Eastern Cascades Model Railroad Club
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Eastern Cascades Model Railroad Club is a non-profit organization dedicated to sharing railroading.
03/07/2026
A few of our members gather for the first saturday of the month fun run along with some work to be done on this nice 63° degree day.
Hope everyone else is out enjoying the nice weather.
02/27/2026
We hit a major milestone in our latest project on the outdoor layout. Our storage containers were move to their final resting place. Still a ways to go before complete but this allows us to work on the interior and plan the next phase of the project.
02/21/2026
The first work party of 2026 was today! We got a few hazard trees down and general cleanup up around the property.
Keep an eye out for shop projects and more work party’s.
02/09/2026
Derailments happen on the Eastern Cascades Railroad just like they do in the real world.
Hopefully our engineer knows what he’s doing.
01/17/2026
Flashback to October's Open House in 2005 when the club got a good amount of snow. Still didn't stop us from running trains that year.
01/17/2026
Not letting the cold weather get in the way of progress, we reached a major milestone in our container project. The concrete was poured for the foundations of the containers. Next step will be to place the containers and begin the track work. A special shout iut to member Dave and his team or their continued support of our club and many projects.
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel was just a freight train coming your way.
No Leaf Clover - Metallica
01/02/2026
Flashback Friday from the 2009 Open House.
01/01/2026
Happy new year!!!
12/25/2025
Merry Christmas from our family to yours!
12/14/2025
A few members got out to enjoy a rare warm mid December in Central Oregon. We were too busy enjoying running our trains so we didnt take many pics.
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Our History
The Eastern Cascades Model Railroad Club began in Bend, Oregon, in August 1989. With the help of some friends, Ernie George had the HO (1/87 scale) railroad up and running in four months. Over the next 4 years, Ernie planned, funded and oversaw the completion of scenery, landscaping, signaling, railroad scheduling and formation of the club that would ultimately operate the railroad.
In late 1993, the newly formed club, now a nonprofit organization, was moved to its current location on land donated by club member Larry Barker. Ernie funded construction of a 1,650 square foot building on the site and by December of 1994 the HO layout had a brand new home. Larry Barker had visions of a Christmas Tree farm where people could come out, ride on the inch and a half scale train and cut down their tree. Which would then be hauled back on a flat car to be loaded up and taken home. Sadly that dream of Larry’s never came to be but do get to enjoy the pleasure of riding through trees he planted years ago.
The Central Oregon Area Live Steamers operate and maintain an outdoor 1.5-inch scale railroad (1.5 inches = one foot), large enough for members and guests to enjoy riding. The layout includes several bridges (including a 60-foot bridge with concrete abutments), a turntable, timber retaining walls, and recently a new tunnel. Work completed in 2008 adding a new loop that doubled the trackage to more than 2300 feet. Another loop is currently in the works to go from the new tunnel across the field to the main loading area.
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21520 Modoc Ln.
Bend, OR
97702
Opening Hours
| 7pm - 9:30pm |
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