We decided to drive to Crossville because fellow Santa
Ana NWR volunteers, Lynn and Jane, purchased a home in this area. We had a couple of very enjoyable days
visiting with them and having them show us their new home and this area.
I couldn’t find much to do in this area but Jane
mentioned a model railroad club that had a large set-up in one of the malls. It was closed the days we were visiting with them but Mark
and I went by another day to check it out.
The Crossville Model Railroad Club has 5 operating
layouts in the most popular scales: ‘G’, ‘O’, ‘HO’, ‘N’ and ‘Z’, in 4600 square
feet of space.
The “N” Scale display has three main lines with both
steam engines and diesel locomotives.
(1/160th size scale).
The movie theater wasn’t on when we were there but they
do play movies on the little tv screen.
The “HO” layout is the largest display with four running mainlines. There are over 275 structures, 1,396 people,
cars, trucks, scooters, motorcycles, helicopters, airplanes and lots of
animals. There are also over 500
lightbulbs lighting various items.
Do you see the Oscar Meyer Weiner Mobile?
The displays are at a good height for viewing.
The “G” Scale were the largest trains. The G Scale components are roughly 1/22.5th
of actual size.
There was a new section under construction that still
needed a lot of work.
There is no charge to see the trains but donations are welcome. This was a fun place to visit.
Mark also found a nearby disc golf course to play.
The first hole was a doozy! Fortunately, he carries a selection of discs
that he doesn’t mind losing. This 335-foot
- across the lake - drive was a good place for a ‘throw away’ disc. And yes, he did lose one before he found
another route to the basket.
Travel from
Carrollton, Ky to Crossville, TN: 340 miles
Next time: Arkansas and Texas
I'd heard through the grapevine that there had been a lost disc!
ReplyDeleteWe have a large model train set up in our community. It is amazing then number of hours that go into something like that!
Discs...
DeleteGreat train display. I have no comment on the disc golf 🙄
ReplyDeleteIt was a heck of a nice display. As for the DG, still holding at two lost (recently)...
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