Railroad Trips
© Frolin Marek 2026
all rights reserved - pages & images
Mike Fyten’s KAW Valley - modeling in S scale, the layout was based the namesake line that operated in Kansas.
Features yards on each end and towns along the way. Many scenes and lots of details.
Karl Masoner’s Bay Area - an HO railroad based on the rail operations around the bay in San Francisco in the 1970s,
with four separate railroads and car float operations.
Jeff Needham’s Leavenworth Terminal - a 2 rail, O scale railroad set in 1950’s around Leavenworth, Kansas and the
several railroads that operated in the area. Local switching, thru trains and a massive railroad swing bridge.
Gregg Laiben’s Missouri Illinois Genevieve sub - this Proto48 O scale railroad is a MoPac sub that runs from a river
Ferry to a busy yard, with a large white lime plant and several industries on the line. Various details to see.
The Trip - 800 miles, each way, to Kansas City from outside San Antonio. Drove up Thursday, 12 hours, 4pm to 4am,
and the home Sunday from 1pm to 1am… then flew to Vegas at 7am. Here are some random photos from my trip.
Watch a collection of video clips taken from these four layouts - - - not yet available / in the works - - -
email me to ask questions or send feedback on this KC trip
return to the ‘My Travels’ section of the Marek Mountain site and see other trip galleries
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In February, I drove to K C for an operations weekend. Was fortunate to operate on four
model railroads over the 2 ½ days. These were formal sessions lasting 3 hours each. My
assigned layouts were based on my pre-selection months out (of about 15 choices).
All were great railroads, well thought out and setup, smooth running trains and this event
had (was for) more experienced operators. I had a great time and inspiring weekend!
Prairie Rail 2026
operations weekend in Kansas City
© Frolin Marek 2026
all rights reserved - pages & images
Mike Fyten’s KAW Valley - modeling in S scale, the layout was
based the namesake line that operated in Kansas. Features yards on
each end and towns along the way. Many scenes and lots of details.
Karl Masoner’s Bay Area - an HO railroad based on the rail
operations around the bay in San Francisco in the 1970s, with four
separate railroads and car float operations.
Jeff Needham’s Leavenworth Terminal - a 2 rail, O scale railroad
set in 1950’s around Leavenworth, Kansas and the several railroads
that operated in the area. Local switching, thru trains and a massive
railroad swing bridge.
Gregg Laiben’s Missouri Illinois Genevieve sub - this Proto48 O
scale railroad is a MoPac sub that runs from a river Ferry to a busy
yard, with a large white lime plant and several industries on the line.
Various details to see.
The Trip - 800 miles, each way, to Kansas City from outside San
Antonio. Drove up Thursday, 12 hours, 4pm to 4am, and the home
Sunday from 1pm to 1am… then flew to Vegas at 7am. Here are
some random photos from my trip.
Watch a collection of video clips taken from these four layouts
- - - not yet available / in the works - - -
email me to ask questions or send feedback on this KC trip
return to the ‘My Travels’ section of the Marek Mountain site
and see other trip galleries
X
In February, I drove to K C for an operations weekend. Was fortunate to
operate on four model railroads over the 2 ½ days. These were formal
sessions lasting 3 hours each. My assigned layouts were based on my
pre-selection months out (of about 15 choices).
All were great railroads, well thought out and setup, smooth running
trains and this event had (was for) more experienced operators. I had a
great time and inspiring weekend!
Prairie Rail 2026
operations weekend in Kansas City
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