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TrainTime & Trainfest 2002
Two major model train shows that take place every year in Milwaukee, Wisconsin are Trainfest and TrainTime. Here is a look at both these shows in 2002.
TrainTime 2002
TrainTime is an annual model train show held by the Society of Model Engineers at the Milwaukee School of Engineering every year since the 1960s. The show is traditionally held during the first weekend in March, which corresponds with the end of MSOE's spring break. Here are some pictures from the 2002 show.
Here
is an aerial view of the Michael J. Cudahy Student Center in the
Milwaukee School of Engineering's Student Life & Campus Center during
TrainTime 2002.
This
large-scale live-steam Shay was displayed by the
Milwaukee
Light Engineering Society.
This
small Lionel O27 layout was displayed by the
Lionel
Railroad Club of Milwaukee.
This
is just a small part of the large N-scale modular layout displayed by
the Milwaukee
Area N-Trak club.
A
Burlington Northern freight train passes over a CSX coal train on the
Milwaukee-N-Southeastern's
N-scale layout.
Here
is an aerial view of the Milwaukee School of Engineering Society of
Model Engineers alumni
Overland
Western Lines HO-scale modular layout.
Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy GP35s #983 and #984 have passed under the overpass
with a freight train and are approaching the big bridge on the Milwaukee
School of Engineering Society of Model Engineers alumni Overland Western
Lines HO-scale modular layout.
Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy GP35s #983 and #984 pass through the town with a
freight train on the Milwaukee School of Engineering Society of Model
Engineers alumni Overland Western Lines HO-scale modular layout.
Great
Northern GP35 #3040 and GP30 #3012 pass by the lake with a freight train
on the Milwaukee School of Engineering Society of Model Engineers alumni
Overland Western Lines HO-scale modular layout.
Great
Northern GP35 #3040 and GP30 #3012 pass through the town with a freight
train on the Milwaukee School of Engineering Society of Model Engineers
alumni Overland Western Lines HO-scale modular layout.
Overland
Western Lines SD40-2s #3109 & #3102 pose in Mukwonago, Wisconsin, site
of the first scenery on the Milwaukee School of Engineering Society of
Model Engineers permanent HO-scale layout.
Closeup
of Overland Western Lines SD40-2 #3109 in Mukwonago, Wisconsin on the
Milwaukee School of Engineering Society of Model Engineers permanent
HO-scale layout.
Overland
Western Lines SD40-2s #3102 & 3109 pass wide-vision caboose #993479 at
Midway, Wisconsin on the Milwaukee School of Engineering Society of
Model Engineers permanent HO-scale layout.
Overland
Western Lines F7s #4523 & #4523B pull the 35th Anniversary Special
through Mukwonago, Wisconsin on the Milwaukee School of Engineering
Society of Model Engineers permanent HO-scale layout.
Overland
Western Lines SW1500 #112 & Great Northern SW9 #23 pose in front of the
Waukesha engine terminal, which is filled with all of the Society of
Model Engineers' Overland Western Lines locomotives, including FP45s
#1854 & #3621, F7s #4523 & #4523B with Amtrak #157, SD40-2s #3102, #3109
# #3094, GP38-2 #2070, GP7 #1218 and SD45 #3608.
Trainfest 2002
Trainfest, a model train show sponsored by the Wisconsin Southeastern Division of the National Model Railroad Association and the Model Railroad Industry Association (now the Model Railroad Division of the Hobby Manufacturers Association) is billed as the America's largest operating model railroad show, and indeed, it is comparable to the National Model Railroad Association's National Train Show and the World's Greatest Hobby on Tour show in that it features not only layouts and vendors, but also manufacturers. The show is traditionally held in November.
I didn't take many pictures at Trainfest 2002. These pictures were all taken on the Milwaukee School of Engineering Society of Model Engineers alumni Overland Western Lines HO-scale modular layout.
Mike
Daley's Amtrak NPCU #90218 poses for a photograph on the Milwaukee
School of Engineering Society of Model Engineers alumni Overland Western
Lines HO-scale modular layout.
My
Amtrak Lake Michigan International, pulled by P42DC #9, passes
the lake on the Milwaukee School of Engineering Society of Model
Engineers alumni Overland Western Lines HO-scale modular layout.
My
Amtrak Lake Michigan International, pulled by P42DC #9, passes
through the town on the Milwaukee School of Engineering Society of Model
Engineers alumni Overland Western Lines HO-scale modular layout.
My
Amtrak Lake Michigan International, pulled by P42DC #9, crosses
the big bridge on the Milwaukee School of Engineering Society of Model
Engineers alumni Overland Western Lines HO-scale modular layout.
Henry
Bangsberg's Overland Western Lines U28C
#2800 puls a freight train under the overpass on the Milwaukee School of
Engineering Society of Model Engineers alumni Overland Western Lines
HO-scale modular layout.
Union Pacific
B40-8
#5646 pauses at Dontwerk tower on the Milwaukee School of Engineering
Society of Model Engineers alumni Overland Western Lines HO-scale
modular layout.
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
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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