Walt Liles
Recently, he has cleared his garage, installed new insulated garage doors, and is about to begin a new version of his railroad.
In addition, Walt is a member of North Georgia Modu-Rail, and has built several great modules including the corner module featuring a coal mine (pictured on the Trains, Trains, Trains! page) and a double module that represents a containerized freight yard.
Walt currently serves as Director of Operations and Chairman of the Volunteer Committee of the Piedmont Division, Southeastern Region, National Model Railroad Association, Inc. Since his full-time job requires him to travel a lot, he is also a rabid railfan and has the pictures to prove it. Perhaps we can persuade him to share some of them here.
Walt Liles is the current President of The North Atlanta Rail Barons. He is an excellent modeler and teacher. Walt has presented clinics at the Division, Region and National levels of the NMRA on subjects ranging from "Woodchips, The Paper Industry, and Railroads", "Railroads and The Kaolin Industry", to "Improving the Performance of Athern Diesel Locomotives."
Clinchfield Railroad - Fremont Branch
Saluda Central Lines
Description of the railroad.
Photos
Member Index
The following current members of the North Atlanta Rail Barons are Charter Members of the group:
The following members have joined the North Atlanta Rail Barons during the last nine years.
Charlie Crawford, MMR was a Charter Member of NARB and former Superintendent of the Piedmont Division. He was the third member of our group to earn the award of Master Model Railroader. He is now participating in another local operating group.
Larry K. Smith, MMR was a charter member of NARB and now lives in Kentucky where he completed the requirements to become the fourth Master Model Railroader from NARB.
Louis Gomes was a long-term member of NARB, an excellent modeler, guru of the CV's and DCC decoders and wiring design. He was the group's first webmaster and is responsible for the design of our logo. Louis recently completed his education and was rewarded with a new job in Houston, TX.
Philo Hutcheson left us when he accepted a position with the University of Alabama Birmingham. He had built an excellent HO-scale railroad depicting the Maine coastline in the 1940's/50's era.