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Longview, Kelso & Rainier:
Current Layout
The Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club was formed in 1985. The club currently meets at the Riverside Community Church in Rainier, Oregon. The club is currently building its third large HO-Scale portable model railroad, which has been in progress since 2001.
Clamshell Railroad Days - Ilwaco, Washington - July, 2008
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.
Burlington
Northern F7A #722 inside the LK&R enginehouse.
Burlington
Northern caboose #10415 with SW1500 #317 in the LK&R yard.
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.
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.
More pictures from this show are on the 2008 Clamshell Railroad Days page.
Toledo Cheese Days - Toledo, Washington - July, 2008
Two
Longview, Kelso & Rainier freight trains, led by GP50 #350 and U28B
#281, pass at the industrial area.
Grain
Elevator area with new office building.
Great Train Expo - Portland, Oregon - February, 2008
Longview, Kelso & Rainier U28B #281 and Electro-Motive Division GP60 Demonstrator #7
are in the enginehouse.
Western Pacific SW1 #501
pulls the tourist train past the Grand River Lodge on the branch line.
Western Pacific SW1 #501
is on the branch line near the Grand River Lodge with the tourist train,
about to pass over Milwaukee Road FP7
#95C on the main line below.
Milwaukee Road GP9 #2368 and U28B #149
pull a passenger train on the main line.
Milwaukee Road C-Liner #26C
emerges from a tunnel on the main line on the point of a passenger train
with GP9 #2368 and U28B #149 while a freight train passes by on the
adjacent track.
Milwaukee Road
Heavyweight Observation Car "Washington" is on the end of a
passenger train on the main line.
Milwaukee Road C-Liner #26C,
GP9 #2368 and U28B #149 emerge from the tunnel near the grain elevator
with a passenger train on the main line.
Milwaukee Road C-Liner #26C,
GP9 #2368 and U28B #149 round the curve in front of the grain elevator
with a passenger train on the main line.
Longivew, Kelso & Rainier GP40 #300, GP50 #351 and U28B #281
pull a freight train past the yard on the main line.
An
A-B-B set of Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Warbonnet F3s cross the Grand River on the main line with the Fast Mail.
A
Milwaukee Road 4-6-2 crosses the Grand River with a freight train on the
main line.
More pictures from this show are on the 2008 Great Train Expo page.
LK&R Train Show & Swap Meet - Rainier, Oregon - December, 2007
The
Longview, Kelso & Rainier
Engine Terminal, with BNSF SD70MAC #9959 and assorted other
Longview, Kelso & Rainier
units.
Here
are a few views of the Grain Elevator.
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 past the Grand River Lodge.
Longview, Kelso & Rainier #100 pulls its train across the bridge crossing over the main line.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
#100 passes nearby the farm with its train.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
Caboose #41 on the end of a freight train.
Union
Pacific RS2
#1293 at Grand River.
Union
Pacific RS2
#1293 emerging from the tunnel on the branch line.
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.
More pictures from this show are on the 2007 LK&R Train Show & Swap Meet page.
Three Rivers Mall Train Show - Kelso, Washington - April 2007
Here
is the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-Scale Layout
on display outside the vacant former-Emporium anchor space.
These
pictures show the milling company and freight station in the layout's
industrial park.
This
is the town at the end of the branch line.
This
is the farm, with its newly installed fence.
These
fisherman were all new additions.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
GP40-2 #301 coming around the curve near the farm leading a freight
train.
The
2-4-4-2 and the Tourist
Train making a station stop at the Grand River Lodge.
Closeup
of the Grand River Lodge.
Deer
in the woods near the Grand River Lodge.
The
Missouri Public Service Company coal train strung around the layout
through the yard.
BNSF
SD70MAC #9959 & AC4400CW #5648 on the main line with the Missouri
Public Service Company coal train.
The
Missouri Public Service Company coal train along the shoreline.
Union
Pacific SW1500 #1183 & GP50 #980 inside the enginehouse.
More pictures from this show are on the 2007 Three Rivers Mall Model Train Show page.
World's Greatest Hobby on Tour - Portland, Oregon - February 2007
The grain
elevator on the club's layout.
Here
are pictures of the town
scene at the end of the branch line. Amtrak F59PHI #458 is visiting the
town.
Here
is a closeup of the paving
scene in the town at the end of the branch line. The dumptruck and
paving equipment have the logo of
Lakeside
Industries.
The Control
Panel and Mountains on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier layout.
The
Farm on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Layout.
The Industrial
Park, consisting of a freight station, a flour mill and a Kadee factory.
The
depot on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier layout, with its newly-added automobiles.
The
Longview, Kelso & Rainier Engine Terminal, filled with Santa Fe motive power.
Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe U30Bs #6324 & #6330 with a freight train in the
yard.
Burlington
Northern caboose #11281 on the caboose track.
Amtrak
F59PHI #458 coming down the branch line with a passenger train made up
of Amfleet cars.
Amtrak
F59PHI #458 and its train of Amfleet cars at the depot on the main line.
A 2-4-4-2
mallet on the branch line.
Here
is the 2-4-4-2 mallet with the excursion train at the town at the end of
the branch line.
Western
Pacific passenger F3A #801A and two F3Bs on the branch line.
Waterville
Plateau F7A #67 and the excursion train going through a cut on the
branch line.
Waterville
Plateau F7A #67 and the excursion train crossing over the main line and
the river. Waterville Plateau caboose #2 brings up the rear.
Waterville
Plateau F7A #67 and the excursion train on the branch line.
Waterville
Plateau GP50 #620 on the main line with a freight train.
Waterville
Plateau GP50 #620 & EMD GP60 Demonstrator #7 inside the enginehouse.
Waterville
Plateau Caboose #2 on the end of the excursion train on the branch line.
More pictures from this show are on the 2007 World's Greatest Hobby on Tour page.
LK&R Train Show & Swap Meet - Rainier, Oregon - December 2006
Here are some overall views of the Longview, Kelso & Rainier model railroad club's HO-scale layout at home in the club's room above the gym.
Atchison,
Topeka and Santa
Fe Dash 8-40CW #806 in the Longview, Kelso & Rainier
enginehouse.
Depot
at the end of the branch line.
LeTourneau
log loader.
The
farm.
Main
line bridge and tunnel with branch line bridge above.
Shay
on the branch line trestle.
BC
Rail RDCs starting up the branch line.
BC
Rail RDCs on the branch line.
BC
Rail RDCs on the branch line trestle on the way back down.
More pictures from this show are on the 2006 LK&R Train Show & Swap Meet page.
Mid-2006
Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Erie-Builts #90L, #90A and #90B pull the Super
Chief through a tunnel and are about to enter another. (Photo by Cliff West)
Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Erie-Builts #90L, #90A and #90B pull the Super
Chief past the flour mill in the industrial area. (Photos by Cliff West)
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier U28Bs #281 & #280 pull a freight train on the main line
past the double-crossover at the end of the yard and the freight station
in the industrial area in the background. (Photo by Cliff West)
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier GP38-2 #201 and U28B #281 rest in the engine terminal
next to the enginehouse. (Photo by Cliff West)
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier GP38-2 #200, GP40-2 #300 and GP60 #360 area among the
locomotives resting in the engine terminal. (Photo by Cliff West)
Here
are a couple of closeups of Longview, Kelso & Rainier GP38-2 #200 in the
fueling rack at the engine terminal. (Photos by Cliff West)
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier SW1000 #100 works in the yard with the depot in the
background and Longview, Kelso & Rainier covered hoppers for sand
service in the foreground. (Photo by Cliff West)
Great American Train Show - Portland, Oregon - February 2006
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.
Northern
Pacific GP7 #553 and Electro-Motive Division GP60 Demonstrator #5 in the engine terminal.
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
GP40-2 #301
& Electro-Motive Division GP60 Demonstrator #5 in the fueling rack.
Grain
Elevator
Milling
Company
Depot
Southern
Pacific Daylight GS4 4-8-4 #4452 passing the depot on the main line with
the Overnight.
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.
More pictures from this show are on the 2006 Great American Train Show page.
Great American Train Show - Vancouver, Washington - November 2005
Farm
scene and the trestle on the branch line.
Closeup
of the farm scene.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
U28B #281 leads a freight train past the farm.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
U28B
#281 emerges from a tunnel with a freight train.
A
Longview, Kelso & Rainier
freight train passing the yard.
Closeup
of the depot.
The Engine Terminal,
with unusually empty fuel racks and enginehouse.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
GP40-2 #301 & GP60 #360 (apparently undergoing some dynamic brake
work) with EMD GP60 Demonstrator #5 in the engine terminal.
Electro-Motive
Division
GP60 Demonstrator #5 in the engine terminal.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
wide-vision caboose #41 at rest on the caboose track.
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier
GP60 #360 leads a freight train through a tunnel as it passes another
freight train.
More pictures from this show are on the 2005 Great American Train Show page.
Fall 2005
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier U28B #280 is resting in the fueling rack of the engine
terminal. (Photo by Cliff West)
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier U28B #281 and other Longview, Kelso & Rainier
locomotives in the engine terminal. (Photo by Cliff West)
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier U28B #281 emerges from a tunnel on the point of a
freight train while another freight train with a Longview, Kelso &
Rainier wide-vision caboose on the rear disappears into the tunnel. (Photo by Cliff West)
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier U28B #281 leads a freight train on the main line. (Photo by Cliff West)
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier U28B #281 and its freight train meet a Longview, Kelso &
Rainier wide-vision caboose on the end of another train in the cut near
the farm as they pass under the branch line. (Photo by Cliff West)
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier U28B #281 is accompanied by a Longview, Kelso & Rainier
GP60 and GP40-2 as it pulls a freight train through the cut near the
farm. (Photo by Cliff West)
Longview,
Kelso & Rainier U28B #281 leads its freight train past the depot near
the yard. (Photo by Cliff West)
This
is the depot near the yard. (Photo by Cliff West)
Summer 2005
This group of photographs were the first taken of the layout after its move to the Riverside Community Church (the former Rainier Elementary School) in Rainier, Oregon.
Burlington
Northern U30C #5328 leads a freight train on the main line past the yard
where SD40-2s #6773 and #6734, and SW7 #127 are among the many
locomotives at rest. (Photos by Cliff West)
Here
is a closeup of Burlington Northern SD40-2 #6773 on the point of a
freight train in the yard. (Photo by Cliff West)
Burlington
Northern U30C #5328 passing SD40-2s #6773 and #6734. (Photo by Cliff West)
Burlington
Northern SD40-2s #6773 and #6734 and a U-Boat emerge from a tunnel with
a freight train while a Burlington Northern wide-vision caboose
disappears into the tunnel at the end of the Missouri Public Service (MPSX)
coal train. (Photo by Cliff West)
Burlington
Northern U30C #5328 with the Missouri Public Service (MPSX) coal train,
passing SD40-2s #6773 and #6734 with a freight train at the industrial
area. In the background, the engine terminal is filled with more
Burlington Northern motive power. (Photo by Cliff West)
The
Missouri Public Service (MPSX) coal train is about to pass another train
powered by Burlington Northern F-units. (Photo by Cliff West)
Burlington
Northern GP38-2s #2086 and #2079 cross a wooden trestle as the descend
the branch line with a freight train. (Photo by Cliff West)
Burlington
Northern cabooses #11281, #11007 and #10569 rest on the caboose track. (Photo by Cliff West)
This
view of the layout's main control panel shows how the layout is
constructed, with one 2-inch layer of foam on top of the framing, and
additional layers used to build up the scenery. This particular mountain
is left largely hollow for access to the back of the yard control panel. (Photo by Cliff West)
Summer 2002
These pictures were taken when the club was in its former home on Coal Creek Road west of Longview, Washington. Notice that the layout was designed to fit around the columns in this building.
At
this point the layout's double track main line is operational, but none of
the scenery has started and there aren't even any side tracks placed yet.
Notice the cardboard fall protection, as there aren't even fascia boards yet.
This
is the
grain elevator end of the layout. The section in the foreground will be covered
in a tunnel with the town at the end of the branch line on top.
This
section is what will become the yard. At this point, only the double-track
main line has been laid. Centerlines for the yard are being drawn and the
turnouts are laid out to help, but it will be a while before they are
permanently placed. The depot will end up in the space in the lower left.
This
is one
end of the (future) yard. The freight station building will end up in the
industrial park at the other end of the layout.
Here
is another
view of the grain elevator area. Though the layout was designed to fit this
space, it is clear that it is still a very tight fit.
2001
This group of photographs are the very first pictures of this layout, taken at the beginning of construction in the clubhouse on Coal Creek Road in Longview, Washington.
Four
of the new layout pieces, out of a total of ten, are stacked on the
floor of the clubhouse. (Photo by Cliff West)
Here
is one of the new layout pieces set up on its legs. (Photo by Cliff West)
This
view shows the simple framing visible on the bottom of the pieces. (Photo by Cliff West)
These
are the newly-constructed legs for the new layout pieces. They will be
permanently attached to the each end of the pieces with hinges. (Photo by Cliff West)
The club started this HO-Scale layout after selling their previous one in 2001. To see pictures of the previous layout, visit the Longview, Kelso & Rainier: Old Layout page.
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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