Mark Weiss’ Freelance South East RR

This is an N-scale Atlas Code 55 layout. It's freelance so it runs from the mountains to the farmland in the south. Most trains or NS and I wanted to make sure the passage cars had no problem with the turns.

City: Cumming
Scale/Gauge: N
Mark Weiss

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City: Norcross
Scale/Gauge: G
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Philip and Linda Stead’s D&RGW Alamosa Chama Subdivision

Alamosa Colorado to Chama New Mexico mainline modeled in On3 and P48 dual gauge during September 1949. Photos on Youtube. Search Phil Stead

City: Ball Ground
Scale/Gauge: On3
Philip Stead

While visiting our home layout tours in the Ball Ground and Talking Rock area, consider stopping in to see the two model train layouts (and much more!) on display at the Tate Depot, in Tate, GA. They will be open 10:00am-2:00pm. (It’s Free!) For more information, contact Ben Read at bensread@aol.com, or call Ben at 770-530-7565. See also the club's website below.

Tate Depot Model Railroaders

Steve Austin’s Elkhorn Iron & Timber Co RR (EL&T)

The El&TCo. is a 1947-era backwoods railroad featuring logging, sawmilling, steel manufacturing, coal mining, and many of the ancillary industries necessary to make this all work. The scenery and scratch-built structures and motive power are my specialties. The heavily wooded sawmill peninsula includes an engine servicing facility, river, log dump and sawmill. The scratch-built sawmill is 12" x 32" x 15" high. The mill complex includes the powerhouse, slash burner, conveyors, lumber stacks, water tanks, and the small village. The steel mill complex covers an area 30" deep by almost 17 feet long. The highly detailed harbor scene, including numerous boats and small freighters, at the layout entrance, covers an area 7' by 8' (see the photo section!). The layout has been featured in the Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette and the On30 Annual as well as Scale Rails and Model Railroader. My scratch-built On30 Shay won lst place at the Piedmont Division and the Southeast Region train shows in 2000; it won 2nd place at the NMRA National at San Jose with 113 points. The 336 sq ft Elkhorn expansion features a fully automated interchange with the original 560 sq ft purpose-built layout room. Both spaces feature double deck railroading. The expansion includes several waterfront scenes. The approximately 7'x3` Upatoi Creek includes a boatyard scene with a shrimp boat in for repairs and maintenance as well as an automated shuttle train serving the numerous scratch-built extensively kit-bashed enterprises along the Creek. A 6'x3' rail-served riverfront scene includes extensive docking facilities capable of handling 4-6 craft simultaneously. The expansion spotlights a highly detailed (they are all highly detailed ) 2'x4' welding shop, welding services and scrap metal salvage complex. A well-detailed 3-stall engine house with turntable and machine shop is the next planned construction project.

City: Talking Rock
Scale/Gauge: On30
Steve Austin

While visiting our home layout tours in the Ball Ground and Talking Rock area, consider stopping in to see the two model train layouts (and much more!) on display at the Tate Depot, in Tate, GA. They will be open 10:00am-2:00pm. (It’s Free!) For more information, contact Ben Read at bensread@aol.com, or call Ben at 770-530-7565. See also the club's website below.

Tate Depot Model Railroaders

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Mark Weiss’ Freelance South East RR

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Philip and Linda Stead’s D&RGW Alamosa Chama Subdivision

Steve Austin’s Elkhorn Iron & Timber Co RR (EL&T)

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