Founding Of The Cincinnati Model Railway Club, A History
The Founding of the Cincinnati Model Railway Club, A History is a interesting topic that truly has a merit. In 1932 a group of Cincinnati model rail road enthuses started the model railway club. In 1934 and employee of the B & O Railroad and president of the club named Mel Thornburgh formally founded the club.
Mel Thornburgh was completely devoted to his craft as he wrote many articles about building from scratch in the Model Railroad Press. Mr. Thornburgh has a scratch built locomotive, the Thatcher Perkins along with passenger cars on display at the National Model Railroad Association Museum.
The clubs first layout was located Downtown Cincinnati, on Sycamore Street until 1938. For the next decade the club inhabited Cincinnati Union Terminal where on New Year-s 1948 the layout was broke down into sections and stored. In 1952 the location of the clubs layout took up residence in the Norwood City Hall until sometime in the mid 1970-s. The club continues the meetings at the club member-s homes until 2001 when the club found the Harmony Lodge and settled in on the lower floor of the lodge.
The Cincinnati Model Railway Club has survived nearly eighty wonderful years.
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