The Treasure Coast Model Railroad Club

The Treasure Coast Model Railroad Club and Historical Society is a Not for Profit Corporation dedicated to the modeling, study and preservation of railroads of the past 150 years. The members are drawn together by their interest in the history, operation and modeling of the nations railroads in miniature.

The members have designed and built the current layout over a period of years. It features over 750 feet of track arranged to replicate a busy mainline, a secondary line and branchline running. The scenery represents city and country settings. The city features multi storied buildings and major industrial centers while the country scenes show small town or logging areas.

Recent additions to the layout include the installation of a Digitrax Digital Command Control System (DCC). Many of the members have model locomotives that also feature a DCC sound decoder. These Sound decoders produce the sounds of the diesel engine or steam locomotive including bells, whistles, horns, hissing and an array of other sounds.

Future plans being considered include rearranging trackage to allow for the switching of passenger cars, signaling and interlocking to regulate the movement of trains and general scenic improvements. Changes to the current layout are driven by the interests of the individual members. Interests include scenery, operation, signaling, modeling industrial centers and prototypical operation.

Current ongoing projects include the installation of a Steel Mill and rebuilding one of the cities on the layout. Recent additions include an Intermodal Yard to transfer shipping containers from specially equipped rail cars to trucks equipped to move the containers to individual shippers.


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