Greater St. Louis Area
Model Railroad Layouts (P-S)
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Mike Peters
Wyoming RailLink
1990s modern railroading on the BNSF Casper
subdivision is modeled as if it was sold to a new
railroad, the Wyoming RailLink. This "L"
shaped 33’x54’ HO railroad is designed for
operations using a dispatcher with a working CTC panel
and signals. Walkaround RailCommand throttles control
the 24 to 30 trains that run in a typical operating
session. The line is single track with passing sidings,
and includes BNSF and UP run-through trains.
Quincy Society of Model
Engineers (QSME)
Chesapeake & Lake Erie
 The theme of the CL&E is
a 1958-era single-track bridge route in North Central
Pennsylvania featuring a mixture of diesel and steam
traffic. Seven scale miles of hand laid track, heavy
freight traffic, the large yard at Keating, narrow-gauge
coke operations, and more await the visitor in the 16’x70’
train room. The layout, and the Quincy Society of Model
Engineers, were featured as the cover story in the April
1989 issue of Model Railroader. The QSME has
approximately 40 members who have regular operating
sessions on this completely sceniced railroad, using a
combination of DCC and radio-analog control with
computer generated switch lists. Photo by Richard Schumacher.
Dave Reed
Southern Pacific – Donner Pass
SP Sacramento Division fills an "L" shaped
room 11’x13’x17’. The layout, when complete, will
have three levels with east and west bound staging and
continuous running. The layout models Donner Pass
1979-1988. See helpers work their way through Colfax to
Norden/Tunnel #41 (the big hole). The route covers
Colfax, Long Ravine, Cape Horn, Gold Run, Emigrant Gap,
Yuba Pass, Butte Canon bridge/Shed #10, Soda Springs,
and Norden (and tunnels 41, 33, 34, 35, & 36 along
the way).
Curt Regensberger
The Streator Connection
The Streator Connection models the connecting point
of the Santa Fe and Conrail railroads at Streator,
Illinois. This 30’x32’ HO scale layout has 32"
minimum radius curves, a maximum 1.3% grade, and is a
loop-to-loop design with two independent mainlines. The
layout features a large freight yard, an engine
terminal, a 3-track intermodal facility, a steel mill,
and passenger facilities. Personal web site: www.peaknet.net/~mrtrain
Don Reineri
Chesterfield & Eldon
The late 50’s are represented on this fine 31’x25’
Lionel layout featuring multiple trains operating on
interconnected main lines. The layout is designed in
five sections and displays a large collection of Lionel
equipment and accessories including a turntable, logging
and coal operations, an airport, towns and various
industries. Scenery includes a freight yard, kitbashed
and scratchbuilt buildings and structures, in addition
to the automated Lionel accessories. Trains are operated
by Command Control and include sound.
Dave Roeder
Webster Groves & Fenton
  This HO scale industrial
bridge line, set in St. Louis County, Missouri of the
1980s, receives traffic from the Burlington Northern.
See highly detailed scenes at the many industries served
by the railroad – a cement plant, two grain elevators,
a power plant, salvage yard, lumber yard, an oil loading
dock, and another ten industrial sites.  The layout is 99% complete
with abundant details in every scene. There are more
than 400 vehicles on the roads and in the parking lots.
The five track lower staging yard is over 40 feet long,
and connects to a 117 foot single track mainline with a
10 track main yard. Fans of the modern era will enjoy
the many pieces of weathered rolling stock and detailed
flat car loads, some of which were featured in the
November 1999 issue of the NMRA Bulletin. Photos
by Richard Schumacher. Yards.
Industrial area. Street Repair.
Saint Charles Model
Railroad Club
The 60’x80’ layout depicts a line running from
St. Louis to KC during the 1940-50s. Two extensive
yards produce lots of traffic. Main features to look for
include the extremely large over and under figure eight
configuration and the steam engine facility. This
railroad is anticipated to be on display at the National
Train Show.
St. Louis HO Gaugers
Missouri Central Lines
A tradition in the St. Louis model railroading
community, the St. Louis HO Gaugers were founded in
1951 and are celebrating their 50th anniversary this
year. The Missouri Central Lines is a 20’x48’ layout
with two yards (12-track freight yard and 40-car
passenger yard) and 370 feet of mainline. Located in its
own building, the layout features scratchbuilt buildings
and bridges, hand laid track, realistic scenery, working
signals, a large engine facility, and thirty feet of
river and limestone cliffs patterned after Missouri's
river bluffs. Equipment prior to 1930 is operated the
first four months of the year. The second third of a
year portrays the 1940-1960 with steam and first
generation diesels. The operations year closes with
modern equipment. Website at www.cts.wustl.edu/~allen/slhog.htm
St. Louis Lionel Club
Description.
Cliff Saxton
Cochran Valley Scenic Railway
The centerpiece "White Sulphur Springs
Division" is a 20’x18’ American Flyer S-gauge
layout filled with memories from the 1950s & 1960s
(including a three-screen drive-in theater) and
featuring original AF accessories and buildings, as well
as lots of rolling stock. Four trains operate along a
double-track mainline which, at one point, parallels a
Plasticville main street and a residential area served
by a working trolleybus line, then a mountain loop and
on through an agricultural valley. Other divisions
(companion layouts) feature smaller N-scale and
two-level Lionel operations. A Schucco Disneyland
monorail encircles the fully animated 30-ride
"Laura Highlands" HO-scale amusement park,
with its Z-gauge kiddie train.
Lawrence Sayre
St. Louis & Rolla RR / Sunshine Railroad
A visit to this layout will afford the visitor a
chance to see TT scale in action! Not just TT, but also
TTn31/2 on this "F" shaped layout. The narrow
gauge Sunshine RR is a steam and diesel operation that
accesses a transportation museum and a time treatment
plant with its dual gauge load track. This line also
passes in from of a 15’ mountain (a scale 312’ high
and 1,800’ long!). The SSRR consists of 165’ of
trackage including a yard with dual gauge track
conversion operation. The SL&RR is a standard gauge
line with passenger terminal and freight yard in 65’
of track. The layout includes a zoned sound system - the
factory hums, a house is under construction, birds chirp
on the mountainside, and more.
Ron Schlueter
San Jose Southern
The SJS is based on the Denver & Rio Grande
Western standard gauge line from Miniturn, Colorado, to
Tennessee Pass set in the 1950s. Heavy manifest
freights, passenger service, a local, helper locomotives
with 3% grades, and the Rocky Mountains provide the
setting. Twenty-two miles of railroad torture.
Walkaround design with lower staging level, the layout
features 140’ of seamless aluminum backdrop of
prototype scenes painted by Greg Gray. Digitraxx DCC, HO
13’x44’, 145’ mainline, code 83, 70 and 50 rail.
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