The Southwest Washington Model Railroaders club was founded in 1972 and is located in Vancouver, Washington at 8100 East Mill Plain Blvd, behind the Safe Harbor Nazerene Church.
Our members have interest in periods from early steam to current diesel operations using HO scale (1:87).
Display Layout
Measurements: Overall dimensions 14' X 34'
Track length 625 feet
Scale track length
Over 10 miles
Configuration:
Double track main line double crossovers.
One six track main
yard and four track staging yard. Engine terminal with four diesel
engine tracks and a turntable with nine storage tracks for steam
locomotives.
Logging system with a main loop between the headquarters camp
and the mill and a woods line with two log loading tracks.
Headquarters camp has a turntable and yard tracks.
Industries:
Lumber mill, meat packing plant, lumber yard, internodial yard, oil
distributor, flour mill, metal fabricator, scrap yard, cement plant, cold
storage warehouse, icing plant, (2) grain elevators, mine,
furniture factory, team track, warehouse and freight house.
Control Systems:
DCC (digital) control system is installed on the layout.
