OPEN HOUSE THIS SATUDAY AND SUNDAY NOON TO 5

We are having an open house in support of Mainline Hobby's open house on Saturday and Sunday Sept. 21 and 22 from Noon to 5PM. Come see the beginnings of the "Re-Birth" of the Chicago, South Shore, and South Bend Railroad which I modeled back in 2000. We will have trains running but very little scenery so far. But our full size CTC will be operating in ABS mode. The layout is O Scale and occupies our 30 x 60 foot basement in Berkeley Springs, WV. Message me if you need directions.

Most of the buildings from the PRR days have been removed to stordage. Today finished installing the new pieces of backdrop for the South Shore. Also the bridge and river have been completed. This Sunday the South Mountain Division of the National Model Railroad Assn. will meet at my house. So the first time anyone has seen the changes to the layout. However there will be months of work before it will begin to look like the South Shore.

Coming Soon Kits for PRR PL Signals.

The Begining of the Chicago, South Shore, and South Bend Railroad

The other day I moved the Gayty Theater which was located in Baltimore to its new location in South Bend the end of the South Shore Line. This evening i started to prepare sub roadbed at Randolph Street in downtown Chicago. The was the platform to the right of the stairs that used to be 3 feet wide and made it a bit uncomfortable walking between it and the chimmney support structure. It has be narrowed to 28 inches and will have room for the five track yard that is Randolph Road Station.

UPDATE OCTOBER 31, 2022

It is now official. I am taking the layout back to it's roots when I started the layout in 2000 as the Chicago, South Shore, and South Bend Railroad. Track will be restored to it's orginal format and I will be reannaging everything with the hope of reusing almost all structures and scenes. However, Baltimore Penn Station will be removed and South Shore equipment will gradually take over the function of operating mainly passenger services and some freight as prototypcial as possible.

Open House for Jay Beckham's O Scale Model Railroad

Jay Beckham's Model Railroad Layout. O Scale model of the Pennsylvania Railroad Northern Central branch from Penn Station Baltimore, MD to Harrisburg, PA. Trains will be running. Light refreshments will be served. This model railroad occupies our 1800 sq. ft. basement. Scenery is about 70% complete. Photos will be available soon at https://jaysoscalelayout.blogspot.com/ soon and on Jaysoscalelayout group on Facebook. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2022 AT 12 PM – 5 PM For Directions please email me at jay@jayandjulie.us.

Coming Soon

In the near future I hope to add a number of pages to this site. Pages about our CTC, use of C/MRI, 3D printing, laser cutting, a track plan, and other things of interest. When these pages are up and running this blog will look more like a web site for my model railroad. Stay tuned!