Area Railroad Clubs and Layouts

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Many Accomplished Local Model Railroads
Cincinnati Division 7 is blessed with an abundance of quality model railroads with over 50 featured in popular model railroad magazines, including 16 published so far in Model Railroader magazine's prestigious annual Great Model Railroads. Click here to see a summary of all the local layouts photographed by noted modeler, photographer and author Lou Sassi and featured in Kalmbach Publications magazines (MR, GMR, MRP).

LAYOUT LISTS and PHOTOS
Far below are tabular lists of most of the many layouts in our area, classified into 3 groups: Clubs and Museums, Indoor Home Layouts and Garden Railways. Some layouts have an attached photo collage. Click on the highlighted blue name link in the tables to see those pics. All photos by John Burchnall except some by EnterTrainment Junction, Tom Patterson, Randy Kerka and Jim Rollwage in their respective layout collages, plus a Cinder Sniffer photo by Ruth Anne Burchnall.

LAYOUT VIDEOS
Please see the following YouTube links for trackside and loco cab view videos of some local layouts. All are filmed and produced by local modeler Joe Ross using special high resolution cameras.
Eastern Loggers - Trackside https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXqDj1Q87pM
Eastern Loggers - Cab Ride https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUbweRRMEC0&t=7s
Bob Lawson - CNO&TP Ry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-DQz_j9UnU&t=109s
Bob Lawson - Towns/Industries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c9qTOcLu4c&t=49s
Bob Lawson - Ohio River at Cincinnati https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlRbJnMofRI
Gerry Albers - VGN https://youtu.be/eK69z4dLIzU
Sam Parfitt - New Cab Ride https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U31dN9oD9zc
Sam Parfitt - Old Cab Ride https://youtu.be/NQQyLjOl6WY
Sam Parfitt - Pacing a GN 2-8-8-2 https://youtu.be/k-ST_s78H3g
Sam Parfitt - ABBA SF F units https://www.youtube.com/watch?...amp;feature=youtu.be
John Listermann - Pacing a B&O 2-8-8-2 https://youtu.be/PWCQ0liWIQs
Rick Crumrine - Cab Ride https://youtu.be/NYhAmRw-qHY
Rick Stern - ATSF Ry https://youtu.be/52dgKdYI5Yw

CLUBS and SOCIETIES
Click here for a single page database of Greater Cincinnati Railroad Clubs & Societies. See also below for descriptions of some of those clubs and societies, as well as photos and lists of many layouts.

Cincinnati Railroad Club
A prominent area-wide prototype railroad club. Visit their web site.

Greater Cincinnati Garden Railway Society
The Greater Cincinnati Chapter of the Garden Railway Society members learn, exchange ideas and enjoy the hobby of large scale indoor/outdoor model railroading. Garden Railroading is a fun hobby and the GCGRS is a fun oriented organization. Many of their members helped build the huge layout within Entertrainment Junction. Visit their web site for info or contact them at 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 at (513) 574-7048

Cincinnati Chapter of National Railway Historical Society
The Cincinnati Chapter of the NRHS meets at in their library, museum and office at Entertrainment Junction located at 7369 Squire Court in West Chester, OH 45069-2314. Visit their web site for more information.

Cincinnati Model Railway Club
The Cincinnati Model Railway Club, a 100% NMRA Club, was formed in 1934 and is Ohio's oldest model railroad club and one of the five oldest clubs in the United States. The purpose of the club is to promote model railroading in general and two rail O Scale railroading in particular. They construct and operate a multi-level club layout in a 30' by 60' room. Anyone interested in O Scale or any aspect of model railroading is invited to contact them and receive more information on their open work sessions and their monthly operating sessions. Visitors are always welcome and membership is open to any NMRA member. Visit their web site at www.cincyOscale.org or contact them at contact.cmrc@gmail.com and they will get back to you.

Cincinnati Northern Model Railroad Club
This club is looking for a new site to rebuild their two-level HO layout depicting the real Cincinnati Northern Railroad that once ran from Franklin to Van Wert, Ohio, as if it had remained an independent railroad in the 1950s. They also operate and exhibit a 10' x 17' prize-winning HO modular layout. Visitors always welcome. Visit their website or contact Kurt Albrecht at 513-638-8638 or info@cnmrrc.org for more info.

The Eastern Loggers
This group of modelers have donated their award winning museum quality HO standard and narrow guage sectional layout to the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum near Coudersport, PA. The layout depicts Pennsylvania logging industries in the early 1920's. For more info contact John Burchnall at 513-205-6045 or johnburchnall@gmail.com

Lebanon Modelers
The Lebanon Modelers are an informal group of model railroaders of all ages and skills, meeting monthly at the Resurrection Lutheran Church in Lebanon, Ohio, typically on the 3rd Thursday night. All are welcome. Contact Bob Chapman at 513-228-0551 or bcrails4449@gmail.com