HOMES Model Railway Club - HO Model Engineers Society

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HOMES Model Railway Club - HO Model Engineers Society The HO Model Engineers Society (HOMES club) is a model railway club in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. We are an NMRA member club.

Our layout focuses on the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway, including New York Central and Canadian Pacific trains (on trackage rights) and interchanges with the Canadian National Railway in Welland and Hamilton. HOMES has approximately 20 to 30 members, meeting one or two times per week year round. If you are interested in building, operating or learning about Model Railroading, then please come out for a visit to learn more about our club. We are always looking for new members.

24th AnnualHamilton & District LAYOUT TOURSaturday, September 26, 20269:00 am to 5:00 pm22 great home and club layouts t...
09/25/2026

24th Annual
Hamilton & District LAYOUT TOUR

Saturday, September 26, 2026
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

22 great home and club layouts to visit throughout Greater Hamilton & Niagara.

$5 per person (adult)
(the guide book is your ticket)

Printed guide books are available now from Dundas Valley Hobbies and Tiny Railroads in Niagara Falls.

Or payment by EFT to
We’ll e-mail a PDF you can print or use on your phone or iPad.

On Saturday morning, you can get your guide at the HOMES club from 9am.

Enjoy the tour!

There will be lots of trains running at the HOMES layout. Come and see!24th AnnualHamilton & District LAYOUT TOURSaturda...
09/24/2026

There will be lots of trains running at the HOMES layout. Come and see!

24th Annual
Hamilton & District LAYOUT TOUR

Saturday, September 26, 2026
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

22 great home and club layouts to visit throughout Greater Hamilton & Niagara.

$5 per person (adult)
(the guide book is your ticket)

Printed guide books are available now from Dundas Valley Hobbies and Tiny Railroads in Niagara Falls.

Or payment by EFT to
We’ll e-mail a PDF you can print or use on your phone or iPad.

On Saturday morning, you can get your guide at the HOMES club from 9am.

Enjoy the tour!

THIS SATURDAY is the HOMES Hamilton & District Layout Tour. When you get here, you'll find the HOMES club at 460 Wentwor...
09/23/2026

THIS SATURDAY is the HOMES Hamilton & District Layout Tour. When you get here, you'll find the HOMES club at 460 Wentworth St North in the Eva Rothwell Centre (old Robert Land school) in the top photo. In the next photo, our door is standing open at the far right (South ). Don't use the other doors, please.
And here you are in the clubroom.

NOTE: If you come to the club in the afternoon, there will be an Open House celebrating the Centre's 20 years. It's open to the public, but might be a bit crowded and confused. Look for model railroaders and signs pointing down to the basement.

24th Annual
Hamilton & District LAYOUT TOUR
Saturday, September 26, 2026
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

22 great home and club layouts to visit throughout Greater Hamilton & Niagara.

$5 per person (adult)
(the guide book is your ticket)

Printed guide books are available now from Dundas Valley Hobbies and Tiny Railroads in Niagara Falls.

Or payment by EFT to
We’ll e-mail a PDF you can print or use on your phone or iPad.

On Saturday morning, you can get your guide at the HOMES club from 9am.

Enjoy the tour!

Bob Mitchell's scenery masterpiece will transport you to Northern Ontario. See it THIS SATURDAY on the 24th AnnualHamilt...
09/22/2026

Bob Mitchell's scenery masterpiece will transport you to Northern Ontario. See it THIS SATURDAY on the

24th Annual
Hamilton & District LAYOUT TOUR

Saturday, September 26, 2026
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

22 great home and club layouts to visit throughout Greater Hamilton & Niagara.

$5 per person (adult)
(the guide book is your ticket)

Printed guide books are available now from Dundas Valley Hobbies and Tiny Railroads in Niagara Falls.

Or payment by EFT to
We’ll e-mail a PDF you can print or use on your phone or iPad.
On Saturday morning, you can get your guide at the HOMES club from 9am.

Enjoy the tour!

Gerry Cornwell's On30 Mariposa Short Line Railway in Grimsby is home to many craftsman models mini-scenes. Don' miss it!...
09/21/2026

Gerry Cornwell's On30 Mariposa Short Line Railway in Grimsby is home to many craftsman models mini-scenes. Don' miss it!

24th Annual
Hamilton & District LAYOUT TOUR

Saturday, September 26, 2026
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

22 great home and club layouts to visit throughout Greater Hamilton & Niagara.

$5 per person (adult)
(the guide book is your ticket)

Printed guide books are available now from Dundas Valley Hobbies and Tiny Railroads in Niagara Falls.

Or payment by EFT to
We’ll e-mail a PDF you can print or use on your phone or iPad.
On Saturday morning, you can get your guide at the HOMES club from 9am.

Enjoy the tour!

It looks even bigger in person! Come see Dave Burroughs' O-scale masterpiece this Saturday on the24th AnnualHamilton & D...
09/20/2026

It looks even bigger in person! Come see Dave Burroughs' O-scale masterpiece this Saturday on the

24th Annual
Hamilton & District LAYOUT TOUR

Saturday, September 26, 2026
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

22 great home and club layouts to visit throughout Greater Hamilton & Niagara.

$5 per person (adult)
(the guide book is your ticket)

Printed guide books are available now from Dundas Valley Hobbies and Tiny Railroads in Niagara Falls.
Or payment by EFT to
We’ll e-mail a PDF you can print or use on your phone or iPad.
Enjoy the tour!

By popular request, here are a few more shots of Gary Courtemanche's BS&T 3 Railway. You can see it in person one week f...
09/19/2026

By popular request, here are a few more shots of Gary Courtemanche's BS&T 3 Railway. You can see it in person one week from today - and then the layout is coming down! LAST CHANCE!

24th Annual
Hamilton & District LAYOUT TOUR

Saturday, September 26, 2026
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

22 great home and club layouts to visit throughout Greater Hamilton & Niagara.

$5 per person (adult)
(the guide book is your ticket)

Printed guide books are available now from Dundas Valley Hobbies and Tiny Railroads in Niagara Falls.

Or payment by EFT to
We’ll e-mail a PDF you can print or use on your phone or iPad.

Enjoy the tour!

Here's a sample from Barry Skinner on the Mountain in Stoney Creek. You can see his beautiful layout a week from tomorro...
09/18/2026

Here's a sample from Barry Skinner on the Mountain in Stoney Creek. You can see his beautiful layout a week from tomorrow on the

24th Annual
Hamilton & District LAYOUT TOUR

Saturday, September 26, 2026
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

22 great home and club layouts to visit throughout Greater Hamilton & Niagara.

$5 per person (adult)
(the guide book is your ticket)
Payment by EFT to
We’ll e-mail a PDF you can print or use on your phone or iPad.

Printed guide books are available now from Dundas Valley Hobbies and Tiny Railroads in Niagara Falls.

Enjoy the tour!

Mike Scott's 5th layout was part of building a new house. He had the architect design the train room first, then design ...
09/17/2026

Mike Scott's 5th layout was part of building a new house. He had the architect design the train room first, then design the rest of the house around it. He arranged for Lance Mindheim to design the track plan, and it's featured in Lance's book, “How to Design a Model Railroad”

The layout is designed for both continuous running and operations, with long mainline runs and lots of scenery. It also includes a large yard and industrial switching in the City of Fort William.

Two full sets of Rapido’s “The Canadian” operate on the layout with a total of 20 locomotives and 200 pieces of rolling stock normally available for operations. It takes about 10 minutes for a train to complete a circuit of the 245’ mainline.

It's worth the drive to Welland to see, and it's on the tour!

24th Annual
Hamilton & District LAYOUT TOUR
Saturday, September 26, 2026
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

22 great home and club layouts to visit throughout Greater Hamilton & Niagara.

$5 per person (adult)
(the guide book is your ticket)
Payment by EFT to
We’ll e-mail a PDF you can print or use on your phone or iPad.

Printed guide books are available now from Dundas Valley Hobbies and Tiny
Railroads in Niagara Falls.

Enjoy the tour!

Keith Stamper, MMR, runs his On3 Colorado & Rio Grande Southern with 'Power On Board' (or 'Dead Rail'), and all aspects ...
09/16/2026

Keith Stamper, MMR, runs his On3 Colorado & Rio Grande Southern with 'Power On Board' (or 'Dead Rail'), and all aspects of model railroading handled to a uniformly very high standard.
See it on the tour:

24th Annual
Hamilton & District LAYOUT TOUR

Saturday, September 26, 2026
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

22 great home and club layouts to visit throughout Greater Hamilton & Niagara.

$5 per person (adult)
(the guide book is your ticket)

Payment by EFT to
We’ll e-mail a PDF you can print or use on your phone or iPad.

Printed guide books are available now from Dundas Valley Hobbies and Tiny Railroads in Niagara Falls.

Enjoy the tour!

Address

460 Wentworth Street N
Hamilton, ON
L8L5W8

Telephone

+19055733560

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