Area Clubs and Layouts

Clubs 

Comprehensive list of Greater Cincinnati Railroad Clubs (prequires Adobe Acrobat Reader: click here for a free download link to Adobe Acrobat Reader download)

Cincinnati Railroad Club

Cincinnati hosts an incredible Railroad club located in Cincinnati Union Terminal's Tower A. If you haven't been there you missing a real treat. Tower A was where all of the traffic was directed in and out of the station. It has a fantastic view of the tracks and hosts a wonderful library. More info can be found at their web site or contact
Cincinnati Railroad Club
PO Box 14157
Cincinnati, OH 45250-0157
Phone: (513) 651-RAIL (7245)

Greater Cincinnati Garden Railway Society

The Greater Cincinnati Chapter of the Garden Railway Society has been established to provide a means for its members to exchange ideas, learn and enjoy the hobby of large scale indoor/outdoor model railroading. Garden Railroading is a fun hobby and the G.C.G.R.S. is a fun oriented organization. Visit their web site for more information or contact
Greater Cincinnati Garden Railway Society
P.O. Box 17568
Covington, KY 41017-0568
859 344-0671

Greater Cincinnati Modular Railroad Association

GCMRA is a non-profit group of HO Scale Model Train Enthusiasts who gather several times per year to assemble their individual modules into one large layout at train shows and other public events. Visit their web site for more information or contact
Jim Klare  (513) 574-7048
4898  Tyson Court
 Cincinnati, Ohio  45248

Cincinnati Chapter of National Railway Historical Society

Located at:
  10151 Springfield Pike
Woodlawn, OH
(513) 772-7557
Open Sat. 10AM- 4PM
Please send mail to:  
  P.O. Box 62023
Sharonville, OH, 45262-0023
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Tri-State NTRAK

This is Cincinnati's most active and public modular railroad club. Members participate at all levels of the hobby. Averaging about 10 shows a year for the last 12 years it has brought model railroading out of the basement into the public eye. Modules are built to exacting international standards allowing members to join in with other NTRAK clubs worldwide for huge layouts and operations. Membership is open to all those interested in NSCALE model railroading. For more information visit our web site or contact:
Bruce Peak
21 Thorne Hill Drive
Florence, KY 41042
(606) 647-2384

The Cincinnati Model Railway Club

The Cincinnati Model Railway Club was formed in 1934 and is Ohio's oldest model railroad club. The purpose of the club is to promote model railroading in general and two rail O Scale railroading in particular. They recently started construction on a club layout in a 30' by 60' room. They invite anyone who is interested in O Scale (the same scale that's operated in the lobby of Cinergy at Christmas time) or any 'closet' O Scalers to contact us and receive our monthly news letter.
For more information, please visit their web site www.cincinnatioscale.org or contact Club Secretary:
Gene Eberhart
(513) 662-3222
geneeber@msn.com

Local Model Railroaders' Layouts

Click on a picture or the modeler's name to take a virtual tour that layout.

Crumrine layout

Rick Crumrine's Waynesburg and Washington branch of the Pennsylvania

Featured in Model Railroader's Great Model Railroads

Simpson layout photo
Perry Simpson's Louisville & Nashville
Listerman layout photo John Listerman's Christianson, Cynthianna & Thomasville branch of the Baltimore & Ohio
Skiff layout photo Dave Skiff's Western ("Rathole") Division of the Southern Railway
Eastern Loggers Layout Photo Eastern Logger's Portable Layout
Kraft layout photo Larry Kraft's Garden railway
John Altshool's layout photo

John Altshool's Santa Fe Layout

Cincinnati Northern layout photo

Cincinnati Northern's Portable Layout

 

 

 

 

 

Signal Bridge

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