home layout tours
The James River Flyer will feature over a dozen great layouts
in the Lynchburg area open for visiting during the convention,
as well as others open Sunday afternoon near established "going-home" routes.
The scales range from Z up to O.
We will also be hosting Operations Call Board sessions on Thursday
and Friday evenings and Saturday afternoon. See the Operations
Call Board page for details.
You may also see a schedule of layout tours by date.
Bill Cox's Virginia Blue Ridge & Southern 
Bill's 36 x 24 multi-level HO scale layout is set in 1956.
It features Digitrax and is housed in a detached building.
He will be hosting an Operations Call Board session.
Friday 7-10 PM (Call Board), Saturday 1-5 PM (Call Board)
Mark Day's Bedford Branch 
The Bedford Branch is a freelanced N scale layout set in the
1950s/1960s. This 14 x 10 mountain line features a city scene,
small town and rural areas, as well as Digitrax DCC.
Friday 7-10 PM, Saturday 1-5 PM
Ron Gareis' Pennsylvania Railroad
Built around the walls of a 28 x 35 room (with two peninsulas),
Ron's PRR-influenced layout has a 185-foot, multi-track mainline
run. Some scenery is detailed, and long trains are run using
Digitrax DCC. As Ron's layout is the principal testbed for
Broadway Limited and PCM locomotives, many will be evident.
Sunday 1-4 PM
High Bridge Model Railroad Club 
For conventioneers headed home in that direction, the High
Bridge Model Railroad club in Farmville, VA is worth a stop.
Running both O scale and HO scale equipment, there are coal
mines and a lumber operation. A model of the spectacular prototype
High Bridge should be in place before convention time.
Sunday 1-4 PM
Rodney Laughon's Rio Grande Railroad
Loosely based on the D&RGW in Colorado in the 1950s and
1960s, Rodney’s 11 x 13 N scale, Digitrax powered layout contains
three towns and lots of industrial switching. Trackwork is
99% complete and scenery is detailed.
Friday 1-5 PM, Friday 7-10 PM
The
LyNchburg Area N Scalers 
The LyNchburg Area N-Scalers have been modeling in the Lynchburg
area for over six years. The club will display a large NTRAK modular
layout in the Ballroom of the convention hotel.
Tom Nelson's Maine Central Mountain
Division 
Set in the 1960's, Tom's fully-scenicked HO scale logging
line has a 300-foot mainline run and traverses five rooms.
It uses dispatcher control and Digitrax DCC. Tom will host
an Operations Call Board.
Thursday 7-10 PM (Call Board), Friday 7-10 PM (Call Board)
Jean Raas' Tidewater, Rappahanock & Afton
Mountain
Jean's 16 x 26 freelanced layout is two-rail O scale. Set
in the steam/diesel era, it includes both kit-built built and
scratchbuilt structures.
Friday 7-10 PM, Sunday 12-4 PM
Jim Revell's Freelance Railroad 
Jim's HO Scale layout models the 1960's to the 1980's, depending
on the equipment on the layout. Trackwork on the 12 x 24 layout
is 98% complete with detailed scenery. Jim runs passenger,
freight, and local trains under DC power.
Friday 7-10 PM, Saturday 1-5 PM
Jerry Ritter's Toklat Northern
/ Hudson & Ohio Railroad 
Situated in a 25 x 13 room over Jerry's garage, his layout
is set on the Jersey side of New York Harbor during the steam-to-diesel
transition era. Operators control the layout from rolling chairs,
using Digitrax cabs. Trackwork is about 85% complete, with
minimal scenery.
Sunday 1-4 PM
John Siegle's Shenandoah Southern 
John's three-rail O scale layout measures 8 x 12, and is set
in the 1950's. Its three scenicked levels are highly detailed
and feature many scratchbuilt structures.
Thursday 7-10 PM, Friday 7-10 PM
Chris Schieck's Forest & Western 
Chris's freelanced 1950's HO scale layout is 22 x 25 in size,
with multiple levels and a 200-foot main line. It features
Digitrax DCC, and some locomotives have sound.
Friday 1-5 PM, Saturday 1-5 PM
Gene Thommen's Blue Ridge & Coastal
Railway
Set in 1957, Gene's freelanced HO layout has detailed scenery
and Digitrax control. Gene also owns a drop-down N-scale and
scenicked portable Z-scale layout.
Friday 7-10 PM, Saturday 1-5 PM
Conley Wallace's Norfolk & Western
/ Virginian 
Conley's O scale layout fills a 34 x 44 basement and represents
N&W and VGN during the 1959 pre-merger era. The layout is fulkly
scenicked with numerous scratchbuilt houses typical of the
WV coalfields.
Sunday 1-4 PM
Gordon Watkins' Glendale Central
Gordon's freelanced, HO scale multi-level layout is 30 x 18,
with spectacular bridges, rivers and mountains. He uses Digitrax
control and many locomotives have sound installed.
Friday 1-5 PM, Saturday 1-5 PM
Aubrey
Wiley's Virginian Railway 
Aubrey's HO scale pike covers two rooms with its detailed
scenery. He uses DC block control, and has PFM sound in all
steam locomotives. The layout is set in August 1954.
Friday 1-5 PM
Chris
Wiley's C&O James River Subdivision 
Chris has laid 95% of the track on his 25 x 26 N scale island
layout, set in summer 1957. Basic scenery and a CTC machine
are in place, and his signal system is under construction.
Thursday 7-10 PM, Saturday 1-5 PM
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