AM Tours

10am - 1pm

Steven Landry’s Ticonderoga and Essex Junction Railroad

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The Ticonderoga and Essex Junction Railroad (T&EJ) straddles Lake Champlain in upstate New York and Vermont in October 1957. A former branch line of the Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M), the compact T&EJ operates as a bridge line between the Delaware and Hudson Railroad (D&H) on the western shores of the lake and northern New England railroads converging in Essex Junction to the east of the lake. Many of the cars sorted at Essex Yard, to the east of Essex Junction, display heraldry from railroads such as Bangor and Aroostook, Rutland, Maine Central, Ontario Northland, and Central Vermont. A connection with the B&M division line at Essex Junction allows rail diesel car passenger and mail services between Boston and Montreal. However, dairy trains rule the rails on this bridge line; local freights give way to milk can pick ups and creamery drop offs. A granite quarry, operating since colonial times, also provides traffic for local businesses and destinations throughout the continent.

City: Lithia Springs
Scale/Gauge: HO
Steven Landry

PM Tours

1pm - 5pm

Arnold Eaves’s Chickamauga and Durham Railroad

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The layout includes the Central of Georgia mainline represented as an ovel with the yard and station at Chickamauga. From there the branch line to the town of Durham departs to climb to the top of Lookout mountain to serve a coal tipple on an "as needed" basis. The branch was abandoned in 1951-52 and the Central mainline (NS) is served by the Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway and excursion service by the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. The old Central line is abandoned below Summerville, Ga. The yard layout at Chickamauga and Durham are based as much as possible on the actual layout of the yards.

City: Woodstock
Scale/Gauge: HO
Arnold Eaves

Daniel Slack’s The Panhandle Lines Railroad

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Around the wall layout in a large loft condo. Windows on exterior wall give a view to multiple mainline tracks for prototype action too. Currently benchwork is complete and beginning track installation. By fall 2025 aim is to have one of the double track mains running and some scenery mocked in. My route is Pittsburgh, PA to Columbus, OH. The layout will feature a circus and extensive Circus trains, a large steel mill and 2 large urban centers along with various towns along the route.

City: Atlanta
Scale/Gauge: N
Daniel Slack

The Commonwealth

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Based on the Pennsylvania's Northern Central Division, running passenger service as well as freight

City: Atlanta
Scale/Gauge: HO
John Richardson

David Bennett’s Decktown and Bigstump RR

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The RR is an imaginary branch line of the White Pass and Yukon. Trains run through a woodland setting on the side of my yard along a single track mainline with a reverse loop at each end. The track crosses three trestles and three bridges and goes through two tunnels.

City: Woodstock
Scale/Gauge: G
David Bennett

James and Sally Bando’s Grand Western Mining Company Railroad

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Cancelled

1890's mining district in Colorado. We have geared locomotives that were used in logging back then. Surrounded by plants. We usually have 2 trains running at a time outside. This outside layout was built on an old pool deck. When you visit, you will also get a chance to see 2 indoor layouts. One is g scale the other is HO. These take up most of the basement. Worth seeing!

City: Woodstock
Scale/Gauge: G
Sally Bando

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

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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

Russ Bundy’s Cedar Creek

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Cedar Creek is a small mountain community where you would go (if you were 1:32 scale) to take a weekend vacation. We have an Inn with a restaurant, or there are several cabins for rent. The main attractions are equestrian activities with guided hours tours available, fishing in the trout stream but the bears get first choice by the river, hiking, and camping.

City: Marietta
Scale/Gauge: G
Russell Bundy