Cayuga Valley MRRC

The Cayuga Valley Model Railroad Club is building an HO scale layout. We meet Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Guests welcome. New Members accepted.

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Finger Lakes Railway GP38-2 #2002 is seen idling suirounded by a fresh blanket of snow in the Auburn Yard. This locomotive is currently assigned as the AY1 (Auburn Yard Job) power, while B23-7 #2305 receives needed maintenance work. M.A.Fritz Photograph.

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Two Alco switchers are working the Keystone Speciality Metals Plant on our large HO scale layout.

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A GE 44 Ton locomotive is seen pulling two bulkhead flatcars loaded with pulpwood down the branchline toward the mainline during this past Wednesday’s meeting.

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Finger Lakes Railway B23-7 2304 has taken over AY1 (Auburn Yard Job) duties and is seen basking in the fall afternoon sunshine in the Auburn Yard today. M.A.Fritz Photograph.

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A gas powered Doodlebug delivers a 40’ boxcar of dimensional lumber to Rhodes & Son Lumber Co. The delivery of the lumber load was a priority and the Mine Workers Run would pass by the lumber company on its way to the coal mine. Service the Cayuga Valley way!

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A quick trip to the Auburn Yard this afternoon caught the westbound FGLK GS2 picking up a block of empty covered hoppers. The crew would reassemble their train and continue west to terminate in Geneva. M.A.Fritz Photograph.

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Member John Tomandl’s New York Central steam locomotive pulls a block of ice reefers pass the Rhodes & Son Lumber Company on the Club’s HO scale layout at last week’s meeting.

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Today is our Annual Summer Picnic. This year member John Tomandl offered to host the picnic at his house. You will notice, that trains will not be left out of the mix, as John’s G-Scale layout will be front and center!

The festivities start at 12:30, seeing you there!

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The Club has started a new Facebook Page. It can be located at:

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The eastbound Finger Lakes Railway GS2 is seen dropping six empty gondolas in the Auburn Yard this afternoon. EMD GP38-2’s 2001, 2003 & 2004 are today’s power. M.A.Fritz Photograph.

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It’s HOT out, but a few dedicated CVMR members are headed to the Club tonight. So if you are out and about, swing in and say hello. Guests are always welcome!

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Finger Lakes Railway B23-7 #2305 has replaced #2304 as the Auburn Yard Job (AY1) locomotive, and is seen resting under the hot sun today in the Auburn Yard. M.A.Fritz Photograph.

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Tom Hundley visited the Club on Wednesday, and as advertised, was gladly given trackage rights on the CVRR. Here we see his PRR GG1 pulling a passenger train with two headend boxcars of express freight over a truss deck bridge on our HO scale layout.

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FGLK B23-7 #2304 is tied on to the headend of a block of gondolas to be picked up by the westbound GS2 (Sweep Train) this evening. 2304 will be brought back to Geneva, and another locomotive will be dropped off to replace it as AY1 (Auburn Yard Job) power. M.A.Fritz Photograph.

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CSX NRE Genset locomotive #1302 is pulling TBOX boxcars from the off spot track in the Industrial Park on our Club’s HO scale layout during a recent operating session. The boxcars will be spotted on the Team Track, where their large paper roll loads will be transferred to trucks.

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It’s Wednesday night, and that can mean only one thing………the trains will be running on the Cayuga Valley Railroad and guests are always welcome!

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A PRR H10s 2-8-0 pulls a string of empty coal hoppers back to CV Yard after they were unloaded at the Bishop Coal Company. The action took place on our Club’s HO scale layout.

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A big PRR K4s 4-6-2 is moving a block of ice reefers back to its waiting train on the mainline during last week’s Club meeting.

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CVMR Summer Picnic 2022.
John Tomandl has offered to host this year's picnic. It is Sunday, August 7th from 12:30 to 4:30 pm. Sign up sheet at the Clubroom. Please bring a chair to sit, a dish to pass, and family & friends to share!