The model railroad club operates as a Standing Committee of the Tate Depot Train Society, a 501c(3) tax-exempt organization. The Society is organized to further the understanding that railroads played in the development of the marble industry in Pickens County Georgia and to provide education and guidance in the historical preservation of the Tate Depot.
We feature both a large HO scale layout and a purpose built N scale. In addition we have a historically accurate station masters office complete with telegraph.
We are open to the public every third Saturday of the month, from 10:00AM until 2:00PM. We host special events and have meeting space with tables and chairs.
Scale / Gauge
HO
Size of Layout
20 x 30
Prototype
freelance
Location Modeled
Vinings GA northbound to Blue Ridge
Era
1960's
Style of Track Plan
Folded Dog Bone
Length of Main Line
257'
Benchwork
Wood frame deck
Roadbed Material
Cork
Track Manufacturer
Peco
Turnouts
Peco
Scenery Techniques
Plaster cloth on foam
% Scenery Complete
100 %
Backdrop
Local photography stitchup printed on wallpaper canvas
Control System
DCC - Digitrax
Car Forwarding System
Other
Train Authority / Dispatching
Track Warrants
Operating Group
Tate Depot Mode Railroaders & Tate Depot Train Society
Direction Comment
4940 Hwy 53, Tate, GA 30177 Located within the Tate GA railroad depot, Tate GA.
