The James River Division's purpose is to share the fun and excitement of model railroading with modelers in Central and Southside Virginia.
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Orange County Railroading is History You Want to Hear
The November 14th Meet at the Historic Southern Station in Orange, VA will include a talk by Orange County Historian Frank Walker. Most know that Orange County currently hosts both Norfolk Southern and the Buckingham Branch. How many know that besides predecessor owners Southern and C&O there were two other railroads in Orange County? The Radian Railroad went West from Orange through Wolftown to the Mountains as a narrow gauge railroad. The Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont which switched between standard gauge and narrow gauge while only ever making it from Fredericksburg to Orange. Prior to all this Orange County was significant to the American Civil War in the area of railroading among many other areas. Frank Walker will inform us about these areas. If you model either of the two main railroads in the county or are looking for something new to model then come and explore.
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Colorado comes to Orange on November 14th
Well known O Scale modeler Andrew Dodge comes to the JRD meet in Orange on November 14th at the historic train station in downtown Orange, VA. Photos of this well known fine scale layout by Gerard Fitzgerald were featured in our Report on the 2013 MER. The quality of the work on this layout is some of the finest seen today. Some of you may be unaware that Andrew had a famous On3 layout on the Denver South Park and Pacific in the same space. His decision to venture into something new caused some consternation initially but those of us who have seen his layout are glad he has inspired us with something new. We hope that you come to be inspired by this master of the hobby.
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Zoom Hangout Friday at 7pm
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Our next in person meeting is still on for September 11th. Please note we are asking everyone to where a mask and those who are not vaccin...
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In what I hope is the beginning of a long term trend Gordy Robinson the NMRA President was interviewed on Lionel Strang’s A Modelers Life. ...
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The JRD and the Potomac Division had a great joint meeting in Warrenton today at Battlefield Baptist. We appreciate the Church being so ge...