Corvallis Society of Model Engineers

 

The Corvallis Society of Model Engineers originated in the early 1950s as a youth model airplane club sponsored by the Corvallis Elks. The club was reorganized as a model railroad club in 1959. After the Elks moved to a new building in 1969 and the club lost its home, it separated from the Elks and acquired its current building in Adair Village in 1971. 

 

The Corvallis Society of Model Engineers typically holds an open house every year during the first weekend in December. I visited the club during the open house on December 3, 2006. The following video and pictures shows the clubs HO-scale layout.

 

 

 

The engine terminal in Cascade includes Denver & Rio Grande Western F7A #5591, Central Oregon & Pacific GP38-2 #5036, an Amtrak F40PH, Sound Transit F59PHI #901, Cascade Pacific BL2s #62 & #65 and Southern Pacific SD60M #8599.

 

 

Timber Wolf Logging Company 4-Truck Shay #91 is resting in the Cascade engine terminal.

 

 

 

 

This views from behind the roundhouse shows the engine terminal in Cascade from a different angle. In addition to the locomotives shown before, VIA's "Spiderman 2" F40PH #6406 and Willamette & Pacific #2315 Willamina are approaching from the Cascade passenger terminal.

 

 

Cascade Pacific BL2s #62 & #65 are resting in the Cascade engine terminal next to Southern Pacific SD60M #8599. VIA's "Spiderman 2" F40PH #6406 and Willamette & Pacific #2315 Willamina are approaching in the background.

 

 

Here as a view of the turntable & roundhouse in Cascade. Timber Wolf Logging Company 4-Truck Shay #91 is in the background while Thomas the Tank Engine with coaches Annie and Clarabell and another Shay are on the garden tracks around the turntable.

 

 

This wider view of the city of Cascade shows the passenger terminal. In the foreground are VIA's "Spiderman 2" F40PH #6406 and Willamette & Pacific #2315 Willamina. In the background are a Southern Pacific Cab-Forward, Burlington Northern SD45s #6489 & #6497, an Amtrak F40PH with the Talgo Pendular train, the Thalys high-speed and the Japanese bullet train.

 

Here is a view of the Port of Toledo. Industries here include the Port Grain Company elevator, the Binford Tool Company and the Cascade Printing Company.

 

 

 

This is the Port Grain Company elevator in Toledo. The Binford Tool Company and the Cascade Printing Company are in the background.

 

 

 

 

The Boege Lumber Company mill in Dawson includes a log dump and pond.

 

 

 

 

A Southern Pacific Daylight streamlined passenger train powered by a GS-4   4-8-4 near Dawson.

 

 

 

 

This ore dock is located beyond the Willamette Yard.

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a view of the Willamette Yard. Trains waiting here include an ore train powered by a Southern Pacific unit in the "Kodachrome" paint scheme and a doublestack container train.

 

 

 

Corvallis & Eastern Railroad 2-8-0 #144 pulling a passenger train of old-time Overton cars.

 

 

 

 

This view shows the carfloat and the transfer dock with an overhead crane at the Port of Yaquina.

 

 

 

 

Yaquina Terminal Railroad SW7 #127 switches a Longview, Portland & Northern boxcar at the Port of Yaquina Terminal Building.

 

 

 

 

Here is a view of the city of Yaquina. Businesses in Yaquina include Arnold's Restaurant, the Chevron station, Bob's 19¢ Hamburgers, Tommy Pryor's car dealership, the Palace theater and PB&N Trains.

 

 

 

This is the logging camp above Marysville.

 

 

 

 

 

Corvallis & Eastern Railroad 2-8-0  #144 and its passenger train of Overton cars crosses as bridge near Boulder Creek.

 

 

 

 

Yaquina Terminal Railroad GP9s #1323 & #1321 heading toward Marysville with a freight train.

 

 

 

 

A Chinese red Chicago, Burlington & Quincy SD9 is high on a wooden trestle pulling the Union Pacific "Oscar" and "Piker."

 

 

 

 

Here is the "town" of Deception Pass, which appears to be just a railroad maintenance base.

 

 

 

 

This large powerhouse is located in Mill City.

 

 

 

 

 

This is the small unobtainium mining town of Summit. Businesses in Summit include Magnusson's Village Market (which has kerosene available), the Rocky Mountain Star Printing House and the Sheriff's office.

 

 

 

Deception Pass is traversed by a large wooden deck truss bridge. A wrecked Southern Pacific Daylight Railway Post Office car lies on its side in the canyon below. Meanwhile, a flying saucer is in the process of abducting a cow.

 

 

 

Corvallis & Eastern Railroad 2-8-0 #144 rests in Mill City with its train of Overton passenger cars.

 

 

 

 

This snowshed is located between tunnels east of Mill City.

 

 

 

 

 

This large steel arch bridge is the highest bridge on the line.

 

 

 

 

 

VIA's Spiderman 2 F40PH #6406 is in the Cascade engine terminal with Willamette & Pacific #2315 Willamina.

 

 

 

 

This low view of the Cascade roundhouse and turntable also shows Thomas the Tank Engine and a Shay.

 

 

 

 

Looking at the Cascade engine terminal from the other side of the turntable shows Cascade Pacific BL2s #62 & #65, Southern Pacific SD60M #8599 and VIA's Spiderman 2 F40PH #6406.

 

 

 

Central Oregon & Pacific GP38-2 #5036 pokes its nose out of the Cascade engine shop.

 

 

 

 

This view of the Cascade passenger terminal shows Burlington Northern SD45s #6489 & #6497 and the Thalys high speed train.

 

 

 

 

A short freight train powered by a Union Pacific GP7 and a Spokane, Portland & Seattle RS3 passes through Niagara while a BNSF SD40-2 #6399 pulls a doublestack container train over the wooden trestles above and a Trans World Airlines Ford Tri-motor flies overhead.

 

 

These two pictures show BNSF SD40-2 #6399 and its doublestack container train approaching Deception Pass.

 

 

 

 

BNSF SD40-2 #6399 passing a depot near Summit with its doublestack container train.

 

 

 

 

Southern Pacific AC-5 4-8-8-2 Cab-Forward #4111 is pulling a train of ice-bunker refrigerator cars over a wooded trestle above Niagara.

 

 

 

 

Southern Pacific AC-5 4-8-8-2 Cab-Forward #4111 with its train of ice-bunker refrigerator cars near Summit.

 

 

 

 

Southern Pacific AC-5 4-8-8-2 Cab-Forward #4111 with its train of ice-bunker refrigerator cars near Summit and Thalys high-speed train in Mill City. Strickland Propane is in the foreground.

 

 

 

Corvallis & Eastern Railroad 2-8-0 #144 with its train of Overton passenger cars.

 

 

 

 

RailAmerica (RMPX) SW1500 #2525 moving through a grade crossing in downtown Yaquina.

 

 

 

 

A farmhouse with a pumpkin patch.

 

 

 

 

 

A Japanese Shinkansen 500-Series bullet train and Southern Pacific Daylight streamlined passenger train pulled by a GS-4 4-8-4 in Cascade's passenger terminal.

 

 

 

This broader view of Cascade's passenger terminal shows a Japanese Shinkansen 500-Series bullet train, a Chinese red Chicago, Burlington & Quincy SD9 with the Union Pacific "Oscar" and "Piker," and a pair of Southern Pacific Daylight streamlined passenger trains, one pulled by a black widow Fairbanks-Morse H24-66 Trainmaster and one pulled by a GS-4 4-8-4.

 

Here is a look at the Cascade passenger depot.

 

 

 

 

 

Seattle's Sound Transit F59PHI #901 taking a spin on the turntable in the Cascade engine terminal.

 

 

 

 

Burlington Northern SD45s #6489 & #6497 pull a freight train past Boulder Creek.

 

 

 

 

This large boat on a Union Pacific heavy-duty flat car passes through Boulder Creek as part of the Burlington Northern freight train.

 

 

 

 

Yaquina Terminal Railroad GP9s #1321 & #1323 rest in Mill City.

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Pacific AC-5 4-8-8-2 Cab-Forward #4111 and its train of ice-bunker refrigerator cars near Deception Pass

 

 

 

 

A pile driver works on a wooden trestle near the logging camp above Marysville.

 

 

 

 

These cabins make up the logging camp near Marysville.

 

 

 

 

 

This flying saucer is in the process of abducting a cow at Deception Pass.

 

 

 

 

 

This Oregon National Guard Apache Attack Helicopter is heading to intercept the flying saucer at Deception Pass.

 

 

 

 

Yaquina Terminal Railroad GP9s #1321 & #1323 are near Strickland Propane in Mill City.

 

 

 

 

A group of paleontologists are digging up dinosaur fossils near Deception Pass.

 

 

 

 

This is the seemingly-abandoned depot at Deception Pass.

 

 

 

 

 

The Corvallis & Eastern Railroad 2-8-0 #144 with its train of Overton passenger cars at Boulder Creek.

 

 

 

 

Here is a Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose at the logging camp above Marysville.

 

 

 

 

A sport-utility vehicle crosses over a small bridge by the tracks with its headlights on.

 

 

 

 

This lighthouse is located on the edge of the city of Yaquina.

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the very busy Chevron Station and Bob's 19¢ Hamburgers in Yaquina.

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a closer look at Bob's 19¢ Hamburgers in Yaquina, "The place where price and quality meat." Other items on the menu include the 39¢ fish sandwich and the 49¢ Big Brute.

 

 

 

Businesses in Yaquina include Tommy Pryor's car dealership, the Palace Theater, which is currently showing Polar Express, and PB&N Trains.

 

 

 

 

This is the Yaquina Fire Station.

 

 

 

 

 

The parking lot of Arnold's Restaurant in Yaquina is filled with classic cars, the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile and NASCAR stock cars including Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s #8 Chevrolet, Kasey Kahne's #9 Dodge, Jeff Gordon's #24 Chevrolet, Jimmie Johnson's #48 Chevrolet and Carl Edwards' #99 Ford.

 

 

This closeup of Arnold's Restaurant gives a glimpse of the interior.

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a look at the loaded carfloat and the Cascade Pacific's tugboat "Cascade" at the landing at the Port of Yaquina.

 

 

 

 

The Cascade Pacific's tugboat "Cascade" is next to the carfloat at the Port of Yaquina.

 

 

 

 

Here is the large transfer crane and the carfloat at the Port of Yaquina.

 

 

 

 

 

This freighter is docked at Port of Yaquina.

 

 

 

 

 

The Assa Abloy racing sailboat is pulling into the Port of Yaquina.

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Pacific SD9 #3900 is switching its local train in the Yaquina Yard.

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Pacific Cab-Forward #4111 and its train of ice-bunker refrigerator cars near Marysville.

 

 

 

 

Yaquina Terminal Railroad SW7 #127 is near Marysville.

 

 

 

 

 

This is the F. Santangelo Fruit Company in Marysville. Yaquina Terminal Railroad SW7 #127 is passing by in the background with two Cascade Pacific woodchip cars.

 

 

 

This view shows the town of Summit above and the large paper mill in Mill City below.

 

 

 

 

A Trans World Airlines Ford Tri-motor in flight above Niagara.

 

 

 

 

 

This Wig-wag Magnetic Flagman grade crossing signal in located in the city of Cascade.

 

 

 

 

Southern Pacific AC-5 4-8-8-2 Cab-Forward #4120 is departing the city of Cascade with a log train.

 

 

 

 

Southern Pacific AC-5 4-8-8-2 Cab-Forward #4120 emerging from the tunnel from Cascade and heading towards Marysville with a log train.

 

 

 

Also See:

 

Longview, Kelso & Rainier: Current Layout

Longview, Kelso & Rainier: Old Layout

Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club

Polk Station Rail

Vic's Hobby Supply Layout

Shady Dell Pacific

Logan & San Miguel Railroad

2007 LK&R Train Show & Swap Meet

2007 Three Rivers Mall Model Train Show

2007 World's Greatest Hobby on Tour

2006 LK&R Train Show & Swap Meet

2006 Great American Train Show

2005 Great American Train Show

2002 TrainTime & Trainfest

2000 Great American Train Show

1998 Great American Train Show

Triangle Mall Train Shows

Lewis County Mall Train Shows

 

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Questions? Comments? Critiques? Corrections? Concerns? Email me at westr@msoe.edu.