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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 (3 in N 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:
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
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.htmlPosts: 11 | From: Orange County, CA | Registered: Feb 2006
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