Trains for Kids

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Please note that the Trains for Kids layout will be close for renovation from January 1st, 2019.  The main layout will still be available to visit on Saturdays.

Welcome

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Welcome to the North County Model Railroad Society website.  

The North County Model Railroad Society is located at:

230 Peyri Dr, Oceanside, CA 92058  Click here for a map. We are open on Saturdays from 10 am until 3 pm. The club welcomes your visit which is free but we do welcome donations.

We have a separate room with a layout for young people to run trains with space for up to four at once.

You may contact us by emailing info@ncmrs.org

We hope to see you there in the future and we now have the whole layout working.

Please look at the pictures below to see some of the interesting activities that are going on.

Membership

We have about 40 enthusiastic members with many different skills. If you are considering building your own layout being a member is a good way all the skills required. Membership costs $25 a month.

NCMRS Track plan

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The layout is controlled using either IOS or Android cell phones and our Wifi via JMRI. To operate on the layout one needs to have either WiThrottle on an IOS devise ( iPhone or iPad ) or Enginedriver on an Androide devise. Please email info@ncmrs.org for more information.

Swap meet update

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Mark your calendar for this important NCMRS Event

 

  1. The Event & Date
  2. Train Show
  3. Clinics
  4. Celebrity Modelers
  5. Raffle
  6. Refreshments
  7. The Cost
  8. Location
  9. Vendor Information

 

  1. The Event & Date

NCMRS will conduct a Fall Train Show and Swap Meet on Saturday, October 12, 2019, from 8 A.M. to 12 noon. A wide assortment of new and used model railroad items will be on sale including locomotives, rolling stock, track, structures, and accessories; as well as railroadiana and railroad-related publications.

 

  1. Train Show

NCMRS’s big 1950s-era HO scale layout will be in operation, including a large expansion area that is operational as work on scenery and structures continues. The entire layout is operated by a state-of-the-art system in which operators control their trains using smartphones. Progress around the layout is guided by a sophisticated signal system and a series of local tablets that display track conditions and occupancy.

 

A special demonstration layout featuring LRV equipment and trolley cars operating from overhead wire will also be in operation.

 

  1. Clinics

Arnie’s Trains of Westminster will present a special clinic covering all aspects of DCC.

 

  1. Celebrity Modelers

Five exceptional modelers will be displaying examples of their craftsmanship in our fall lineup of Celebrity Modelers. They include:

 

John Burrow, a modeler of British prototypes will show several of his handcrafted brass locomotives built to UK 0 scale standard (1:43.5 or 7mm to the foot).

Glen Furtado, an associate of the Miniature Engineering Craftsmanship Museum will showcase several items. The collection at the Carlsbad museum is considered second only to the Smithsonian.

Steve Harris, a world-class modeler and member of the Narrow Gauge Hall of Fame, has published more than 35 articles in Narrow Gauge & Short Line Gazette and Model Railroader magazines describing the construction of his HOn3 Rio Grande Southern Railroad. Several of Steve’s scratchbuilt structures will be on display.

             George Huckaby, past president of the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, and nationally recognized traction expert will present an operating HO scale LRV and traction layout operating from an overhead wire at the NCMRS Train Show.

Paul Lubliner, is a professional model maker best known in the model railroad community as the creator of the Highliner EMD F unit diesel locomotives. Athearn thought so highly of the model they purchased Paul’s F-unit tooling and used it to launch the firm’s Genesis premium line of HO models. In addition to railroad items, Paul will show samples of models he has built for movie and TV studios.

  1. Raffle

A wide range of exciting door prizes will be raffled off throughout the meet.

 

  1. Refreshments

Hot dogs, soda, coffee, and ice drinks will be available for purchase, or you can bring your own refreshments and lunch. Picnic tables are available in peaceful Heritage Park.

 

  1. The Cost

All events including entrance, clinics, and parking are free.

 

  1. Location

Heritage Park is located at 220 Peyri Drive, Oceanside, CA 92058. From I-5 or I-15 take Highway 76 to Douglas, then north to the second signal to El Camino Real. Go east (right) on El Camino Real to the curve where it becomes Peyri Drive. Watch for the Special Event parking sign at the wood gate on your right. A map to Heritage Park is posted on www.ncmrs.org .

 

  1. Vendor Information

Sellers Fee: Six-foot sales tables are $10.00 each.

Table sites (bring your own table) are $5.00 each.

Vendor setup begins at 7 A.M. Sales will be conducted from 8 A.M. to 11 A. M.

To reserve a table or a site contact Eddie Perez at swapinfo@ncmrs.org.

 

We look forward to seeing you at Oceanside’s Heritage Park on October 12, 2019.

Harold Helland’s Home Layout

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Harold’s Model Railroad

 

Harold’s home model railroad is a “freelance” Union Pacific transition era model with appropriate engines, buildings and automobiles for the time period.  The track plan is a 13ft by 14ft dog bone type plan with towns in each of the loops.  The track plan has two passing tracks, an alternate main route, a passenger station passing track and two industrial switching tracks.  The main line curves are 30 inch radius and I used Peco flex track and turnouts.

 

The “main town” includes several businesses and industries.  Industries include Abbott, Fred’s Displays and Exhibits, Sunrise Milling and Feed, Richmond Barrel Manufacturing, Ruddick Tools, Hamm’s Beer, Libertyville Freight and Transfer, Steve’s Building Supply, Bill’s Sheet Metal Shop, Bruckner Woodworking, and Mooney Plumbing.  The other end of the model railroad also has a small town and two major facilities.  The Shell Oil Refinery and the Union Pacific Steam Engine Facility are the two largest facilities on the model railroad.  The steam engine facility includes an automated turntable that feeds the three stall roundhouse, four additional tracks and a pair of incoming and outgoing lead tracks. The facility also includes a water tank, coal tower, sand drying and loading and a machine shop.