Flower City Tinplate Trackers

FCTT is a Modular Hi-Rail Model Train Club located in Rochester New York. We operate and display O Gauge model trains from various manufacturers at train shows and community events.

FCTT CLUB HISTORY

The Flower City Tinplate Trackers, FCTT, was formed in 1990 by a small group of enthusiasts that had been volunteering to maintain and operate the City of Rochester Edgerton Model Railroad display. That permanent O gauge display was originally created by the Police Athletic League, PAL, with the cooperation and support of Lionel the NY Central RR and others in 1950, and was known at that time as PAL MODEL RAILROAD HEAVEN.

The FCTT group created a number of modules that could be interconnected to form a large layout. They used Lionel tubular track and Lionel switches. The modular layout was displayed at a number of train shows and at local shopping mall sites.

In 2003 club members decided to upgrade all the club modules to higher track and scenic standards. They adopted Gargraves 3-rail track with the blackened center rail and the 3 mainline spacing standards of the Independent Hi-Railers group. FCTT has continued to grow in membership and the number of available modules and can construct generally oval layouts from 12 by 12 feet to 40 by 60 feet. The larger displays can include a classification and intermodal yard up to 8 feet x 50 feet inside the oval.

We have exhibited at such shows as the Great American Train Show in Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse, the CNYNRHS Annual Train Fair in Syracuse, the Railroad Showcase in Lockport, and the Edgerton Model Railroad Club’s Toy Train Fair in Rochester. We have also set up at the 1996 TTOS and 2006 LOTS National Conventions, at the Eastern Div TCA York Show in Spring 2007 & 2008, and at the TCA National Convention in Burlington VT in 2008.