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THANKSThe annual Thanks to all those involved with preparing and distributing Thanks to the folks at the Thanks to the folks at the See photos from some of our past shows. |
MEETINGSNew members and visitors are welcome at our meetings, which are held on most Tuesdays, with shows and occasional work sessions held on selected weekends. These meetings are held at our workshop, which is in the basement of the Open Door building, located at 350 Main Street in Royersford. For a map, click here. No regular meetings are scheduled during the weeks of If planning to visit the club, |
Club HistoryUnfortunately, after six years of building, and before even one public show had been held, they lost their home there and had to repeat the demolition and moving process. After that experience, members decided that wherever they set up the club in the future, they would build a "modular" railroad layout, to allow it to be easily moved when needed. RMMR was formed early in 2002, and presented it first show in August 2002 in Norristown. Most of the founding members were members of the The Modular ConceptBy making the layout in small sections, or modules, we can take it apart, transport it, and set it up with relative ease. |
Modular AdvantagesThe layout can be different every time it is set up. Modules can be added, removed, and rearranged as needed to create completely different layouts. This may be done to fit a specific show location, to introduce new scenes, to remove sections in need of work, or just to keep things interesting and new. Although we feel confident that our present home will remain our home for the forseeable future, there may be a time when we have to move. Instead of spending months demolishing a layout and years re-building, we could move in a weekend and be ready to have shows the same week. Each member is free to build his or her own modules. They can take these with them if they move away, or if they just want to do some work on their modules at home. N.M.R.A. standards are used by many other modular groups, so our modules can be used with modules belonging to other individuals or other clubs. Someone moving from one city to another doesn’t need to start over from scratch. The club itself only has a few modules; mostly "special" pieces like corners, which are indispensible at shows. Most of the locomotives, cars, and layout modules belong to individual members. |
Model railroad clubs with large permanent layouts sometimes
say that their layout contains "two scale miles of
track." or covers "over 2,000 square feet"
Statistics like these are not as easily given for modular
layouts, because they are different every time a layout is
assembled. How large is our layout? Today’s answer and
tomorrow’s may be very different.See Our ShowsWe will continue bringing our modular layout to shows where it can be seen by the public. We enjoy sharing our hobby with you and welcome any of you who think you may be interested in model railroading to ask us questions. If we don’t know the answers, we may be able to find out and learn something too. New Members Wanted
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For more information, talk to one of the club members
at one of our shows, or contact us by telephone or via
e-mailThank you for your interest in our club! |
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During the winter season, we are one of several area clubs
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