Scott Buckley

The Olympia Model Railroad Layout Tour is scheduled for Saturday, April 14th. Nine layouts will be open to visitors, including:

  • Jerry Barnes’ On30 scale Southern Idaho Narrow Gauge RR
  • The Olympic Model Railroad Society’s HO scale layout
  • Dave Rakestraw’s HO scale PNW Railroad
  • Chuck Ricketts’ On30 scale Sherwood, Shelton and Sarazen
  • Greg Wright’s 1:32n20 Consolidated Republic Mining Co.
  • Brian Ferris’s HO scale Port Townsend & Southern
  • Jim Younkins’ N scale Mud Bay & Southern Railway
  • Scott Buckley’s HO scale Tehama Valley Railroad
  • Ryan Bate’s HO scale McCloud River Railroad (first time participant)

This is your chance to see a variety of layouts in various scale/gauge combinations representing a wide variety of prototypical interests. A few of the layouts are in the early stages of construction, but all are operational. As with previous years, a few of the layouts will be open early, while a few will stay open later, so visitors may see as many as possible.

If you are interested in visiting, please contact me at sbuckley54@comcast.net and I will send you an email with layout descriptions, hours of operation, layout addresses, and a map. Those of you who have already contacted don’t need to do so again. I will beginning sending this info beginning next Saturday.

Please note: this is a semi-invitational event. While we want to make the tour available to as many interested people as possible, for security reasons we can’t allow maps to our homes to get out to those with ulterior motives. Please feel free to bring friends and family members. You may also forward this message to people who you personally know.