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Saturday, March 29, 2025, 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Layout Tour
Welcome to our 41st Annual Layout Tour in Waterloo Region and Guelph, Ontario. It is with great pleasure that we offer a selection of feature layouts for your enjoyment. Some layouts are in the early stages of construction and others are almost completed.
We invite you to select layouts that are of particular interest to you from the guide book and visit them. It’s your choice; visit new ones or pay a return visit to your favourites. The object is for us all to share in the experience; visitor and layout owner alike. Take your time, ask questions and enjoy your day. We respectfully request that you make sure any children in your group are under full control at all times, and are not allowed to wander away and cause concern for our layout owners.
Covid-19: Please follow any public health measures that may be in place on the day of the layout tour. Additionally, some layout owners may request or require that people wear masks and sanitize their hands while visiting. This is noted in the layout description in the guide book or may be indicated by signs at the location. Please respect the layout owner’s request as this is their home they are opening up for your enjoyment.
Guide Book Updates
Any last minute changes to layout opening times will be posted here.
Admission - $5.00 per person.
On the day of the tour tickets and guide books may be purchased at the Hespeler Memorial Arena, 640 Ellis Rd., Cambridge ON N3C 4K1. Cash only at the Hespeler Arena.
Advance Ticket Sales:
Options for advance ticket sales will be posted in February, 2025.
Not sure what to expect? Check out these two videos taken by participants in the 2023 tour.
Model Railroad Basics Course
The Doubleheaders is pleased to announce the Model Railroad Basics Course in the Fall of 2024. It will be held on Thursday nights from 6:30 to 8:30 PM starting October 3. It will be held at the Rockway Community Centre, 1405 King St. E. in Kitchener.
This is an 10 week hands on course intended to teach basic model railroading skills. It is facilitated by members of the Doubleheaders Model Railroad Club. At the end of the course, you will have built a small diorama with some track, hills, a pond and a tree. Topics include:
- how to design a model train layout
- how to build a model train layout
- how to lay track
- basic wiring, electrical and DCC (Digital Command Control)
- basic scenery - landforms, vegetation, water
- basic modelling tools and how to use them
- maintenance of locomotives and rolling stock
- how to build models
- operation
The cost is $75 + HST and includes basic supplies.
Registration starts August 13, 2024 through the ActiveKitchener website (see link below) or at any Kitchener Community Centre.
For further info, please email dhtour at gmail.com.
Site last updated 25-Oct-2024.