Welcome to the Home of the Pacific Northwest Free-mo N Group

Updated November 7, 2025


We have applied to participate in the Ridgefield (with CMRR Free-mo N) and Puyallup Great Train Shows next January.

More info will be posted once/if our applications are approved.


The Group currently consists of two model railroads:

The North Coast Model Railroad of Kitsap County Washington

The CMRR Model Railroad of Aurora, Oregon

The Group jointly owns a return loop module and a 8 track yard module.

All of the other modules are owned by individual members.

All locomotives and rolling stock are owned by individual members.

Both CMRR and North Coast use trailers to transport equpment to and from shows.

We use the Digitrax DCC system with WIFI capability using a Raspberry Pi system.

The CMRR sets up at several shows around the region throughout the year
while the North Coast MRR normally attends only two or three.

We bagan attending public shows in 2013 and have now participated in more that 25 shows.

Our two largest Group only setups are the Great Train Shows in January, in Ridgefield (or Portland) and Puyallup.

The Group has participated in shows in Utah, Wyoming, and Nevada while CMRR has travelled as far as Nebraska and Texas.


What is Free-mo N you may ask?

This slide show presentation by Dave Falkenburg (member of the Silicon Valley Group) should provide the answers to your questions...


Links to Related Websites:

The national Free-mo N site

The national Free-mo N standard

The CMRR Free-moN Facebook

The Silicon Valley Free-mo N site

The Minnesota Free-mo Facebook

The Sacramento Free-mo N Facebook

The Nebraska Free-mo N Facebook

The Nebraska Free-mo N website

FREMO, the original European modular group responsible for some impressive large
layout gatherings and home-built DCC control systems. This is where it all started!

A German N Scale FREMO group building modules inspired by North American prototypes


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