Cajon Layout Open House
NEW! Joel Morse recently hosted an open house of his N-Scale New York, Ontario & Western layout set in upstate New York. Attendance was brisk with roughly two dozen members from both Cajon and Los Angeles Divisions in attendance. The layout loosely models the prototype railroad's main line as it serves the rural towns of Walton and Sidney, NY along with the Delhi Branch, and a fictitious connection with the DL&W mainline at Shellysburg, NY in the spring of 1954. Located in New York's Catskill Mountains, the model railroad depicts approximately 35 miles of the 541 miles of main line served by the NYO&W. Running from Weehaken, NJ on the west bank of the Hudson River opposite New York City, the railroad ran north/northwest to the town of Oswego on the Great Lakes with a branch southwest to the coal fields of Scranton, PA. Opened in 1873, the NYO&W was abandoned in 1957. The layout is designed for model railroad operations and Joel is giving a clinic on the subject of designing a model railroad for operations at the upcoming PSR Convention in San Diego. The layout was featured in the January 2024 edition of the NMRA Magazine. Thank you to Joel and his wife for opening their home and being gracious hosts.
PSR's Newest MMR!
Wayne Pierce of El Cajon in the San Diego Division is our newest MMR #825. Congratulations Wayne! What is an MMR you ask? Click here: NMRA MMR Program
New Model Train Vendor Added!
Model Train Solutions has been added to the Links Page under Hobby Shops. You may have seen the mobile store at local train shows and PSR events. It is run by our own Brian and Karie Neely. They also have an online store. Check it out! https://model-train-solution.myshopify.com/
New Officer Position!
Cliff Mathews has volunteered to be Cajon's latest Chief Clerk, whose responsibilities are taking and publishing of the monthly board meetings along with maintaining the Division By-Laws. Thanks to Cliff for filling this vacancy. See his bio here: https://cajondivision.org/home/index.php/officers
Volunteers Needed for "All Aboard for 2026" PSR Convention in San Diego
Volunteers are needed to help at the Convention Sept. 9-13 in San Diego. Various positions are available at different days/times. Contact
Get to Work on Models!
Models are needed for the Celebration Room at the "All Aboard for 2026" PSR Convention in San Diego. There is plenty of time left before the Convention to get your models entry/entries ready! Entries are eligible for AP Certificate Evaluation. There can never be too many models for the judges to evaluate!