The Cambridge Model Railroad Club will celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary this fall. The club was formed in November, 1975, to promote model railroading and to encourage its members to develop their modelling skills and to support the NMRA. The majority of our members are also NMRA (Niagara Frontier Region) members, and several are working towards the Master Model Railroader achievement. The club members' layouts range from fully scenicked, basement sized empires with handlaid track throughout and command control, through table sized pikes of sectional track. All of the layouts in the group have one thing in common, though. They provide hours of enjoyment to their builders.

We get together monthly on a rotating basis at the members' homes. Twice a year, we hold a 'show and tell' session, where all the members can show off a structure or piece of rolling stock that has been altered or enhanced (in some cases scratchbuilt) from the original kit. At each of our monthly meetings, the host puts on some sort of clinic. This past year we explored tree construction, rolling stock weathering, a railroad tour of the internet, and a variety of other topics.

The clubs display layout, based on the Grand River Railway, was featured in the February 1997 Railroad Model Craftsman. The April 1995 carried an article about one of our member's layouts, which has now been taken down for a switch to O scale.