Thank you for visiting!
This page provides the schedule for the 2007 O Scale West home and club layout visits. This page is updated whenever there is a change in the information below, so re-visit here when you need the most up to date information.
The schedule below contains 29 layouts! Have fun!
Layouts are open for visiting immediately before, during, and after the meet. Some of them are several hour's drive from the meet location (those are only open Sunday.) The Layout Visits Map Packet contains complete information about all layouts.
People who are registered for O Scale West can obtain an advance copy of the Map Packet by sending a 9 x 12 envelope with first class postage for 4 ounces affixed to it to the O Scale West address that is on the registration form. Do not send money and your address! The packets will be available late January.
To use this schedule effectively you will either have to have attended OSW before, or have friends who have attended OSW and who can give you some guidance about which layouts to visit.
A road map of the San Francisco Bay Area will be a great help in your planning. (Note: Friday evening commute traffic heading out of the Santa Clara area can be heavy, so please allow for that possibility in your planning.)
Whether you are unfamiliar with the San Francisco Bay Area or live here, we cannot recommend too highly the use of a street-oriented GPS (global positioning system) to get you to the layouts of your choice. You enter into the GPS the address of the location where you want to go, and the GPS system will give you voice commands (e.g., take 101 north for 10 miles, take next right exit, take next left turn, etc.) and guide you right to your destination. These things really work and are not that complicated to use. If you enter the correct address, you will not get lost, even if you make a wrong turn.
Some of the HO scale layouts that were open last year are again open for visiting. These layouts are excellent model railroads and since they are in the same vicinity of some other open layouts, you might want to visit them also.
Also please note that the two layouts in Mariposa are open only on Sunday this year.
THURSDAY 2/15/06
FRIDAY 2/16/06
SATURDAY 2/17/06
SUNDAY 2/18/06