Mission Statement

Central Florida Railroad Modelers was formed to bring together individuals for a common appreciation of model railroading in order to create and build both a model railroad and a model railroad environment not likely attainable by any individual, for the mutual benefit and enjoyment of all members.

Our layout with over 1500 feet of mainline.

Officers and Committee Leaders

President	Jake Shainline
Vice President	Mark Drake
Treasurer	Pat Talley
Secretary	Scott Latoski
Scenery	Bob Voelbel/Harvey Kelber
Layout Lighting	Chris Lau
Track/Signal	Don Hanf/Jeff Strigaro
DCC/Electrical	Jeff Strigaro/Don Hanf
Operations	Jeff Strigaro/Jake Shainline
Plant Maintenance	Mike Seawell
Website	Matt Wiltshire
Facebook	Jake Shainline
Social Fund	Chris Lau
Fleet Maintenance	Mark Drake

History

Central Florida Railroad Modelers was formed in 1947 with one early location in the CSX depot (now Amtrak station) at 1400 Sligh Blvd in Orlando. When forced to move, the club ended up on Forsyth Rd above the Central Fla Safe and Lock store. At one time, the club almost folded, but our then president, Don Perry, met with Jim Bly and decided to keep it going. So in 2003, members began looking for a bigger, better room when one of the members, John Pawlack, offered the area we now occupy.

That same year, we moved in; cleared the room; removed some walls; and painted the floor and walls. Members strung our own lights and started bench work. Jim Bly already had a track plan for us, so we began laying track according to his plan. Jim built the switch panel to operate our mainline signal systems he envisioned, and also designed the PC boards to operate the signals, most of which he, Don Hanf and other members built. Both Jim and Don spent countless hours under the layout wiring in the signals, track and switches, which took over two years to complete. In the meantime, scenery came in behind track laying and we were up and running by 2006. We moved in here with barely 16 members but have grown to over 40 since.

Many thanks go to John and Cavelle Pawlack as we have one of the finer club layouts in Florida.