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 S-MOD Layouts 1984-1993 and Beyond! INDEX
V6: 9/27/11 |
 Don DeWitt's module (now owned by Bill Lane) Layout Coordinators: Don DeWitt or Don Thompson |
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Layouts
during
the S-MOD mania years:
| Pre-1985 |
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| The first module built by the CJSS was a 16 ft switching layout owned by Mike Ferraro that is still in use as of September 2008. From that module, the S-MOD system was developed through the creation of the S-MOD standards committee which included S Club representatives from all over the U.S. | |
| 1985 |
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| The 16 ft CJSS module was shown at
several RailExpo shows at the Central Jersey
Railroad Terminal at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, NJ. I
first met the club in 1985 at one of those shows... and that began my
module mania. The first issue of Stack Talk, the club
newsletter
was published in December 1985. |
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| 1986 |
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| The club set up a display layout at the
Rail Expo IV Trainshow at the CNJ terminal at Liberty State park in May. Several CJSS modules were taken to the 1986 NASG Convention sponsored by the Southeastern Michigan S Gaugers in July. I do not have a diagram of that large layout. |
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| 1987 | |
| CJSS Layout: RailExpo VII in Jersey City, NJ | |
| CJSS Get-Together in South Amboy, NJ | |
| 1988 | |
| CJSS Layout: RailExpo IX Trainshow in Jersey City, NJ | |
| NASG Layout: NASG/CJSS Convention in New Brunswick, NJ | |
| CJSS Get-Together in South Amboy, NJ | |
| 1989 | |
| CJSS Layout: RailExpo X Trainshow in Jersey City, NJ | |
| NMRA/MER Layout at Meet in Oaklyn, NJ | |
| CJSS Get-Together in South Amboy, NJ | |
| 1990 | |
| NASG Layout: NMRA/NASG Convention in Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 1993 | |
| Another large layout was coordinated by
Don Thompson at the joint NMRA/NASG Convention at Valley Forge, PA |
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| 1994-2008 |
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| Since 1994, the CJSS Get-Together meets
changed to a joint S-MOD
Layout / S Dealer gathering. Due to space limitations, no large layouts
have been created. |
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| 2009 | |
| Bill Lane (module), Don DeWitt (module), Dick Lind, and Claude Demers (new owner of Allen Yard) and perhaps a few others are building new modules or revising old modules that will be wired for the new S-MOD/DCC Recommended Practice (coming soon!). Please contact me (see below) if you are interested in joining us at the Get-Together next fall. |
Commentary by Don DeWitt about
Free-MO modules in S Scale.
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Contact Info: Don DeWitt
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