Does any body know of any O Gauge Train Layouts in Florida? Primary on the Gulf Coast from Tampa Area north and east to Orlando.
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I'm just north of Tampa and I know if a few others. Just emailed you.
Thank you for your reply. I moved here last April from the Lehigh Valley in Eastern Pennsylvania where O gauge is very popular. Currently, I am living in Brooksville. I'm finding out that is not the case here. I suspect one of the big reasons is the lack of space due to not a lot of houses have basements. I am just trying to get a idea of how many others share my interest in O gauge in the area and whether that could eventually develop into planned events/run sessions, help with layout building? I will be just starting my layout in the next couple of months. It will be loosely based on the 1920s through 1955 steam era in the Lehigh Valley region of PA.
It's not as big on Florida's West Coast from what I've learned. I ran into a guy at Zitnik's trains who has a big layout but didn't get his name. You might ask at Zitnik's and see who they know are O gauge customers. There's a guy just north of me as well with 2 layouts in his house so there is some activity. I just met him recently.
Ok, thank you your reply. I get to Zitnik's from time to time so I will make inquiries.
I moved from Long Island to Beverly Hills (about an hour north of you) 3 years ago. I found out that "O" is not very popular. I took a table at a local train show and hardly sold a thing. I hope you find some "O" layouts or clubs to join. Lenny J
I'm actually moving to the Royal Highlands development, just below Homossa Springs sometime this summer. I'll have a building large enough to build an O gauge layout.
I'm out on the East side of the state (Space Coast) and also have been looking for the same, with little luck.
There is a railroad club here in Brevard that is currently looking for an in-county space to set up some layout of various scales. I'm seeing where that search goes with hopes of that possibly becoming some sort of solution.
@Dougklink posted:I'm just north of Tampa and I know if a few others. Just emailed you.
Hi, Id like to see the list. Im in Fort Myers, but know of real rail only in the Tampa area.
There is a nice layout in Naples train Museum.
