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The Central New York Model Railroad Club was formed in 1971 when the 1860's vintage New York Central Railroad Station was purchased from the Penn Central railroad. The station is located where the New York Central's Auburn Branch met the Skaneateles Short Line railroad in Hartlot. This was also known as the Skaneateles Junction or Hartlot Station.

The Delaware & Ontario is the second HO scale model railroad to be constructed by the club. It reflects the operation of a B-Class railroad running through the heartland of New York State from Grand Gorge ,on the Delaware river, north to Wolcott Bay on Lake Ontario. The Different areas of the layout reflect a range of time from early 20th Century to the present day. The railroad is operated point-to-point, with 4 mainline cabs in the center of the 57ft. X 21ft. layout. 90% of all the track is handlaid, with the other 10% being flextrack that has been used on some recent scenery work. Centralized Train Control (CTC) is coordinated from a booth with a control panel that is built into the old trackside bay window of the station. The CTC controls mainline operation while each major town and yard has it's own local control panel. To run the layout to it's full capacity requires 1 dispatcher in the CTC booth, 4 mainline cab engineers, 4 to 5 yardmasters to operate the yard panels, and 1 to 2 roving local operators for local switching moves.

The tracks behind the club are now active after having been left idle for several years by Conrail. The tracks were recently purchased by the Finger Lakes Railroad that is operating out of Geneva, NY and they run several freights a week past the club to connect with Conrail tracks in Solvay, NY (just outside of Syracuse). There is a siding at the club where the Finger Lakes Railroad spots hoppers and boxcars due to a shortage of storage tracks in Solvay. The locomotives of the Finger Lakes railroad are painted in the traditional Lightning Stripe scheme of the New York Central with the only difference being the lettering for Finger Lakes Railroad instead of New York Central and of course these locomotives are a little bit more modern than the diesels of the old NYC.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE D&O RAILROAD

• 5.3 SCALE MILES OF HANDLAID MAINLINE TRACK
• 3 LARGE YARDS AND MANY OTHER SIDINGS
• 208 BUILDINGS LOCATED IN 9 TOWNS AND THE COUNTRYSIDE
• OPERATING COAL LOADER AND DUMPER
• OPERATING DRAWBRIDGE
• CAN OPERATE 4 MAINLINE TRAINS SIMULTANEOUSLY
• WE OPERATE EVERYTHING FROM STEAM TO MODERN DIESEL

VISITORS ARE WELCOME ANY FRIDAY NIGHT

ADMISSION FREE

MEETING NIGHTS: EVERY FRIDAY EVENING 8:00 P.M.

OPERATING NIGHT: FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH

BUSINESS MEETING: SECOND FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH

COME AND ASK QUESTIONS. WE HAVE EXPERTS IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE HOBBY. ON OPERATING NIGHT YOU CAN WATCH THE D&O OPERATE ON A TIMED SCHEDULE. OR E-MAIL THE CLUB IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. CNYCLUB@AOL.COM

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