Alphabetically by club or surname -
Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Historical Society - 13 miles
HO Columbia Gorge Lines 60 x 70 NCE
Completely Scenicked accessible mixed eras
Saturday 12:30 – 4:30 p.m.
One of the largest clubs on the West Coast, modeling the Columbia Gorge from Portland to Hood River and Wishram, including industries in and around Portland, the Oregon logging industry, heavy mainline traffic along the Columbia River Gorge, and the Central Oregon Trunk Line from the wye just west of Wishram, WA, up the Deschutes River to Bend, OR.
See models of Crown Point, Portland’s Union Station, an operating Steel Bridge and more.
Charlie Comstock - 16 miles
HO Bear Creek & South Jackson 1100 sqft
60% Digitrax no wheelchair/cane ok 1952
Friday 1:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Proto-lanced version of railroading in Oregon Willamette Valley and Cascades.
Major design focus on TTTO operations.
Bill Decker - 33 miles
HO Southern Pacific – Cascade Line 2000 sqft
30% NCE accessible 1980s
Friday 1:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Prototype-based operating layout representing the SP’s Cascade Line from
Eugene to Crescent Lake. Features yards at Eugene, major industry switching
at Springfield and Oakridge and manned mid-train helpers from Oakridge to the
Cascade Summit. Terrain scenery base complete, 30% has more complete
scenery.
Bill Derville - 10 miles
G Coeur d’Alene Branch of the Northern Pacific 150 x 100
Battery/radio accessible 1926
Saturday 12:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Wallace, Idaho and surrounding towns. Mining and logging. Dual focus on both train operations and scale-plant garden design. Nearly all structures scratch-built. 450 ft single track loop to loop main line with 4 passing sidings, 700 total feet of track with 90 ft of tunnels, 15 ft lake fed by 50 ft long river moving 150 gallons of water per minute. 10 track yard in Wallace with 7 stall roundhouse & full engine servicing facilities. Started building in 1997
Mike & Merry Fisher - 1 mile
G Nebraska Oregon Railroad 40 x 40
Radio/track accessible 1930s
Saturday 12:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Small but interesting all steam layout. Circular main line for continuous running.
Lots of details. Includes a tunnel and bridges.
Tom Gaps - 19 miles
Fn3 Lone Pine & Western (LP&W) 100 x 35
Battery/radio accessible pre WWII
Friday 1:30 – 5:00 p.m.
The LP&W is a single track branch line connecting the mythical transcontinental
junction at Lone Pine with the mines in the Lone Pine Mountains. The line
maintains a 1% to 1-1/2% grade by following the Clear Water River into the
mountains, with the use of numerous tunnels.
Craig Larsen - 3 miles
HO Cascade and Deschutes Railroad basement
NCE 90% no wheelchair/cane ok
Friday 1:30 – 5:00 p.m. E 1970s
Saturday 12:30 – 4:30 p.m.
The Cascade and Deschutes Railroad is a freelance HO scale railroad based on railroad operations in western Oregon. The general era is the early 1970’s The railroad is a bridge line with two major classification interchange yards, two staging yards (east and west) and numerous towns and industries generating a wide variety of freight traffic.
Ed McNamara/CMRR - 17 miles
N Portland & Western RR, 425ft
Portland to Eugene on OE p2p
NCE 13% accessible modern
Friday 1:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday 12:30 – 4:30 p.m.
The CMRR Free-moN home Layout is a combination of 84 Free-moN Modules and 62 ft of Fixed Shelf Layout; levels are connected by Elevator. Many FreemoN Modules participate in Free-moN Layouts at various Train Shows nationwide. Layout is based on Portland & Western Oregon Electric Line from Portland to Eugene; Interchanges with Union Pacific at Salem and Eugene.
Steve Malcomson - 4 miles
G Eureka Southern 11 x 17
Battery/radio accessible 1980s
Saturday 12:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Layout is modeled after shortline of same name that ran in town of Arcata, CA; scenes modeled after real locations, including the Loleta tunnel, Island Mountain Bridge, Eel River and Scotia Bluffs.
Randall Pratt - 8 miles
N Selway Valley Railway 10 x 14
Digitrax 95% no wheelchair/cane ok
Saturday 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. 2000-2010
The Selway Valley Railway is a short-line based in Missoula, MT. This proto-lance take on the prototype former NP Darby Branch of Montana’s Bitterroot Valley serves industries of the “Selway Valley” south of Missoula. SVRY interchanges with MRL, BNSF and somehow the Milwaukee Road. The yard at Missoula is non-stop action between 5 Local jobs and 5 or 6 daily interchange jobs.
Jim Reardon - 19 miles
On3 D&RG & RGS 13 x 48
DC PFM Sound no wheelchair or cane
Friday 1:30 – 5:00 p.m. 1940s-1950s
Saturday 12:30 – 4:30 p.m.
On3 layout is a prototypical recreation of Colorado narrow-gauge railroading during the 1940s and 50s. Located in a dedicated basement space, the railroad features extensive scratch-built structures and handlaid track designed to handle heavy mountain operations. A unique technical feature is the integration of the analog PFM sound system, which provides deep-resonance audio synchronized with steam locomotive movements. The layout is set up point-to-point.
Phil Selinger - 12 miles
HO Royal Bavarian Railways 1920, DC
Ma & Pa 1914, Pennsylvania RR 1910 DCC
Friday 1:30 – 5:00 p.m. 15 x 21
Saturday 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. and 4 x 10
Finished basement with a workroom. All 3 layouts have developed scenery with many structures including urban scenes. Most structures craftsman, styrene kits or kit-bashed. Iconic structures on the Ma & Pa are scratchbuilt from plans or photos. The Bavarian layout includes lighting and track catenary. The Ma & Pa and Pennsy layouts are stacked but not connected. Bavarian and Pennsy layouts are looped for continuous running; Ma & Pa is point to point (York, Pa and Baltimore, Md) with return loop options.
Larry Staver - 13 miles
1:32 Staver Locomotive 40 x 100
Live steam, battery accessible mixed
Friday 1:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Indoor #1 gauge layout in a restored industrial space built specifically to run live steam locomotives. Track plan is a folded dog bone with a double main and short section of single main with some traffic control options. There is room to walk with your engine around the entire layout, necessary for hands on control. Sidings and yards for making up trains and locomotive steaming are along the mains.
SW Wash Model Railroaders - 19 miles
HO multiple names 14 x 34 +
NCE 100% no wheelchair/cane ok
Saturday 12:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Main layout: Ten scale track miles; double track main with two double crossovers. Tracks for steam & diesel locos. Logging, meat packing, lumber yard, oil distributor, flour mill, metal fab, scrapyard, cement plant, cold storage, grain elevator, furniture factory, team track, warehouse, freight house. Switching layout: freelance themes, similar to main layout.
Warner Swarner - 23 miles
G Bearspaw Southern RR 10,000 sqft
Battery/radio no wheelchair/cane ok
Saturday 12:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Layout completely surrounds residence. Many custom structures, bridges and trestles. Two large ponds and shaded by trellised vineyard.
Bill Wheeler - 21 miles
HO Cascade Timber RR 20 x 24 NCE
95% accessible 1950s
Saturday 12:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Layout pairs freelance logging with two logging camps and sawmill with branch line operations to waterfront and small prairie towns for switching opportunities.
Willamette Model RR Club - 19 miles
HO Columbia Cascade & Western (CC&W)
30 x 60 NCE 40% no wheelchair/cane ok
Friday 1:30 – 5:00 p.m. 1979
Fictional 1979 Class1 RR, subsidiary of Western Pacific RR,
running between Albany and Bend OR, ultimately to WP at Herlong CA;
primarily forest and ag products.
Major focus on monthly club operations, using both signal indication
and track warrant controls.
Layout Tours
Days open and distances from hotel.
Alphabetical by surname/club name.
Friday 1:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Charlie Comstock Hillsboro 16 miles
Bill Decker McMinnville 33 miles
Tom Gaps Milwaukie 19 miles
Craig Larsen Raleigh Hills 3 miles
Ed McNamara Aurora 17 miles
Jim Readon Milwaukie 19 miles
Phil Selinger Portland 12 miles
Larry Staver Portland 13 miles
Willamette MRRC Clackamas 19 miles
Saturday 12:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Columbia Gorge MRHS Portland 13 miles
Bill Derville Beaverton 10 miles
Mike & Merry Fisher Tigard 1 mile
Craig Larsen Raleigh Hills 3 miles
Ed McNamara Aurora 17 miles
Steve Malcomson Maplewood 4 miles
Randall Pratt Aloha 8 miles
Jim Readon Milwaukie 19 miles
Phil Selinger Portland 12 miles
SW Washington MR Vancouver 19 miles
Warner Swarner, MMR® Pleasant Valley 23 miles
Bill Wheeler Vancouver 21 miles
