EACH YEAR SEVERAL CLUB MEMBERS OPEN THEIR LAYOUTS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC

2025 Open Houses

June 22, 2025 1 - 4 PM

Open House at Gary & Nancy Tebo’s 407 Garden Lane, Lewiston, NY 14092

Ebenezer Shortline Railroad

Gary & Nancy initiated construction of the “Ebenezer Shortline Railroad” in 2012. Looking toward a theme set in the first half of the 20th century (1900 – 1950) consisting of farming and western settings, Gary undertook construction of what came to be a 65 ft. x 12 ft. “Garden” Layout bordering the rear of their property. While moderately sized, the “Shortline” encompasses 220 ft. of a mixture of LGB, Aristocraft and USA Trains track, with a maximum gradient of 2%. Analog control is used in conjunction with an Aristocraft Train Engineer System powering the engines electrically through the rails. Motive power is provided care of a “fleet” of LGB, Aristocraft, USA Trains, Hartland Locomotive Works and Bachmann engines, trolleys and Interurbans with an accompanying variety of available rolling stock. Here no available garden space is left unattended, as over the scope of the layout are many detailed structures (Piko, Pola, custom build from scratch), a Lighthouse on a hill, and carefully landscaped settings which bring to life the environment miniature inhabitants of the layout find themselves in.

A distinctive feature of the Ebenezer Short Line is the numerous use of perennial plants located throughout the layout, such as six (6) varieties of especially nice thyme, as well as sedums, Dwarf Alberta Spruces, Hostas, miniature boxwoods, Columbine, hens & chicks, Chameleon plant, Gaillardia (blanket flower), Miniature Gingko tree (Meriken), 2 miniature Japanese Maples, several min. boxwoods, Lamium (dead nettle), several small Austrian Pines, Arbor vitae, Artemisia, Lady’s Mantle, HJeuchera, Speedwell (Veronica), Ice Plant, Bloody Cranesbill, Dusty Miller, Balloon Flower (Campanula), several different sedum, Hens & Chicks, Snow in the Summer, 2 kinds of junipers, Forsythia, Sweet Woodruff, Coneflower (Echinacea), Artemisia Silver Mound), Ajuga, Flowering cabbage, Coreopsis and many others.

Both Gary and Nancy welcome you to their layout.

August 16, 2025 1 - 4 PM (Rain Date: Sunday August 17th)

Open House at Mike & Carol Leonard’s S-935 Townline Rd. , Elma, NY 14059

New York Central Railroad

A thoroughly mature layout, The “New York Central Railroad” features Buffalo, NY in the early 1950’s through 1965. Initially established in 2010, this well-defined and fully landscaped display encompasses 2,500 square feet, with over 400 feet of track, primarily Aristocraft, distributed over two (2) mainline tracks and a multitrack yard. Control is analog, furnished by BridgeWerks Magnum SR Series units with remote control capability, supplying both 13 Aristocraft and USA Trains engines and 55 rolling stock. The design also features a tunnel and impressive waterfall, emptying into a large crafted and detailed pond, with a stream wandering through the layout. Many Piko, Pola and scratch built structures, as well as miniature trees and well populated flowering plantings enhance the “right of way”.

Both Mike and Carol welcome you to their layout.