The Piedmont Railroaders
is an active club of over 30 members We enjoy watching trains, riding trains, and participating in public train shows and community train festivals.
We have a monthly club meeting and publish a monthly newsletter
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<< Meetings
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Monthly Membership Meetings
- The Club meets once a month on the fourth Wednesday (meeting
schedule) at 7 PM at SunTrust Bank's lower level conference
room. Meetings typically consist of a short business session and
a railroad related presentation to the members.
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<< Community Activities
- Train Shows >>
Each year the Club participates in several train shows within an hours drive of Warrenton.
The HO scale modules are constructed to an NMRA compatible specification. This allows
Club members to interconnect their modules into different size and shape layouts
based upon the amount of space available at a train show. The modules can and sometimes are
combined with modules from other clubs to make even larger layouts.The layouts are powered and controlled by a
digital command and control system (DCC) manufactured by Digitrax.
The following shows are typically
supported by the Piedmont Railroaders each year:
- Prince William
Boy Scout Troop #964 - (Scout
photos) a multi-scale model train show held in March. The Piedmont
Railroaders combine their HO scale modules with those from two other clubs and the Boy Scouts
to form a large layout of more than 100 modules in all.
- Manassas Railway
Festival - (Manassas
photos) a street festival held on the first Saturday in June in the
area of the Amtrak Station in downtown Manassas featuring multiple train
layouts, railroad equipment on display, excursion train and railroad related vendors.
- Culpeper Harvest Days Farm Tour - (Culpeper photos)a showcase of the agricultural diversity and heritage of Culpeper County. The tour starts at the Visitors Center in the Train Depot where you recieve a map and discription of all of the participating farms around the county.
- Greenberg Train
Shows - (Greenberg
photos) held in both the Summer and Winter at the Dulles Expo
Center in Chantilly, Va.
- Chantilly Bible
Church Train Show - (Chantilly Church photos) held the second Saturday in December at the Church located in Chantilly,
Va. The show is free and includes G, O, HO scale, Lego trains, Brio trains and is very fun for children of all ages.
- The Worlds Greatest Hobby Show - (The Worlds Greatest Hobby Photos) In January 2010 The Worlds Greatest Hobby on Tour came to the Chantilly Expo Center. They hoast shows in major cities across the nation and are excellent shows that are highly regarded
Please visit our Upcoming
Events page for the details of future shows.
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<< Speeders >>
Some of our club members have speeders and enjoy riding the real rails, but on a smaller scale. If you don't know what a speeder is, then you need to check out these pictures - - - (Speeder
photos)
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<< Newsletter >>
A monthly newsletter,
"The Piedmont Local", is mailed to members homes either electronically or by the postal service as a reminder of the next upcoming membership meeting and to announce the program to be presented at the meeting and any significant business matters to be discussed. It also has articles written by and for the members.
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