2012 MCoR Regional Convention Layout Tours

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May 30 through June 3, 2012

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List of layouts planned for the 2012 convention tours. List is alphabetical by layout owner's last name. Pretty formatting of this page is still in progress with another update later this week (May 4).

Name Kirkwood Railroad Association
Layout Name Kirkwood Railroad Association
Scale HO
Era Various - members bring trains out to run on layout
Prototype Various - members bring trains out to run on layout
Locale St. Louis, MO
Style Loop for visitor viewing
Scenery none
Main line run 250'
Backdrop Masonite - blue sky with clouds
Control DCC North Coast Eng. & DC with Aristo Craft Throttle
Operations none
Special Features Double track main line folded loop, 4 yards, engine facility

Name Herb Koenig
Layout Name Cortite & Flatriver
Scale HO-HOn3
Era 1930
Prototype Colorado narrow gauge
Locale Colorado
Style walk in point to point operation
Scenery 60%
Main line run
Backdrop Hand painted
Control
Operations none
Special Features June 2001 Model Railroad Craftsman, hand laid track, spectacular scenery

Name Hank Kraichely
Layout Name C B & Q Hannibal Division
Scale HO
Era 1963
Prototype C B & Q from St. Louis, MO to Hannibal, MO
Locale Eastern Missouri
Style Walk in double deck, visible staging
Scenery 10%
Main line run 425', branch line 75'
Backdrop painted masonite
Control Digitrax DCC
Operations Quarterly with 10-12 people, radios, waybills and car cards
Special Features Triple bridge over Mississippi River, constant grade up from lower level

Name Ken Kroschwitz
Layout Name K-10's Model Trains
Scale HO in a 60' X 81' warehouse
Era Modern
Prototype ATSF / SP / UP
Locale Midwest
Style Walk in with observation platform, handicapped accessible
Scenery 100%
Main line run DC loop 255' double track, DCC single track 550' loop
Backdrop Hand painted on vinyl 110 feet long
Control Digitrax DCC & analog DC - MRC some with radio control
Operations Every first Sunday for children, every third Thursday for adults.
Special Features Layout open Thursday & Friday 2-10 PM , Saturday Noon to 10 PM
www.k-10smodeltrains

Name Richard & Venita Lake
Layout Name El Dorado & El Reno
Scale HO
Era Late 1950's
Prototype Freelance - Rock Island influenced
Locale Arkansas
Style Point to point, walk around
Scenery 50%
Main line run 255' main line, 75' branch line
Backdrop Bathtub liner plastic
Control DCC North Coast Engineering radio throttles
Operations Monthly with written track warrant control, hand written switch lists, 5-9 operators
Special Features Double deck design, 1 large yard & 2 smaller yards, local & through freights,
passenger trains with switching work

Name Rene LaVoise
Layout Name Sedalia & Warsaw
Scale HO
Era 1929
Prototype Missouri Pacific
Locale Sedalia, MO
Style Point to point single track main
Scenery 70%
Main line run
Backdrop Masonite
Control Digitrax DCC
Operations Monthly with time table - train order
Special Features Rene is the local organizer of Op-SIG weekends on a bi-annual basis

Name Bob Lenz
Layout Name Colorado Western
Scale HO-HOn3
Era 1920-1930's
Prototype HO - Colorado Western HOn3 Aspen Junction
Locale Colorado
Style
Scenery 50%
Main line run
Backdrop Hand Painted with night lighting
Control Digitrax DCC
Operations none
Special Features Spectacular mountain scenery, 74" high trackwork

Name Randy Meyer MMR
Layout Name Canyon & Rocky Mountain
Scale S-Sn3
Era 1938
Prototype Denver & Rio Grande Western
Locale South Western Colorado
Style Walk in
Scenery 40%
Main line run 175'
Backdrop Hand painted on linoleum
Control Digitrax DCC
Operations Occasional with rail-op
Special Features Floor to ceiling scenery with hand painted plaster castings
Lots of switching with 2 switch back areas

Name Don Morice
Layout Name Illinois Central RR
Scale HO
Era 1955 - 1960
Prototype Illinois Central Railroad
Locale Southern Illinois - Carbondale to DuQuoin, Illinois
Style Walk in with access gate & double track main loop, branch line
Scenery 100%
Main line run 59' double track main with 56' branch line
Backdrop Masonite with building flats
Control DC cab control, MRC remote walk around throttles
Operations Train order/switch list - crew size 5
Special Features Detailed recreation of the ICRR St. Louis Division, steam to diesel era, 90% of
steam locos have sound & are modified to IC style. Proto 2000 and Halmark Brass
Diesels are Proto 2000 GP and E units.

Name Ken Patterson
Layout Name
Scale HO & G
Era
Prototype
Locale
Style
Scenery
Main line run
Backdrop
Control
Operations
Special Features

Name Jerry Prott
Layout Name
Scale N
Era
Prototype
Locale
Style
Scenery
Main line run
Backdrop
Control Digitrax DCC
Operations none
Special Features

Name Brian Post
Layout Name Sierra Nevada & Indian River Railway
Scale HO
Era June 0f 2000
Prototype Prototype Freelance
Locale Midwest
Style Walk in loop to loop with branch line loop
Scenery 20%
Main line run 140' main line 140' branch line
Backdrop Masonite painted by Greg Gray
Control Digitrax DCC
Operations Occasional with Rail Command & switch lists
Special Features 50% of engines are sound equipped, scale couplers on all equipment,
main line with 2 automatic reverse loops, lumber & trees dominate the scenery
Enter through side door & go downstairs.

Name Curt Regensberger
Layout Name Streator Connection
Scale HO
Era 1980
Prototype Conrail, Santa Fe
Locale Streator , Illinois
Style Loop
Scenery 100%
Main line run 300'
Backdrop Building flats & Panoramas
Control DC with Aristocraft throttle
Operations none
Special Features Steel Mill & related industries, Milwaukee Depot, train shed & freight house
district. Layout size 30' X 30' open grid benchwork. 32"minimum radius,
maximum grade 1.2%.

Name Dave Roeder MMR
Layout Name Webster Groves & Fenton
Scale HO - HOn3
Era HO 1970 - 1980's HOn3 - 1912
Prototype HO-Webster Groves & Fenton & HOn3-Silverton Gladstone & Northerly
Locale HO - St. Louis, MO - the HOn3 is located north of Silverton, Colorado
Style Loop to point on HO walk in design - HOn3 is point to point. Both are single track main
Scenery 100% HO
Main line run HO - 123' Hon3 - 40'
Backdrop Masonite with building flats
Control DC - MRC and GML remote walk around and cab control, multiple throttles
Operations Monthly for 15 years, with train order/switch list on Excel spreadsheet, crew size 7-9
Special Features Model Railroader Jan. 2005, NMRA Bulletin 1999, HO Industrial /shortline
has 97 structures, HOn3 Colorado mining railroad with minimal scenery

Name John Russell
Layout Name Rock Island Lines
Scale O
Era 1948 - 1951
Prototype Rock Island
Locale Midwest
Style Walk in with duckunder
Scenery 95%
Main line run
Backdrop Hand Painted
Control DC
Operations none
Special Features Spectacular scenery, many pieces of O scale motive power & rolling stock

Name Bob Sanderson
Layout Name Bob Sanderson
Scale HO
Era 1950's
Prototype Illinois Central
Locale St. Louis, MO
Style Walk In single track main loop
Scenery 30%
Main line run
Backdrop Masonite - blue sky with clouds
Control Digitrax DCC
Operations Occasional with Rail OPS software
Special Features Curved track at end of peninsula has mountain scenery

Name Mike Satke
Layout Name Mike's Layout
Scale N
Era 1964
Prototype Union Pacific
Locale Northern Utah
Style L shape against 2 walls
Scenery 100%
Main line run 50'
Backdrop Sky Blue painted plastic sheet
Control Digitrax DCC
Operations None
Special Features Large scratch built bridge, many detailed structures & scenes

Name St. Charles Model Railroad Club
Layout Name St. Charles Central
Scale HO
Era 1970
Prototype Freelance
Locale Eastern Missouri / Northern Arkansas
Style Large Club Layout, walk around folded dogbone in contorted E shape
Scenery 100%
Main line run 400' - 280' visible, 120' hidden
Backdrop Masonite flats, paper cutouts, painted clouds & hills
Control Digitrax DCC Super Chief radio controls
Operations Public display with trains running unidirectional
Special Features Layout size 23' X 33', 130 structures, high level of detail, handicapped access is possible, portable toilet located on site.

Name John Schindler
Layout Name St. Louis Junction Railroad
Scale HO
Era Mid 1990's
Prototype 5 class one railroads & 3 short lines
Locale St. Louis region
Style Single track main, point to point with continuous run connection, 3 staging areas
Scenery 30%
Main line run 250'
Backdrop Drywall with building flats
Control Digitrax DCC
Operations Monthly - card card & waybills
Special Features Designed and built for operations, 12 person crew size, 3 hour sessions

Name Ron Schleuter
Layout Name San Jose Southern
Scale HO
Era 1950s
Prototype Denver& Rio Grande Western
Locale Tennessee Pass, CO.
Style Linear walk in with lower level staging
Scenery 50%
Main line run 145'
Backdrop 140 feet of aluminum siding material hand painted
Control Digitrax DCC
Operations none
Special Features 3% grade, code 83 track, 30" minimum radius

Name Peter [Pete] B. Smith MMR
Layout Name Loon Lake Railway & Navigation Co.
Scale Sn3
Era Fall 1938
Prototype Freelance
Locale Pacific Northwest
Style Point to point operation, continuous loop for open house, folded dog bone
Scenery 90%
Main line run 125'
Backdrop Hand Painted with coved corners & very realistic
Control DCC - CVP Easy DCC with Tsunami Sound systems
Operations none
Special Features Cover& lead article January 2011 Narrow Gauge Downunder, Cover & lead article
fall-winter Sn3 Modeler, Industrial/ logging railroad with highly detailed
scratchbuilt structures including a waterfront town & wharf scene. Code 70
track on main & code 55 on logging line, steam power dominates Loon Lake.

Name Bill Wehmeier
Layout Name
Scale HO
Era
Prototype KATY
Locale
Style
Scenery
Main line run
Backdrop
Control Digitrax DCC
Operations none
Special Features

Name Mike Wise
Layout Name Sugar Creek Valley Railroad
Scale HO
Era Sept. 1966
Prototype Freelance Std. Gauge
Locale St. Louis, MO
Style Walk in loop to loop, single track main, point to point switching district
Scenery 100%
Main line run 78'
Backdrop Masonite with building flats
Control DC with MRC & GML remote walk around throttles and cab control
Operations Monthly for 3 years with train order/switch list handwritten on GM&O forms
Crew size 5-6
Special Features Highly detailed with city and industrial areas filled with cars, trucks & people
Large Anheuser Busch brewery made from DPM wall sections

Name Chris Zygmont
Layout Name
Scale N
Era modern
Prototype BNSF
Locale
Style
Scenery 10%
Main line run
Backdrop
Control Digitrax DCC
Operations
Special Features

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