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Rainier Swap Meet 2007
The Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's second annual Model Train Show & Swap Meet in Rainier, Oregon was held December 8-9, 2007 in the gym of the Riverside Community Church, the former Rainier Elementary School. This year, the show was affected by weather: major flooding had occurred the week before, preventing the Peninsula Model Railroad Club of Ilwaco, Washington from attending as they had planned, and the threat of snow, which appeared on Sunday, may have kept the public away.
This
aerial view shows the vendor tables in the gym.
This
aerial view shows the Cascade Z Modelers layout & Al Belanger's Lionel
Polar Express.
The Cascade Z Modelers' Z-Scale Layout
Al
Belanger's Polar Express was popular with children who recognized
it.
An
addition to the Longview, Kelso & Rainier layout during 2007 was this plaque in memory of
John W. Plant, Donald K. Stanton, Richard Francis, Ray Brink and Douglas
C. Markhart.
The
Longview, Kelso & Rainier Engine Terminal, with BNSF SD70MAC #9959 and assorted LK&R units.
Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe GP7 #2793 in the Engine Terminal.
A
Two-Truck Climax and Three-Truck Shay in the yard.
Here
are a few views of the Grain Elevator.
This
Christmas Train was on display in the town on the branch line
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
SW1000 #100 is in the town at the top of the branch line with a local
freight train.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
#100 winds it way through the trees on its way down the branch line.
Longview, Kelso & Rainier #100 emerges from the branch line tunnel and continues along the branch line.
Longview, Kelso & Rainier #100 passes through Grand River. One of the cars in the train carries Santa Claus and his sleigh past the Grand River Lodge.
Longview, Kelso & Rainier #100 pulls its train across the bridge crossing over the main line.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
#100 and its train, including Santa, go over the branch line's wooden
trestle.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
#100 passes nearby the farm with its train.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
SW1000 #100 and GP50 #350 in the yard.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
Cabooses #49 & #60 in the yard.
Northern
Pacific 4-6-2 Pacific #2254.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
Caboose #41 on the end of a freight train.
Union
Pacific RS2 #1293 on the branch line's wood trestle.
Union
Pacific Caboose #25346 on the trestle at the end of the train.
Union
Pacific RS2
#1293 at Grand River.
Union
Pacific RS2
#1293 crossing the bridge over the Grand River and the main line.
Union
Pacific RS2
#1293 emerging from the tunnel on the branch line.
Union
Pacific RS2
#1293 approaching the depot in the town at the top of the branch line.
Union Pacific
Caboose #25346 on the way back down the branch line.
The Union
Pacific Streamliner stretched around the layout.
Union
Pacific E8A #926 pulling the Streamliner
Union
Pacific Dome-Lounge-Observation #9009 on the end of the Streamliner
entering a tunnel.
Union
Pacific E8A
#926 between tunnels with the Streamliner.
Union
Pacific E8A
#926 crossing the Grand River with the Streamliner.
Union Pacific E8A #926 leads the Streamliner under the branch line.
Union
Pacific E8A
#926 passing the farm with the Streamliner.
Union
Pacific E8A
#926 passing the Industrial Park with the Streamliner
The
Streamliner at the depot
The Streamliner passing through the yard and past the grain elevator.
Here is a short video clip of the Union Pacific Streamliner passing the depot.
Also See:
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
Longview, Kelso & Rainier: Current Layout
Longview, Kelso & Rainier: Old Layout
Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club
Corvallis Society of Model Engineers
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