Glory Bee & Middleton
Owner: John Decker, MMR
Scale: HO, HOn3
Theme: 1920’s era steam, free-lance, Pacific Northwest logging/lumber, commercial fishing, marine freight, and mining
Size: 15’ x 17”’and 10’ x 12’ adjoining room
Style: Single deck, open grid.
Track: Hand-laid Code 55 and 70, Minimum radius 22”, Max grade 2.5%. Minimum turnout No. 5
Percentage Complete: 100% track work, 70% scenery
Access: No stairs but a steep driveway. Park at the bottom and walk up, unless disabled, then drive to top of driveway and park.
Description: The GB&M is an HO standard-gauge steam railroad running from Chehalis to Willipa Bay via Gray’s harbor with a narrow-gauge mining line into the Rainier region. Staging yards connect Chehalis north to Seattle and south to Portland. Scenery includes numerous craftsman and scratch-built structures and a hand-painted backdrop. Control is by NCE DCC. Operations is by timetable and car-cards with 4-stage waybills.
Kootenay and Northern Railways
Owner: Phil Miller
Scale: HO, HOn3
Theme: 1950’s era narrow-gauge mining, 1970’s era northern BC standard gauge PGE/ BCR and NAR interchange. Layout is free-lanced but based on prototype.
Size: 15’ by 25’
Style: Around the walls with three peninsulas, open grid with L-Girder peninsulas
Track: Hand-laid Code 55 and 70 with a small amount of commercial Code 70 flex-track
Percentage Complete: Track work 100%, Scenery 40%
Access: Stairway to second floor of detached garage. Plenty of off-street parking.
Description: The K&N consists of two layouts in one; the standard gauge Peace River Southern and the narrow gauge Kaslo and Slocan. One half of the room is dedicated to 1950’s narrow gauge with the second half dedicated to Northern Alberta Railway and Pacific Great Eastern/British Columbia Railway interchange and switching operations within Dawson Creek, British Columbia. The narrow gauge is based on the Kaslo and Slocan Railway. Due to room size, the narrow-gauge Cariboo Yard had to be placed such that narrow gauge trains must pass thru Dawson Creek on the way to the hills. Therefore, there is a large amount of hand-laid dual gauge track and turnouts. The standard gauge utilizes staging to connect Dawson Creek to Chetwynd, BC and to Grande Prairie, AB. Control is by NCE DCC. Operations is by timetable, although everything is run as an extra, and JMRI generated switchlists and manifests.
Northern Pacific Mid-Columbia Division
Owner: Tri-Cities Model Railroaders
Scale: HO
Theme: 1940 to Transition era. Design based on the operations of the Northern Pacific, Union Pacific, and Spokane, Portland & Seattle operations in the lower Yakima Valley and mid-Columbia Basin of Washington State.
Size: 24’ x 78’
Style: Double-deck mushroom with wings along two walls. total of 4 levels
Track: Code 83 flex-track
Percentage Complete: Track-work 100%, Scenery 10%
Access: No restrictions
Description: The Northern Pacific, “Mid-Columbia Division” represents rail traffic in the lower Yakima Valley from Pasco to Yakima and from Hinkle, OR to Yakima. The Northern Pacific connects to the world west of Yakima via mainline through Easton and Stampede Tunnel to staging in Auburn. The eastern portion of the NP is represented by Spokane staging. The UP is represented by staging in Hinkle, OR with the branchline terminating in the Yakima yard. The SP&S runs between Spokane staging, thru Pasco, and on to staging at Wishram, WA. Scenic features are the Columbia River bridge at Pasco, and both portals of Stampede Tunnel. Many structures are based on prototype structures in the cities modeled. Control is by NCE DCC and supports Wifi throttles and phones. Local Layout Control (LLC) has been installed and controls all turnouts on the layout. Operations is by timetable and JMRI generated switchlists and manifests.
Southern Pacific – Applegate & Topaz Division
Owner: Anonymous
Scale: HO
Theme: Western Sierra Nevada foothill and mountain operations. 1980-1996
Size: 350 sq feet (main room)
Length of Continuous Mainline: 120 feet
Typical Train Length: 8 feet
Percentage Complete: Track-work 90%, Scenery 25%
Access: Stairway; duck-under doorway bridge. No ADA facilities available. Layout size limits to 5 people at one time.
Description: The owner is a long-time fan of Southern Pacific operations. The layout is a free-lance design inspired by operations between Roseville and Truckee, CA. The model railroad interchanges with limited Union Pacific and Burlington Northern operations. Operations afford continuous, loop-to-wye, and point-to-point with hidden staging. The layout is DCC powered by a NCE system. The layout features double track thru city and hidden sections. Operations are being converted from tab-on-car to JMRI manifests. Unusual layout features include roll-out sections, overhead turnout status panels, significant scenery heights (up to 36 inches) and LED-tube layout lighting in valence boxes. Visitors are required to access the layout room in a basement area via a stairway and duck- under doorway bridge. No ADA facilities are available. Room and layout configuration limits visitors to a maximum of 5 at one time. Waiting area has chairs available. A complimentary layout drawing sheet is provided for interested visitors.
Kokomo Junction
Owner: John Pettigrew
Scale: N
Theme: Free-lanced, loosely follows Union Pacific practices; steam to diesel era
Size: 12’ x 20’
Access: Undisclosed
Description: The layout mainline has 15-inch minimum mainline curves (Big Boy ready) and approximately 74 turnouts on 3 levels. All turnouts are manually operated. The layout consists of a sawmill with pond, a logging area, 2 coal mines, engine facility with roundhouse and turntable, engine service facility, stock yard, grain elevators, and 2 towns. The layout features two string yards that are located under the layout via a helix.