WNYTM - Buffalo and Western New York
Updated May 23, 2015
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Western New York Train Masters HO Scale Model Railroad Club  - Buffalo Erie & Niagara #430

Membership: 7
Layout: Modular - see below
Club Location: Amherst NY (temporarily in a private residence  - previously at Victoria Square in Lackawanna, NY - also previously at a location on Isabelle St. in Buffalo NY) 
Our current members reside in Buffalo NY and the surrounding suburbs of Amherst, Cheektowaga, Lancaster and West Seneca. 
Organization: Western New York Train Masters Model Railroad Club is a Not-For-Profit Organization

WNYTM Modular Layout
Name: Buffalo, Erie & Niagara Railroad
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Size: 26' x 8'
Module dimensions:
72" x 24", 72" x 24 " and 34" x 68" six sided end modules
Prototype: Freelanced
Locale: Western New York, Erie PA and Ontario
Era: 1950's - 1980's
Style: Modular walkaround
Mainline run: 59 feet (expandable)
Minimum radius: 32 main, 18 siding
Minimum turnout: no. 6 mainline, no. 4 siding
Maximum grade:
none
Benchwork: Poplar frame, 3/8" plywood top, pine 2"x2" legs with lag bolts  
Height: 40" 
Roadbed: Woodland Scenics foam roadbed on main, cork on some sidings 
Track: Atlas code 100
Wiring: 14 gauge bus line with Anderson Powepole connectors
Scenery:
TBD
Backdrop: Painted masonite hardboard
Control: Digitrax Superchief command control
Turnout control: Tortoise machines with NCE Switch-it decoders on main, Caboose ground throws on sidings

Please check out the photos of our layout on the Modular layout page,
and read our history on the About the club page

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