Great Scale Model Train Show Timonium,MD. Feb 4 - 5, 2023
BANTRAK participated in the February Great Scale Model Train Show.
The club operated 3 layouts in 3 different implementations of N-scale modeling.
NTrak layout
T-Trak layout
FreemoN layout
An NTrak layout
(photo)
A T-Trak layout (photo)
and a Freemon layout
(photo) More pictures are avaiable when viewing on a larger screen size.
Great Scale Model Train Show Timonium,MD. Apr 29 - 30, 2023
BANTRAK participated in the April Great Scale Model Train Show.
The club operated 2 layouts in 2 different implementations of N-scale modeling.
NTrak layout
FreemoN layout
An NTrak layout
(photo)
and a Freemon layout
(photo) More pictures are available when viewing on a larger screen size.
Memorial Day May 29, 2023
As part of the Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of B&O in Germantown Md. , BANTRAK constructed a T-TRAK layout at the Germantown Historical Society building. Trains were run from noon to 4 on Memorial Day.
T-Trak layout
N-SCALE WEEKEND Altoona, Pa. Sept. 16 - 17 2023
A dozen BANTRAK members traveled to Altoona to participate in the 2023 N-SCALE weekend.
The group is pictured (photo) behind Paul Diley's representation of Horseshoe Curve which attracted much attention from the crowd due to the location only a few miles away of the real item.
The weekend provided an opportunity to reestablish friendships with members of other clubs, and to view the N scale modeling efforts of the several clubs with layouts at the show. Club members were able to run a large variety of trains during the weekend, both the long and the short of it.
N-Trak layout
The club constructed a large 40' by 20' layout with modules contributed by 6 different members as well as using modules owned by the club.
The club was proud to host a run of the iconic Cotton Brute, a [fictional] U60CG locomotive built by NTRAK founder Jim FitzGerald at the dawn of modular model railroading, now restored to full operation and touring the country in celebration of the NRAIL 50th anniversary. This well-named locomotive is famous for pulling a train of 560 hopper cars by itself at the first N-Scale Convention in Houston, Texas in August 1983. ( Nrail Newletter excerpt) Cotton Brute is shown pulling a freight headed by a BANTRAK Anniversary car on the club's Horseshoe Curve modules. (photo)
Free-moN layout
Twenty people from several clubs from as far away as Nebraska, provided modules for the FreemoN layout at Altoona. The layout had 68 modules for a total of 13 scale miles. Bantrak provided seven modules from three members. At least six Bantrak members ran trains on the FreemoN layout.
Great Scale Model Train Show Timonium,MD. Oct 14 - 15, 2023
BANTRAK participated in the October Great Scale Model Train Show.
The club operated 3 layouts in 3 different implementations of N-scale modeling.
NTrak layout
T-Trak layout
FreemoN layout
An NTrak layout
(photo)
A T-Trak layout
(photo)
and a Freemon layout
(photo) More pictures are avaiable when viewing on a larger screen size.
Roland Park Place Dec 2 2023
BANTRAK and Harford Area Railroad Modelers ( HARM ) erected a combined T-Trak layout at the Roland Park Place Retirement Community in Baltimore. This year saw a total of 80 linear feet of modules making up the layout.
The fun day of "rail fanning" was not only a chance to view model trains in action, but also served as an introduction to a possible new hobby for the residents and visitors. With the event even more popular than last year, visitors came from as far as D.C. and Pa.
B&O’s 2023 HOLIDAY FESTIVAL OF TRAINS
Bantrak participated in the
B&O’s HOLIDAY FESTIVAL OF TRAINS
at the B&O museum in Baltimore. The club erected a large layout
(photo) with operating sessions running
from Dec. 23rd through the 31st. As last year, the layout was located in the expansive car
repair shop.
The public was able to view the highly detailed modules constructed by club members
and watch as the members put their prototypical model trains through their paces
under the watchful eye of
4500, the first USRA Mikado.
