Beautiful model railroad layout at the Slim Gauge Guild

Beautiful model railroad layout at the Slim Gauge Guild.
The layout located in a 2000 square foot basement.

The HOn3 layout is based on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and the Rio Grande Southern with specific prototype scenes.

The Club is located at: 300 S. Raymond Ave. Pasadena, CA 91105

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[jamesstewart]

I had a brief association with the club in the early 80’s. Even back then the modeling was superb. They would acquire pictures of the area they wanted to model and try to recreate it to the smallest detail. At that time they had a very realistic and plausible albeit compressed model of the Georgetown Loop among other scenes. The projected layout at the time was very ambitious and never got fully realized. The club was in an upstairs floor in Pasadena and they were forced to dismantle the layout and move. After that I lost track of the club. So glad to see that they are still in existence and the modeling is as wonderful as ever.

[wesfletcher]

Love this much better than the city scapes with all the busyness.

[billbeverly]

I was a member of the Guild from 1995 until 2020 when I moved back to Texas. I really miss it, thanks for the memories. When I first joined I was working on the HO/HOn3 side, then I gradually moved over to the S/Sn3 side. Early on the Sn3 side needed a lot of plaster work, I think we must have used a ton of plaster on those mountains. Remember this building used to be the old China Factory where they made porcelain figures and they used a LOT of plaster, so we had a lot of bags left over.

[stephen]

Wow! Everything I love in a model, mountain vistas, large timber structures and smaller old time trains, each with its own character. Just a wonderful layout.

[LisaKEntertainment]

I just heard that the Slim Gauge Guild is having an open house this Sunday and Tuesday, Nov. 2024 : ) And that's impressive scenery!

[johnhirtle]

Amazing layout in every respect! Excellent video, as well! Thank you for transporting us back to RG and RGS glory days! ❤

[curly__]

That's exceptional. Thanks for bringing this to us! I really appreciate this.

[dietmarfinster]

I have never seen rocks as realistic as they are on this site! Wonderful!

[mastergunnerysgt]

I hope that there will be day that all of this will be expanded on or tell a story of what everything that you see here will tell that story of the past. In an engineering view point of how everything was built. As I would love to help with this, because I know of many things of the past. Love this vid to no end.

[Lakeside]

I can't find enough words to express my appreciation for this gorgeous masterpiece !

[troygust]

I can’t get enough of the spectacular scenery as I continue to watch this video, awesome job. This is a video I could watch several times, thank you.

[НатальяУколова-чч]

It's a talent to recreate the railway depot of the past years so realistically!!! Thanks so much to the author for such painstaking work! Good luck creating the following videos!!!

[robertbiolsi]

Some of the best river and rock scenery ever !

[MacTrom]

I like that you take the time to show scenery and structures along the way. Some just follow trains and skip the surrounding area.

[DaveWiley-up]

This is an amazing layout. I cannot believe the number of bridges and tresses. Fantastic layout.

[happyboar]

Very beautiful layout. I love these mountains and trestle bridges. The painted backdrop gives more depth to the layout. Very good job 🤩

[bernardvermont]

Thé rocks, thé river are realistics! Super! It's a pleasure

[explore_off_road]

Great video. I love how your show all the beautiful work these folks do. Not just pass it by following the train. On other channels I'm so often, "Wait. What! Go back I want to see that!" Nice job

[scottfrey]

This is unbelievably awesome and absolutely jaw-dropping scenery!! :-)

[mariofrenzaCEO]

Very nicely done. I love that kinda rock work and color. Reminds me of Richard Bourgerie HO The Timberline Railroad.
Well done. 😊