Nothing new again this week, still unpacking boxes and trying to set up my workbench to start modeling again. Dug out an old picture from the archives, Stewart C628 and C630 hauling G39 Ore Jennies on the Strongsville Model Railroad Layout, which will be open this weekend from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM each day. Thanks for looking, Rick Jesionowski
"Guys I just know I saw those in here someplace" A Southern Pacific Maintenance of Way crew looks for some parts that may be stashed in the section house in Battle Mountain, Nevada.
Yes it is from Fox Valley. Seems they started with a few kits before going whole hog on locos and rolling stock. I had picked up the kit years ago and forgot about it until recently and put it together for this layout. http://palisadecanyonrr.blogspot.com/2018/09/a-section-house-for-battle-mountain.html Don't know if they are still available. Here is the link to it in the N scale database. http://www.trovestar.com/generic/zoom.php?id=145602
A Gresley A-3 4-6-2 Pacific Type. Built in 1923, the Flying Scotsman was the first steam locomotive to break the Ton, or go over 100 MPH. Here is my HONBY model of the FLYING SCOTSMAN, in London and North Eastern Railway apple green. This locomotive is the only steam engine to circumnavigate the earth. I had the opportunity, back in the 90s, to ride behind her at the NENE VALLEY RAILWAY, near Peterborough, UK. This particular model was my going away present from my unit at RAF Lakenheath, UK in 2004. Kurt: The drivers are 80 inches.
I was looking at some historical photos today, and came across a shot of D&RGW 5924, a GP9, and some Rio Grande boxcars, circa 1978. Well, I decided to take a shot of my 5924 and a couple of Rio Grande boxcars. One is promoting CODY'S OFFICE....I don't know if Cody was around in 1978...
12 years ago, it was an honor to be able to set up my Sugar Land and Richmond NTRAK modules in the rotunda at the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas over a two weekend period. The Library Museum was presenting an exhibit called "Trains: Tracks of the Iron Horse". Local portable layouts were invited to set up for various weekends over the period that the exhibit was run. A complication arose when our layout had to be disassembled after the first weekend and stored at the library and then set up again the following Friday as the rotunda space was needed to host a reception for a function put on by the President. I was able to meet him when he came by to personally thank me. He was a very gracious man.
" The chill of early Autumn and a sense of whimsy in the air. What vagary has sent a girl, who looks like me, upon such a task "
Wonderful story Russell, thanks for sharing it. Was it a full operating layout or just display, hard to tell from the photos. I suppose that some of the Kato N scale SD70ace #4141 locos got run this weekend at various shows around the country.
It was a fully operating layout. You can’t really see the corners but there are four of them and a yard and the Richmond modules around the back.
