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This view in the larger of the two rooms and is where the original layout sat. Beyond the doorway was once an open porch before the railroad closed it in for the club to use. In the far room you can see the ten-foot long warren truss bridge built by Bob Whelove, and just below it the nearly twenty-five foot long plate girder bridge built by Charles Schwarm.

The Big Bend Railroad Club – Eighty Years and Counting

What model railroad club is eighty years old this year and has been located in the same building for the whole time? It is also the oldest model railroad club in the St. Louis area, and because of this club the building it is located in - a former railroad depot - has been in continuo...
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Big Bend Railroad Club Rebuild

Big Bend Railroad Club Rebuild

Nearing completion from a total rebuild begun about two years ago, the largest yard of the Springfield & Ozark Railway is a focal point for the oldest model railroad club in the St. Louis area, the Big Bend Railroad Club....
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