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Here is a listing of model railroad groups and clubs in area. If your club
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Carolina Southern Division area and not listed here, please contact our webmaster
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Jack Parker's P&W Operations Group
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Charlotte, North Carolina |
A fairly large group of modelers from as far as a couple of hours away meet monthly to operate on Jack's P&W empire near Hwy 16 and Mt. Holly-Huntersville Rd in Charlotte. Directions are here.
The Piedmont &Western is a coal-hauling bridge line, joining Huntington, WV and Charlotte, NC. It has about 600 real ft of mainline, 12 towns, 3 yards. Coal is hauled from 5 major mines to 2 power plants. The railroad is set in the early fifties, with a mix of steam and diesel.
Jack uses a Digitrax® Chief DCC system. Operation is by card order and takes place the first Saturday evening of each month. Operations requires 12-18 people. Visiting engineers always welcome.
Email
Jim Thomas at
or
Martin Oakes at
if you'd like to attend. Click here to visit the
P&W website.
The Piedmont
Central Round Robin
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Charlotte, North Carolina |
The Piedmont
Central is the oldest club in the Charlotte area. For many years it had limited
membership due to meeting space capacity. As a result the "Charlotte Second
Section" club was formed, but that organization has now been re-assimilated
into the Piedmont Central. The original meeting about forming the
Carolina Southern Division of the NMRA was
held at a Piedmont Central meeting. Round Robin refers to the fact that the
members always meet at a different place each month.
Bob Carter is the keeper of the membership list. He sends out monthly notices to
the membership with directions and meeting date/times. The dues of $5 per year
cover the mailing costs.
This organization has been re-assimilated into the Piedmont Central Round Robin (see above).
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Concord, North Carolina |
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HO Modular, G and O Scales |
Meets every fourth Saturday of each month at 7pm at member's layouts. Most
members model in HO scale, but all scales are welcome. Dues are charged for postage
and materials for notification of meetings.
For more information contact:
Dave Chance, 704-933-4200.
or visit
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Concord_Area_Model_Railroad_Club/ .
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Belmont, North Carolina |
The Metrolina Model Railroaders were formed in 1980 with the intent of building
a permanent HO scale layout, which they did several times as they moved from
buildings in Charlotte to Belmont where they stayed in one location for 13
years. The club currently does not have a permanent home, but has built an HO
scale modular layout that is displayed at the Southern Christmas Show in
Charlotte and at other shows.
The modular layout is the work of about 15 people over a period of years. While
the scenery represents the 1950's, members are free to operate any equipment
they wish. There are photographs of this layout on the Club's web site.
The club's layouts are HO scale but many members also model other scales.
For more information contact the club by
Email
or visit their
website.
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Rock Hill, SC. |
We understand this HO and NTRAK club is no longer active. If anyone has information to the contrary, let us know.
Cherryville Model Railroad Club
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Old SAL Depot 105 Depot Street Cherryville, NC |
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HO and O
Scales |
The Club is located in the old Seaboard Air Line Depot in Cherryville, which is located on the CSX line from Charlotte to Bostic at milepost SF 371.42. CSX has a radio repeater and tower on site (frequencies 160.590 and 161.520). The club is currently restoring the Depot to look just as it did when in operation in the early 1900's. The loading platform has been rebuilt to enable train watching and picture taking. They have installed a safety fence to protect over-eager train watchers and rocking chairs (no less) for comfort. An O Scale layout and an enlarged HO layout are currently under construction in the warehouse. A 2-track G scale layout hangs from the rafters. An N Scale diorama of the Seaboard Air Line train wreck on July 13, 1966 that occurred in Cherryville will be constructed. This wreck destroyed 6 engines and killed an engineer.
There is a museum in the Depot, located in the old waiting rooms. The Club meets every Thursday night at 7:30pm. There is an open house each Saturday from 10:00am – 2:00pm.
Rick Knight's Knight Bros. & Dad Railroad
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Huntersville, North
Carolina |
The Knight Bros & Dad Railroad is modeled on the Norfolk Southern's "S LINE" running from Spencer to Asheville. The HO layout is on three levels in a 24x24 ft garage. It is set in the "modern era" and features a variety of mixed freight, wood chip and coal unit trains running between Tennessee and the Linwood Yard (both represented in storage yards) over the "S Line."
The Monday Night Irregulars operate the layout each Monday night from 7 to 10 PM. The railroad is located at Rick's home just west of Birkdale, off Exit 25 of I-77. An Ideal crew is 8-10 and newcomers are always welcome. Directions are here.
For further details
email Rick at
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50 mile radius of
Salisbury, North Carolina |
This club was organized in the summer of 2005 and has members in Rowan, Iredell, Catawba, Mecklenburg, and Cabarrus counties. They are currently focused on developing an N Scale modular layout using NTRAK standards that can be displayed at various train shows and other venues in the region. However, several of the member also have N Scale home layouts. Meetings and activities for the club can be seen on their web site at: http://ccnscalers.com. They also have an open forum you can visit at: http://forums.ccnscalers.com/index.php.
The Piedmont and Western Railroad
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Valdese, NC |
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