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To the surprise of all in a northern PRR yard, a NYC work train came through on it way to a derailment.  Unlike the politicians of the time, the PRR and NYC crews greeted each other with friendly hand waves and wished each other well.

NYC Work Train Approaching

NYC Work Train Leaving

The engine is my new LC+ Mikado that will pull this train, plus a few more cars, at future NCT shows.  It will alternate the duty with a LC+ NYC RS-3 that I've had for awhile.  At past shows, I let visitors run the RS-3 and they really enjoyed the simplicity of the handheld.  Who knows, maybe some of them went right out and bought a set for their family.

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NSBill posted:
Mike CT posted:

Mike, great shot! Two questions. Is that passenger station from a kit. if so who made it? Is that a Lionel grain elevator?

Bill

Passenger station is an advanced BTS kit. Yes, a Lionel grain elevator, done by another forum member, (DaveJfr0).  Click on the highlighted link.

Here is a link to a photo file, slideshow on the Orbisonia Station model.

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Went to Fullerton Railroad Days today. Had a good time. Big crowd, mostly families which is good. A lot of trains passed by the Fullerton Depot -- seemed like one every few minutes. There were several layouts there from Z to G. Of course, ATSF 3751 was there.

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This was a layout modeled after a long-gone Disneyland ride -- the Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland which used to be in Frontierland roughly where Big Thunder is now, It's well modeled, though compression had to be used.

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This is one of the well-done Z scale layouts.

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The Lego train builders never cease to amaze

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Amtrak's Surfliners were passing through. By the way, those of you with the MTH Surfliner cars, they are now correct for one of the cars. They finally painted the Superliner they added to one of the trains to match the other cars. I suspect the ones in the other trains will get painted at some time. I wish they'd dust off the tooling on the K-Line cars and re-issue them.

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Leaving the Isle of Denial for a few hours (like I really had a choice) there were a LOT of BNSF freights running through all day. The Fullerton Subdivision is really busy as trains headed East and trains headed down to San Diego all pass through this Sub.

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AMCDave posted:

Fullerton, Disney models and a busy mainline.......what a day!!!

I ride the SWC and Fullerton is my stop....so I know the place well. Wish I was there!!

Took Metrolink from Riverside now that they have the 91 line operating weekends. Beats driving, traffic around the depot and trying to find a parking space. Fullerton is pretty popular with rail fans. On occasion I'll stop by there on the way home from the club.

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