Formed 1998 No of Members 7 Section Head Ian Waredraper Meets on Wednesday evenings

Club Layouts

More >> Schaffons Crossing 3.5mm/HO gauge, North American Continuous layout with long 2-way main line, overhead circuit, shuttles and logging section, lots of movement Available for 2 day exhibitions only

More >> Whistling Woods 3.5mm/HO gauge, North American Logging layout with circular 2-way main line Available for 1 or 2 day exhibitions

Members' Layouts

More >> Hermosa Tacoma & Cascade Western Railroad  by Fred Gillin, North American Section On30 (7mm/16.5mm gauge), North American, narrow gauge Mountainous narrow gauge logging layout with long climb plus circular main line Available for 1 or 2 day exhibitions

History

Although the current incarnation of the North American section dates from 1998 when the core of the group re-joined the club, the section was originally formed around 30 years earlier when Alan Waredraper (father of the current section head) first moved to the area and joined the I & WEMRC.

Exhibition visitors of the 70's and early 80's still remember and talk about East Falls, which started as a relatively small layout (18' x 5') built in Alan's conservatory, then grew into a bigger 'L' shape, and then was squared off again at approx 25' x 25'.

Although the section models mainly in HO gauge (3.5mm scale), the section had brief period in the late 70's where the main layout was in N gauge.

Other Projects

Various of the section members have projects underway at home, including a parmanent On30 narrow gauge layout, a box-room sized HO gauge layout, and an automated G-scale exhibition layout.