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GATS - October 1998
The Great American Train Show was held in Portland, Oregon in October of 1998 at the Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center. Here are some pictures of some of the layouts at the show.
Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club
The
Chicago & North Western dominates the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model
Railroad Club's HO-scale layout, as this view of the town's industrial
park shows C&NW freight trains on both the main line and branch line,
and a C&NW switcher in the industrial park.
A
Mountain Pine Lumber switcher is at work switching a Seattle & North
Coast box car at the sawmill on the logging line on the Longview, Kelso
& Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout.
A pair of Chicago & North Western SD40-2s passes by the engine terminal, which is dominated by C&NW power including another SD40-2, a U30C, a Dash 9-44CW, an Alco FA and and A-B set of F7s. Non-C&NW power includes a Union Pacific U23B, GP40 & SW1500 and an Amtrak Genesis unit. The LK&R Jordan Spreader #100 is also present.
Later,
as in real life, the Chicago & North Western power gave way to Union
Pacific power, including a DDA40X Centennial, two DD40s and a DD35B, a
U30C, SD40-2, U23B & a GP40 with Missouri Pacific lettering. A pair of
EMD GP60 demonstrators is also present.
A
pair of Union Pacific GP50s pull a freight train on the branch line past
the sawmill on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's
HO-scale layout.
BC
Rail RDC cars ply the main line and a pair of Union Pacific GP50s pull a
freight train on the branch line while a Southern Pacific NW2 handles
the industrial park on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad
Club's HO-scale layout.
A
pair of Union Pacific GP50s pull a freight train on the branch line
along the cliffs under the logging camp on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier
Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout.
Lewis County Model Railroad Club
Burlington
Northern GP40-2 with a freight train on the Lewis County Model Railroad
Club's HO-scale layout.
A
pair of Amtrak P40s cross the bridge with a Superliner passenger train
on the Lewis County Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout.
Oregon State Capitol Holidays Layout
An
S-Gauge American Flyer steam locomotive passes the Salem depot with a
short train on the Oregon State Capitol Holidays Layout.
Pacific Northwest Lego Train Club
A
Lego Daylight passenger train passes a Lego model of Portland's Union
Station on the Pacific Northwest Lego Train Club's Lego train layout.
A
Lego model of Portland's Steel Bridge (and, yes, the Lego trains really
did run on the lower level) on the Pacific Northwest Lego Train Club's
Lego train layout.
A
Lego Shay locomotive on the Pacific Northwest Lego Train Club's Lego
train layout.
Ferndale Model Railroad
The
F-units at the head end of a Denver & Rio Grande Western freight train
barely miss taking out the caboose of their own train on the HO-scale
Ferndale Model Railroad from Ferndale, California.
The
Corporate Ladder Company on the HO-scale Ferndale Model Railroad from
Ferndale, California.
A
speeder club gathering on the HO-scale Ferndale Model Railroad from
Ferndale, California.
Climbers
try to avoid falling off the Edge of the World on the HO-scale Ferndale
Model Railroad from Ferndale, California.
Honest
Karr's Used Johns and the Knotsafe Life Jacket Company on the HO-scale
Ferndale Model Railroad from Ferndale, California.
Prophylactic
Pyrotechnics on the HO-scale Ferndale Model Railroad from Ferndale,
California.
Beaverton Modular Railroad Club
The
harbor with the boats floating in real water is a longtime staple of the
Beaverton
Modular Railroad Club's HO-scale layout.
Here
is a closer look at the boats and the lighthouse on the Beaverton
Modular Railroad Club's HO-scale layout.
The
two crews painting this bridge seem to have had a little trouble
coordinating with each other. I'm not sure whose HO-scale layout this
was a part of, but it may have been the Beaverton Modular Railroad Club.
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
2006 Great American Train Show
2005 Great American Train Show
2000 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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