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Local Clubs, Parks & Layouts
Note: Clubs, Layouts and Parks may be anywhere within the Oregon & SW Washington area.
To add your club, park or layout to this list, please e-mail jeff@2dpnr.org
Aloha Western Oregon Lines Model Railroad Club
Scale: HO
Control: DCC
Layout: Modular
Meeting: Saturdays at 10:00AM until 12:00 pm
Alternating Fridays: See Website for schedule Contact: Mitch Zeller, (503) 642-3979
12755 S.W. Beaverdam Rd, Beaverton, OR
Website: http://www.aloharail.org/
Beaverton Modular Railroad Club
Scale: HO, HOn3, HOn30 and Traction.
Control: Both Analog and NCE DCC
Layout: Permanent and Modular
Location: Alpenrose Dairy’s Dairyville
6149 SW Shattuck Road
Portland, OR 97221
Meeting: Wed. & Fridays 7PM to 9PM
Summer Open House: Sundays, June-Sept, 1pm to 4pm
Contact: Ned Loos, (503) 644-0926
PO Box 1502
Beaverton, OR 97075-1502
Website: www.Beavertonmodular.com
Catlin Gabel Model Railroad Club
Scale: HO (N scale is being planned)
Control: DCC
Layout: Permanent
Meeting: Tuesdays and Thursday 5PM-7PM
Contact: Ed Sallia, (503) 203-5112
Catlin Gabel School
8805 SW Barnes Rd
Portland, OR 97225
Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club
*Please read this information about Club Membership*
Scale: HO
Control: DC and Partially DCC
Layout: Permanent
Meeting: Tuesdays 7PM-9PM
Contact: (503)-28-TRAIN (503-288-7246)
2505 N. Vancouver Avenue
Portland, OR 97227-1949
Website: www.cgmrc.com
Klickitat & Western Railroad Club
Scale: HO
Control: DCC
Meeting: Friday 7:30pm
Contact: Ed Weddle (509) 773-4839
129 Nesbitt
Goldendale, WA 98620
Longview Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club
Scale: HO
Control: DC
Layout: Modular
Meeting: Tuesdays 7PM
Contact: 1St VP Alan Belanger (503) 556-3415 or
2nd VP Kerry King, (360) 274-8157
PO Box 904
Rainier, Oregon 97048
Medford Railroad Park
Scales: Live Steam (7.5"), 1:1, HO, G
Layout: Multiple
Operating days: 2nd & 4th Sundays, April - October, 11:00am to 3:00pm
Included clubs:
Southern Oregon Live Steamers (7.5 inch gauge) - 9,900 feet of track, open for public rides on operating days. 3 tunnels, 4 bridges/trestles, mile long ride (9-10 minutes). Also available for birthday parties, school groups, church picnics and more.
Southern Oregon Chapter, NRHS (1:1) On display: 4 cabooses, wooden SP flanger, 1899-built hopper car, 50 ft. SP Flatcar and other items, including a restored SP Section Tool House. Currently restoring Medco No. 4, a Willamette Geared Logging Locomotive (an improvement on the Shay type) built in 1925. More equipment, including Medco #8, a Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton S-8 switcher, is stored off-site. The chapter also provides handcar and motorcar rides on 600 ft of track, to be expanded to 1200 feet soon.
Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club (HO) Located inside a large, air conditioned building, the RVMRC is building a club-sized layout named the Pacific & Eastern. The original prototype was located between Medford & Butte Falls until the early 1920s - the layout will replicate this plus a planned extension to Klamath Falls, OR.
Southwest Oregon Large Scale Trains (G-gauge) A garden railway club, they are currently building a new railroad 10 times the size of their current outdoor railroad. The new railroad will incorporate waterfalls and bridges in it's design.
Morse Telegraph Club Dedicated to keeping the tradition of Railroad Morse Code (not International Morse Code) alive, visitors can have them send telegrams between three stations (expanding to five) for no charge.
Location: 799 Berrydale Ave, Medford, OR. 97501 (click for map)
(I-5 exit 30, Hwy 62 to Table Top Road, right to Berrydale Ave.
Contact: Tony Johnson, 541-944-9176
Mt. Hood Model Engineers
Scale: HO
Control: Part Analog and part DCC
Layout: Permanent
Meeting: Tuesdays 7PM-9:30PM
Contact: Don Mills, (877) 378-6563 (Voice Mail)
5500 SE Belmont St
Portland, OR 97215
MHMENG@aol.com
Northwest 'G' Railroad Club
Scale: G Scale
Contact: c/o Brian Rice, President
2898 Livingston Street NE
Salem, Or 97303
bruploco@comcast.net ; 503-365-9516
Pacific Northwest Live Steamers
Scale: 7 ½" Gauge
Control: Steam
Layout: Permanent (More than ½ mile of track)
Meeting: Third Saturday of the Month
Contact: (503) 829-6866
31803 S. Shady Dell Dr
Molalla, OR 97038
Website: www.pnls.org
Polk Station Rail Model Railroad Club
Scale: HO (standard gauge)
Control: Digitrax DCC
Layout: Permanent and expanding
Location: 280 Main St (99W) Rickreall, OR (Rickreall Grange upstairs)
Meeting: Thursdays 7PM Run night: 3rd Thursday of month
Contact: Tom Pryor, 503-606-0398
or Fred Dalzell, 503-763-0210
Website: http://www.trainweb.org/psr/index.html
Portland Area N-Trak
Scale: N and N Traction
Control: Analog (converting a portion to Digitrax DCC)
Layout: Permanent and Modular (NTrak Standard)
Location: Alpenrose Dairy
Meeting: Tuesdays – 7PM until 9PM
Summer Open House: Every Sunday from June through September, 1 to 4 PM
Holiday Open House: First Three Sundays of December, 1 to 5 PM
Contact: Brian Hester / Treasurer, (503) 756-3213
PO Box 6327
Portland, OR 97228-6327
Website: www.pdxareantrak.org
A 100% NMRA Club
Portland Chapter, Train Collectors Association (TCA), Model Train Clubhouse
Scale: O/O-27 Gauge and O-Scale
Control: Lionel TMCC and MTH DCS
Layout: Permanent – Nine separate sets of tracks
Meeting: Third Sunday of the Month (unless Easter falls on that date)
Location: Basement of Aloha Mall
185th Ave. and Tualatin Valley Highway
Contact: President: Steve D’Ambrosia: 503-658-4383
Vice President: Rick Rose, 503-357-0592
Website: www.traincollector.org
Sinking Springs Railroad
Scale: 1 ½" Scale Engines
7.25" or 7.5" Gauge Track
Control: Gas Engine
Layout: Permanent
Meeting: 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month (see Website for scheduled days for riding the train)
Contact: sinkingspringsrailroad@msn.com
Website www.sinkingspringsrailroad.com
Southwest Washington Model Railroaders
Scale: HO
Control: Both Analog and DCC
Layout: Permanent and a portable one for display
Meeting: Mondays 7PM Contact: Richard Renihan, (360) 892-3410
8100 E Mill Plain Blvd
Vancouver Washington
Contact: rlrenihan@msn.com
Website: www.swwamodelrailroaders.com
Tualatin Valley Model Railroad Club
Scale: N-Trak modules
Control: DCC
Meeting: Wednesdays from 7PM to 9PM.
Contact: Jerry Green, 971-246-1178.
Website: www.tvmrc.com
Willamette Cascade Model Railroad Club
Scale: HO
Control: Analog
Layout: Permanent
Meeting: 2nd Saturday of each month 7PM
Location: 500 East 4th Avenue
Eugene, OR (Meetings)
Contact: Lee Temple
P.O. Box 41267
Eugene, OR. 97404-0327
Cell phone: 541-954-4917
Email Address: ttandt@ram-mail.com
Website: Under Construction
Willamette Model Railroad Club
*Members Wanted*
*Please read this information about WMRC* Scale: HO
Control: Will be DCC
A Permanent Layout is being constructed in the basement of the Clackamas Community Center. The layout is 30ft X 60ft and will be operationally oriented. It will depict the proposed rail line over Santiam Pass, and will feature mainline operations and mountain railroading with helper service. The Era is 1975.
Meeting: Mondays and Thursdays at 7:00 PM
Location: 15711 SE 90th Clackamas, OR 97015
Contact: Rick Andrews 503-642-3298
drdrews1@verizon.net
