The Cape Fear Railroaders are also model railroaders and have a modular HO scale layout. Activities include running a model railroad show and sale, trips to other shows in other locations, and operating model railroad displays at malls and the county fair. Currently there are 35 members. The CCR has a permanent layout, the Carolina Midland, in HO scale that was started in March of 1993. All members participate in the construction and operation of the railroad.
All members have access to the railroad at all times.
The CCR has a Modular Railroad Interact Group that consists of members within the club. Each member owns one or more sections that can be transported and then connected with other modules to create an operational railroad. The members have displayed the modular railroad in different locations in New Bern. It is used as a means to educate the public and attract new members. The Carolina Model Railroaders have occupied a space in the old Southern Railway depot in Greensboro since 1975 and built a fine model railway there, which reflects the flavor of the full-size railroading in the area as it was and is today.