A Model Railroad Club with a 75 Year History and their Layout
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- The Northern Virginia Model Railroaders has existed as an organization since 1949. Join me for a quick overview of the club's history and a tour of the club layout, the Western North Carolina Railroad, as it was meant to be seen.
Work on the Western North Carolina Railroad as we see it today began in the mid 1970s after the club lost its first permanent home, which had been a yard office in the Potomac Yards of Alexandria Virginia. The layout is located in the former Washington & Old Dominion Railroad station in Vienna, Virginia. The HO scale re-creation of the former WNC, then Southern, now Norfolk Southern line between Salisbury, North Carolina and Asheville, North Carolina has been a continuous work in progress for the club. It has been upgraded numerous times and the club members are always looking for ways to better the layout, in appearance or function.
With the club's 75th anniversary coming up this year, let's pay a visit down south to North Carolina and see the layout as it built to be. We will follow 3 trains as they traverse the mainline between Asheville and Salisbury.
For more information about the Northern Virginia Model Railroaders or to see the club's open house schedule, visit the club's website at:
www.nvmr.org
Glad the club found a suitable home. Was devastated when I heard about what happened in Alexandria.
Congratulations to the club for 75 years. That is quite the accomplishment. The club I belong to hits our 75th Anniversary next April. Thanks for sharing.
Congrats to the club for 75yrs…nice video presentation of their layout
Thanks Jimmy. Here’s to many more decades of success for the club and its members.
Congratulations on 75 years! Thank you for the layout tour.
Wow. Congratulations! This is a beautifully filmed and narrated video of an awesome layout. Especially interesting to me as a WNC native (Asheville). When I was a young teen, my dad bought us tickets to ride one of the last SRR passenger trains from Asheville to Old Fort. And I was thrilled recently to ride the loops again behind the N & W 611 from Spencer to Asheville and back. Your video and layout brought back lots of wonderful memories. I hope to drive up there and visit y'all soon.
Love the layout
Fine Southern railway layout
I was in a club that lasted 30 years but I moved to Florida and the handful of other guys just aged out
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Wait. So, this layout is somewhat modular?
The benchwork and framing below was built that way, but the trackwork, scenery, and electronics aren't.
The Southern Railway's Potomac Yard??? Incorrect, Potomac Yard was an RF&P owned facility.
Wow this is a dynamite layout
Where as the bulk of the club is nice, I do have to say. where the one station is right up against the wall it really ruin's the look and feel of the scene. you can tell it's compacted and just doesn't look natural. and the one factory with what ever the dark mass above it is. looks like what it's a town built under ground? again the dark mass above it ruins the effect and makes it stand out toyish, and fake looking despite all the work on the scenery and details.
Ok then you go build it then. If you want everything exactly realistic go build it 1 to 1 in real life.
Is your big layout better?
I used to be a member of the club. Because I don't drive and I live in Maryland, that is a long ride by metro and bus. However, I still have fond memories of the members and having had the opportunity to run some trains.
Dr. Sylvain J.R. Garceau-Bergeron
I was a member for a few years in the early '80's. I drew a track schematic for the entire railroad on a J (roll) size sheet. Worked with Bruce building decoders for the CTC-16 (pre-DCC) command control system (see Model Railroader for plans), and helped build the fast clocks. I was running trolleys in Statesville when Irv's passenger train (with full interiors) broke free, ran down the grade and pitched on the floor (yikes!). That grade is steep and long; a serious operating challenge ... just like the real one. Congrats on 75 years! I'm glad to see the trolley line still runs and all the overhead wire is in. The scenery and operation have come a long way in the last 40 years! One aspect your video misses is UNDER the railroad. It's like a jungle gym for old guys! I guess I'll have to stop in for a visit this year.
Great layout and video, I enjoyed watching that.