For those of you living in Southern California, my Yahoo Group, Model Railroads of Southern California, will be hosting its second self-guided layout tour of 2006 on Saturday, March 24. There will be ten layouts (5 in HO Scale) on this tour at seven locations. The tour is free. If you want more information on this tour, including operating hours, directions and maps, visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Model_Railroads_Of_Southern_California/ This information is in the Files Section of the group (See Message Post #479 on the Yahoo site). Below are descriptions of the layouts. Bob Chaparro Moderator Model Railroads Of Southern California and Citrus Industry Modeling Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/citrusmodeling/ The Layouts… Kevin Barnett - This 14' x 15' layout is designed primarily as a switching layout with a loop representing mainline which allows continuous running trains. It is based on the Santa Fe in Southern California in 1961. The layout is about half "completed" and features quite a few scratchbuilt as well as kit structures. Photos can be seen at http://www.trainweb.org/cmrs/Kevin%20Barnett/index.html Roger Clarkson – Roger’s HO layout is extremely complete and fills a three-car garage. The layout features both animation and many, many lighted structures. His one-third acre G-scale layout has six trains operating at one time. Everywhere you look on this giant garden railroad there's something moving. Photos of the outdoor layout can be seen at http://www.vvdailypress.com/2001-2003/102075480049645.html Corona Model Railroad Club – This large club layout is being rebuilt. Much of the new track has been laid but trains may not be operational at the time of the tour. Photos can be seen at http://www.trainweb.org/cmrs/Progress06/index.html and http://www.trainweb.org/cmrs/Progress07/index.html Tom Frank- Tom’s new layout is in a 24’ x 27’ room and already has over 675 feet of track. It is a point-to-point design with a branchline, controlled by a North Coast DCC system and a closed circuit telephone dispatching system. This layout eventually will have a Rail Ops dispatching system. Ed Harrison – Ed’s garage layout contains scenes from Cajon Pass with dramatic grades. The layout is it the late construction stage but already has a beautiful backdrop. It will have a provision for attaching Free-Mo modules to the fixed layout. Some of Ed’s module buddies will be setting up and running their Free-Mo modules in the driveway during the open house. Gerald Powell – This 6’ x 14’ layout is under construction with track and partial scenery already in place. Bob Russell - This N scale layout is home to both the Southern Pacific & Santa Fe Railroads. The time period is the late 1940s so steam is in full control with SP’s Owl and Lark trains being pulled by GS-4 and AC-12 steam power. Also making daily stops at the Santa Mesa Depot behind Warbonnet F units and PAs are the Santa Fe’s Grand Canyon and Chief. AC-12 4294 & MK-6 3269 handle the bulk of the mainline freight duty and can be seen pulling long strings of PFE cars or mixed freight. The layout is operated by a Digitrax Big Boy system. Bob also has added a Rio Grande G scale narrow gauge layout to his backyard. The indoor layout can be viewed at: http://members.aol.com/DAYLIGHT99/OBL.html
Welcome to TrainBoard, thecitrusbelt ! I certainly would enjoy touring the layouts, but it is farther out there from Texas than my Moped gas tank will carry me.
