Columbus - The near north-west side of Columbus
Randy Kecham »
Open: Sunday 11am – 4pm
Scale: G
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Al & Bev Mann » Crawford Valley Railroad
Open: Sunday 11am – 4pm
Scale: G
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The four loops of The Crawford Valley Railroad meander around a large pond filled with water lilies, goldfish, and frogs. One of the loops goes through the village of Lily Pad and plays peek-a-boo behind a waterfall. The railroad was begun by bringing in several truck loads of soil and many tons of rocks. The roadbed uses plastic lumber as support for steel track. The trains traverse several long bridges and trestles on this raised-bed railroad.
Hilliard - suburb on the west side of Columbus
Chris Walsh » Pennsylvania Un–Cancelled
Open: Sunday 1:30pm – 4pm
Chris will be able to open his layout at 1:30 PM on
Sunday.
Scale: HO
Prototype Inspiration: Pennsylvania
Layout size: Approximately 30 ’ x 30’
Power System: Digitrax
Pennsylvania Rail Road is a beautifully crafted layout with great scenery that captures the essence of the Pennsy from Steubenville, Ohio to Richmond IN and various points in
between. It is a Digitrax DCC layout with 42" radius curves on the double
track mainline and 36" radius curves on the single track branch line. The
time period is around 1948 with artistic license as to some locos and
rolling stock. Long runs that feature long trains during the steam to diesel transition era.
Upper Arlington - suburb on the near west side of Columbus
Central Ohio O-Scale Engineers » C.O.O.S.E.
Open: Sunday 11am – 4pm
Scale: O
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The Central Ohio O-Scale Engineers (C.O.O.S.E. for short) will be open for our Sunday self-guided tour. They are located in the Kingsdale Shopping Center in Upper Arlington. In addition to the large O-scale modular layout, there is the S-scale Fleck's Circus display, a Z-scale layout and an On30 layout. The On30 layout is powered by Digitrax. All are nicely done and definitely worth stopping in to see for our convention attendees.
This will be the last open house for C.O.O.S.E. as the section of the shopping center they're in is slated for demolition and redevelopment. We thought it might already be underway by this time, but the developers and city are still finalizing their plans.
Jim Ruisinger’s »Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.
Open: Sunday 11am – 4pm
Scale: HO
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Layout size: Approximately 11' x 20' Double decked
Scenery: Construction in progress
Power System: Temporary wiring but will be conventional blocks with walk around throttles.
The Weyerhaeuser Timber Co, is a double deck layout with helix, with scenery that is under construction. Temporary wiring is in place, extensive use of extruded foam for scenery, with conventional block and walk-around throttles. Notice the large timber trestle on the peninsula. The motive power features steam with
plenty of geared locomotives, tank style articulated locomotives, and regular rod engines.
Harry “Doc” Sage’s » Denver & Rio Grand Western
Open: Sunday 11am – 4pm
Scale: HOn3
Prototype Inspiration: Denver & Rio Grand Western
Layout size: 13 x 22
Scenery: Complete
Power System: Digitrax DCC
The late Harry “Doc” Sage’s famous narrow-gauge Denver & Rio Grand Western, Chama Sub-division may be open one last time - just for the MCR Convention. Follow a DCC controlled D&RGW train from Chama up the mountain to Cumbres and back down the through detailed scenery to Antonito. Harry “Butch” Sage III and Dave Brobst (the layout's new owner) are working to hold the layout open for the Sunday tour. They may have the layout in working order for Sunday only. Dave won't be ready to start disassembly and moving it till May so this will most defiantly be a “last chance” to see this masterpiece in its’ present configuration.
Dick Wagner’s » New York Central
Open: Sunday 11am – 4pm
Scale: O standard two rail
Prototype Inspiration: New York Central
Layout Size: Approximately 30' x 70'
Scenery: About 50% complete
Power System: Conventional blocks with stationary and walk around capability
The New York Central is an O Scale layout. It features several scratch built and custom built structures. This layout operation is control by a conventional block system with walk-around throttles. The layout space was increased to approximately 30’ x 70’, and scenery is 50% complete
