Jesse Smith 
Our 2024 Chief Logan Modeler’s Meet: This year’s SACOM Modeler’s Meet at Chief Logan marked our 25th successful gathering of modelers and friends for some great times together. Springtime in West Virginia is always fine, and sharing it with forty similarly minded modelers and railfans is really the best of the best! Chaired by Dave … Read more
In lieu of an October operating session, our first group cleanup this year of our layout building and grounds brought out ten SACOM members to mow, weed-eat, clip, rake, sweep and clear. The parking area, surrounding trees, the building’s roof and gutters, everything was tended to. I’ll bet the trains inside will even run better now! A big thanks to one and all!
Our SACOM August layout’s operating-session will be held at the layout building (901 10th Street, St. Albans) on Saturday, August 13th, 2022, following our regular monthly SACOM meeting. Meeting starts at 11 AM, and op-session follows, beginning at noon. This op-session will depict C&O operations in 1972, including blue-era C&O diesels and the earliest Amtrak. … Read more
Meeting on Saturday, Op-session on Sunday. Our regular, monthly July MEETING will be held at the layout building (901 10th St, St. Albans) on Saturday July 9th, 2022 at 11 A.M. And then following the meeting right there will be an extensive sale of HO motive power acquired by the club and offered here to … Read more
Returning after two years of COVID break, our ‘St. Albans Chesapeake & Ohio Modelers Meet’ finally convened for the weekend of March 25, 2022, this time at a new, fine location: The Chief Logan State Park Lodge. We moved from Hawks Nest to Logan, as the new venue offers many more guest rooms – enough … Read more
Looking forward to getting together with our railfan and modeling friends for our popular March 25-26, 2022 “St. Albans Chesapeake & Ohio Modelers” weekend, this year held at the Chief Logan State Park Lodge, Chapmanville, WV. The event will include model RR vendors, hobby shop sales, C&O Historical Society sales, model displays and quality presentations. … Read more
Thanks to the generosity of our members and supporters, the tree looming over our layout building was removed recently and operations can proceed forth safely! Our deepest appreciation for those who quickly sent in donations to take care of this unplanned cost. Our next Regular Monthly SACOM Meeting will be Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022 at … Read more
Earlier this week, this tall pine leaned over and came to rest on the edge of our SACOM building, and it’s now our responsibility to get it removed.
It was the first time that track authority was formally issued on this layout.
November 1, 2021 marked our layout’s very first practice operating simulation, when we ran both the “Hurricane Turn” and the “Handley Turn” out of South Charleston, taking specific manifest cars from that yard to spot, both east and west.
This was the first step in discovering the many “fixes” that are needed in track, electrical, rolling stock and motive power. All were noted.
