THE OFFICIAL WEBPAGE
OF ROBERT D. WEST
2008 Clamshell Railroad Days
The Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco, Washington hosts a model train show and swap meet during Ilwaco's annual Clamshell Railroad Days in July. The show is organized by the Peninsula Model Railroad Club, which built the museum's permanent model railroad display depicting the historic Long Beach Peninsula. The show includes layouts displayed by the club and visiting layouts and vendors.
The
Ilwaco Railway & Navigation Company's 1880's 3-foot-gauge passenger car
N10 Nachotta is part of the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum's
permanent
collection.
These
connected N-Scale small layouts were on display.
This
Large-Scale display included scratchbuilt buildings by Ron Biggs of
Oysterville, Washington depicting historic Oysterville in the late
1800s.
This Lego layout was also on display and could be operated by children.
Southwest Washington Model Railroaders
The
Southwest
Washington Model Railroaders' HO-Scale layout was located in the
Clark County Historical
Society Museum in Vancouver, Washington from the early 1980s until
2006, when it was removed so the museum could be renovated. A new
display will take its place. The layout is divided into four scenes
depicting the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge.
One
end of the layout depicts Vancouver, Washington, including the area
around the railroad depot and the railroad bridge over the Columbia
River to Portland.
Spokane,
Portland & Seattle Alco RS3 #68 and Bay Window Caboose #790 are in front
of the Vancouver depot.
This
is the layout's depiction of The Crossing Restaurant, a Vancouver
restaurant that included old railroad cars, and is no longer there.
This
warehouse represents an actual building near the depot in Vancouver with
a curved wall that follows the tracks.
This
scene depicts Beacon Rock and the surrounding area.
Here
is a closeup of Beacon Rock, which includes the bridges that make up the
switchbacking hiking trail to the top, and hikers on the trail.
Here
is a closeup of the highway and snowshed in the Beacon Rock scene.
This
scene depicts some of highway and railroad tunnels found on the
Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge.
This
scene represents the area of Maryhill, Washington. On top of the ridge
are small-scale miniatures of the
Maryhill Museum
of Art and the Maryhill Stonehenge replica, creating a forced
perspective..
The following video shows some of the above layouts in action.
Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club
The
Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club traded some freight cars
with Portland's Mount Hood Model Engineers. Here are Mount Hood Railroad
40-foot boxcars #15213 and #15223.
On Saturday morning the LK&R layout had a Burlington Northern theme.
Burlington
Northern F7A #722 inside the LK&R enginehouse.
Burlington
Northern caboose #10415 with SW1500 #317 in the LK&R yard.
The following video shows a Burlington Northern grain train and freight train running on the LK&R layout.
Saturday afternoon, the LK&R layout was switched to Union Pacific steam.
Union
Pacific FEF-3 4-8-4 #844 near the LK&R enginehouse.
Union
Pacific 4-6-6-4 Challenger #3985 in the LK&R yard.
Union
Pacific FEF-3 4-8-4 #844 and Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 Challenger #3985 in
the LK&R yard.
Union
Pacific cabooses CA-3 #3771 and CA-1 #3232 in the LK&R yard.
The following video shows a Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy with a freight train and my Union Pacific streamlined passenger train on the LK&R layout.
On Sunday, the LK&R layout operated with Southern Pacific steam & early diesel power for most of the day.
Southern Pacific GS-4 Daylight 4-8-4 #4452 on the LK&R mainline.
Southern
Pacific TR6A #4601 and TR6B #4701 in the LK&R yard.
The following video shows Southern Pacific steam locomotives and Great Northern's streamlined Empire Builder running on the LK&R layout.
Also See:
Longview, Kelso & Rainier: Old Layout
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
2000 Great American Train Show
1998 Great American Train Show
Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club
Corvallis Society of Model Engineers
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