Portable HO Layout
Heritage Layouts
February 7, 2019Central Train Museum Modular HO Model Layout
The club maintains a large portable modular layout which is displayed at the club's annual train shows held in the Upstate. The layout is 12 ft x 26 ft and features many scenes typical of the area around the upstate South Carolina area..
Trains of Bob Folsom and Jim Reece meet on the modular layout
Passenger terminal scenery by Rob Seel
About HO scale train models.
HO or H0 is a rail transport modelling scale using a 1:87 scale (3.5 mm to 1 foot). It is the most popular scale of model railway in the world. The rails are spaced 16.5 mm (0.650 in) apart for modelling 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge tracks and trains in HO.
The name HO comes from 1:87 scale being half that of O scale, which was previously the smallest of the series of older and larger 0, 1, 2 and 3 gauges introduced by Märklin around 1900. In most English-speaking markets it is pronounced "aitch-oh" and written with the letters HO today, but in other markets remains written with the letter H and number 0 (zero), so in German it is pronounced as "hah-null".
Central Train Museums HO scale models provide a balance between the detail of larger scales and the lower space requirements of smaller scales. See our exhibitions in person every Saturday! Click below for directions.
A local city layout
A HO picture from our Feb 2009 Train Show
Addtional view of the passenger terminal
Addtional view of the passenger terminal
Central Railway Model & Historical Association
108 Werner St,
Central, South Carolina 29630
