History

thru September 2026

 

              The HO Division of the Pensacola Model Railroad Club (PMRC) was started in April of 2003 with six (6) founding members. As of December 2025 there were twenty (20) active members.

The HO division is organized as a fully participating component of the PMRC. An N-scale Division was the first group and the Z-scale group is the most recent.

A Board composed of the officers from each scale division handles Club activities and sets overall policies and procedures. The PMRC HO Div. maintains a general web page at www.pmrc.com/index.html & on Facebook

The HO Division holds business meetings the first Monday of each month (excluding holidays). The meetings are held at the club house located at Bill Little’s “Train Shed” located at 5227 Bellview Avenue in Pensacola, 32526.

Open “run sessions” are usually held on non-business meeting Mondays from 5pm – closing. Operation’s sessions are usually held on the third Monday of the month, starting at 6pm.

While the main objective of the club is to run trains, we also run in-house demonstration and training sessions that include every facet of model railroading such as:
      Railroad history
      Developing individual layout plans
     Track selection and laying
     Track ballasting
     Track wiring
     Train controls DC vs DCC
           DC – direct Control
           DCC – Digital Command & Control
     Locomotive Power
     Car weathering

Over the past several years the HO Division has attended several regional train shows:
     Pensacola Interstate Fair
     Mobile Alabama Train Show
     Pensacola Train Fest
     Dothan Ala. Train Show
     Flomaton Ala. Train Show
    Tallahassee Big Bend Show
    NAS Pensacola Children’s Christmas Party