders based on manifests generated
by the RailOP computer program. Local trains run from Babel Yard to
industries and towns and back to Babel. Local switchers serve Vienna
and Carnegie, interchanging cars with the locals from Babel. Through
freights run between Babel and
Marshal Yards. Marshal, in turn, interchanges freight cars with the
world
beyond the walls via the Westmoreland Railroad and the Providence &
Worcester
Railroad. The Westmoreland interchange track is connecting to Marshal
Yard
and serviced by a local locomotive provided by the Westmoreland. The
Providence & Worcester is a staging track. Both Westmoreland and
Providence
& Worcester are hidden tracks visible from Marshal by a mirror hung
from
the ceiling. Location: Montgomery County, Maryland.
Operations
scheduled for Sunday, October 19, 9 am - noon. ***
CANCELLED
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Arthur Boyd's N scale Clear Creek and Caldswell Mining and Railway
Company (CC&C) is a freelance model
railroad. The period is
1915-1965, depending on which equipment I run. It measures
14' by 14' with benchwork in a serpentine walk-in design,
point-to-point with continuous running option. The mainline is
one and a third scale miles long (42 actual feet), from river port,
over mountains, to farming valley - all somewhere in Western
Pennsylvania's Appalachian Mountains. There is live interchange
with the PRR, B&O and Erie, and open staging. A car-card
system (waybills)is used for freight car forwarding, following a
"sequence timetable" (no "fast clock") with track warrants.
Control is Digitrax radio DCC, and operations feature branchline
way-freight switching of on-line industries. Click here for a
detailed description. Location: Baltimore, MD. Operations scheduled for
Sunday, October 19, 10 am - 1 pm. *** CANCELLED
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 Jeff
Warner's PRR/RDG/WM South Central Region models the Pennsylvania
Railroad, Reading Company, and Western Maryland Railway in South
Central Pennsylvania and Maryland set in the mid 1950's. The
layout focuses on the interchange of freight traffic between these
railroads, but includes many passenger trains also. It is a
multi-deck 22' x 36'
HO walk-around layout, using Digitrax DCC radio control. Two
dispatchers (PRR and RDG/WM) are used for fully signaled CTC (using the
C/MRI system). Car cards and waybills control freight movement
between 5 working yards and 5 staging yards. Mainline trackage of
550 feet (270 feet on PRR, 280 feet on RDG/WM). Operators are
asked to bring along FRS radios (if
available). Click here to visit the web site.
Location: Etters, PA about 1/2 way between Harrisburg and York,
PA. Scheduled operations: Sunday, October 19, 10
AM - 2 PM. *** CANCELLED
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 Mat Thompson's Oregon Coast
Railroad is freelanced following the area covering Portland to and
through Astoria, Oregon along the Columbia River. Two
levels are employed to create a transition railroad with 2-8-8-2
mainline steam and first generation diesels. Operator controls
trains using Digitrax DCC. Train movements follow Train
Order/Timetable procedures. Click here to view a recent layout tour. Location: Prince
William County, VA. Operations scheduled for Sunday,
October 19, 9 am - noon. Registration
code 803, $5.
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 Roger
Sekera's Clinch Valley Lines is an HO scale coal (40%) and freight
(60%) layout set in Western part of Virginia in 1959. CVL management is trying to get out
of passenger ops. Layout is point to point and is roughly 25 x 25 with
two stub end staging. First generation diesel dominates. The N&W,
Clinchfield, L&N and Southern all have some trackage rights and are
frequent visitors. The CVL has nine towns and 15 industries, including
two sizable coal tipples or processing plants and a Burlap mill that
supplies other coal heavy model railroads. Set for operations using
four cycle car cards and waybills and Railcommand. Click here to view a recent layout tour. Location: Montgomery County,
Maryland. Operations scheduled for Sunday,
October 19, 9 am - noon. Registration
code 804, $5.
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Steve King will be presenting
a 3 hour clinic on Timetable and Train Order Operation. Everyone
who attends the clinic will have an opportunity to operate on one of
several layouts
that Steve has lined up as available to host operations. Click here to jump to clinic
description. Note
that this clinic & operations combination does not
conflict with most other operations scheduled. Registration code
605, $15.
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