At one time, many years ago, the East Bay Model Engineers Society had a total of six layouts in the same building. O-- O Trolley-- On3 ; HO-- HO Trolley-- HOn3 .. The layouts were in a very old building that straddled the Oakland / Emeryville (CA) city line. The building was owned by the Santa Fe Railroad and the club rented it from the Santa Fe for $ 1.00 a year !
The building was approximately 15,000 square feet in size and the club was a faithful tenant there for forty-four years (1940--1984). The building was very old and leaked terribly when it rained. It was a never-ending fight to keep the roof from leaking over the layout area ! One oldtime member said that years earlier, the building was used as a place to construct "spoke wheels" for wagons..
The O-gauge layout (2-rail) was in a space 130 x 75 feet ! The HO-gauge layout (2-rail) was in a space 90 x 36 feet !
The O-Trolley layout was called the "Oakland, Antioch & Eastern" (named after the predecessor company, South of Sacramento) of the famous Sacramento Northern.
I am listing several links herein, so as to keep me from having to re-type so much information. Just click on a LINK and read accordingly. They will not be in any particular order. Some LINKS also have photos which you may click on to make larger.
I hope all of my traction friends enjoy this bit of history !!
http://www.gsmrm.org/history/halleck.shtml
http://www.gsmrm.org/o_scale/O...Thist1948Buckingham/
http://www.gsmrm.org/o_scale/O...ory/OSThistShattock/
http://www.trainorders.com/dis...n/read.php?3,1879440
http://www.trainorders.com/dis...n/read.php?3,1875946
Ken Shattock (KRK)
