Saturday October 26th - Piedmont Pilgrimage (2024)

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• Under construction - no significant scenery yet. Steam to Diesel transition. Passenger trains (primarily diesel) add steam helpers at Cumberland station stop; freight trains add helpers at Hyndman. Sidings for 25 car freight trains. Two levels of folded dogbones. Ten track staging yard.Come see the behind the scenes look at a railroad before it is covered in scenery. Six foot roll out section with multiple main lines for access to furnace and hot water heater.Multiple hidden lines attached to wall brackets.Bowl-shaped grades in yard to aid in cars rolling after being cut-off during switching. Main line turnouts #8 for crossovers, #6/7 other mainline double ended tracks, #4,#2.5 for industry spur stub tracks.

• City: Atlanta
• Scale/Gauge: HO
• Crew Heimer

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• The Adirondack Division represents this New York Central division in 1952. Recently the time modeled was changed from 1927. The layout models the area from Remsen, NY to Raquette Lake, NY. Many of the scratch-built structures and cars were entries in Piedmont Division contests. As a modular layout it has been exhibited at the Northeastern and Southeastern Regional Conventions and the2009, 2013 and 2017 NMRA National Conventions.

• City: Marietta
• Scale/Gauge: HO
• Charlie Crawford

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• The El&TCo. is a 1947-era backwoods railroad featuring logging, sawmilling, steel manufacturing,coal mining, and many of the ancillary industries necessary to make this all work. The sceneryand scratch-built structures and motive power are my specialties.The heavily wooded sawmill peninsula includes an engine servicing facility, river, log dump andsawmill. The scratch-built sawmill is 12" x 32" x 15" high. The mill complex includes the powerhouse, slash burner, conveyors, lumber stacks, water tanks, and the small village. The steel millcomplex covers an area 30" deep by almost 17 feet long. The highly detailed harbor scene,including numerous boats and small freighters, at the layout entrance, covers an area 7' by8' (see the photo section!). The layout has been featured in the Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette and the On30Annual as well as Scale Rails and Model Railroader. My scratch-built On30 Shay won lst place at the Piedmont Division and the Southeast Regiontrain shows in 2000; it won 2nd place at the NMRA National at San Jose with 113 points.The 336 sq ft Elkhorn expansion features a fully automated interchange with the original 560 sqft purpose-built layout room. Both spaces feature double deck railroading. The expansionincludes several waterfront scenes. The approximately 7'x3` Upatoi Creek includes a boatyardscene with a shrimp boat in for repairs and maintenance as well as an automated shuttletrain serving the numerous scratch-built extensively kit-bashed enterprises along theCreek. A 6'x3' rail-served riverfront scene includes extensive docking facilities capable ofhandling 4-6 craft simultaneously. The expansion spotlights a highly detailed (they are all highly detailed ) 2'x4' welding shop,welding services and scrap metal salvage complex. A well-detailed 3-stall engine house with turntable and machine shop is the next planned construction project.

• City: Talking Rock
• Scale/Gauge: On30
• Steve Austin

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• 1890's mining district in Colorado.

• City: Woodstock
• Scale/Gauge: G
• Sally Bando

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• Train Installations builds layouts of all sizes and scales. The Division membership is invited to our open house on 5/13 in our new shop.

• City: Woodstock
• Scale/Gauge: other
• David Bennett

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• Cedar Creek is a small mountain community where you would go (if you were 1:32 scale) to take a weekend vacation. We have an Inn with a restaurant, or there are several cabins for rent. The main attractions are equestrian activities with guided hours tours available, fishing in the trout stream but the bears get first choice by the river, hiking, and camping.

• City: Marietta
• Scale/Gauge: G
• Russell Bundy

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• Module of a shoofly (temporary track) while a new mainline bridge is being installed across a creek. Many of structures are themed to the musical "Pump Boys & Dinettes".

• City: Cumming
• Scale/Gauge: HO
• Stefan Bartelski

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• City: Jonesboro
• Scale/Gauge: N
• Tom Banks