The Erie Lackawanna climbed steep grades both east and west out of Scranton, PA. This 28- by 34-foot HO Scale layout faithfully models the eastward climb to Pocono Summit and East Stroudsburg in July-August 1975, and nearly all trains require helpers to climb the grade. ProtoThrottles are used to control sound-equipped DCC locomotives, helping operators feel the struggle up the grade. Two eleven-track and one seven-track staging yards provide traffic. Two on-line yards and multiple on-line industries provide operating interest beyond the mainline action, and the Bloomsburg Branch provides a live interchange with the Reading Railroad plus additional industry. The layout is dispatched using ABS/Rule 251 on the mainline and timetable and train orders on the Branch. Turnouts are both commercial and handlaid, using code 83 rail for the mainline and code 70 in the yards and industrial areas. The layout is fully operational, and scenery is about 50% complete.

The Nickel City Line is an HO Scale model railroad set in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania in 1999. The railroad is a free-lanced short line railroad which operates 102 miles of single track mainline between Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Ridgway Pennsylvania. The layout is Digitrax DCC (Simplex / Duplex / WiFi) with CAD dispatching through JMRI / CATS and FRS radios repeated over the internet. The layout can be operated in person or remotely over the internet through apps designed for throttle and train camera viewing. The layout is triple deck occupying an area measuring 22' x 40'. The layout is not ADA accessible. Website for the layout is: https://nclrr.potomac-nmra.org/index.htm

The layout recreates the Virginian in 1959 (no steam, last year of independent operation) between Norfolk and Roanoke (sadly, no electrics). The Robert Sprague design is located in a 13’ by 39’ basement room, with Digitrax controls (bring your favorite throttle or use one of mine). It is not ADA accessible. The operating scheme includes four jobs: the Suffolk and Alta Vista turns, the Suffolk Shifter, and the Through Freight. As a very new layout (first session was August 13, 2024), the operational scheme is in development, currently using a traditional car card system.