The purpose of the Piedmont 'N Southern Model Railroad Club is to promote the hobby of model railroading through creation of an operating modular N-scale model railroad layout built to Ntrak and/or Bend Track standards. This layout is intended to be displayed to the general public. The Piedmont 'N Southern is a 100% NMRA club.

Contact:
Michael Offik
Greenville, SC
Ph:  864-884-2165
www.piedmontnsouthern.org

The Carolina Railroad Heritage Association, Inc. is a railroad oriented organization which is “Preserving the Past, Active in the Present, and Planning for the Future” of railroads in the Upstate.

The Hub City Railroad Museum and the restored 1947 Southern Railway Caboose #X3115, located in Spartanburg, SC at the Magnolia Amtrak Station, 298 Magnolia Street, are two public attractions the organization is involved in.

Museum complex hours are 10 am to 2 pm on Wednesday and Saturday.

Contact Information for the museum is  864-963-4739 during normal business hours.

There are regularly scheduled monthly meetings on the third Friday of each month. The meetings are held at 721 East Poinsett Street, Greer, SC 29651. The meeting site is across the tracks from the new State of South Carolina Inland Port facility.

Permanent Address:

Suite #129 2123 Old Spartanburg Road
Greer, SC 29650
Web Site: Hub City Railroad Museum is on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hub-City-Railroad-Museum/231572450201815

On March 15, 2014, Gordon Fewster gave a clinic on “Adding Decals to your Railroad”.  His “how to” and “tips” were very informative and examples of his work were on display.

On March 15, 2014, Marv Havens gave us a photo and map tour of railroad history in and around Greenville.  He covered long ago abandoned 2 foot gauge tracks on Greenville’s east side to “river junction” near downtown to the newly completed “inland port” intermodal container facility in Greer.  We expect to see a surge in rail-fan activity around here as the spring weather arrives!

On March 6, 2016, Geoff Duncan gave a clinic "Automatic Coupling and Uncoupling".

This clinic will explore the elements of automatic coupling and uncoupling on a computer controlled model railroad.  The principles described can be applied to all scales using popular automation software such as Train Controller © and JMRI.  Several examples of DCC operated HO coupler hardware will be discussed. The presenter will also describe in detail the techniques and procedures used to apply automation to setting out and picking up cars during mainline and industry operations on his Pennington Junction layout.

On March 6, 2016, Mike Jensen gave the clinic "Using the Raspberry Pi for Model Railroad Wireless Control".

This clinic will describe the popular stand-alone linux-based Raspberry Pi microcomputer.  You will learn how to use this clever yet inexpensive device to send wireless commands from your Android or iPhone to your locos and layout.  This works for both NCE and Digitrax with various interface options. The clinic will cover purchase options, cost, configuration, installation and operation  No programming involved and no computer required.

On November 31, 2015, Steve Todd presented a clinic titled "Need More Signs!"

In this talk, Steve described the need to add more printed material to our layouts, and then described methods, tools, and tips for making your signs and printing them on a color printer.

In our division meeting on November 29th, 2016 Gordon Fewster presented an excellent clinic on Wiring and Installing Tortoise Switch Machines [DOWNLOAD]