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OF ROBERT D. WEST
Three Rivers Mall 2007
On April 14-15, 2007,
the Three
Rivers Mall in Kelso, Washington hosted a Model Railroad & Model
Circus Layout Show. This was the first model train show to be held at
the Three Rivers Mall since the mid-1990s.
Perhaps
the most impressive part of the circus show was this display of
scratchbuilt carnival rides and circus scenes. These were all made
primarily of everyday household items, like paper, popsicle sticks, and
drinking straws.
Another
circus display was in HO Scale and included these scenes.
One
of the layouts on display was the HO-Scale Pacific Northwest Modular
Railroad, shown here. Other layouts on display, which I missed because I
didn't take pictures of most of the show until Sunday afternoon,
included those from the Peninsula Model Railroad Club of Ilwaco,
Washington, and the Southwest Washington Model Railroad Club of
Vancouver, Washington.
Here
is the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-Scale Layout
on display outside the vacant former-Emporium anchor space.
These
pictures show the milling company and freight station in the layout's
industrial park.
This
is the town at the end of the branch line.
This
is the farm, with its newly installed fence.
These
fisherman were all new additions.
LK&R
GP40-2 #301 coming around the curve near the farm leading a freight
train.
LK&R
#301 and its train in the yard.
A
2-4-4-2 Mallet leads the tourist train up the branch line.
The
2-4-4-2 and the Tourist
Train making a station stop at the Grand River Lodge.
Closeup
of the Grand River Lodge.
Deer
in the woods near the Grand River Lodge.
Oregon
Central & Pacific 4-6-0 #12 in the town at the end of the branch
line.
Laulainen
Timber Company dynamic-brake-equipped SW7 #700 & short wide-vision
caboose #3 in the town at the end of the branch line.
BNSF
AC4400CW #5622 in the lead pulling the Missouri Public Service Company
coal train past the grain elevator.
The
Missouri Public Service Company coal train strung around the layout
through the yard.
BNSF
#5622 on the main line passing the yard.
BNSF
SD70MAC #9959 & AC4400CW #5648 on the main line with the Missouri
Public Service Company coal train.
The
Missouri Public Service Company coal train along the shoreline.
MPSX
#189: one of the Missouri Public Service Company hopper cars.
Fort Worth & Denver
Caboose #154 painted in the Burlington Northern Executive colors, on the
end of the Missouri Public Service Company coal train.
LK&R
GP60 #360 in the Engine Terminal.
BNSF
SD70MAC #9615 in executive colors and & an LK&R GP38-2 in the
Engine Terminal.
BNSF
SD70MAC #9647 in its unique experimental paint scheme with LK&R U28B #281
in the Engine Terminal
BNSF
SD70MAC #9647 in the yard and on the point of the MPSX coal train.
BNSF
SD70MAC #9615 in Executive colors behind #9647 on the Missouri Public
Service Company coal train.
BNSF
SD70MAC #9959 as the trailing unit of the Missouri Public Service coal
train.
Amtrak
F59PHI #458 at the depot with the LK&R passenger train.
Union
Pacific "Desert Victory" SD40-2 #3593 in the Engine Terminal.
Union
Pacific SW1500 #1183 in the Engine Terminal.
Union
Pacific SW1500 #1317 in the Engine Terminal.
Union
Pacific SW1500 #1183 & GP50 #980 inside the enginehouse.
Union
Pacific Caboose #25089 in the yard.
Amtrak's
Talgo Pendular Train in the yard.
Northern
Pacific 4-6-2 #2254 posing with Amtrak's Talgo Pendular Train.
A
donated second-hand SW7 at the town at the end of the branch line.
BNSF
GP30u #2436 on the main line with a freight train.
Amtrak
F59PHI #458 on the main line with an Amtrak passenger train.
Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe U30B #1835 in the Engine Terminal.
Southern
Pacific 2-8-0 #2785 in the town at the end of the branch line.
Great
Northern Doodlebug #2320 in the town at the end of the branch line.
A Two-truck
Climax taking the tourist train up the branch line.
This Roma
Wine tank car is in the consist of the tourist train, providing a unique
"beverage service."
LK&R
Jordan Spreader #100 in the yard.
This video shows some clips of the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's layout in operation at the show.
Also See:
2007 LK&R Train Show & Swap Meet
2007 World's Greatest Hobby on Tour
2006 LK&R Train Show & Swap Meet
2006 Great American Train Show
2005 Great American Train Show
2000 Great American Train Show
1998 Great American Train Show
Longview, Kelso & Rainier: Current Layout
Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club
Corvallis Society of Model Engineers
Longview, Kelso & Rainier: Old Layout
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