THE OFFICIAL WEBPAGE
OF ROBERT D. WEST
GATS - February 2006
The Great American Train Show was held at the Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center on February 18-19, 2006. This train show was the first time that I used the video clip function on my digital still camera, and as a result I didn't take very many still photos. The following video shows most of the layouts, some of which I didn't take stills of, because moving model trains are hard to photograph.
Now for the stills that I did get (and that came out).
Beaverton Modular Railroad Club
Alaska
Railroad SD70MAC #4006 & GP40-2 #3010 on the Beaverton Modular Railroad
Club's HO Scale layout.
Boats
in the harbor floating in real water on the Beaverton Modular Railroad
Club's HO Scale layout.
Cascade Z Modelers
Chessie
System (C&O) GP35 #3562 and Pennsylvania GP35 #2365 on the Cascade Z
Modelers layout.
Scenery
on the Cascade Z Modelers Z-Scale layout.
CP
Rail GP35 with log train on the Cascade Z Modelers layout.
Farm
on the Cascade Z Modelers Z-Scale layout.
Ferndale Model Railroad
HiKnee
Wine Company on the HO Scale layout from Ferndale, California.
Swimmers
in the water tank on the HO Scale layout from Ferndale, California.
Sumu-grape-stompers
on the HO Scale layout from Ferndale, California.
Film
crew on location on the HO Scale layout from Ferndale, California.
Trestle
over canyon with climbers and convicts on the HO Scale layout from
Ferndale, California.
Mountain
with backpackers and campers on the HO Scale layout from Ferndale,
California.
Handicapped-Accessible
gallows on the HO Scale layout from Ferndale, California.
A1
Towing horse and handicapped spot on the HO Scale layout from Ferndale,
California.
Flat
Earth Society Annual Picnic on the edge of the HO Scale layout from
Ferndale, California.
Northwest S Scalers
0-6-0
on the Northwest S Scalers layout.
Southern
Pacific F-Units with a freight train on the Northwest S Scalers layout.
Southern
Pacific Daylight GS4 on the Northwest S Scalers layout.
Southern
Pacific SW1 #1014 on the Northwest S Scalers layout.
Oregon State Capitol Holidays Layout
Salem
station, circa 1900, on the American Flyer S-Scale Oregon State Capitol
Holidays Layout.
The
F. N. Gilbert House, childhood home of A. C. Gilbert, and the A. T.
Gilbert house, the present Gilbert House Children's Museum, on the
American Flyer S-Scale Oregon State Capitol Holidays Layout.
Bush
House on the American Flyer S-Scale Oregon State Capitol Holidays
Layout.
Poorville & Debt City
Z
Scale layout on a miniature pool table, displayed by the Poorville &
Debt City Railway of Vancouver, Washington.
Rose City Garden Railway Society
4-2-4T
and passenger cars on the
Rose City Garden Railway Society's G-Gauge layout.
Tualatin Valley Model Railroad Club
A
Southern Pacific Daylight streamliner powered by a pair of PAs meets a
freight train powered by red & gray SD9s on the
Tualatin Valley Model
Railroad Club's N-Scale layout.
Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club
Naturally, the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-Scale layout gets far more coverage than the others, for the very simple reason that my association with it gives me much more access and better opportunities for photographs. Here is the Longview, Kelso & Rainier-only video from the show, followed by the stills.
Great
Northern GP9 #728, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy GP7 #201 and Northern
Pacific GP7 #553 passing the farm with a freight train on the main line.
Southern
Pacific SD70M #9809 in the yard.
Northern
Pacific GP7 #553 and Electro-Motive Division GP60 Demonstrator #5 in the engine terminal.
Electro-Motive
Division
GP60 Demonstrator #7 in the engine terminal.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
GP38-2s #201 and #200 pull a freight train on the main line past
Longview, Kelso & Rainier
SW1000 #100 in the yard.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
SW1000 #100 in the yard.
Engine
terminal full of Longview, Kelso & Rainier motive power.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
GP40-2 #301, GP60 #360 & GP38-2 #200 in the engine terminal.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
U28B #281 next to the enginehouse.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
U28B #281 and GP38-2 #201
next to the enginehouse.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
GP40-2 #300 in the yard.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
GP40-2 #301
& Electro-Motive Division GP60 Demonstrator #5 in the fueling rack.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
Cabooses on the caboose track.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
wide-vision caboose #60 on the caboose track.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
wide-vision caboose #49 on the caboose track.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
wide vision caboose #41 on the caboose track.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
wide vision caboose #58 on the caboose track.
Grain
Elevator
Milling
Company
Depot
Southern
Pacific AC-11 4-8-8-2 Cab-Forward #4272 with a freight train in the
yard.
Southern
Pacific Daylight GS4 4-8-4 #4452 in the yard with the Overnight.
Southern
Pacific Daylight GS4 4-8-4 #4452 passing the depot on the main line with
the Overnight.
Southern
Pacific AC-11 4-8-8-2 Cab-Forward #4272 and NW2 #1315 side-by-side in
the yard.
Southern
Pacific NW2 #1315 alongside wood caboose #314.
The
future town at the end of the branch line.
Southern
Pacific heavyweight passenger train passing through the industrial park.
Aerial
view of the length of the yard as a diesel-powered Overnight
passes by the depot on the main line.
Also See:
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
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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