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If you are a narrow gauge modeler here is an opportunity for you to see eight narrow gauge model railroads.
Model Railroads Of Southern California (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Model_Railroads_Of_Southern_California/) ) presents its twenty-third layout tour on Thursday through Sunday, February 17-20. This will be a free self-guided tour of fifty layouts (twenty eight home and twenty-two club layouts) at forty-seven sites throughout Southern California.
There are eight narrow gauge model railroads on this tour:
Steve Harris – Steve Harris’ HOn3 Rio Grande Southern is housed in a 32-foot office trailer moved on to his rural home site. Steve’s railroad was on the cover of MODEL RAILROADER in November 2004 and July 2009 and the NARROW GAUGE & SHORT LINE GAZETTE in September of 2008. Steve has also articles in the November 2010 and January 2011 NARROW GAUGE & SHORT LINE GAZETTE.
Burton Maxwell – Burton Maxwell is a guy who likes to make things with his hands, so it’s no surprise that his Hon3 layout of the West Side Lumber Company is 90% scratch-built. His wife, Patricia, joined him by doing the scenery. The 16 by 40 layout has 110 feet of mainline and 116 feet of sidings. The track plan is point-to-point .
Jeff McKee – The On3 Tigard & Grants Pass is a fictional railroad based on Denver & Rio Grande Western equipment, integrating Colorado narrow gauge and waterfront scenes set in Oregon. The use of a waterfront and a car ferry allows Jeff to extend the layout "beyond the basement".
Doug Ramos – This On3 railroad features a point-to-point mining railroad set in dramatic rock scenery with nicely done scratchbuilt structures and pine trees. Some of the soil comes from actual Jerome, Arizona, mine tailings. Scenery is about eighty percent complete. Operations feature PFM sound and DCC wireless remote control. This layout was featured in the 2010 Fine Scale Narrow Gauge Annual.
Randy Scott – This O-scale, three-foot gauge layout depicts the high desert country of New Mexico. The around-the-walls-of-the-garage track plan includes a small yard area with engine facilities, a town and station scene, a stamp mill, desert arroyo and staging yard. All the locos are DCC controlled and feature sound decoders by Soundtrax. Scenery is about fifty percent complete.
Joel Shank – Joel’s Sn3 Rio Grande Southern layout is located on farm property in Brawley, which is in Imperial County. The layout was featured on the cover plus seven pages in the October 2001 issue of RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN
The layout has its own 34 foot x 44 foot building with the layout size of 33 x 34. Notable features of this superb layout include a professionally painted back drop, more than 3,000 hand-made trees and dozens of mostly scratch build structures many of which are contest winners. The beautifully crafted hand-laid track totals more than 500 feet, of which 350 feet is the main line.
Slim Gauge Guild – This club operates two beautifully detailed layouts located in a 2,000 square foot basement. The HOn3 layout is based on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and the Rio Grande Southern in roughly the 1920 to 1949 time period. The 1900-era Sn3 layout is more freelanced. Members tend to model scenes as they see fit. They loosely model the Colorado and Southern for the mainline and northern California lumber companies for the highline. Website: http://www.slimgaugeguild.com/
By scale and gauge, there will be twenty-eight HO scale standard gauge layouts, nine N scale layouts, two O scale layouts, three HO scale narrow gauge layouts, three O scale narrow gauge layouts, two S scale narrow gauge layouts and two live steam facilities. The details for this free tour are available now in the Model Railroads Of Southern California Files Section (for members), including complete descriptions and two maps for every layout. Here is a basic list:
HOME LAYOUTS
Marty Bradley (HO)
Sat. 12:00 to 6:00
Sun. 10:00 to 4:00
11802 Davenport Road, Los Alamitos
John Bruce (HO)
Fri. & Sat. 12:00 to 3:00
2327 Nella Vista Avenue, Los Angeles
Al Daumann (HO)
Sat. 1:00 to 5:00
443 Valley Gate Road, Simi Valley
Tim Dickinson (HO)
Sun. 10:00 to 5:00
1002 Eastglen Drive, La Verne
Joe Enos (HO)
Thur. to Sun. 12:00 to 5:00
2808 Ashmont Avenue, Arcadia
Jeff Gorjans (HO)
Sat. 12:00 to 6:00
1251 Calle Estrella, San Dimas
Rick Graves (HO)
Fri. 1:00 to 6:00
5212 Redwillow Lane
La Canada
Bob Grech (HO)
Sat. 11:00 to 6:00
17302 Elm Street, Fountain Valley
Steve Harris (HOn3)
Thur. 10:00 to 4:00
Sun. 12:00 to 5:00
12424 Sierra Rojo Rd., Valley Center
Mike Komosinski (N)
Sun. 10:00 to 3:00
12315 Banuelo Cove, San Diego
Jim Lancaster (HO)
Thur. 1:00 to 5:00
Fri. 1:00 to 5:00
14241 Galy Street, Tustin
Lloyd Lehrer (HO/HOn3)
Fri. 1:00 to 6:00
401 9th Street, Manhattan Beach
Burton Maxwell (HOn3)
Sun. 1:00 to 5:00
318 Rose View Place, Chula Vista
Jeff McKee (On3)
Thur. 3:00 to 8:00
Sat. 10:00 to 4:00
21271 Bristlecone, Mission Viejo
Mike Murphy (HO)
Sat. 10:00 to 4:00
13015 Rancho Vista Court,
Santa Rosa Valley (Camarillo)
Jim O'Connell (N)
Sun. 10:00 to 3:00
7467 Mission Gorge Rd., #80 On Fernridge,
Santee
Mike Osborne (HO)
Sat. 12:00 to 6:00
24460 Shadeland Dr., Newhall
Doug Ramos (On3)
Fri. 12:00 to 3:00
Sat. 12:00 to 6:00
4236 Inverness Dr., Corona
Randy Scott (On3)
Sat. 10:00 to 5:00
7908 E. Horseshoe Trail, Orange
Joel Shank (Sn3)
Thur. 11:00 to 4:00
Sun. 1:00 to 5:00
5005 Highway 115, Brawley
Ron Sipkovich (N)
Sat. 1:00 to 6:00
24121 Becard Drive, Laguna Niguel
Jim Spencer (HO)
Sat. 12:00 to 6:00
424 California Terrace, Pasadena
Larry Stark (HO)
Fri. & Sat. 12:00 to 4:00
922 E. Palm Street, Burbank
Larry Stewart (HO)
Sat. 9:00 to 4:00
23226 Dune Mear Road, Lake Forest
Jay Styron (HO)
Sun. 12:00 to 5:00
1647 Colina Vista, Fallbrook
Dick Trotter (HO)
Sat. 12:00 to 4:00
9245 Rock Acre Drive, Lakeside
Ron Varnell (HO)
Thur. & Fri. 12:00 to 8:00
2741 Plaza Del Amo, Suite 211, Torrance
Al Wallace (HO)
Thur. 1:00 to 5:00
Fri. & Sat. 12:00 to 5:00
2146 Countryman Lane, La Canada
CLUB LAYOUTS
Angels Gate Hi-Railers (O)
Sat. 10:00 to 4:00
3601 South Gaffey Street, San Pedro
(Angels Gate Park)
Belmont Shore MRC (N)
Sat. 12:00 to 4:00
3601 South Gaffey Street, San Pedro
(Angels Gate Park)
Coachella Valley Model Railroaders (HO)
Fri. – Sun. 10:00 to 9:30
82503 Hwy 111, Indio
(Riverside County Fairgrounds)
Glendale Model RR Club (HO)
Sun. 12:00 to 6:00
619 Hahn Avenue, Glendale
Highland Park Soc. Of RR Engineers (HO)
Sat. 12:00 to 5:00
854 E Broadway, San Gabriel
La Mesa Model RR Club (HO)
Sat. & Sun. 11:00 to 4:00
1649 El Prado, San Diego
(Balboa Park)
Los Angeles Live Steamers (7½", 4¾", 3½")
Sun. 11:00 to 4:00
5202 Zoo Drive, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Model Railroad Society (HO)
Sun. 10:00 to 4:00
14005 S. Crenshaw Boulevard, Unit G, Hawthorne
N-Land Pacific Model RR Club (N )
Thur. 1:00 to 5:00
Fri. 12:00 to 6:00
Sat. 12:00 to 6:00
Sun. 10:00 to 5:00
1495 W. 9th Street, Unit 501, Upland
North County Model Railroad Society (HO)
Sun. 12:00 to 5:00
1820 Oceanside Blvd., Oceanside
(Above Boney’s Market)
Pasadena Model Railroad Club (HO)
Sat. 1:00 to 5:00
5458 Alhambra Ave., Los Angeles
Poway Station (N)
Sun. 12:00 to 4:00
14134 Midland Road, Poway
San Diego 3-Railers (O)
Sat. & Sun. 11:00 to 4:00
1649 El Prado, San Diego
(Balboa Park)
San Diego Model RR Assoc. (HO & O)
Sat. & Sun. 11:00 to 4:00
1649 El Prado, San Diego
(Balboa Park)
San Diego Society of N Scale (N)
Sat. & Sun. 11:00 to 4:00
1649 El Prado, San Diego
(Balboa Park)
Santa Susana Model Railroad Club (HO)
Sat. & Sun. 12:00 to 4:00
6503 Katherine Road, Simi Valley
Short Track Club (N + N)
Sun. 10:00 to 4:00
2040 N. Santa Fe Ave., Vista
The Slim Gauge Guild (Sn3, HOn3)
Thur. Evening (Symposium Attendees Only)
300 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena
Southern California Live Steamers (Live Steam)
Sat. 12:00 to 3:00
2100 Washington Ave., Torrance
NOTES:
Please observe individual hours of operation for the layouts. No smoking at any of the layouts.
Information current as of 1-23-11
Coachella Valley Model Railroaders – Admission required to Riverside Co. Fairgrounds/National Date Festival
Lloyd Lehrer – Upstairs location. Parking limited to two cars at a time or up at end of block.
Randy Scott – Gated community. All guests must enter at the Chapman Ave entrance, just west of Newport Ave. (Note: If you use your navigation system, it will lead you to the wrong entrance!) There is a call box on the left. Scroll through the directory until you see "Scott, R." and then push CALL. Randy will buzz you in.
San Diego Model Railroad Museum – Admission required to Museum where La Mesa San Diego 3-Railers, San Diego Model RR Assoc., and San Diego Society of N Scale clubs are located.
Slim Gauge Guild – As of 1/23/1 this club will only be open to Sn3 Symposium attendees. Check website for change in status.
Persons taking this tour assume all risks and liability for their personal safety. Although I am the Moderator of this group, I am not responsible for personal loss or injury to those taking this tour.
Be sure to check the Files Section and the group website the day before the tour to see if any changes to the schedule or layout lineup have occurred.
Bob Chaparro
Moderator
Model Railroads Of Southern California
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Model_Railroads_Of_Southern_California/
Model Railroads Of Southern California (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Model_Railroads_Of_Southern_California/) ) presents its twenty-third layout tour on Thursday through Sunday, February 17-20. This will be a free self-guided tour of fifty layouts (twenty eight home and twenty-two club layouts) at forty-seven sites throughout Southern California.
There are eight narrow gauge model railroads on this tour:
Steve Harris – Steve Harris’ HOn3 Rio Grande Southern is housed in a 32-foot office trailer moved on to his rural home site. Steve’s railroad was on the cover of MODEL RAILROADER in November 2004 and July 2009 and the NARROW GAUGE & SHORT LINE GAZETTE in September of 2008. Steve has also articles in the November 2010 and January 2011 NARROW GAUGE & SHORT LINE GAZETTE.
Burton Maxwell – Burton Maxwell is a guy who likes to make things with his hands, so it’s no surprise that his Hon3 layout of the West Side Lumber Company is 90% scratch-built. His wife, Patricia, joined him by doing the scenery. The 16 by 40 layout has 110 feet of mainline and 116 feet of sidings. The track plan is point-to-point .
Jeff McKee – The On3 Tigard & Grants Pass is a fictional railroad based on Denver & Rio Grande Western equipment, integrating Colorado narrow gauge and waterfront scenes set in Oregon. The use of a waterfront and a car ferry allows Jeff to extend the layout "beyond the basement".
Doug Ramos – This On3 railroad features a point-to-point mining railroad set in dramatic rock scenery with nicely done scratchbuilt structures and pine trees. Some of the soil comes from actual Jerome, Arizona, mine tailings. Scenery is about eighty percent complete. Operations feature PFM sound and DCC wireless remote control. This layout was featured in the 2010 Fine Scale Narrow Gauge Annual.
Randy Scott – This O-scale, three-foot gauge layout depicts the high desert country of New Mexico. The around-the-walls-of-the-garage track plan includes a small yard area with engine facilities, a town and station scene, a stamp mill, desert arroyo and staging yard. All the locos are DCC controlled and feature sound decoders by Soundtrax. Scenery is about fifty percent complete.
Joel Shank – Joel’s Sn3 Rio Grande Southern layout is located on farm property in Brawley, which is in Imperial County. The layout was featured on the cover plus seven pages in the October 2001 issue of RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN
The layout has its own 34 foot x 44 foot building with the layout size of 33 x 34. Notable features of this superb layout include a professionally painted back drop, more than 3,000 hand-made trees and dozens of mostly scratch build structures many of which are contest winners. The beautifully crafted hand-laid track totals more than 500 feet, of which 350 feet is the main line.
Slim Gauge Guild – This club operates two beautifully detailed layouts located in a 2,000 square foot basement. The HOn3 layout is based on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and the Rio Grande Southern in roughly the 1920 to 1949 time period. The 1900-era Sn3 layout is more freelanced. Members tend to model scenes as they see fit. They loosely model the Colorado and Southern for the mainline and northern California lumber companies for the highline. Website: http://www.slimgaugeguild.com/
By scale and gauge, there will be twenty-eight HO scale standard gauge layouts, nine N scale layouts, two O scale layouts, three HO scale narrow gauge layouts, three O scale narrow gauge layouts, two S scale narrow gauge layouts and two live steam facilities. The details for this free tour are available now in the Model Railroads Of Southern California Files Section (for members), including complete descriptions and two maps for every layout. Here is a basic list:
HOME LAYOUTS
Marty Bradley (HO)
Sat. 12:00 to 6:00
Sun. 10:00 to 4:00
11802 Davenport Road, Los Alamitos
John Bruce (HO)
Fri. & Sat. 12:00 to 3:00
2327 Nella Vista Avenue, Los Angeles
Al Daumann (HO)
Sat. 1:00 to 5:00
443 Valley Gate Road, Simi Valley
Tim Dickinson (HO)
Sun. 10:00 to 5:00
1002 Eastglen Drive, La Verne
Joe Enos (HO)
Thur. to Sun. 12:00 to 5:00
2808 Ashmont Avenue, Arcadia
Jeff Gorjans (HO)
Sat. 12:00 to 6:00
1251 Calle Estrella, San Dimas
Rick Graves (HO)
Fri. 1:00 to 6:00
5212 Redwillow Lane
La Canada
Bob Grech (HO)
Sat. 11:00 to 6:00
17302 Elm Street, Fountain Valley
Steve Harris (HOn3)
Thur. 10:00 to 4:00
Sun. 12:00 to 5:00
12424 Sierra Rojo Rd., Valley Center
Mike Komosinski (N)
Sun. 10:00 to 3:00
12315 Banuelo Cove, San Diego
Jim Lancaster (HO)
Thur. 1:00 to 5:00
Fri. 1:00 to 5:00
14241 Galy Street, Tustin
Lloyd Lehrer (HO/HOn3)
Fri. 1:00 to 6:00
401 9th Street, Manhattan Beach
Burton Maxwell (HOn3)
Sun. 1:00 to 5:00
318 Rose View Place, Chula Vista
Jeff McKee (On3)
Thur. 3:00 to 8:00
Sat. 10:00 to 4:00
21271 Bristlecone, Mission Viejo
Mike Murphy (HO)
Sat. 10:00 to 4:00
13015 Rancho Vista Court,
Santa Rosa Valley (Camarillo)
Jim O'Connell (N)
Sun. 10:00 to 3:00
7467 Mission Gorge Rd., #80 On Fernridge,
Santee
Mike Osborne (HO)
Sat. 12:00 to 6:00
24460 Shadeland Dr., Newhall
Doug Ramos (On3)
Fri. 12:00 to 3:00
Sat. 12:00 to 6:00
4236 Inverness Dr., Corona
Randy Scott (On3)
Sat. 10:00 to 5:00
7908 E. Horseshoe Trail, Orange
Joel Shank (Sn3)
Thur. 11:00 to 4:00
Sun. 1:00 to 5:00
5005 Highway 115, Brawley
Ron Sipkovich (N)
Sat. 1:00 to 6:00
24121 Becard Drive, Laguna Niguel
Jim Spencer (HO)
Sat. 12:00 to 6:00
424 California Terrace, Pasadena
Larry Stark (HO)
Fri. & Sat. 12:00 to 4:00
922 E. Palm Street, Burbank
Larry Stewart (HO)
Sat. 9:00 to 4:00
23226 Dune Mear Road, Lake Forest
Jay Styron (HO)
Sun. 12:00 to 5:00
1647 Colina Vista, Fallbrook
Dick Trotter (HO)
Sat. 12:00 to 4:00
9245 Rock Acre Drive, Lakeside
Ron Varnell (HO)
Thur. & Fri. 12:00 to 8:00
2741 Plaza Del Amo, Suite 211, Torrance
Al Wallace (HO)
Thur. 1:00 to 5:00
Fri. & Sat. 12:00 to 5:00
2146 Countryman Lane, La Canada
CLUB LAYOUTS
Angels Gate Hi-Railers (O)
Sat. 10:00 to 4:00
3601 South Gaffey Street, San Pedro
(Angels Gate Park)
Belmont Shore MRC (N)
Sat. 12:00 to 4:00
3601 South Gaffey Street, San Pedro
(Angels Gate Park)
Coachella Valley Model Railroaders (HO)
Fri. – Sun. 10:00 to 9:30
82503 Hwy 111, Indio
(Riverside County Fairgrounds)
Glendale Model RR Club (HO)
Sun. 12:00 to 6:00
619 Hahn Avenue, Glendale
Highland Park Soc. Of RR Engineers (HO)
Sat. 12:00 to 5:00
854 E Broadway, San Gabriel
La Mesa Model RR Club (HO)
Sat. & Sun. 11:00 to 4:00
1649 El Prado, San Diego
(Balboa Park)
Los Angeles Live Steamers (7½", 4¾", 3½")
Sun. 11:00 to 4:00
5202 Zoo Drive, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Model Railroad Society (HO)
Sun. 10:00 to 4:00
14005 S. Crenshaw Boulevard, Unit G, Hawthorne
N-Land Pacific Model RR Club (N )
Thur. 1:00 to 5:00
Fri. 12:00 to 6:00
Sat. 12:00 to 6:00
Sun. 10:00 to 5:00
1495 W. 9th Street, Unit 501, Upland
North County Model Railroad Society (HO)
Sun. 12:00 to 5:00
1820 Oceanside Blvd., Oceanside
(Above Boney’s Market)
Pasadena Model Railroad Club (HO)
Sat. 1:00 to 5:00
5458 Alhambra Ave., Los Angeles
Poway Station (N)
Sun. 12:00 to 4:00
14134 Midland Road, Poway
San Diego 3-Railers (O)
Sat. & Sun. 11:00 to 4:00
1649 El Prado, San Diego
(Balboa Park)
San Diego Model RR Assoc. (HO & O)
Sat. & Sun. 11:00 to 4:00
1649 El Prado, San Diego
(Balboa Park)
San Diego Society of N Scale (N)
Sat. & Sun. 11:00 to 4:00
1649 El Prado, San Diego
(Balboa Park)
Santa Susana Model Railroad Club (HO)
Sat. & Sun. 12:00 to 4:00
6503 Katherine Road, Simi Valley
Short Track Club (N + N)
Sun. 10:00 to 4:00
2040 N. Santa Fe Ave., Vista
The Slim Gauge Guild (Sn3, HOn3)
Thur. Evening (Symposium Attendees Only)
300 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena
Southern California Live Steamers (Live Steam)
Sat. 12:00 to 3:00
2100 Washington Ave., Torrance
NOTES:
Please observe individual hours of operation for the layouts. No smoking at any of the layouts.
Information current as of 1-23-11
Coachella Valley Model Railroaders – Admission required to Riverside Co. Fairgrounds/National Date Festival
Lloyd Lehrer – Upstairs location. Parking limited to two cars at a time or up at end of block.
Randy Scott – Gated community. All guests must enter at the Chapman Ave entrance, just west of Newport Ave. (Note: If you use your navigation system, it will lead you to the wrong entrance!) There is a call box on the left. Scroll through the directory until you see "Scott, R." and then push CALL. Randy will buzz you in.
San Diego Model Railroad Museum – Admission required to Museum where La Mesa San Diego 3-Railers, San Diego Model RR Assoc., and San Diego Society of N Scale clubs are located.
Slim Gauge Guild – As of 1/23/1 this club will only be open to Sn3 Symposium attendees. Check website for change in status.
Persons taking this tour assume all risks and liability for their personal safety. Although I am the Moderator of this group, I am not responsible for personal loss or injury to those taking this tour.
Be sure to check the Files Section and the group website the day before the tour to see if any changes to the schedule or layout lineup have occurred.
Bob Chaparro
Moderator
Model Railroads Of Southern California
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Model_Railroads_Of_Southern_California/
