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Pacific Northwest Region & Pacific Coast Region / NMRA
Siskiyou Summit 2012 Joint Convention
 May 2 - 5, 2012
Medford, Oregon

Layout Tours & Operating Sessions

Coordinator: Dave Parks

Layout Tours

This year's layout tours will be at the same time as the operating sessions, as shown below. Space limitations may require a short wait before entering the layout room to avoid congestion and hampering operations.

There will also be several "On the Way Home" layout tours Sunday, May 6, morning and afternoon. Some are in Northern California and within 2 hours of the Red Lion Hotel.

HEADING NORTH ON I-5

  • SUNDAY, MAY 6
      9:00 AM – 12:00 PM – George Booth, Grants Pass, OR
      1:00 PM –   4:00 PM – Charlie Comstock, Hillsboro, OR
      1:00 PM –   4:00 PM – Jim Barta, Hillsboro, OR
    Check at convention for additional layouts.

HEADING SOUTH ON I-5

Operating Sessions

All registrants, layout tour hosts, op session hosts and crews for the Siskiyou Summit 2012 Convention are eligible to participate in these op sessions, with the intention that many who normally do not participate in these structured operating events will take advantage of this open enrollment.

No previous experience is necessary, just a desire to run a model railroad as if it were a real transportation system. This is not a special club or special interest group (SIG) event. It is open to all convention attendees and tour participants. Beginners welcome! Give it a try!

Advance registrations required for all operating sessions

To make reservations before May 1, 2012, contact:

David Parks
(650) 961-7644
bearwestern@comcast.net

During the convention, contact:

Seth Neumann
(415) 602-1510 (Cell)
sneumann@pacbell.net

Operating Session Schedule

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Getting There

All layout tours and operating sessions are self-guided, with carpooling encouraged. All registrants, as of 4/25/12, should have received an e-mail from David Park with layout descriptions, owner contact information, address, and driving directions. This information was not published on the website for privacy reasons.

You are encouraged to bring the driving directions and addresses sent to you via e-mail, as only a limited number of handouts will be available upon check-in at the Siskiyou Summit 2012 Registration Desk.

Layout Descriptions

Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club, Medford, OR

(HO Scale)

This club layout depicts the Pacific & Eastern Railroad between Medford and Klamath Falls, Oregon. An HO rebirth of James A. Hill’s once intended connection of the SP&S into California, but updated to the 1980s. A 2400 sq foot building houses this multilevel, active, regional line layout, which emphasis prototype operations with an abundance of switching. Two yards service through freights and prepare locals. Switching jobs include several way freights, industrial switching, and interline transfer jobs. Operational and job descriptions on the web site rvmrc.net. Digitrax DCC.

Located in Medford Railroad Park.

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Jim Barta, Hillsboro, OR

(HO Scale)

Iron Mountain Steel Mill is an HO layout with Digitrax DCC. It is a two foot by 65 foot operation with 200 feet of track. The mill has bulk storage, coke oven, blast furnace, electric furnace, stripper yard, rolling mill and staging yards on either end. The time is September, 1957. For those needing a geographic location, it is near Geneva Steel in Orem, Utah. Layout is in the garage and fully accessible

Located in Hillsboro, OR, about 5 hours north of the Red Lion Hotel, 30 minutes from Charlie Comstock.

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Griff Bloodhart, Mt. Shasta, CA

(HO Scale)

Midwestern freelance layout with both rural and urban scenery depicting farms, mountains and towns. Very complete and interesting scenery. Many unusual details with situational surprises for the discerning tourist – DCC

Located in Mt. Shasta, CA, about 1 hour 35 minutes from the Red Lion Hotel, about 15 minutes from David Scott, both off Old Stage Coach Rd.

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George Booth, Grants Pass, OR

(HO Scale)

The Great Western Railway is a northern Colorado short line that was incorporated in1901 to service sugar factories in the area and still exists today. This 24’x32’, double-decked layout, representing the railroad in the 1950-1970 era, with a track plan accurately reflecting the features of the prototype. Tab-on-car routing system. Operations are designed around yard work and local switching with a minimum of paperwork and communications. Four simultaneous switching crews. NCE DCC control system. Website: http://users.frii.com/gbooth/Trains/GreatWestern/index.htm (URL is case sensitive)

Located in Grants Pass, OR, about 45 minutes north of the Red Lion Hotel.

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Charlie Comstock, Hillsboro, OR

(HO Scale)

The Bear Creek & South Jackson early '50s in the Oregon Cascades. Proto-lanced The prototype is the Espee Natron Cutoff area (Salem to Klamath) with liberties. 1100 sq ft purpose built train room. Benchwork 50% complete, including a two-lap double-track helix to the main staging area, with the center peninsula (supported by engineered floor joists) under construction. Two of the eventual five scale miles of mainline are laid and the layout has been running op sessions since 2005. Scenery is 10% finished. This layout is regularly featured in Charlie's "Up the Creek" column in Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine (mrhmag.com). Trains are currently static due to construction.

Located in Hillsboro, OR, about 5 hours north of the Red Lion Hotel, 30 minutes from Jim Barta.

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Ron Harten, Jacksonville, OR

(HO Scale)

The Spruce and Allegheny Railroad, centered in Elk County (northwestern) Pennsylvania, interchanges with the PRR (P&E) at Ridgway, during the 1915-1920 time period. Operations focus on the flow of raw materials from sites along the S&A to the manufacturing centers in the east and Midwest via the PRR. Industries are based on actual industries in the region, including a coal mine with coke ovens, logging operations, sawmill, chemical wood plant, kindling wood factory, brick works, Russell Snowplow Co, etc. A short segment of the PRR is modeled with a 6-track staging area representing the western (Erie) and eastern (Philadelphia) ends of the PRR division. The layout is 17' x 27' and has 240 feet of mainline track, with approximately half representing the S&A and the remaining the PRR. Simplified Time Table/Train Order operations. Digitrax DCC.

Located in Jacksonville, about 22 miles (35 minutes) from the Red Lion Hotel.

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Bruce Petty, Dunsmuir, CA

(HO Scale)

The Los Angeles & San Fernando Valley Railroad, HO 10' x 23' around-the-wall layout, represents with exquisite unique local details the urban LA railroad scene. Featured in Great Model Railroads – 2006, Visit lariverrailroads.com and get a preview of Bruce’s great knowledge of the LA Terminal and surrounding railroads.

Located in Dunsmuir, CA, about 1 hour 45 minutes for the Red Lion Hotel, about 14 minutes via I-5 from Griff Bloodhart, and 2 minutes from John Signor.

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Walt Schedler, Colusa, CA

(HO Scale)

The SP Shasta Division in HO circa 1955. The layout trails the Sacramento River Canyon from Gerber to Weed on the Siskiyou line and to Grass Lake Summit on the Cascade. 24' x 42' layout room has a planned 600 foot mainline (over 20 scale miles) on four levels. Dunsmuir is highlighted with a full-size track plan using the SP drawings for trackage and buildings. Most local operations of the period are supported. From Dunsmuir, through the Sacramento River Canyon, you travel over 250 feet as you pass through Small, Cantara Loop, Mott, Azalea, and arrive at Mount Shasta. The McCloud River Lumber Co and many other local features add to the operational interest.

Located in Colusa, CA, about 4 hours 15 minutes from the Red Lion Hotel, about 3 hours from Bruce Petty.

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David Scott, Weed, CA

(S Scale)

Depicts SP from Dunsmuir to Weed, including the Cantara Loop. S Scale. 800 feet of track in a 30' x 28' layout room. Several scratch built bridges and a huge 24 stall round house. Beginning scenery.

Located in Weed, CA, about 1 hour 30 minutes from the Red Lion Hotel

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John R. Signor, Dunsmuir, CA

(HO Scale)

The Southern California Railway. HO scale 1960 to 1965 medium-density mainline linking the high desert of southern California with the citrus-growing coastal valley via a sharply-graded mountain pass. Jointly operated by Santa Fe, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific, the desert side of the layout reflects SP operating practice in signaling and engineering. The citrus district is Santa Fe all the way. CTC Dispatching. The emphasis is on the flow of perishable traffic featuring a segment of ex-Pacific Electric trackage (operated by the Southern Pacific) serving the Foothill citrus district. Santa Fe in turn operates the Prenda Spur serving the Orange County District. One modeled yard represents Indio on the SP in the California desert. The era modeled is loosely between 1960 and 1965. Featured in Great Model Railroads 2004, page 40.

Located in Dunsmuir, CA, about 1 hour 45 minutes from the Red Lion Hotel, 2 minutes from Bruce Petty

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Bill Young, Mount Shasta, CA

(S Scale)

Steam era in the Northern California mountains in 10 x 25 feet in S scale. The layout is complete with 13 scratch-built bridges, including an operating bascule bridge that provides makes easy access to the layout room. Hundreds of handmade trees. Many specialized structures coupled with native rocks and soil give the fine scale scenery a special realism. Mainline signals and yard dwarfs are fully operational. Many highly detailed locomotives. Hand laid code 100 rail. Digitrax DCC. Accessible.

Located in Mount Shasta, about 1 hours 45 minutes from the Red Lion Hotel, about 3 minutes from Griff Bloodhart.

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