Brian Kelly posted:I live in Denver and have recently purchased my first O Scale locomotive, a Sunset 2 rail CNW 4-8-4 Northern H-1. It was my favorite engine as a child and obtaining a model has been on my bucket list forever. So now I have gone and done it. Looking for other Denver area O scalers. Since the demise of the group at Union Station, there is really no place for me to go to run my engine. I am going to join the local modular O scale group. But I am looking for a group of O Scalers to associate and meet with and possibly run my engine. I am a real greenie.
Brian Kelly
Hi Brain
Welcome to O Scale. Erik Lindgren and i have a modular O scale layout, although i doubt it would accommodate a 4-8-4 as it's theme is a front range branch line. It is currently embargoed for failing trackwork. That brings up the issue you referred to in where can one run 2 rail O scale. We have avoided the "club" route because it takes a lot of money and that requirement brings lots of politics. We transport and store the layout in a trailer and setup is just a couple of hours. I've been looking for some place to set it up and do the extensive repairs required but have not found anything. The layout has outgrown my garage (besides the cold issue) the wife wants to keep her car out of the snow. I will be taking sections down to the basement to try and get repairs started as soon as i can get a warm day when off work. The whole thing started in my basement some 10 years ago. We are planning to build larger radius curves to accommodate larger power (original plan was for SW's or GP's.) but money constraints (i'm retired on SS) are holding up progress. I can hold evening bull sessions if interested. Contact me at coloradooscale.org
Years ago shopping malls were a good place to set up portable layouts, particularly during the holidays. Seems the malls have gone away and strip malls are no substitute. I once was a member of an HO modular group that set up in a Catholic school gym on Sunday afternoons. No such luck today.
john
