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Location |
Layout |
| Layout Tours run from 1 - 4 PM |
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| September 13, 2009 |
Laytonsville, MD |
The RO&S is both HO &
HOn3 steam era 1939, freelance
Railroad based generally in western
Pennsylvania. It uses NCE DCC control. Mostly
oriented to an industrial
switching type operation with lots of industries built from kits,
craftsman kits, kitbased and
scratch. Scenery is about 80% complete.
Includes a harbor, a canal, and mountains. Includes a large
sawmill.
Also coal mines and a waterfront coal dock and a steel
mill. Most locos have sound. There is also layout
sound for several industries |
| October 11, 2009 | Gainesville, VA |
The Oregon Coast Railroad is a
fictional transition era (Fall 1953) layout. Area modeled
follows the Columbia River from Portland to Astoria and then south
along the Pacific Coast to Tillamook. Modeled items include an ocean
port with a tramp steamer and car float, a large yard and engine
facility, a small river fishing town and a large lumber mill. Buildings
are craftsman kits or scratchbuild. Scenery is more than 50%
complete. Radio Digitrax is used for the command system to
allow walkaround operations. The layout is designed for operations as
well as scenic effects. Operating sessions can accommodate 8-12 people
using TT&TO. Prior layout tour photos HERE |
| November 1, 2009 | Baltimore, MD |
The Baltimore Society of Model Engineers has
graciously offered to host an open house for the Potomac Division, as
well as the newly formed Chesapeake Division. The open house will be
from 1 pm to 5 pm. Their layouts are located just north of the
Baltimore Inner Harbor area at 225 West Saratoga Street in Baltimore.
On Sunday, on-street parking is free. The following is an excerpt from
their web page (www.modelengineers.com) and tells about the club and
the layouts you will see there. The Baltimore Society of Model Engineers is a model railroad club located in Baltimore Maryland, formed in March 1932. We have the largest permanent display in the mid-Atlantic region, with 2500 square feet of steam and diesel freight and passenger trains as well as trollies and interurban running from the overhead wire. We are the oldest exclusively model railroad club in the United States and the third oldest modeling society in the world! The BSME layouts and offices are located on the third floor of 225 West Saratoga Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Our downtown location is half a block from the light-rail station, and one and a half blocks from the Lexington Market subway station. The society operates both HO & O Scale layouts. The O scale layout is set in early 1950s, the late steam and early diesel era. This means the majority of the trains will be Steam and first generation Diesel Trains, but you will see an occasional modern passenger or freight. O scale is not the same a Lionel or O gauge, the most notable difference is no center (third) rail. If you compare O scale and O gauge car next to each other you will see more detail and more accurate dimensions of the scale cars. The O scale layout also has a trolley system running the 65' length of the layout running off the overhead wire! You will city trolley models of Baltimore Streetcars as well as interurban cars running on the line. The HO scale layout opearates modern SD-90 diesels next to a ten wheeler (4-6-0) steam train with 40 foot boxcars. This is primarily to give the visitor a look at how trains have changed through the years. The HO Layout models the fictous railroad the Chesapeake and Western, which operates a double track mainline from Baltimore, MD to Wheeling, WV, so the scenery reflects that. The City trollies are undergoing restoration and expansion as the citizens look for green transporation alternatives. We do operate a Thomas the tank engine on both layouts for the delight of younger visitors. The club also has displays of railroad history and lore, including 34 authentic heralds from the 1950s. Displayed around our layouts are railroad manufactures publicity photos and a prototype steam engine bell, whislte, headlamp, and builders plate. We hold Open House Shows to promote the hobby of model railroading. Shows are typically every Sunday in January and the second Sunday of each month except May |
| December 5 & 6, 2009 | Severna Park, MD | The Severna Park Model Railroad Club is holding an Open House from 12:00 noon -
5:00 p.m. on both days in the former Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad station along the bike trail at
3 Riggs Road, Severna Park, MD. Admission is free. Donations gratefully accepted. For more information call Sam Shepherd (410) 647-6077 or, Frank Winner (410) 647-3335. |
| Layout Tour
Coordinator |
Tom Brodrick |
301-253-0558 |
email |
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