Welcome to FAQ

If you are traveling to Tucson, this page should help clear up any of the common questions Tucson Ntrak gets on a weekly basis. If you still have questions for us, PLEASE dont hesitate to drop us an e-mail, thats why we have it.

Tucson Shops Arizona Trains was the long time train shop of Tucson up in till about 2003 when it went out of business (as far as a store goes, he is belived to be selling O Guage online). Ace Hardware is the new guy on the block. Yes, this is a harware store, but the owner has designated a large portion of the store to a Train Shop. In fact this Ace Hardware happens to be one of the largest in Arizona. The train shop has been growing every month and they even extended the building to accomodate all the stuff. Ace has a very good selection of stuff, including N scale, HO scale and G. It also has Digitrax, Kato and Atlas track and one of the best scenery supply selections i've seen. Its worth the visit. 6959 E 22ND ST TUCSON, AZ 85710 Tel: (520) 747-9473

Phoenix Shops An Affair With Trains is one of those great train stores that you could spend hours in and still not see or find everything you want. Since Phoenix is only 1.5 hours away, most travelers will stop there for shopping, but make sure you stop here. It is conveniantly located right off the freeway. 2615 West Bethany Home Rd Phoenix, Arizona 85017 USA Phone (day) (602) 249-3781

Tucson Layouts and Clubs The Gadsden Pacific Divison is the name of the club that operates the model train museum in Tucson. They run two annual swap meets per year, June and January. They have scheduleing and more info on there website. GPD Website The Southern Arizona Society of Model Engineers (SASME), The club's layout is the Tucson & South Western railroad, nicknamed "The Cactus Route." It is HO and HOn3 scale, but we don't limit club activities to just HO. We've built several small layouts in N gauge and members have built and operated everything from Nn3 to G gauge. We meet each Wednesday night at the club's building at about 7:30. The first Wednesday of each month is a business meeting, the last Wednesday is a RailCommand Operations night. The remaining Wednesdays are work nights. The club has other operating sessions as well. SASME Website Other than those, we really have no other information on clubs and railroad layouts we are aware of. This list will be updated whenever we get word of new appearances. As you know, Tucson Ntrak does not have a permanent location.

Prototype Railroad Places The Tucson Historic Depot is located in the heart of Downtown Tucson (big city folk wont be impressed with our downtown). The Depot was newly renovated and now has a museum in it, houses the SP #1673 steam locomotive and has a Lunch and Dinner Bistro trackside. Heres there website for more info. Tucson Historic Depot Website

Membership If you want to become a member, you can visit one of our Business meetings, which are each month. The Business Meeting is a time where the club members get together and talk about events and upcoming issues. This is the best time to introduce new members and fill out paper work. The membership is $25 initiation fee along with $5 dues per month. The Business meeting dates change every now an then but you can check them at the bottom of this page.