View of the intermodal and Union Station side of the FCTT layout
Flower City Tinplate Trackers Union Station
Transfer table on the FCTT modular layout
A busy intermodal terminal on the FCTT club modular layout
An intermodal terminal crane on the FCTT modular layout
A large grain elevator on a corner of the FCTT club's modular layout
The Flower City Tinplate Trackers club of Rochester, NY has one of the largest modular layouts that I have seen and, I learned from one of their club members that they have the capacity to make it even larger.
The top row of pictures in this frame are the club banner and three overview photos shot from the upper level seats of the Dome Arena. Starting at Union Station (the first photo on the second row) and proceeding counter-clockwise are close up photos of the various scenes around this modular layout. Let's get on board at Union Station for a closer look at this layout. ALL ABOARD!
The Caboose Motel on a corner of the FCTT club's modular layout
A street scene on the FCTT layout. The CAFE sign is antimated.
Union Pacific coal and Amtrak trains meet on the FCTT layout.
A gorge scene on the FCTT club's layout. The train is a HO model
The FCTT modular layout's dept. of public works scene.
FCTT lower level layout with a New York Central train
An Amtrak train on the great bend of the FCTT modular layout.
A band shell in the park next to Mom's Garden Center
A nice heavy weight passenger consist on the FCTT club's layout.
The Flower City Tinplate Trackers modular layout airport
Snoopy and the Red Barron duel over the FCTT layout airport.
RIT Model Railroad Club
RIT Model Railroad Club's modular HO layout.
The RIT Model Railroad Club brought their HO freemo layout and a loop of "G" scale track with some locomotives and rolling stock to this show. Also shown in the photo of the modular layout are a couple of laptop computers. One was running a train simulation program and the other had presentation about their club.
The Twin Tiers N TRAK club's left end turn around module
A pair of modules with a village and factory scene.
The Twin Tiers N Track club's yard module
The Twin Tiers NTRAK Club is located along New York's Southern tier and Pennsylvania's Northern tier, therefore the name Twin Tiers. Their modules are three feet wide and were set up in a straight line that was fifty-three feet long for this show.
A nice long coal train passes through this mountainous scene.
The Twin Tiers N TRAK club's right end turn around module
Genesee MODEL -N- GINEERS Ontario
The Genesee & Ontario Model -N- gineers portable N gauge layout
The Genesee and Ontario MODEL -N- GINEERS N club took the honors again for having the smallest operational layouts at a train show. I was amazed at how much detail was possible on the locomotives and rolling stock of this Z scale train. Both of these layouts have very nice scenery.
The Toy Train Collectors Society booth is on the far side of the arena.
The Toy Train Collectors Society's booth is on the far side of the arena from the location that I took this photo. If you were to enlarge the picture at the left, you would see a man in a red vest and engineer's cap near the highway crossing signal. This gentleman is Graham White, the meet chairman for the local Rochester, NY TTCS meets that are held each spring and fall. Starting this fall the meets will be moved and expanded at the Diplomat Banquet Center, 1956 Lyell Avenue.
