This must see layout has hand-laid track and scratch built buildings, a 6' H x 20' L curved trestle with a Howe Truss center span. The layout features RC/ battery operation with sound. The mainline runs along a scale river. This model RR features miniature vegetation and finely trimmed Pine trees. The layout is point-to-point in design/operation. The Baker & Grande Ronde RR was featured in the April, 2013 Garden Railways magazine. There is also a shop, with railroad yard and construction space.

Beautiful Mountain and valley scenery set this layout in the Oregon Cascades and Willamette Valley. 300’ mainline plus three branches. Digitrax DCC. TTTO ops.
Two yards build trains. Mostly scratch built turnouts. Custom control electronics. Massive staging area. Featured 50+ times in Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine

The Blueberry Mountain Railroad was started fifteen years ago, running under a few blueberry bushes that gave the railroad its name. Now trains run through two tunnels, under a "mountain" and past a sawmill, a town and farm, each with some detailed wood and stone struc-tures. There is 230 feet of track bordered with miniature trees, bushes and ground covers that add to the realism.

This layout models the 1950 Cajon Pass Summit area in great detail, nearly uncompressed, as well as part of the grade that leads to it. Hand laid Central Valley track with 60" minimum radius is scaled from Santa Fe blueprints and scenery is scaled from USGS topo maps.

NCE DCC Freelanced standard gauge logging operation set in scenic Skamania County, Washington. Cradled by Mt. Hood, Mt. Rainier, Mt. Adams, and Mt. St. Helens
(before she blew her top). Emphasis is on scenery, following Canyon Creek through logging scenes from mountain water falls to the shallow stream below with lots of trees.

Digitrax DCC. Loosely based on the line from Albany to Toledo, OR, the Cascade Pacific Railroad moved freight from the port at Toledo to Albany for interchange with Southern Pacific. The old layout was demolished in 2011. We are in our third year of construction, with everything from bare plywood to completed scenes.

Control Method - Digitrax DCC with Simplex Radio and JMRI Wifi throttle support. Located inside the Northern Pacific Chehalis Depot (now the Historical Museum), the
layout is a depiction of the railroads of Lewis County including the NP, GN, BN, UP, Milwaukee, and the Chehalis Western. Both the north/south mainline, the NP Willapa branch, and logging railroading are displayed.
There are a number of fine scratch built and kit built
structures. The mainline has computer controlled bidirectional
signalling. A free gift bag will be given to
each attendee.

The layout depicts the proposed, but never completed rail line over Santiam Pass, it feature's mainline operations and mountain railroading with helper service.
See the article in March 2015 NMRA Magazine.

The Consolidated Republic Mining Rail Road is set in north central Washington in 1935. This layout scales to 3/8" to the foot, but operates on HO gauge track, which results in a 20" narrow gauge railroad. The railroad's sole function is to move ore and supplies between the mines and the mills. When you enter the layout room through a simulated mine opening and see his large structures, it's like you're actually walking into the scene. Because of the unique scale and gauge combination, all structures, locomotives, and rolling stock are either scratchbuilt or heavily kitbashed.

Located at Alpenrose Dairy, Portland Area N-Trak is a 100% NMRA member, modular N-Scale Club. We operate year-round at all Alpenrose public events. We are primarily a display layout, and are working toward initiating Operations Sessions in the near future. We have a 75% Digitrax DCC, 25% DC layout, and use the N-Trak standards for our modules.

Indoor Layout

One of the most detailed indoor F scale railroads in the world. 45 x 90 ft. 100% complete. NCE DCC controlled with Phoenix sound. 24 hour lighting effects and sound effects. Modeled after the D&RGW and RGS in the 1940's.

Out door Live Steam RR

Known around the world for its quality and ingenuity, this 11,000ft long railroad features a 410ft long 30ft high bridge, plus a 325ft long tunnel. Home to a 1/1/2" scale Big Boy and 2 1/2" scale K-36 locomotive plus dozens of pieces of scale rolling stock.

The freelance HO layout uses DC power with variable transformers. This all Diesel layout is modeling the Crownville and Eastern Railroad. There are steam engines on display just like today.

The outdoor layout runs from the front yard to the back and has a major yard. There is nearly 1000’ of track and a second yard which is in the basement.

LSMRR is a point to point single track main with passing sidings and reversing loops on each end. It is a bi-level permanent layout with a 2% grade. Digitrax DCC is used. NMRI Signal system. Dispatcher in separate room with layout monitor.

The layout is three-rail with scenery that fills the room. There are three towns and two industrial areas. The control system is Lionel TMCC. Six trains can be operated at the same time. Trains stop and start through a relay system. There are 20 engines; Steam, Diesel and Electric. About 280 freight cars and 35 passenger cars which are all on the layout.

Theme is GN over electrified division at Stevens Pass, with steam at both ends. It has approx. 1000 ft. of hand laid rail and DCC as power source. It is a continuous loop with 1% grades from the West and 2% from the East. See the article in January 2015 NMRA Magazine.

This layout was built with the idea of using it as a teaching tool as well as for fun for the students at our school. The layout is a double mainline most of the way round with a main yard, steam facility with round-house, diesel facility, 2 passenger depots, and a mountain division that is under construction.

A compact layout that represents the West Coast to East Coast on a flat, modern layout with pool power and lots of point-to-point operations. All the UP heritage units and
half of the NS heritage units are included (but not all on the layout at once). BNSF, UP, NS, CSXT, KCS, CP, CN, and a few others are represented.

The club started in 1975, and is in the basement of the Mt. Tabor Masonic Lodge. The 1200 square foot layout models scenes of the Northwest. The mainline extends about Seven scale miles. Riveston and Bridgeport are connected by a double-ended 10 yard track concealed beneath a mountain ridge. There are many fine details and lots of things to look for.

The Grand Rapids Terminal is a switching railroad set in Michigan, 1959. The PRR, C&O and NYC share trackage into a Union Depot near downtown, just north of Hughart yard. Furniture and auto industries domi-nate the economy. CVP DCC controls an 80 foot main line on this around the walls walkaround layout with hidden garage staging.

Hi Rail TMCC & Conventional, Northend features mountain scenery with water fall, lake, tunnels. Central features suburban station, houses, business, theater, shopping. South end features city with main street and larger structures and industrial area. Some older engines converted from conventional to ERR Cruise Commander.

All R/C battery power. 80' x 36' layout through and around 7' mountain range across back yard, 600'+ of track, 400' of mainline track, 7 tunnels - one is 40' long, 70' stream with 3 waterfalls and 4 bridges. 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 main-tains a 1% to 1-1/2% grade by following the Clear Water River into the mountains and with the use of numerous tunnels. This railroad was featured in the June-2014 issue of Garden Railways Magazine.

My urban DC switching layout represents the southern terminal of the M-K-T’s Sherman branch from Dennison. A crew of three operates the local that switches 12 industries and two interchanges. The layout features code 70 and 55 track. Small and large industries are nicely modeled in this northern Texas setting.

The North Bank Road represents the Spokane, Portland & Seattle's first division from Vancouver to Wishram, WA. with two branch lines. The layout is set in the beautiful Columbia Gorge. This is a double deck, around the walls layout covering 550 Sq. Ft.

Set in Central Oregon running north/south between Southern Canada and Northern California during the 1950's, specifically 1956. All motive power is first generation diesel. Passenger service provided by Budd RDC cars. Both mainline and branch line industrial operation.

The Partytown and Farmdale Railroad is a privately-owned (formerly Southern Pacific branch) freight and passenger line running from Gotham City on the East end to its terminus in Vineyard Village in the West. The visible portion is about 12’ x 50’, #1 gauge (1/32), all indoors, automated, with lots of lights and animation. Most of the rolling stock was purchased from domestic lines such as Southern Pacific and Union Pacific, with some imported from Germany.

Digitrax DCC controlled. This proto/freelanced layout is a modern version of a historical railroad that existed in turn-of-the-century Thurston County, Washington. It
features 1950’s-60’s equipment, including steam and early diesels on a bridge line of the Portland-Seattle mainline which leases track rights to northwest railroads:
NP, UP, GN, and Milwaukee.

Long 60-foot unit trains are the norm here on this layout, plus long passenger trains. Highlights include a 24 foot model circus, airport, winter sports area, large grain elevator, campground, cemetery, and town scenes. And a 20-foot 6-track passenger station, plus stub ended business car tracks and a passenger train car wash. Staging area uses a 16-foot long 16-track yard. Bring your video and photo cameras!

The S.S.& S. Railway is an On30 freelance model layout designed for operation. Scenery is complete, but details are still being added. All locomotives are quipped with
Tsunami sound. Operation is by TT&TO with communication by written orders and telephone. The era is early 1900s in Western Washington.

NCE DCC radio throttle control is used. The Espee Cascade Line models SP’s Natron Cutoff from a Willamette Valley base at Eugene up to Cascade Summit and the original division boundary at Crescent Lake (upper staging). Local valley freight operations include Eugene, Springfield and Oakridge. Manned mid-train helpers are the focus of the historic 1.8% mountain climb. The railroad features 20-feet long sidings. The railroad is designed for operations by a minimum crew of six with a normal crew of 12-15 operators. A CTC signal and control system is under development.

Layout is 2-rail, is complete and runs on DCC using NCE control system. Analog operation is supported. Mostly steam with some early diesels. Modeled after Dunsmuir and the area north of Dunsmuir on the SP’s Shasta Division. Locomotives are all brass from vari-ous manufacturers. Rolling stock is either brass or kit built and all locomotives and rolling stock are painted.

Videos of the layout on action can be viewed at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-bGWcADj2U

An indoor #1 gauge layout, in a large industrial space, specifically built to run live steam locomotives. Staver Locomotive track plan is a folded dog bone with no scenery. There is room to walk with your train around the entire layout. This is necessary with live steam, since hands-on control is necessary at all times. The area inside the layout is set up with work stations for the preparation of steam engines. There is no electricity to the rails, so battery power is the other option for running. The trackage is mostly a single track mainline with sidings.

The Tehama Valley Railroad (TVRR) is a freelanced Northern California short line that runs through the Sacramento Valley and Sierra Foothills in the late 1940’s.
The TVRR interchanges directly with the SP, and with the WP and ATSF through a former interurban line. The line primarily serves the agricultural and lumber industries.

This is a DCC layout depicting the Southern Pacific from Eugene to Klamath Falls with emphasis on the massive mill at West Fir Logging. The mainline has a prototypical grade of 2% and climbs two and half feet in elevations. Enjoy the end of steam and first genera-tion diesel power. (Square footage-2600)

This layout has been dubbed the Underground RR since Joe dug out his basement to provide space. LGB track is used and much of the rolling stock is LGB. An outside section has been added on both sides of the house. There is a large display of scratch built and LGB items.

This is a Digitrax DCC, and signaled layout with an automated dispatcher’s panel using JMR Panelpro. This N-Scale layout is a model of specific spots along the Columbia River Gorge depicting the rails on both sides of the river, OR and WA. We have tried to capture the basalt rock geology of the river and industrial areas along the way from eastern Portland to The Dalles and beyond. It is a point to point operation from two yards on either end servicing lumber, grain, fruit, rock crushing, and typical PNW industries. This layout is in the basement of The Hobbysmith Train shop.

This layout is freelance, controlled by NCE DCC. Mainline and yard is mostly UP with some SP&S & GN. Mainline is a dogbone with 290' of track. There is a large logging operation with 285' of track from woods to mill. See the article in February 2015 NMRA Magazine.

This modular layout has found a permanent location in the SW Portland Alpenrose Dairy. See standard HO, HO European, HOn3, OO, and Japanese 1/80 scale HO. There are two towns and a Carnival with several rides; all served by a three track mainline with a spiral that opens to several levels. There is also a fully painted backdrop.