The Centra-Mod HO group has two permanent layouts in the Moody Depot clubhouse. The first is the the Ft.Worth Temple and Gulf railroad, a freelanced railroad running through the plains of Texas from Ft.Worth to Houston. The Ft. Worth Temple and Gulf layout is the largest of the layouts housed at the Centra-Mod facility. The second is the Historic Temple layout, modeling Temple, Texas circa 1932. Members have scratchbuilt many of the signature buildings found in Temple at that time, including the Temple Santa Fe depot and the Harvey House.

The HO Scale layouts use Digitrax DCC for control. The Historic layout has a loop that is switchable to DC to operate non-decoder equipped locomotives. Signaling is handled by JMRI (jmri.org) using C/MRI equipment. There are club-owned throttles available for use. Members are welcome to bring their own Digitrax throttles to use. Many members use their phones for control. JMRI provides an interface to smart phone apps “WiThrottle” for Apple devices and “Engine Driver” for Android devices.

Centra-Mod is open to the public during Open House hours, 1-5PM on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month.  All the layouts are operational during Open House and members are on hand to answer questions. You can find more information about the layouts by looking at the HO Scale menu above.