Tri-City Model Railroaders

Location

The TCMR Clubhouse was located at 1600 Columbia Park Trail in Kennewick, WA at the corner of Columbia Center Blvd and Columbia Park Trail. The City of Richland decided in 2004 to use their property for a "Lewis and Clark Overlook". What was the model railroad club building is about four additional parking spaces for the overlook. We are maintaining pictures of the old layout on this web page for posterity. A new location is being sought to start another and better layout.

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Meeting Schedule

Business meetings are held the fourth Monday of each month. Operating sessions are also held regularly at club members' layouts. Send an email for further information. For dates of upcoming events, see the following schedule.

Former Club Layout Information

Track Plan of the former Hanford Columbia and Northern
Map of what the Hanford Columbia and Northern represents.

Membership Application and Club Bylaws

The Tri-City Model Railroaders is a non-profit organization, open to membership from anyone interested in railroads or the hobby of model railroading. The club does operate to the following set of bylaws.
Persons applying for membership are required to attend at least one (1) regular meeting prior to making application at a TCMR Business Meeting. An applicant should fill out the following application form.

Club Documents

Below are club documents for reference and club member usage.

Layouts

In addition to a permanent club layout, and a portable modular layout, club members have layouts from N to Garden, many with completed scenery.

	Hanford Columbia & Northern (HO & HOn3) The dismantled, former club layout. Modern bridge route from Pasco to Wenatchee with branch to Tacoma over Snoqualmie Pass. Connections with BNSF and UP. Era is Modern. Layout size is 20' x 40'
	Tri Cities Model Railroaders Portable Layout (HO) The club's portable display layout. (This layout still is available for shows) Measures 20' by 28' with two independent mainline tracks. Requires 4 foot access around all sides. It is usually displayed at the annual clinics in January, and at other special events.
	Tahoe Southern (HO) A short line railroad, small train operation, that ties together the SP and WP railroads. Set in Nevada. Era is early to mid 1960's. Layout size is 13' x 16'. This layout has been dismantled, but photos are maintained here for posterity.
	Tri Cities Model Railroaders Museum Demonstration Layout (HO) Depiction of a mid-Columbia area community and nearby reach of the Columbia River. Layout size 16’ x 7.’ The layout has been displayed on several occasions at CREHST Museum in Richland, WA.
	Oregon Trunk Railway (HO) Spokane Portland & Seattle Division, Columbia River (Wishram, WA) to Bend, OR. Connections to City of Prineville shortline and logging railroads. High desert scenery. Era is 1970. Layout size is 11' x 25' L.
	Burnt Hills & Big Flats (N) New York Ontario & Western based in 1970 time frame (free lance). Set from Scranton, PA to Sidney, NY with anthracite & bridge traffic. Layout size is 14' x 19' See also BH & BF Home Page
	Santa Fe Prescott and Arizona (TT) This TT railroad is a folded figure 8 design. There are three towns on three levels which become five town in operation. The main town of Prescott is the start, middle, and end, of a run. The layout is 7’ x 18’ along one side of the garage. It is 52” off the floor with shelves under the layout, for storage. The layout is built on a open grid frame with plywood sub-bed and Alco road bed.
	Glorybee & Middleton (HO & HOn3) Depression era short line. Includes Silver Creek Northern (HOn3) ore mining line and Middleton Lumber (HO) logging line. Set in Washington coast to Cascades. Era is early 30's. Layout size is 15' x 17' and 10' x 12'.

Contacts

Bob Jekel	TCMR President
Steve Prevette	TCMR Webmaster

Links

4449 Page
NMRA Home Page
NMRA - PNR Region
NMRA - PNR Region - 5th Division
Model Railroader Magazine