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: Both DC (analog) and DCC (digital) control systems are installed on the layout.
