Oregon Electtric O-Gaugers

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Always LEARNing. Always  TRAINing.
Our  YouTube channel has the Club's Videos
Including the latest Feb 2024 in Eugene, as well as 2023 and "How we set up"
Oregon Electric O Gaugers - YouTube link:   
 Next Up !!!  in  June , at the  Corvallis Library
Saturday June 1 and Sunday June 2  2024
The 2024  Eugene Train Swap Meet  was a tremendous success...
Everyone Enjoyed Our Giant Three Track  Layout .  
It was great sharing with prior and future train lovers and owners.   
We are always excited to share our trains !
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Our videos and photos are there, but Please Post  
Photos and Videos that you have taken,  to our Facebook page.
Check out the layouts and trains on our member and club pages.
OHRM link>> Oregon Heritage Rail Museum !!!!!
Visit the  website for a virtual tour.
The museum has limmited hours, and excursions to Oak Park.
Go to our excursion link page .
Especially Santiam Excursions  and  Mt Hood RR
A new hobby link.     Mr. Muffin's Trains
He is an O Gauge dealer in an old flour mill in Atlanta, Indiana
The site has an incredable amount of links to videos of the layout in his store
and also of many different extensive layouts.  Bonus: Q&A blog
The Oregon Electric O-Gaugers Train Club of Albany, Oregon also has members in Corvallis, Lebanon, Salem, Eugene and other cities around the Willammett Valley.   This year we will again participate in the Benton County Fair.  Everyone enjoyed this interactive Set-Up!  The Exhibit Hall was transformed into miniature worlds, complete with Trains of many scales, multiple tracks, noisy trains, and much more.  We also set up at the February train swap at Lane County Fair Grounds, in June at Corvallis Library, and this year, October at Albany Library.
   Check our YouTube and Facebook links for videos of these...

What’s an O Gauger ? .. A person who enjoys running or collecting
O Gauge trains  ( or O Scale)…..    So …..
What’s an “O-Gauge” train ?…… Think of the Lionel trains of the 40’s and 50’s, but a slightly larger size…..
Most of our trains are O or O27, which both run on the same width 3 rail track.  O27 is so named because its full circle of track has a 27”  diameter. It is also the size of the original Lionel trains.  The taller track for O generally is 31” to 72” full circle diameter, but the distance between the inside and outside rails is the same as O27, so the smaller O27 stock can run on the O track.
The most popular Scales are N, HO, S, O27, O,  and G, (or Large Scale).  They are special mathematical ratios to the real (prototype) trains.  

Below is the same locomotive in six different scales, measuring just 2 3/4" long in Z scale up to a whopping 20 3/4" long in large (G) scale.  Each represents a real 50 foot locomotive in the scale. This information is from World’s Greatest Hobby website.   http://www.greatesthobby.com/
The  Oregon Electric O-Gaugers enjoy sharing our trains with the public and schedule display events several times throughout the year.   You might see us at the Corvallis, Albany or Salem Libraries, the Eugene Train Swap Meet and the Benton County Fair.  
Check our Current Events Calendar  Link,  for times and dates.
For more info go to the  Club’s Statement of Purpose  Link .
If you want to join us , or send an email, go to the Membership Form Link.
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