The Southern Arizona Society of Model Engineers -- SASME -- is a model railroad club located in Tucson, Arizona. We began promoting the hobby of model railroading in 1954. We've had several locations over the years, but in 1984 we moved into our present building at 1818 E. Winsett St. Suite A (next to Phil's Tires) Tucson, AZ 85719.

These are nights to run trains; the club's, or yours; any railroad, any load. This includes standard gauge and narrow gauge. Official start time is 6:30 PM, although members are welcome to begin earlier.

These are nights to run trains; the club's, or yours; any railroad, any load. This includes standard gauge and narrow gauge. Official start time is 6:30 PM, although members are welcome to begin earlier.

Building Cars to SASME Standards The handout from Jim Homan's clinic on building cars to club standards. Addendum: Never use self-tapping screws for fastening the trucks to the bolster. Self-tapping screws expand the plastic and will interfere with the truck swivel.

Railjoiner The SASME Railjoiner Newsletter for the first quarter of 2025. (Opens in a new window.) 1qtr-25.pdf Adobe Acrobat document [1.0 MB] Photos of Past Layouts and Scenes

SASME will hold an election of Officers and Directors for the 2025-2026 term at the March 5 busi-ness meeting. The slate of candidates is: OFFICERS: Pres: Frank Flasch VP: Jim Homan Secretary: Charlie Weesner Paul Chandler con-tinues as Treasurer and this will be his second year of a two year term. DIRECTORS (vote

SASME Standards Page 1 of 7 SOUTHERN ARIZONA SOCIETY OF MODEL ENGINEERS CLUB STANDARDS The following are standards for club track work, motive power and rolling stock. These standards apply to any member owned motive power and rolling stock wishing to operate on the SASME Club layout.

Tucson & Southwestern Railroad Company RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE OPERATING DEPARTMENT SECOND EDITION Revised – April 2, 2013 Effective Monday, December 1, 1952

Any car that goes on the SASME layout MUST be weighed to NMRA specs. If you are doing one for your own layout you really need to have the car weighted to NMRA specs. They work so much better. Wheel sets. Our club standards call for nickel silver wheel sets. We are using Intermountain wheels and some Atlas, Proto 2000 and Accurail wheels.

SASME By-laws Page 1 of 3 BY-LAWS OF THE SOUTHERN ARIZONA SOCIETY OF MODEL ENGINEERS AMENDED ON February 1, 2017 The following By-Laws of the Society shall be the governing rules as set by the Officers, Board and the committee members of the Constitution and By-Laws Committee and by the members of