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Members of this group living in Southern California are invited to
another FREE model railroad layout tour sponsored by Model Railroads
of Southern California the weekend of March 14 and 15. Three G scale
layouts (see descriptions below) are featured on this tour and all of
these are in Tehachapi, allowing you to enjoy garden railroading
against a prototype backdrop.
This will be our sixteenth layout tour. This will be a self-guided
tour of twenty-two layouts at eleven sites in Bakersfield, the Lake
Isabella area and Tehachapi. By scale, there will be ten HO layouts,
five N layouts, two O layouts, one Z layout, three G layouts and one
live steam set-up. (See descriptions below).
Below is basic information about the tour. This information is
sufficient for you to take the tour. Additional downloadable
information, including driving references, two maps for every layout
and an overall area map, is available in the Files Section of the
group at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Model_Railroads_Of_Southern_California/
Be sure to check the group website the day before the tour to see if
any changes to the schedule or layout lineup have occurred.
Some of the layouts will be on display at the huge two-day Train Show
at the Kern County Fairgrounds. In addition to the show there will
be approximately 120 vendor tables plus manufacturer displays at this
show.
Persons taking this tour assume all risks and liability for their
personal safety. Although I am the Moderator of the group, I am not
responsible for personal loss or injury to those taking this tour.
If you cannot make this tour, more tours are being planned, including
a tour of South Orange County layouts in May.
If you wish to open your home layout for an upcoming tour, please
contact me.
Bob Chaparro
Moderator
Model Railroads of Southern California
Hemet, CA
chiefbobbb@...
Model Railroads of Southern California
Layout Tour No. 16
Saturday & Sunday March 14 & 15, 2009
These Layouts Are Open Only Saturday Evening, March 14
Golden Empire Historical & Modeling Society
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm HO& N
1534 19th Street, Bakersfield 661-325-2595
For club's downtown location enter through the alley door then take
stairs to the second and third floors for the HO and N scale layouts.
Parking is on the street. East/West streets are one way.
This club boasts two large layouts, one each in HO and N scale. The
HO layout, located on the 3rd floor, is approximately 30 feet in
width and 100 feet long. Two large yards are located at each end of
the layout, with several industries located in between.
The N scale layout is 18 feet wide and 80 feet long, and includes a
scaled-down version of the Tehachapi Loop. The club has extensive
scenery work in progress. Anyone who models in N scale is welcome to
bring their decoder-equipped locomotives and run them along the 15
scale miles of mainline from Bakersfield to Mojave. Club photos:
http://www.pcrnmra.org/daylight/newsletters/Q108.pdf
Larry Saslaw
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm HO
14700 Orchard Crest Avenue, Bakersfield 661-588-2770 and 661-706-
2673
This HO scale layout is based on Southern Pacific's Dunsmuir engine
facilities and Shasta Division, circa 1954 (and last day of Southern
Pacific operations onSept 11, 1996). Larry has used plans of the
roundhouse, machine shops, mallet shed, sanding tower and station
from MAINLINE MODELER articles of the early 1980s. The layout is
built within the third stall of his garage and measures 12' x 21'
feet.
These Home Layouts Are Open Only Sunday, March 15
John Bell
10:00 to 4:00 G Scale
19512 Sycamore Drive, Tehachapi 661-823-1308
Do not turn on to Sycamore Drive from Woodford-Tehachapi Road.
Segment is steep and unpaved. Use Pinion Canyon to Sage Ave. to
Sycamore Drive to reach this site.
John's garden layout has 1,050-feet of track in single loop, with an
80-foot siding, 10 bridges and 6 tunnels. Part of the run goes down a
mountain river canyon on a two percent grade.
John's home overlooks the former Southern Pacific (now UP) "Cable
Siding" on the mainline just west of Tehachapi. John bought this
property because he is a rail buff, and has made improvements to his
property for just that – rail fanning! There is a viewing area where
you can see his train and the prototype in a perspective where they
both appear to be part of a real railroad scene.
Richard Cantrell
12:00 to 4:00 HOn3
21661 Winesap Street, Tehachapi 661-822-0932
Richard models the Denver and Rio Grande Western in HO and HO narrow
gauge. Richard's layout contains some impressive scenery depicting
Colorado. The upper level is narrow gauge, while the lower level is
standard gauge. The layout measures 20' x 24'.
http://www.pcrnmra.org/daylight/newsletters/Q408.pdf (Page 2- Two
Photos)
Ron Funk
10:00 to 4:00 HO
713 Piute Street, Bodfish (Lake Isabella Area) 760-417-0965 and
760-379-4449
Park in the Piute Street cul-de-sac and walk up driveway to layout.
Ron has taken on the task of recreating the track plan of John
Allen's legendary Gorre and Daphetid Railroad and about 85 percent of
Ron's track plan is familiar to those that recall the G & D. Ron's
father, Al, started the work about 25 years ago, and after his death
the layout was completed by his son, Ron.
Vern Hill
10:00 to 4:00 O Scale
601 Sierra Vista Drive, Wofford Heights (Lake Isabella Area) 760-
376-3506 and 760-379-0568
This O-scale layout measures 13' x 21'. Track is mostly hand laid to
Proto 48 standards. The basic track plan is an over-and-under folded
dog bone with a hidden storage yard into the adjoining garage. All
track work, with the exception of an engine service area and
industrial spur, is complete along with about 85 percent of the
scenery.
The layout represents generic Southern Pacific, circa 1955, with a
mix of steam and diesel. Most modelers are aware that SP had what
nearly amounted to an Eastern Sierra line from Klamath Falls, Oregon
to Mojave, including the SP narrow gauge from Keeler to Laws and
north over Mt. Montgomery Pass. In Vern's historical "imagineering",
he has standard gauged the line and the layout represents a section
of that fictional scenario.
Mountain Crossing Restaurant
5:30am to 10:30pm HO
416 W. Tehachapi Blvd., Tehachapi 661-823-0450
The restaurant has an HO scale operating display layout of the
Tehachapi Loop. The layout is operated by the Tehachapi Loop
Railroad Club. A club member may or may not be available to answer
questions about the layout.
Rick Passalacqua
10:30 to 4:30 G Scale
24140 San Juan Drive, Tehachapi 661-821-7277 and 661-477-2199
Gated Community. On the day of the tour call 661-477-2199 and leave
name to receive access permission. On Bear Valley Road you enter
thru gate and you pass a gas station and store. About a mile past
store turn left on the second San Juan Drive. (You will pass San Juan
Drive on right side, before the San Juan Drive on the left.
Rick's Rock Back Breaking Railroad is an outdoor G scale layout with
almost 1,000 feet of track. Trains enter the mainline from a 10' x
12' shed that protects the equipment. There are three lines that run
separate but all interconnect. Usually a minimum of three trains are
running at once. Rick operates both steam and diesel over his empire.
Bob Sagers
12:00 to 4:00 N Scale
23031 Tulip Court, Tehachapi 661-822-6655
Layout located on lower floor. Walk down to back of house and enter
through patio door.
This N-scale layout is an L-shape design in a 27' x 47' area. There
is 1,100 total feet of track, with 550 feet viable. The rest is
hidden track for staging. Bob describes the layout as "a railfans
delight". There are no yards or industries, but lots of mainline
action. Currently he runs five to six trains concurrently on three
independent main tracks.
Dan Steinberg
10:00 to 2:00 G Scale
19801 E. Abajo Avenue, Tehachapi 661-823-8514
From Cherry Lane turn onto Marvel and turn right onto Abajo (no
street sign at this junction, only a sign post). Take Abajo (gravel
road) to reach 19801.
The Stone Mountain Railway has two independent loops. The mainline
loop is 15 feet by 30 feet, with a 20 foot siding and 4 foot radius
curves. The other loop is a mining branch which is 10 foot by 20
foot, running on 2 foot radius curves. The mining branch includes an
impressive wooden trestle and a tunnel.
The site of this layout has a nice viewpoint of the Tehachapi
Valley. Link to photos of the layout:
http://www.tehachapilooprailroadclub.org/stonemountainrr.html
Kern County Fairgrounds/Train Show Layouts- Open Saturday & Sunday
Saturday 10:00 to 5:00
Sunday 10:00 to 4:00
Horace Massey Building
1142 S. "P" Street, Bakersfield
another FREE model railroad layout tour sponsored by Model Railroads
of Southern California the weekend of March 14 and 15. Three G scale
layouts (see descriptions below) are featured on this tour and all of
these are in Tehachapi, allowing you to enjoy garden railroading
against a prototype backdrop.
This will be our sixteenth layout tour. This will be a self-guided
tour of twenty-two layouts at eleven sites in Bakersfield, the Lake
Isabella area and Tehachapi. By scale, there will be ten HO layouts,
five N layouts, two O layouts, one Z layout, three G layouts and one
live steam set-up. (See descriptions below).
Below is basic information about the tour. This information is
sufficient for you to take the tour. Additional downloadable
information, including driving references, two maps for every layout
and an overall area map, is available in the Files Section of the
group at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Model_Railroads_Of_Southern_California/
Be sure to check the group website the day before the tour to see if
any changes to the schedule or layout lineup have occurred.
Some of the layouts will be on display at the huge two-day Train Show
at the Kern County Fairgrounds. In addition to the show there will
be approximately 120 vendor tables plus manufacturer displays at this
show.
Persons taking this tour assume all risks and liability for their
personal safety. Although I am the Moderator of the group, I am not
responsible for personal loss or injury to those taking this tour.
If you cannot make this tour, more tours are being planned, including
a tour of South Orange County layouts in May.
If you wish to open your home layout for an upcoming tour, please
contact me.
Bob Chaparro
Moderator
Model Railroads of Southern California
Hemet, CA
chiefbobbb@...
Model Railroads of Southern California
Layout Tour No. 16
Saturday & Sunday March 14 & 15, 2009
These Layouts Are Open Only Saturday Evening, March 14
Golden Empire Historical & Modeling Society
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm HO& N
1534 19th Street, Bakersfield 661-325-2595
For club's downtown location enter through the alley door then take
stairs to the second and third floors for the HO and N scale layouts.
Parking is on the street. East/West streets are one way.
This club boasts two large layouts, one each in HO and N scale. The
HO layout, located on the 3rd floor, is approximately 30 feet in
width and 100 feet long. Two large yards are located at each end of
the layout, with several industries located in between.
The N scale layout is 18 feet wide and 80 feet long, and includes a
scaled-down version of the Tehachapi Loop. The club has extensive
scenery work in progress. Anyone who models in N scale is welcome to
bring their decoder-equipped locomotives and run them along the 15
scale miles of mainline from Bakersfield to Mojave. Club photos:
http://www.pcrnmra.org/daylight/newsletters/Q108.pdf
Larry Saslaw
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm HO
14700 Orchard Crest Avenue, Bakersfield 661-588-2770 and 661-706-
2673
This HO scale layout is based on Southern Pacific's Dunsmuir engine
facilities and Shasta Division, circa 1954 (and last day of Southern
Pacific operations onSept 11, 1996). Larry has used plans of the
roundhouse, machine shops, mallet shed, sanding tower and station
from MAINLINE MODELER articles of the early 1980s. The layout is
built within the third stall of his garage and measures 12' x 21'
feet.
These Home Layouts Are Open Only Sunday, March 15
John Bell
10:00 to 4:00 G Scale
19512 Sycamore Drive, Tehachapi 661-823-1308
Do not turn on to Sycamore Drive from Woodford-Tehachapi Road.
Segment is steep and unpaved. Use Pinion Canyon to Sage Ave. to
Sycamore Drive to reach this site.
John's garden layout has 1,050-feet of track in single loop, with an
80-foot siding, 10 bridges and 6 tunnels. Part of the run goes down a
mountain river canyon on a two percent grade.
John's home overlooks the former Southern Pacific (now UP) "Cable
Siding" on the mainline just west of Tehachapi. John bought this
property because he is a rail buff, and has made improvements to his
property for just that – rail fanning! There is a viewing area where
you can see his train and the prototype in a perspective where they
both appear to be part of a real railroad scene.
Richard Cantrell
12:00 to 4:00 HOn3
21661 Winesap Street, Tehachapi 661-822-0932
Richard models the Denver and Rio Grande Western in HO and HO narrow
gauge. Richard's layout contains some impressive scenery depicting
Colorado. The upper level is narrow gauge, while the lower level is
standard gauge. The layout measures 20' x 24'.
http://www.pcrnmra.org/daylight/newsletters/Q408.pdf (Page 2- Two
Photos)
Ron Funk
10:00 to 4:00 HO
713 Piute Street, Bodfish (Lake Isabella Area) 760-417-0965 and
760-379-4449
Park in the Piute Street cul-de-sac and walk up driveway to layout.
Ron has taken on the task of recreating the track plan of John
Allen's legendary Gorre and Daphetid Railroad and about 85 percent of
Ron's track plan is familiar to those that recall the G & D. Ron's
father, Al, started the work about 25 years ago, and after his death
the layout was completed by his son, Ron.
Vern Hill
10:00 to 4:00 O Scale
601 Sierra Vista Drive, Wofford Heights (Lake Isabella Area) 760-
376-3506 and 760-379-0568
This O-scale layout measures 13' x 21'. Track is mostly hand laid to
Proto 48 standards. The basic track plan is an over-and-under folded
dog bone with a hidden storage yard into the adjoining garage. All
track work, with the exception of an engine service area and
industrial spur, is complete along with about 85 percent of the
scenery.
The layout represents generic Southern Pacific, circa 1955, with a
mix of steam and diesel. Most modelers are aware that SP had what
nearly amounted to an Eastern Sierra line from Klamath Falls, Oregon
to Mojave, including the SP narrow gauge from Keeler to Laws and
north over Mt. Montgomery Pass. In Vern's historical "imagineering",
he has standard gauged the line and the layout represents a section
of that fictional scenario.
Mountain Crossing Restaurant
5:30am to 10:30pm HO
416 W. Tehachapi Blvd., Tehachapi 661-823-0450
The restaurant has an HO scale operating display layout of the
Tehachapi Loop. The layout is operated by the Tehachapi Loop
Railroad Club. A club member may or may not be available to answer
questions about the layout.
Rick Passalacqua
10:30 to 4:30 G Scale
24140 San Juan Drive, Tehachapi 661-821-7277 and 661-477-2199
Gated Community. On the day of the tour call 661-477-2199 and leave
name to receive access permission. On Bear Valley Road you enter
thru gate and you pass a gas station and store. About a mile past
store turn left on the second San Juan Drive. (You will pass San Juan
Drive on right side, before the San Juan Drive on the left.
Rick's Rock Back Breaking Railroad is an outdoor G scale layout with
almost 1,000 feet of track. Trains enter the mainline from a 10' x
12' shed that protects the equipment. There are three lines that run
separate but all interconnect. Usually a minimum of three trains are
running at once. Rick operates both steam and diesel over his empire.
Bob Sagers
12:00 to 4:00 N Scale
23031 Tulip Court, Tehachapi 661-822-6655
Layout located on lower floor. Walk down to back of house and enter
through patio door.
This N-scale layout is an L-shape design in a 27' x 47' area. There
is 1,100 total feet of track, with 550 feet viable. The rest is
hidden track for staging. Bob describes the layout as "a railfans
delight". There are no yards or industries, but lots of mainline
action. Currently he runs five to six trains concurrently on three
independent main tracks.
Dan Steinberg
10:00 to 2:00 G Scale
19801 E. Abajo Avenue, Tehachapi 661-823-8514
From Cherry Lane turn onto Marvel and turn right onto Abajo (no
street sign at this junction, only a sign post). Take Abajo (gravel
road) to reach 19801.
The Stone Mountain Railway has two independent loops. The mainline
loop is 15 feet by 30 feet, with a 20 foot siding and 4 foot radius
curves. The other loop is a mining branch which is 10 foot by 20
foot, running on 2 foot radius curves. The mining branch includes an
impressive wooden trestle and a tunnel.
The site of this layout has a nice viewpoint of the Tehachapi
Valley. Link to photos of the layout:
http://www.tehachapilooprailroadclub.org/stonemountainrr.html
Kern County Fairgrounds/Train Show Layouts- Open Saturday & Sunday
Saturday 10:00 to 5:00
Sunday 10:00 to 4:00
Horace Massey Building
1142 S. "P" Street, Bakersfield
