FIFTH ANNUAL
MODEL TRAIN OPEN HOUSE
SATURDAY OCTOBER 9th, 2010

The Dakota Southeastern Division sponsors its fifth annual model train open house on Saturday, October 9. This year’s lineup features six different layouts in five homes, plus the opportunity to again enjoy the Sioux Valley Model Engineers Society club layout located at the Lyons Fairgrounds. Trains will be running from noon till 5:00 p.m. at all sites.

Rail passes (admission ticket) along with directions and maps for the self-directed tours will be available at Hobby Town USA, located at 1007 West 41st Street in Sioux Falls, beginning when the store opens at 10:00 that Saturday morning. Individual passes are $5.00. A family pass is $10.00. Passes are good for all sites.

Below is a brief description of each railroad on our 2010 open house tour. All aboard!

Jay Manning's award winning N-scale Beer Valley modular layout is highly detailed with scenery, bridges and buildings. Hundreds of vehicles and hand-painted figures can be found on this layout. In addition, the Dakota Southeastern Division’s own modular layout will be at Jay’s residence to add another attraction at this site.

DSED's Modular HO Scale Layout

Jay Manning's Beer Valley

Alan Saatkamp’s Wisconsin Dakota Railroad features the DM&E Chicago sub east from Savanna, Illinois through Davis Jct., and per the prototype interchanges with the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad in Janesville, Wisconsin.

Terry Anderson’s railroad is the DM&E (Darla, Mark & Emma) and is a freelance midwestern modern era layout with an Illinois Central flavor.

Sioux Valley Model Engineers Society club layout at W.H. Lyons Fairgrounds. This HO scale layout fills nearly the entire building and operates multiple trains in both directions on two levels. There’s lots of detail to delight and entertain the viewer and has been a regional favorite for years. Much work has been done during the last year to upgrade and change sections of the layout.