The 2023 convention will place special emphasis on affordable and accessible O scale layouts and models.

Times and days open are listed at the bottom on the page.

Layout tours are marked in green on our Interactive Map.

 

The Colorado Model Railroad Museum is one of the finest, one of a kind miniature accomplishments in the world. This 5,500 sq. feet masterpiece required over five years and 280,000 volunteer hours to complete. Located at 680 10th Street in Greeley, Colorado, this one of a kind museum has hundreds of railroad sceneries, more than 500 scale locomotives, 80 scale miles of train track, thousands of other handmade artifacts including around 28,000 handmade trees. The museum houses thousands of artifacts including a 1919 Colorado and Southern Caboose that you can tour.

Eric Bacchi will invite registered attendees to see his O scale shelf layout during the convention. This “proto freelance” layout will feature a farming community at its heart. Based on a Chicago & North Western branch line in Iowa in the late 1990s, switching will be the primary focus. The benchwork is by Sievers and the backdrop is made of canvas covered panels. The layout footprint is two feet by 26 feet. Eric is deciding what type of shippers and receivers will be along the sidings before beginning scenery.

 

 

 

 

 

During the last O Scale National Convention in Denver, Ron Keiser hosted guests at his G scale layout. Make no mistake, this rare indoor large-scale, narrow-gauge layout presented great ideas for fitting a lot of scenery and operation into a typical basement. And the detailed scenes tell great stories beyond the realm of rails and wheels. Ron is again agreeable to welcoming guests who register for the O Scale National Convention.

   

The O Scale High Plains Route of Jeff MacDonald features complete scenery and realistic passenger trains that recall the 1950s environment of eastern Nebraska. This mid-size layout is loaded with carefully crafted scenes that bring a sense of life to each square foot. Jeff’s locomotives, passenger cars, and freight cars all have been meticulously detailed to match their prototypes.

   

The Appalachian & Ohio is a nationally known O scale layout. Set in 1968 West Virginia, the A&O hauls coal from mines to customers across the system. With a working hump yard, the railroad can quickly sort and dispatch general merchandise trains that work the various industrial sites along the main line. David Stewart and his crew have installed working signals, installed impressive trackwork, and are operating the railroad according to prototypical practices.

   

 

2023 National O Scale Convention

Layout Tour Schedule*

*Subject to Change

Thursday, June 8, 2023

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Colorado MODEL Railroad Museum, Greeley
(Regular Hours, Open to Public, half price admission with badge)
5:00 pm – 9:00 PM Jeff MacDonald, Boulder, CO

Saturday June 10, 2023

10:00 am – 4:00 pm Colorado MODEL Railroad Museum, Greeley
(Regular Hours, Open to Public, half price admission with badge)
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm Colorado MODEL Railroad Museum, Greeley
(O Scale Convention Only- Hours after 4:00 PM)
2:00 pm – 10:00 pm David Stewart, Milliken, CO
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Jeff MacDonald, Boulder, CO

Sunday, June 11, 2023

11:00 am – 4:00 pm Jeff MacDonald, Boulder
12:01 pm – 4:00 pm Ron Keiser
12:01 pm – 4:00 pm Colorado MODEL Railroad Museum, Greeley
(Regular Hours, Open to Public, half price admission with badge)