September 9 - 13, 2026
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel San Diego-Mission Valley
Check out our line of clothing and accessories by clicking the Daylight Sales logo below. Items on the store can be personalized.
You can sign up for our news or change your account. Just click the button below..
The Arizona Division of the National Model Railroad Association invites everyone to come and enjoy "CACTUS CRAWL”: a Four-City Open House Self-Guided Model Tour Sat. & Sun. November 15 & 16. It's a FAMILY EVENT open to the public and of all its FREE! Watch lots of trains running through towns, on bridges crossing rivers, through tunnels, on beautiful home model railroad layouts, garden layouts, and large club layouts in all scales.
The tour takes place simultaneously in and around Tucson, Phoenix, Prescott and Flagstaff. Tour Layouts welcome visitors either mornings from 9:00am-12:00pm or afternoons 1:00pm-4:00pm on one or both days.
Young, old, or somewhere in between, if you like trains no matter your age, you'll have fun visiting the "Cactus Crawl" open house tour layouts. See you there.
View the Cactus Crawl tour information below for a complete "Cactus Crawl" Tour Schedule, individual layout descriptions, locations and if handicap accessible.
Catcus Crawl Schedule
Below are the 3 locations for the Cactus Crawl on Nov. 15 & 16, 2025. Each location contains a list of layouts that are open for viewing. Hours of operation are listed for each location below. More layout locations will be added as soon as they become available, so check back often.
Seligman and Paulden Lines
Peter Atonna
25375 N Feather Mountain Rd.
Paulden AZ
EMAIL
Scale: O Scale Hi-Rail
Dimension: 2400 sqft. basement
Handicap Accessible: Yes, use outside door
Freelanced Rochester and Lake Erie
Tom McColloch
623 S. Pinion Place
Prescott, AZ
EMAIL
Scale: HO
Dimension: 20' by 20' room
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Sunday Nov. 16, 1-4pm
Standard gauge St. Louis Eastern and Pacific, and the narrow gauge Coal Creek Central (both fictitious)
Bill Winans
7940 E Crooked Creek Trail
Prescott Valley, AZ
EMAIL
Scale: S/Sn3
Dimension: 20’ X 20’ room
Handicap Accessible: No
Model the ATSF and the SP in a what-if scenario (SPSF) in the spring of 1988 in eastern CA.
Mike Stoner
40 Sierra Rd
Sedona, AZ 86336
EMAIL
Scale: N
Dimension: 19’ X 28’, Single deck, double deck & mushroom bench work.
Handicap Accessible: No
Point of Rocks Club
Point of Rocks Model Railroad is an outstanding exhibit that highlights the creativity and ingenuity of model train enthusiasts.
3250 Gateway Blvd
Prescott Valley, AZ 86303
EMAIL
Scale: N
Dimension: 20’ X 20’ room
Point of Rocks Model Railroad is an outstanding exhibit that highlights the creativity and ingenuity of model train enthusiasts. Point of Rocks, Prescott boasts an extraordinary display that includes intricate models of train tracks, stations, bridges, and buildings that is truly astounding. Model railroaders were inspired by the Santa Fe, Prescott, and Phoenix Railway, one of the premier rail networks during 19th-century United States history.
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Southern Pacific/Lost Dutchman
W David Doiron, LMR
332 Aepli Drive
Tempe AZ, 85282
Scale: HO
Dimension: 50' X 100"
Handicap Accessible: No
Morristown & Erie Railroad - Western Division
Frank Baker, MMR
5319 East Cortez Drive
Scottsdale, AZ
The Sunset Route
Ron Mei
11621 N 24th St.
Phoenix, AZ
Scale: HO
Dimension: 2800' sq. ft.
Handicap Accessible: No
Rocky Mountain Pacific
Bruce Petrarca, MMR
15700 Clubhouse Dr.
Goodyear, AZ 85395
EMAIL
Scale: Fn3 (Garden Scale Narrow Gauge)
Dimension: 66 ft x 48 ft
Handicap Accessible: Yes, Entrance from the street is over paver tiles, with minimal grades and one gate,
Saturday Nov. 15, 1-4pm
Sunday Nov. 16, 9-12pm & 1-4pm
Denver & Cat Canyon Western
Jim Spice
251 E Leland St,
Mesa, AZ 85201
Website: Denver & Cat Canyon Western
McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park
7301 E Indian Bend Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85250
Open 10:0am to 4:00pm, both days
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Utah & Eastern Colorado Railroad
Mike Salzetti
11269 E. Autumn Sage Dr.,
Scottsdale, AZ 85255
EMAIL
Scale: HO
Dimension: 15’ X 25’ bi-level
Handicap Accessible:
Ground Floor; No steps
Saturday Nov 15 9-12pm
Sunday Nov. 16, 9-12pm
Paul Buhrke
7133 W. Lone Flower Dr.
Tucson, AZ 85743
Scale: HOn3
Dimension: In garage
Handicap Accessible: small hump from pavement to garage floor
Gordon Geiger
5340 E. Placita Casa Rio
Tucson, AZ 85718
Scale: HO
Dimension: In separate building
Handicap Accessible: Yes, but with gravel driveway and partial gravel path to layout.
Jack DeBolt
5905 N. Calle Tiburon
Tucson, AZ 85704
Scale: Sn3
Dimension: In separate building
Handicap Accessible: ?
John Fennema
7594 W. Talavera Way
Tucson, AZ 85943
Scale: G
Dimension: Outside in yard
Handicap Accessible: ?
Ron & Helen Koehler
39794 S. Riverwood Drive
Tucson, AZ 85739
Scale: Live steam locomotive and Garden Railway
Dimension: In garage
Handicap Accessible: ?
Gadsden Pacific Railway
39756 N. Miller Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85705
Scale: Several scale layouts
Dimension: In garage
Handicap Accessible: Yes
5$ Fee for ages 16+.