Reply to "NY Society of Model Engineers"

Dennis LaGruaOGR Forum Member

I believe the NYSME started in New York City in the 1930.s originally on 42nd st. off Broadway. Then they moved the layout to a few new locations before ending up in New Jersey. IIRC only small sections of the original layout remain.

In the 1930's there were lots of basement layouts in Manhattan. There were a few stories in some of the old railroad magazines about layouts in some of the NYC apartment buildings and rooming houses. Lionel and Flyer had their products showcased there in good size layouts too.That was a time when model railroading was the "in" high tech hobby. Today model railroading is more of a specialty hobby for middle age people who love history, nostalgia, arts & Crafts and enjoy operating. You'd be hard pressed to see more than the model train Christmas layouts at Macy's and at the Grand Central Transit Museum right now. Most of the year you cannot even find or buy trains in NYC.

In the New York metro area, all the top end layouts are now located in New Jersey!!!!

4/8/1210:27 PM

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