Layout Tours
Saturday layouts are scheduled to be open in the afternoon after the last clinic closes. Maps and a printed list of the layouts will be available at registration.
Below is a list of this years layouts that will be open. For those staying over Friday night, we have an extra layout open from 6PM-8PM on Friday April 4th. All other layouts will be open Saturday between 3PM and 6PM.
Friday,
April 4th
6PM-8PM
Registration is NOT required to see this layout on Friday Night! Please proceed directly to Mike’s house between 6PM and 8PM
Mike Bruss’s Union Santa Fe and Southern
2631 Tully St.
Toledo OH 43614
Mike Bruss’s Union Santa Fe and Southern
- Scenery: 100% Completed
- Scale: HO
- Prototype: Proto-freelance UP, SF, and SP
- ERA: 1960-1980
The layout is on 2 levels and in three rooms of his basement. He has lots of great scenery and buildings. It is set up for operations and is DCC controlled. Mike has about 800 cars, 400 of which are on the layout at any given time with about 35 locomotives. An unusual feature is the fully sceniced top level of the helix. Built for operations, Mike’s railroad is a point to point freelance railroad running from Chicago to Portland. The USF&S is owned by the UP,SF, and SP and operates out of Omaha. The 3 railroads feed cars to the USF&S for delivery to Lincoln to the east and Julesburg and Sidney to the west.
Addresses/maps for the following layouts will be provided during registration on April 5th.
Saturday,
April 5th
3PM-6PM
Dave McMullian’s The MaineLines
- Scenery: 20% Completed
- Scale: HO
- Prototype: Boston & Maine, Maine Central, and Bangor & Aroostook
- ERA: Early 1950s, Maine
Dave’s Railroad “The MaineLines’ fills a room 30’ by 20’. It is controlled by a North Coast Engineering DCC system with Tsunami sound in some engines. His rolling stock and motive power are meticulously detailed and historically accurate. His structures have great detail. The layout includes a large waterfront scene which includes piers and warehouses with railroad sidings. Dave has also included a scratch built 400’ ocean going cargo ship. The waterfront includes several detail scenes including potatoes being loaded onto the freighter from box cars.
Saturday,
April 5th
3PM-6PM
Gerry Sahagian’s Great Northern Kalispell Division
- Scenery: 85% Completed
- Scale: HO
- Prototype: Great Northern Railroad in Montana
- ERA: 1950’s
The Great Northern Kalispell Division is a linear layout set between the years 1950-1958 depicting 200 miles from Harve to Whitefish, Montana. This represents the crossing of the Rocky Mountains at Marias Pass. There are seven major river crossings with ten bridges and eight towns. Major industries served are coal, timber, wheat, and livestock. The 2,100 square feet layout has eight scale miles of mainline that is 100% complete with 85% of scenery complete. The Layout is designed for both operations and continuous running, and operated with EZ DCC wireless controllers.
Saturday,
April 5th
3PM-6PM
Steve Kapela’s Norfolk & Whey Railroad
- Scenery: 15% Completed
- Scale: HO
- Prototype: Freelance
- ERA: Post 1960
The Norfolk & Whey is a new layout being built by Steve Kapela. The layout is freelance so that Steve can enjoy what he likes to run. The layout is being built for continuous running and some operations.
Saturday,
April 5th
3PM-6PM
Doug Tagsold’s Colorado & Southern RR Clear Creek Division
- Scenery: 90% Completed
- Scale: 1:72 36″ narrow gauge
- Prototype: Colorado and Southern Narrow Gauge Lines
- ERA: 1920’s
Doug models the Colorado and Southern narrow gauge mainline from Denver west to the mountain mining towns of Idaho Springs, Silver Plume, Black Hawk and Central City. The scenes are set as the line appeared in the 1920’s. Doug models the line in 1:72 scale (between HO and S scale), using small HO standard gauge locos and rolling stock as narrow gauge in 1:72 scale. The layout fills a 1300+ square foot basement with double deck benchwork, and a 650 ft. mainline. The Rocky Mountain scenery includes the city of Denver, Clear Creek Canyon and higher elevations with snow. Doug uses Easy DCC wireless throttles, and operates the layout with Time Tables and Train Orders.
Saturday,
April 5th
3PM-6PM
Rick Lecki’s UP Fallen Flags
- Scenery: 80% Completed
- Scale: HO
- Prototype: Union Pacific – Freelance
- ERA: Modern
Rick’s layout is a freelanced representation of modern-day summer from the Great Plains to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The layout is in its own pole building and measures 26’ X 56’ with a double-track main line and a four-track diamond. Rick has close to 150 DC diesel engines from the fallen flags of the Union Pacific Railroad including Missouri Pacific, Denver & Rio Grande, Chicago & North Western, Southern Pacific, and Kansas City Southern. Rick also runs a UP Big Boy with two tenders. There are two engine facilities, a thirteen-track run-through yard, two grain elevators, a complete steel mill, a refinery, a coal fueled power plant, and other large and small industries.
