Time: Friday, May 23 2025, 7-10 PM
Location: Various in Burnaby and New Westminster.
Format: Self drive, maps will be provided
To attend: Register through the registration form
This year’s layout tour takes you to five layouts in Burnaby and New Westminster. It is a self-drive tour, and information regarding the tour will be emailed to you prior to the meet.
Skip to — Jamie Neilson’s Quincy and Torch Lake — Brian Rudko’s Donald — Geoff Gooderham’s Mountain Subdivision — Mike Chandler’s Western Midland — Anthony Craig’s Kettle Valley Division
Layout Tours for RMMBC 2025 are as follows
Anthony Craig Kettle Valley Division – HO
Mike Chandler Western Midland – HO
Geoff Gooderham Canadian Pacific Mountain Subdivision – N
Jamie Neilson Quincy and Torch Lake – On3
Brian Rudko “Donald”, ON portable switching layout – HO
Quincy and Torch Lake
Jamie Neilson
Jamie’s On3 narrow gauge layout is very much under construction and consists of a series of scenes or vignettes, a few prototypical, but most generic. The prototype scenes are based on the Copper Country of northern Michigan where Jamie was luck enough to encounter many small railroads, some abandoned, but most just hanging on for dear life. This short line paradise left Jamie with many memories, and generic locales fill in the blanks and offer operational possibilities. The engine facility is nearing completion and operational. The layout is DCC/Sound with both hand-laid and flex track
The eventual idea is to have point to point operation, staging and the ability to run continuously for the many small rail fans growing up in the extended family. Themes to be included are mining, logging, western small town and lake front.
Donald Switching Layout
Brian Rudko
Donald is an HO-scale switching layout for one or two operators using pre-scripted switch lists or using randomized dice-generated switch lists. It is a six-foot long “cameo” with a four-foot removable extension on each end. The extensions act as staging and also as functioning parts of the layout.
The location modelled is the edge of town (generic town of Donald, Ontario) in the early 1950’s. The layout was inspired by Ian Wilson’s wonderful series of books on the Canadian National in Southern Ontario in the steam and early diesel era.
The layout is constructed with the ability to swap era and location. Using lift-out plates the layout can be switched to a late 1950’s New England edge of town, “Oakland.”
Canadian Pacific Mountain Subdivision
Geoff Gooderham
The Canadian Pacific Mountain Subdivision is a representation of Canadian Pacific’s mainline from Field BC to a few miles west of Golden BC as it would have appeared in 1958, modelled in N scale. The layout is an ‘around the walls’ 2 1/2 lap ‘nolix’ point to point arrangement with stub end staging at both ends. Trackwork, featuring code 55 track and handbuilt turnouts, is complete and scenery is nearing completion. The layout features scratch built structures and a substantial proportion of proto correct rolling stock or close to proto stand ins, as well as detailed and painted locomotives. Control is DCC. The current running scheme is ‘railfan,’ but a more operation-focused scheme is likely to be the next step for this layout.
Western Midland
Mike Chandler
The Western Midland is a single level Ho scale mountain railroad with a three scale mile mainline and a very diversified traffic base of both way freights and through trains, most of which originate and terminate online. It is a freelanced railroad nominally set in Montana, and is based on a design by the legendary track planner, John Armstrong. The layout is 100% operational with scenery covering approximately 95%, and is controlled by Lenz DCC. Set in September, 1938, the Midland is an all-steam road, and is typically operated by a 12-person crew using timetable and train order for dispatching with car cards and way bills for freight car forwarding.
Kettle Valley Division
Anthony Craig
The Kettle Valley Division of the Canadian Pacific Railway is a mountain model railroad in HO scale set in southern British Columbia. It is very faithful to the prototype in its topography, infrastructure, trains and operational features as they were wen steam was king in September 1949. The 465-foot mainline (7.7 scale miles) is stretched out over two decks with a helix in the middle and staging tracks at each end. Most of the scenery and trackage closely resemble specific locales of two subdivisions on the west side of the Kettle Valley Division, between the towns of Hope and Princeton. The small division point yard of Brookmere is the centre of layout activity. Four passenger trains, many through freights, way freights and pusher service are featured on the Coquihalla Sub. The layout is 100% operational, and is controlled by Lenz DCC with CVP radio throttles. Scenery is approximately 75% complete.