HO SCALE LAYOUT

At the Upstate Model Railroad Club we have not been able to meet or hold open houses since March 2020. However, work has progressed on our HO layout. Thanks to member and club officer Mike White, things are happening. Mike has been in almost every day and he has done a fantastic job on the layout. It has taken our members over 4 years to get the benchwork built and the main lines running. Since March, Mike has laid out yards, switching, industries and a town. Everything is pinned temporarily until we can assemble again as a club and members can give input as to a final plan, but this looks great so far and thanks to Mike, when we do open our doors again to the public, we will have an HO layout! Visit our web site at www.upstatemodelrailroaders.com for more about the club.

Sergeant at arms Mike White and Club President Ken Wheeler worked on the scenery piece for the HO layout.
They test fitted the raised area which will hide the loop in the back corner.
This will have a road going up the hill with a church, farmhouse, barn and pasture with cows.
The two main lines will pass through a double portal and the whole thing will have a flat photo or painted backdrop.

Mike Davis & Mike Burke got some road bed glued down and track re-laid so we should be able to run trains at this week’s 1/15/20 open house. Mike White and I got the wall painted a base coat, which really starts to define the layout space. I hope we can get the bench cleaned off of and set out some temporary structures for Wednesday.

We also got the HO T-trak modules and travel bins loaded into the trailer for storing and that helped clean up the HO room. We are getting more and more visitors to our monthly open houses and it will be nice to have the Ho room looking neat. Even if we have a lot yet to do, at least visitors can see it taking shape.

More photos of our progress..