Updated 02-05-10
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April Train Show
New Railroad
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OUR NEXT SHOW
What:
Suncoast MRRC
Train Show
and Club Open House
When:
Saturday and
Sunday
April 24~ 25, 2010
10:00 A-M-to-4:00 P-M
Where:
Minnreg Hall
6340 126th Ave.
Largo, FL 33773
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HO Layout Projects and Progress
N-Scale Layout Projects & Progress
New projects are cropping up everywhere on both the N-Scale and HO Gauge layouts. This seems to be a period of exciting growth, development and rebuilding that is tapping the talent of veteran and new members alike.
If you're looking for a project, get with your layout superintendent, and get approval for your ideas and concepts, then get to work!
Jon Addison, HO Layout Superintendent
Home: (727) 541-5580Bill Knapp, N Superintendent
Home: (813) 839-1149
We'll try to stay current in this section with the progress and include pictures whenever we can.
HO Layout Projects and Progress
Update: 11-21-06
Dick Dorsey and Jon Addison have worked hard on refreshing and upgrading the layout's scenery. Several new scenes were added in 2006.
The Alcoa Division is now operational due to the great efforts led by Irv Batten, Warren Jamison and Fred Guillermety.
The new left-hand crossover leading into the west end of Kaiser Yard is now operational. A new DPDT switch was added to the yard's control panel to operate it.
Installation of the Gulf and Northern's new signalling system has resumed as Tim Maslin improves the electronics and installs new signals and signal bridges.
Dan “the bridge man” Lewis completed our new trestle deck girder bridges in the White Water sub-division. These new structures replace an earlier effort by Dan that pre-dated the elimination of Big Bend Yard and it’s duck-under, and which no longer measured up to Dan’s standards. Dan is also working on the car ferry and float which will service the new ferry port adjacent to Alcoa Yard.
N-Scale Layout Projects and Progress
Update: 11-21-06
Operation of the layout has improved tremendously with the repair of most of the electrical problems that plagued the layout. In addition, older non-operating areas of trackwork are currently being upgraded to operation status. many older turnouts will be replaced with Micro-Engineering units.
A new turnout is to be installed on the mainline at Colfax to connect with the drill tracks at Alton Yard to allow for direct entry to the yard from the mainline.
DCC is now the primary choice for operation on the Suncoast Lines. DC operation will remain an operating option (photos coming soon).
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