Greater St. Louis Area
Model Railroad Layouts (S-W)
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Richard and Suzi Schumacher
St. Louis Southern
 The SLS connects St. Louis
through Memphis and Mississippi into the bayou country
of Louisiana to the heavy industrial port of New Orleans
(on the lower deck). Another division of the "Delta
Route" (on the upper deck) branches in southern
Missouri to the southwest to reach Little Rock,
Texarkana and the Texas "chemical belt."
Trains from connecting roads (MP, RI, Santa Fe, Cotton Belt,
IC, GM&O) use these lines to carry traffic and
relieve their congested rails.
When completed, the HO
St. Louis to New Orleans route will be almost 4
scale miles in the 34x42 railroad room. The 35x26
double-deck "first phase" area is in
construction with over 650' of Code 83 track already
installed. North Coast Engineering DCC is used for
control, and the layout features steam and diesel
engines with Soundtraxx and BLI sound.
Major on-line industries include docks and
warehouses, sugar and flour mills, grain elevators, oil
refinery, cypress lumber mill, paper mills, team tracks,
packing plant, coal mine, bean processing plant, cement
plant, seasonal cannery, brewery, and a steel mill
complex.
Pete Smith
Loon Lake Railway & Navigation Co.
Experience logging, mining and waterfront operations
in Sn3 on this 28x20 layout. DC cabs with
Soundtraxx controls Shays and Heislers crawling on code
55 and 70 rail on the loop-to-loop 125 foot mainline.
Mark Soughers
This 20x18 N scale layout depicts the era
following WWII (1945-1950s) with steam and early diesels
running on two mainlines. Digitrax DCC.
Dave Stortzum
Burlington Route
CB&Q of the mid-1950s. A single track loop
configured to look like a double track mainline. See
November 2000 Rail Model Journal. Hilly and rocky
terrain, 22 tunnels, over 4,400 handmade deciduous
trees, lots of mainline run. N 38x16. See
http://mvns.railfan.net/stortzumindex.htm.
Mike Swederska
This 30x15 dual gauge S/Sn3 railroad is
designed for operational fun. The "U" shape
has a narrower "leg" against a wall with the
other 10x8 "leg" accessible from both
sides. All track is hand laid on spline roadbed cut from
popular and notched Homosote.
Don Take
Midwest of the 1960s and 1970s provides the setting
for these twenty-seven (27) N scale modules designed to
move. Undulating hills with reverse loops to allow
continuous run. Dont miss the G shelf layout in the
same room (with a 6 bridge).
Don Taschner
  1950s transition period HO/HOn3 8x22
layout featuring great award-winning scratchbuilt and
kit based structures, wonderful running equipment, and
dual gauge trackage. 130 double track standard gauge
mainline for steam and diesel operations with an eight
track main yard. Benchwork is 1"x4"s with a
2" foam base. Aristocraft and PFM Sound control. Photo by Don Taschner.
Town photo by Gary
Hoover.
Jack Templeton
Buffalo, Pittsburgh & St. Louis
  See HO,
N, Z and G all in one stop! The HO layout includes an
amusement park with its own N scale park train, a cable
car, an inclined railroad, two trolley lines and an
underground coal mine. The outdoor G layout has a long
trestle with over 500 feet of track. The 2x4 Z
scale layout features an over and under trestle. Photos
by Jack Templeton. Night
Scene. Cityscape.
Ken Thompson
Baker Creek & Sun Valley
Beautiful SP equipment operates on this compact but
highly detailed 10x13 HO layout set in the high
desert. The double track mainline may be viewed from
outside the loop or in the center via a duckunder. 1950
or 1980 era changes by changing rolling stock. Perfect
ballast. A G layout is mounted on the upper wall of Kens
family room.
Ty Treutelaar
Aina Nani Railway
ANG (eye-nah non-ee, "beautiful land")
carries agricultural traffic from sugar mills to docks
on the 35x50 G freelance layout of Hawaiian
railroading during the 1930s. See tidal pools,
mountains, flumes, trestles and cliffs. The mainline is
187 feet with an additional 225 feet of sidings and
yards. Design considerations included broad aisles, no
duck unders, no doorway problems, hidden structural
support, room to socialize, and benchwork that would
blend and become part of the furnishings (a mixture of
pine and red oak). Backdrops are enlarged historical
pictures of Hawaii. This layout was featured in the May
2001 issue of the NMRA Bulletin.
 Wabash, Frisco & Pacific
Railroad
This live steam 12" gauge railroad features a
two (actual) mile round trip along the scenic Meramec
river, partly on the old MoPac right of way, with a wye
on one end and a roundhouse on the other. An additional
turntable is located on a siding near the middle of the
route and passenger station. The 50 members operate
numerous steam, and some diesel, engines on this
naturally scenic layout. See
http://www.wfprr.com/.
Ulrich Wagner
Gottardt-Simplon-Bahn
This Swiss Alps European layout with steam, diesel
and traction allows you to travel the countryside and
into the Swiss Alps. The modern Swiss era (1960-1990) is
faithfully reproduced in detail including city and
country living, tunnels and high stone bridges. Like
Switzerland itself, 99% of the layout has overhead
catenary with all electric locomotives running with the
pantographs up. HO 24x18, complete scenery.
Dr. Harvey and Betty Walker
B&H RR
HO freelance 1950-1960 era 15x12 layout with
complete scenery focuses on the Southwest United States.
The main layout is on a 6x11 table with an urban
scene and yard. The three mainlines on the table access
an oval helix to reach a 66" high shelf that
leads to a sceniced around the ceiling layout on the
perimeter of the 42x27 railroad room.
Radio-controlled power packs, two reverse loops,
industrial and residential areas, lake, extensive
landscaping, and four painted wall murals.
Bill Wehmeier
Katy, KCS and Wabash
The Kansas City area in the late 60s is
represented on this 29x17 layout. Red MKT diesels
dominate, but there is also a good representation of KCS
and Wabash with a little RI also present. A very large
city is modeled which contains a scale 450 steel
viaduct. There is also a huge grain elevator and
industrial area with in the street running. All motive
power is custom painted and detailed. Layout featured in
the July 2000 issue of the NMRA Bulletin.
John Welther
Pheasant Run Railway Co.
See a 30 trestle and 1930s Missouri mining
structures in the wilds of Johns backyard. Prototypes
on which this layout is based include the Manns Creek RR
in West Virginia and the Dolly Varden mine. Beautiful
custom locomotives and rolling stock complete this fine
G 1:20 scale 20x30 layout.
Ted Williams
Wabash Tenth District
The Wabash Tenth District of the Decatur Subdivision
from Bluff, Illinois to Hannibal, Missouri modeled in
HO. The layout reflects the Wabash just prior to the
N&W merger in the fall of 1964. You will see the
lift bridge at Valley City, IL and the swing bridge at
Hannibal. Every effort has been made to recreate the
prototype including a scratch built model of the unique
Wabash coaling tower, custom made searchlight and
three-color signals, plus all railroad structures are
painted in prototype colors. First generation diesels
and a Wabash business train travel through the highly
detailed scenes along a right of way which even includes
Wabash whistle and mile posts. Featured in the December
2000 issue of Model Railroader.
Carl Winkler
This layout utilizes seven cabs to run a major
freight and passenger yard, seventeen track engine
facility, and hundreds of feet of mainline trackage.
Beautiful western scenery and a large city complete the
railroad. Things to look for during your visit include
many locomotives and hundreds of weathered freight cars
of various prototypes including CP, MP, NP, GN & UP.
Layout featured in the June 2000 issue of the NMRA
Bulletin.
 John Winter
JDS&E / Pennsylvania Railroad
 This extremely detailed 14x13
"U" shaped layout depicts a bridge route for
the Pennsylvania RR between Johnstown and Collinsville,
PA. The B&O also has trackage rights over the
railroad. Small, highly detailed scenes featuring
scratch built structures are the hallmark of this
outstanding layout. Featured as a cover article in Model
Railroader. Photos by John Winter. Coal Mine. Station Scene.
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