Nearing completion from a total rebuild begun about two years ago, the largest yard of the Springfield & Ozark Railway is a focal point for the oldest model railroad club in the St. Louis area, the Big Bend Railroad Club. The club has been located inside the former Frisco depot in Webster Groves, Missouri (8833 Big Bend Boulevard, just west of Elm) since 1938 and the Big Bend Railroad Club purchased the building in 1994 to save it from demolition.
The club still meets on Tuesday nights with public run nights on the first Tuesday of the month and extra Tuesday and Saturday afternoon days in December. Membership dues are inexpensive and there is no fee to watch the trains run.
For more information check our web page at www.bigbendrrclub.org, Facebook, or email our secretary@bigbendrrclub.org.
Greetings from the Big Bend Model Railroad Assoc. of the Big Bend Florida. I guess we have a big curve in common.
Looks like a first class layout.
Merry Holidays to you and yours
Joseph
Merry Christmas to a much younger club with a similar name. The name of the street we are on comes from an Indian term describing the big bend in the Meramec River a few miles west of St. Louis. Hope you have a good new year and many new friends.