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 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 ov