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Greater St. Louis Area
Model Railroad Layouts (K-O)
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John Kalin, Rio Grande Southern
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John Kalin's Rio Grande Southern captures
the Ridgeway to Rico route of this narrow gauge railroad at the end of the
thirties. Trains start at Ridgeway/Rico (which is a double-ended hidden
staging yard), and proceed to Vance Junction, Ophir, the High Line, and
Lizard Head. At Vance Junction, the Telluride Branch runs to Telluride and
Pandora. The run from Ophir to the High Line
includes all seven trestles. The layout is
23'x50' with about 225 feet of mainline track
and another 150 feet on the Telluride Branch.
Operations use Easy DCC and engines
equipped with SoundTraxx decoders.
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See ninety photos!
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This large 30’x40’ HO club layout has
two large freight and passenger yards along with a scratchbuilt
St. Louis station and engine facility. Long steam and diesel
powered trains run on this 1950-1970 era railroad. Double track main line folded loop,
4 yards, engine facility, 250' mainline run.
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Herb Koenig, Cordite and Flatriver
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Hank's layout depicts the St. Louis to Hannibal portion
of the CB&Q Railroad’s North Bound main known as the K Line
in 1963. The Francis branch running from Old Monroe to
Francis is also modeled.
The layout runs through rural areas and has six towns, two
cement plants, along with paper, chemical and power plants.
There are also two interchanges on the Francis branch, at
Wellsville with the Wabash and at Francis with the GM&O. The
following commodities are either being shipped into and out
of most towns; grain, gasoline, LPG, coal, cattle, farm
equipment and consumer goods. There is a factory in
Louisiana, Wells Lamont, which receives hides and produces
leather gloves. Team tracks are prevalent as are small
stations along the main and branch lines. Hank's previous HO
layout was featured on the cover of the June 2001 issue of
the NMRA Bulletin.
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See six photos
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Ken has a huge HO layout construction, which
fills a 60x81 foot room. The layout is designed for operation with two 255-foot
loops powered by conventional DC block control. In addition, Ken also has two
upper level Digitrax DCC loops which combine into a single main line. These loops
cover 550 feet in a twice around the layout movement. The layout features three
very large yards and a switching branchline. The layout room has an elevated
viewing area and is completely handicapped accessible. The K-10 Hobby Shop
(618-288-9720) is located at the front of the same building. See
http://www.k-10smodeltrains.com.
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Richard and Venita Lake, El Dorado & El Reno Railroad
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This golden era layout is a free-lanced
shortline railroad with heavy Rock Island influence, running northwest from
Lillie, Louisiana, to El Reno, Oklahoma, with the modeled portion ending at
Howe, Oklahoma. It also serves as a bridge route for the CRI&P Railroad
through El Dorado, Arkansas, to Howe, Oklahoma. The major industries served
include a paper mill, lumber mill, coal mine, chemical industry, and oil
refinery.
The El & El operates on a single track mainline with
both passenger and freight service. Four Rock Island
trains run in each session adding additional freight and
passenger trains. Interchanges are with the Cotton Belt
and the Rock Island at Camden, Arkansas, and with the KCS at Mena, Arkansas. Multiple staging tracks at both ends of the
line allow realistic 1950s era operation with both
steam and diesel power. North Coast Engineering DCC (radio) and
many Soundtraxx equipped locomotives.
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See twenty-four photos
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René LaVoise, Sedalia & Warsaw Railway
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The Sedalia & Warsaw is based on a Missouri Pacific
branch line in western Missouri extending 43 miles from the connection with the Missouri
Pacific at Sedalia to the Osage River at Warsaw. There are four intermediate stations -
from north to south they are Mora, Cole Camp, Tahoma and Lincoln. Interchange is with the
Missouri Pacific and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas at Sedalia. On-line industries include
stock pens, bulk oil and coal dealers, saw mill, stone works, clay loading, grain elevators,
feed and seed dealers and team tracks. The S&W Freight House, grocer warehouse and city
power plant are located adjacent to Graham yard at Sedalia. This 1929-era layout is a point
to point single track main design using Digitrax DCC control for prototype-style time table
and train order operations.
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See fourteen photos
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This freelance 12’x20’ HO railroad runs
throughout the Midwest in the late 1950s to mid 1960s.
You’ll see steam and diesels running through a double
helix from the lower staging to the main level.
Burlington, Frisco, UP and IC trains operate on this
layout. Digitrax DCC.
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Bob Lenz, Colorado & Western
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Be treated by this HO/HOn3 layout set in Colorado.
The standard gauge Colorado and Western interchanges
with the narrow gauge Aspen Junction in a dual gauge
yard. The narrow gauge mining line climbs from 48"
to 74" through a series of switchbacks as it serves
the mining district around Basalt and Aspen. The layout
occupies a 20’x40’ room with bridges, trestles, lots
of rockwork, and scenery to the ceiling. Night operation
is simulated with black light which displays the fully
lit town to its fullest. Take in the tons of detail and
the many trestles.
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This "L" shaped layout is constructed of
two 4’x8’ boards and features over 70 feet of trackage. It is a multi-era Lionel layout with numerous
working accessories. Department 56 ceramic building and
trees covers the portion of the layout not already
covered by track. Half of the layout is a quaint village
with City Hall, Mayor’s mansion, library, churches,
homes and a town square with streetlights. The other
half has an industrial setting with yard lights, smoking
chimneys, telephone poles, crossing gates, station,
diner and coaling station. Be prepared for a walk down
memory lane when you visit this fine Lionel layout.
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The Litchfield layout depicts the ever-gentle rolling
countryside of Illinois from Centralia to Chicago. The main
room is set in the 50s and 60s era when steam engines were
becoming extinct and the "new" diesel locomotives were
gaining in popularity. The smaller room is "Chicago."
Chicago is set in the 70s and not only provides additional
destinations with modern industries, you can also find a mix
of old and new railroads, buildings and equipment throughout
the area. In the rail yards, you'll see railcars to service
the old meatpacking plants, warehouses, factories, gravel
and milling operations, as well as high-tech inter-modal,
auto loading, chemical companies, and barge facilities.
Operators can store hundreds of cars and stage 14 trains
each 16 feet long.
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See sixty-six photos
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Dave Lyon, The Downe & Audt Line
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The freelance HO layout is set in the 1950-1960 era
and represents a small branchline that struggles to
service the local timber trade (mostly defunct) and an
abandoned bat guano mining operation. A small farm trade
and passenger service to nearby Downe Town completes the
revenue picture for this small line. With trackage
winding through the mountainous plains area of somewhere
in mid-America, the D&AL features steam and early
diesel motive power acquired somewhat late in life from
various better known lines. Digitrax DCC.
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This mixed era, freelance, NTRAK modular 17’x28’
layout features walkaround radio control, staging yards
running into the center of the layout, and a mountain
branchline. The 24 members are especially proud of their
coal mine, grain elevators and cities on this N version
of the Boulder, Denver & Northwestern, which was
called the "Switzerland" line.
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The 11’x22’ HO railroad is a modified version of
the Atlas "Pan Handle" over and under design
with additional track and siding. The four track
classification yard and small locomotive service
facility is connected to the mainline with two wyes.
Three cabs operate steam and diesel motive power of
different railroad, past and present.
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These two modular layouts are housed in trailers
owned by the group and set up for charitable organizations and train shows.
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Metro East Model Railroad Club, Litchfield & Madison
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This 18’x27’ layout of the Litchfield &
Madison is built in a fire station in Glen Carbon, IL.
The 900 total feet of trackage depicts scenes from
historic Glen Carbon between 1920 and 1945 and features
its three main railroads: Illinois Central, Nickel
Plate, and Litchfield & Madison. The layout includes
Peter’s Station grain elevator, the brick works, three
coal mines, IC and NKP stations, and many other local
landmarks and industries. 91 Tortise powered turnouts
and six cabs.
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Randolph Meyer, MMR, Canyon & Rocky Mountain Railroad
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A 54’x26’ Sn3 John Armstrong custom designed
layout using coved background corners and ceiling set in the high mountains of
Colorado. The scenery extends from near the floor to the ceiling, with extensive
scenic backdrop paintings by Greg Gray. The backdrop and scenery are designed to
highlight the extensive collection of highly detailed PBL narrow gauge (Soundtraxx
equipped) engines. The line climbs from a 52" dual gauge yard at Salida to a
67" switchback mining area in the Red Mountains. Two branchlines provide
additional lumber and mining traffic for the mainline narrow gauge D&RGW.
Control is with Digitrax DCC. Randy is famous for his plaster scenery clinics (where he
covers the room in plastic first).
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The Colorful Scenery of the C&RM Railroad
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This layout depicts individual scenes in Illinois and
Missouri you would find along "Route 66"
during the fifties. A unique aspect of this
transportable 35’x9.5’ layout is the uniformly
flowing scenery between "modules" providing
tight integration of the scenes. The layout features a
"sunlight" quality directional lighting
system, handlaid code 70 track, scale wheelsets, and
prototype-sized turnouts including number 20 crossovers.
The scenery features a number of novel techniques and
materials to create extremely realistic and photogenic
effects. Ten modelers, including nationally known Ken
Patterson and Mike Buddy, have combined their talents to
make this a truly captivating layout. Featured in Great
Model Railroads 2001, all the national modeling magazines,
Walthers catalogs, and numerous model railroad product ads.
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Ralph Miller, Midwest & Northern Rail System
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The MW&N leases engines and rolling stock,
operates yards, and does repair work on railroad
equipment. It operates throughout Illinois, Wisconsin
and Minnesota. The main operating theme is the mining of
iron ore - from pit to steel mill. The layout is in a 15’x20’
room and built on two levels. The "L" shaped
upper deck features a large yard and adjacent big city.
The lower "G" shaped deck supports mining and
other industries. A hidden inner railroad climbs the
wall, connecting the two levels. A five track hidden
staging yard is located beneath the lower deck. The
railroad has 540 feet of track and 63 turnouts. It uses
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Don Morice, Illinois Central St. Louis Division
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Don Morice has built a detailed recreation
of the Illinois Central Railroad St. Louis Division in Southern Illinois,
Carbondale to DuQuoin, of the 1955-1960 (steam to diesel) era. This HO scale
model railroad is a walk-in design with access gate and 59-foot double track
main loop with a 56-foot branch line. Scenery is 100% complete and the
railroad features a Masonite backdrop with building flats, DC cab control
using MRC remote walk around throttles, and train order/switch list operations
for a crew of five. 90% of the steam locos have sound and are modified to IC style.
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Glenn Mueller, Mississippi Valley Traction Co.
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This O scale interurban layout consists of a 9’x18’
section of "city" and 12’x15’ section of
"suburban" landscape. All power is delivered
through the overhead trolley which Glenn swears works
flawlessly when only he is observing. The roster
contains five passenger interurbans (including a Pacific
Electric 1300 series combine and an Indiana RR
lightweight), a North Shore locomotive, Pacific Electric
and Indiana RR freight motors and a motorized Corgi St.
Louis PCC streetcar. An Illinois Terminal Alton center
door car has been recently added. Most of the buildings
in the "city" are scratchbuilt copies of
actual 19th century buildings in St. Louis.
Drawings were scaled from photos and the models built of
5/16" cast hydrocal walls.
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This 1960s northeastern HO railroad, in a 16’x22’
room with hidden staging in an adjoining room, has over
200 feet of track and conventional two-cab control. See
mountains, wood and steel trestles, and a kitbashed
bridge.
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Big steam rules this beautiful PRR & NYC
interchange point O scale 16’x32’ railroad in a
dedicated room above a two-car garage. A large yard with
city scene is the setting for the 22 engines (some with
PFM sound) and over 200 freight cars which operate on
this layout. Bob also has a very large tinplate
collection that will also be on display.
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