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.

The Idaho, Great Basin & Pacific is a fictional north-south road that runs from Idaho to Southern California. This N-scale 12' x 12' layout depicts the end of the transition era between 1950-1965. The layout is DCC and features "bender board" road bed spline and carved foam scenery with a hard shell cap. The landscape is generic western mountain scenery with sweeping curves designed for passenger train operation. Scenery is well along. Layout includes award winning modular section.

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.

DCC controlled, detected, signaled, and dispatched from computer dispatching panel. Double deck layout with 7 scale miles of mainline track. Closely follows condensed prototype that includes Pueblo to Royal Gorge, Malta to Minturn, Monarch Branch, and La Junta, CO. Scratch and kitbashed structures. Beautiful fall scenery. Featured in N Scale Railroading, May-June 2009 and Model Railroad Hobbyist, June 2013.

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 steam-to-diesel transition layout run by an MRC DCC controller features mountain railroading in the northwest. Scenes include mining, abandoned mines, camping, farming, snow, and multiple water features. There is a separate custom-painted logging railroad with mill town, sawmill and pond, plus a fully-detailed logging camp. Several automations and sound are also installed around the layout.