Model Railroading > Joined a New Club

I joined the Caldwell Model Railroad Club in Caldwell, ID yesterday. They have a nice HO scale layout which is double track mainlines on two levels with a helix on one end and a lengthy climb on the other end. Lots of potential for operations which is starting to be organized. The club is young having bought the building they are in back in 2010. Parts of the layout are still under construction, but the majority of the layout is scenicked. There are some branchlines as well. Still learning the locations and routes on the layout. I took these photos before things got busy, and they did get very busy on this open run day.

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1. Port of Lewiston on the lower level next to the lower staging yard.

2. Nampa Yard with the 1925 built Depot. The depot was opened with the opening of the Boise Cutoff, but razed in the mid 1980's. The earlier built stone depot still survives.

3. Nampa Roundhouse and turntable. The clear roof is to show off the interior detail.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/05/23 00:40 by funnelfan.

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4. Diesel shop and service tracks on the lower level.

5. Huge Simplot plant in Caldwell, matching the prototype industry just outside of town.

6. Silverwood Amusement Park.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

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7. Model of the original Boise depot in downtown Boise before the Boise Cutoff was built with it's more modern depot on the bluff above downtown. This is where the mainlines start the climb to the upper level, and is the ruling grade on the layout.

8. "Half Moon Trestle" on the climb from the lower level to the upper level. Branchline down low.

9.  Burke, ID with the famous hotel spanning the branchline, part of the Silver Valley mining district.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

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10. Up in the Mountains above Burke.

11. Cabarton on the middle level and Falcon on the branch on the lowest level.

12. Sawmill at Cascade on the upper level.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

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13. Forest Service is mopping up a forest fire near the camp on the logging line.

14. Grain elevator complex at Moscow on the upper level.

15. Sawmill at the east end of Moscow with a trestle on the logging line above.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

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16. Cement Plant at Mountain Home on the upper level. F4 fighter jet has just taken off from the nearby Air Force Base.

17. Cement Plant at Mountain Home on the upper level.

18. Passenger train leaving the upper level staging at King Hill (top of the helix).

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

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19. Staging with Pocatello on the upper level and Hinkle on the lower level.

I will post photos of the N scale layout at the club soon.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/05/23 00:38 by funnelfan.

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I have really enjoyed your well done layout, you have a remarkable progress to brag about.  Plus there is a nice sprinkling of the Union Pacific displayed.
Blaine
American Fork

Thanks for the tour, Ted. Nice cabinetry in the last photo. Curious what they might use the slide out drawers for, above the bigger cabinets?
Dave in MT

Wow nice layout see why you joined next trip to Ontario/Boise will have to put it on my calender.

Very nice. Thanks for sharing!
Regards, Jim Evans

That "S" shaped wood trestle must have taken a year to bild.

Ted, 
Caldwell looks to be 387 miles south of you.  quite a commute to run trains.

Mike Stewart
Oakley, CA

gnguy Wrote:
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> Ted, 
> Caldwell looks to be 387 miles south of you. 
> quite a commute to run trains.
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> Mike Stewart
> Oakley, CA

Only 30 miles, moved to Ontario, OR a couple months ago.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

monaddave Wrote:
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> Thanks for the tour, Ted. Nice cabinetry in the
> last photo. Curious what they might use the slide
> out drawers for, above the bigger cabinets?
> Dave in MT

Those are for excess club cars, but are empty for the most part.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

Pretty cool! I had no idea there was a club at Caldwell. Well established apparently!