Piedmont 'N Southern | Model Railroad Club -- <em>Service with 'Nthusiasm</em>

Welcome

Welcome! You've reached the online home of the Piedmont 'N' Southern model railroad club. This site will provide lots of information about the club and our activities, our modules (NTrak and Bend Track) and our activities. We'll of course have lots of photos and layout schematics, plus information about the electronics and software behind the scenes.

New transition modules.

Logging and transition modules

Clarksville

Almost complete view of this layout.

Dedicated young visitor gets to run a train using the Android throttle (Engine Driver).

Monitor displaying transmitted video from camera car.

Mike's Tee module, containing the yard throat.

Logging Module (overhead view of benchwork stage)

Transfer Module

Transition module overhead (benchwork stage)

Underside of logging module, showing Anderson Powerpole and suitcase connectors (Bend Track standards)

Zeis Gorge Module (overhead view)

No shows to run right now, so we've been working on the scenery and track for the Transition and Logging modules. (gotta get some in-progress pics)

We've also been talking about some upcoming shows, more on that later.

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About the Club

Purpose

The purpose of the Piedmont 'N Southern Model Railroad Club is to promote the hobby of model railroading through creation of an operating modular N-scale model railroad layout built to Ntrak and/or Bend Track standards. This layout is intended to be displayed to the general public.

History

To accomplish this goal, a group of interested model railroaders formed a N-scale model railroad club in July of 2009 The decision was made to build a four foot Ntrak module with a Mountain Division. This module, along with seven refurbished modules (built for the former Piedmont 'N Southern Model Railroad Club of Greenville, SC) completed an 8' x 10' operating layout.

In September of 2009, a set of By-Laws was approved by the Club members. The name of the Club is the Piedmont 'N Southern Model Railroad Club (reviving the name of the former Ntrak club of the 1980's and 1990's).

The beginning of 2010 saw the construction of a new Ntrak to Bend Track transition module, including the Mountain Division. This module allows the Piedmont 'N Southern Model Railroad Club to join with Bend Track modules owned by Club members and other Bend Track clubs.

Future

Current plans are to share the hobby with the public at various shows, add scenery to the transition modules, and to retrofit the current modules with expansion tracks to (greatly) simplify the setup and takedown of the layout. In addition, some members are planning or building modules of their own.

Club Membership

Membership in the Piedmont 'N Southern Model Railroad Club is open to anyone with an interest in the hobby of model railroading in general and N-scale model railroading in particular. There are no restrictions based on age, race or gender.

Contact Information

Use our [Online Contact Form]

Write us at:
Piedmont 'N Southern Model Railroad Club
P.O. Box 864
Mauldin, SC 29662

or visit the club's [Yahoo Group]