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Modeler's Page |
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The Gold Coast Railroad Museum houses quite an array of model railroads in many scales as well as priceless railroad paraphernalia. The various scales represented are Z, N, HO, O27, and G scale. The collections and equipment on display have all been donated or loaned to the Museum to be displayed for the public's enjoyment in an air-conditioned exhibit building. Hands on!
HO Scale The Museum has one HO scale layout under construction on the property. The layout is a small mountain display layout with two continuous running loops. N Scale The 4 x 8 foot (1.22 x 2.44 meters) N scale layout was another donation to the Museum and has three operating loops for trains to run on. The layout has a rather large yard on the front side and another yard on the upper level. A large mountain has been constructed in the center of the layout. The mountain contains five tunnels for trains to run through continuously. There are two lower level loops and an upper level loop with a 3 percent, ascending and descending grade. Z Scale The museum also has in its collection a Marklin factory built, plastic Z-Scale layout measuring about 4 by 8 feet (1.22 m x 2.44 m). This layout was factory built by Marklin in Germany in the 1970's and has four running loops, a transfer table to a three bay engine house, two large yards, and a vast assortment of Z scale equipment. This layout has a system of lakes and canals with running water coming from several miniature water pumps. The layout was lightly water damaged in Hurricane Andrew in August 1992, and has much more scenery and track work to be completed to bring it back to its pre-1992 status of fully operational trackwork and full lights. O Scale
G Scale The Museum contains one large G Scale layout which is being scenicked. The layout has a back and forth trolley line as well as one continuous loop, so far. Other Areas of Interest A collection of American Flyer S gauge and old Rivarossi large scale equipment is on public display. The museum also has a diorama of a Western Pacific California Zephyr train set in HO scale. If you would like to be a member of the Gold Coast Railroad Museum Modelers, and help to operate and maintain these wonderful examples of model railroading magic, call the museum or drop an e-mail message to Modelers. |
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One display in the
Museum's model railroad collection is a rather large O27 scale
layout, built with mostly Lionel rolling stock and accessories. The
layout measures about 10 by 8 feet with an access hole in the middle
of the square. The layout has 2 continuously running loops, and one
elevated loop. The layout's equipment comes from various historical
eras of the Lionel equipment offered from the 1950's to the present.
This layout was donated to the museum unfinished and scenic work is
still being completed on a majority of the layout's surface area.