Great Northern railway

Huge trestle on an abandoned railroad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F6uAyxAc5c

NMRA MCR DIV 7 monthly meeting:

Meeting:

good attendance.

'Zoom' for those who cannot attend.

Raffle:

Company store:

Free DVD rental.

Monthly contests.

Larry's presentation on 'The use of color in model railroading'.

'Zoom' camera was on me so I took a 'selfie'!

Tom's D&RGW railroad.

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCpiaaymPFQ

Bills' O hi-rail layout:

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqYH96svyDQ

@samparfitt posted:

Amazing talent and organization.

Thanks.

I believe our Division 7 is one of the best divisions in the NMRA with an outstanding group of leaders and around 65 registered layouts.

Ross club meeting.

Videos:

PRR P5A electrics freight drag:

Skykomish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WffSGu_4EuI

SF 4-6-4 Blue Goose freight drag:

Seattle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjc_g7Ewjdo

Departing Whitefish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUzm2cEb07Y

RF&P 4-8-4 passenger train:

Skykomish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdWWjFwI8nA

Departing Hillyard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm1fDov5o8I

PRR Aerotrain:

Seattle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ5YmRDcMxo

Marias pass.

Seattle.

Hillyard.

PRR P5A electrics and SF 4-6-4 Blue Goose.

RF&P 4-8-4 passenger train at Skykomish.

Views from Tye.

PRR Aerotrain at Skykomish.

Chumstick canyon trestle.

Meet at Havre.

UP FEF-3 4-8-4 freight drag at Havre.

Havre.

West of Waverly.

St. Paul.

West of Waverly.

Whitefish.

Tumwater canyon trestle.

Willmar.

Seattle.

Greater Cincinnati, Ohio garden railroad 'open houses'.

Joe and I visited 4 of them.

Alan's garden railroad:

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsvkRwChlV8

N gauge.

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Dan's garden railroad:

video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sRN581IqBw

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Mark's garden railroad:

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QERyy-uqFvs

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Zachery's garden railroad:

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEuIoPk1tlE

GNRW operating session:

Videos:

Virginian EL-2B electrics freight drag:

Departing Hillyard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fHaBChu8e4

GN H-5 4-6-2 passenger train:

Tye:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RWh50UOf9E

Marias Pass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT7BEeVtCu8

Willmar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Dz17QBqmM

N&W Y-3 2-8-8-2.

Departing Hillyard;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwAxWfPGUeE

Departing Whitefish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvcAVsWXbXQ

Hillyard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fVTfuyEY5E

WM 2-8-0 coal drag:

Marias pass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCCMUhlowWc

Departing Havre:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoD2yT_RF5c

Tye:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al6QFWlfqjM

CP diesel freight drag:

Departing Hillyard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVDYuUGEcys

N&W Y-3 2-8-8-2.

Seattle's turntable.

GN H-5 4-6-2  passenger train at Willmar.

Virginian EL-2B electrics and N&W Y-3 2-8-8-2 at Tye.

GN H-5 at Matias pass.

john with N&W Y-3.

Hillyard.

Skykomish.

Whitefish.

Ben switching the Seattle's yard.

Joe dispatching.

SP AC-1 2-8-8-2.

Chumstick canyon trestle.

Hillyard.

WM-2-8-0 at Hillyard.

N&W Y-3 at Skykomish.

Seattle's freight yard.

Paul dispatching.

Paul's new diesel.

View from the logging railroad.

Paul's camera does a much better 'job' than mine!

GN H-5 4-6-2.

Very impressive garden railroads.  Thank you for all the photographs and videos!

The garden railroads are impressive.

Do you know if they leave the buildings outside year round or are they brought in for storage when the weather turns bad?

I asked them that question and they said they leave the buildings outside 'year around'.

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No one's made an 0-10-0 camel back yet!

Although I do have an 0-8-8-0 camel back.

C&O 2-6-6-2 engines that operated in Cincinnati, Ohio.

My version:

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ienkgQ3BryI

GN O-8 mikes.

My version:

video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m09Q97Q-v2s

Pictures taken out of these quarterlies that I purchased at a recent train show.

Ross club Tuesday night meeting.

videos:

PRR S-2 6-8-6 freight drag:

Many vintage metal and wood freight cars.

Tye:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzz0jnJA9gw

Leaving Whitefish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR0FBSmva0g

Nate's diesel freight drag:

Willmar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSBy7WldCEk

PRR K-4 4-6-2 streamlined passenger train:

Leaving Hillyard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J9mH-kBRIQ

Chumstick canyon trestle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX7bbZj29Yc

Skykomish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqqgrlw0h6s

Seattle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGO5ipbCgyM

Bob brought his GN steam engine.

Nate's diesel.

Seattle.

Skykomish.

Hillyard.

Chumstick canyon trestle.

Seattle.

Jerry with the PRR K-4 at Willmar.

Skykomish.

July 29-30, Van Wert, Ohio train show.

Miles:130

4 buildings on the county fair grounds.

Building 1.

Building 2.

Lots of layouts.

N scale.

More and more brass is 'showing up'.

Didn't find anything that I 'needed'!

Don't see too much of N gauge brass.

A 'cab forward'.

Building 3.

Building 4.

3 layouts.

Only purchased 3 old wooden rulers since I have a complete wood working shop in my detached garage.

The mags were free; has some articles on 'steam'.

Americana.

We took I-75 'there' but took route 127 home.

One sees absolutely nothing on the 'highway' whereas the 'back roads' are much more relaxing with lots to see.

Hardly any vehicles plus the road is 'highway wide' as many 'routes' were the 'old interstate' roads

before Eisenhower built the 'interstates'.

'127' is straight as an arrow; more so than the 'interstate'.

Annie Oakley born and buried in Ohio.

must be a parade of some sort happening on 127 tomorrow based on the chairs & other markers sitting curbside

Great looking train show.  Lots of nice looking modular layouts.  I prefer the old routes over interstates as well.  That is certainly a nice looking town you passed through!

I just looked up Rt 127.  Is there any chance that town is Celina.  We visited there back in the mid ‘60s when my aunt, uncle, and cousins lived there.

Yup, it's Celina, Ohio.

We, also, noticed all the chairs along the sidewalks.

There is a Celina Lake festival on Sunday.

Yesterday, a few blocks were 'blocked off' due to a classic car show.

Wow! That goes back for me.  My uncle was a pastor, and while looking I found their church on Google maps.  It’s still at the northeast edge of town; fields behind it.

Ross club's Tuesday night meeting.

Videos:

Mark's diesels:

Willmar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR2gqX0q1Zg

Nate's diesel:

Skykomish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS3uB2-lQOE

Hillyard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2Nypmk02zI

Mark's diesels departing Seattle.

Tumwater canyon trestle.

Nate getting his train 'ready'.

Chumstick canyon trestle.

Skykomish.

Franklin, Indiana train show.

Miles: 100

4 buildings at their fair grounds.

A 5th building was used for registration.

1st building.

2nd building.

interesting. Owner said, for conductivity, rail are steel and wheels are magnets.

3rd building.

4th building.

@samparfitt posted:

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No one's made an 0-10-0 camel back yet!

Although I do have an 0-8-8-0 camel back.

C&O 2-6-6-2 engines that operated in Cincinnati, Ohio.

My version:

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ienkgQ3BryI

GN O-8 mikes.

My version:

video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m09Q97Q-v2s

Pictures taken out of these quarterlies that I purchased at a recent train show.

Sounds reasonable on the 'copy right'.

thanks.

Sam

Nice show, Sam!  Nice layouts!

@Mark Boyce posted:

I just looked up Rt 127.  Is there any chance that town is Celina.  We visited there back in the mid ‘60s when my aunt, uncle, and cousins lived there.

Rt 127  does go through Celina .     

Father in law had a WW2 reunion there.   Swam in Grand Lake St. MARY .   Beautiful place .  Also visited a friend in Ft. Recovery near Celina.

Yes, I saw Grand Lake St. Mary.  I always thought it was an interesting name.

Ross club Tuesday night meeting.

videos:
NP A-3 4-8-4 freight drag.

Many vintage wood and metal freight cars.

Marias Pass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpyqKc8WJvg

Tye:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awp45ZQugXA

NP A-3 4-8-4 and NH I-5 4-6-4 meet at Waverly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL2OTEoB-cI

UP 4-12-2 freight drag:

3rd piston sound is present in the engine.

Some vintage metal and wood freight cars.

Leaving Whitefish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bii6EUn02o

NH I-5 4-6-4 freight drag:

Willmar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSvqqfIfbRk

Departing Whitefish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_602Ewcetg

Skykomish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXZxq9lGVQA

PRR Aerotrain and NP A-3 4-8-4 meet at Waverly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAFXMy-G1y0

NP A-3 4-8-4 freight drag taking water at Hillyard.

UP 4-12-2 at Waverly.

Chumstick canyon trestle.

Joe 'manning' the dispatcher's panel.

Nick operating the NP A-3 4-8-4.

UP 4-12-2 at Skykomish.

Nate and Gerry.

Nate operating the PRR Aerotrain.

Bob doing 'yard work'.

Nick operating the NP A-3 4-8-4.

NH I-5 4-6-4 at Seattle's freight yard.

NP A-3 4-8-4 at Marias pass.

Nice time had by all, as always!  It looks like Joe has an understudy.

Impressive.

90 miles of track.

About 4 times as much as my layout of about 25 miles of track!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_j4MNf_1c

2 new deliveries.

C&O K-2 2-8-2 and a functional oil derrick.

C&O K-2 2-8-2 by BLI.

Video:

Yard test:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSjnTE_Qcck

The usual well package box with the 'clam shell' case.

Traction tires.

Just what I like: lots of piping!

I'll have to check my other BLI engines but I don't remember them painting the cab green!

Nice hand painting of knobs.

Boiler jacket 'stays'.

Looks like a real brass bell.

Load new data into the engine and roster update.

Oil derrick from Menards.

Reminds me of my 'Lionel days' with functional accessories!

This gives me 4 of their buildings.

NMRA MCR DIV 7 monthly meeting 2 layout visits.

Meeting.

company store.

Raffle.

Contest table.

Free video library.

'Zoom' group.

Presentation 'how to'.

Rick's layout.

Video:

Tried something new with taking a video of the 'over all' layout but, my battery 'quit' on me about 2/3's of the way covering the layout!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62fKWt2EU7Q

David's layout.

As I scrolled, I wondered how much more there is to Rick's layout!  It looks great!  David's layout looks like it is well on it's way to being really something also!

@Samparfitt, WOW, it’s been a few months since I’ve scrolled through your wonderful thread, and WOW again, there are so many layouts represented, so many events that’s taken place and You have shown them all. I’m so impressed with your fun to run railroad. Now, thank you for showing pictures of Bill Bramlages “Tower City” layout, he is so whimsical…One day I’ll be there and will contact you well in advance. Happy Railroading Everyone

Ross club meeting.

videos:

Many of the freight cars are vintage metal and wood construction.

C&O K-2 2-8-2 freight drag:

Marias Pass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjrQx4avbSo

Maris Pass West:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqGavD0VJRU

PRR P5A electrics freight drag:

Skykomish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8St4_HUNY4

Tye:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA1RoOZWEDM

Chumstick canyon trestle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH673AVpnHo

Virginian EL-2B electrics freight drag:

Willmar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD6pncs7_Vo

Waverly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YqgYnmT7lQ

Virginian EL-2B electrics and C&O K-2 2-8-2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucYmwLL4704

Mark's diesels freight drag:

Willmar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCVSCz6xNIU

Mark's diesels and PRR P5A electrics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEldXiLuC1I

C&O K-2 2-8-2 freight drag.

Operated by Bob.

Virginian EL-2B electrics freight drag by Gerry.

Paul, Nick and Mark.

Joe and Roxanne.

Nate with PRR P5A electrics freight drag.

C&O K-2 2-8-2 at Willmar.

Mark's diesels at Havre.

Marias pass.

Tye.

Waverly.

Willmar.

Gerry, Bob and Mark.

Waverly.

St. Paul.

Marias Pass.

Seattle.

Final run of the day.

GNRW operating session:

Most trains were operated at a very scale speed of about 25-35 MPH.

videos:

C&O K-2 2-8-2 freight drag.

Marias pass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D5HKQLm2E8

N&W J 4-8-4 , UP 2-tone grey 4-6-6-4 and C&O K-2 2-8-2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzMb2lpl3Lo

UP 2-tone grey 4-6-6-4 freight drag:

Tye:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfqjplNwXGA

UP 2-tone grey 4-6-6-4 and N&W J 4-8-4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpKJhgmCTnY

GN H-5 4-6-2 passenger train:

Marias pass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgmxwZgBI6U

Chumstick canyon trestle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e5ry8Iubjc

N&W J 4-8-4 and GN H-5 4-6-2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLYWvRyZsuQ

N&W J 4-8-4 and UP 2-tone 4-6-6-4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HiJhghk_rM

Milwaukee bi-polar and Little Joe passenger train:

Departing Seattle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjCwxQLTngg

Tye:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cuc749RgRag

Departing Hillyard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGPAjYwRhFA

Willmar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGBtpPYF00s

bypassing Seattle's freight yard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caKZ0KObZ3M

SF PA A-B-B-A freight drag:

Willmar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIxIJ29CaT0

Departing Whitefish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDQdIPo0CSY

Running an engine over the entire mainline before 'arrivals' is, sometimes, needed!

A 'jumper wire' between 2 rails failed after 44 years and needed a new wire solder between the two rails!

N&W J 4-8-4 passenger train at Skykomish.

Paul, Joe and Ben.

Ben operating the UP 2-tone grey 4-6-6-4.

Bob and Bob!

N&W J 4-8-4 at Willmar's water tower.

Joe dispatching.

UP 2-tone grey 4-6-6-4 at Havre.

C&O K-2 2-8-2 at Willmar's water tower.

Paul with the GN H-5 4-6-2 passenger train.

Bob's train at Waverly.

GN H-5  4-6-2 at Hillyard's water tower.

Havre.

Bob's N&W J 4-8-4.

N&W J bypassing Seattle's freight yard.

Glacier and passenger yard.

UP 2-tone grey 4-6-6-4 at Willmar's water tower.

C&O K-2 2-8-2 at Tye.

Milwaukee's bi-polar and Little Joe passenger train bypassing Seattle's freight yard.

Milwaukee's passenger train at Chumstick canyon trestle.

SF PA A-B-B-A at Havre.

Ross club set up their modular layout at a retirement home in Delhi, Ohio.

It looks like a great setup.  I hope lots of folks enjoyed it!

Ross club Tuesday night meeting.

Videos:

DM&IR M-3 2-8-8-4:

Tye:  With smoking whistle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvXmrK8cgEM

Willmar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6IOGbO8wFU

Waverly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNCLstByttc

Mark's diesels:

Willmar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXbaqOhppNE

Chumstick canyon trestle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Ogg7RP9OA

PRR Aerotrain and DM&IR M-3 2-8-8-4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvJWjquDnz8

Mark running his diesels.

Gerry at Glacier with the DM&IR M-3 2-8-8-4.

Mark and Nate.

DM&IR M-3 2-8-8-4 at Waverly.

Interesting how 2 pictures taken seconds apart have different 'colors'.

Marias pass.

Joe dispatching.

I’m glad to see youngster Nate there!  It looks like Mark is showing him what’s what!  With Joe at the dispatch desk, I know all went well!!

Yup: the average age with Nate included is 62.5, without Nate: 73.2 !!

A nice PRR layout video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19scW92_TaY

New delivery.

Virginian EL-2A 3 unit electric set.

Imported by Alco in 1978.  All 3 units powered.

Surprised I 'won them' on Ebay as I got them for about 1/2 the going 'rate'.

It did say 'not operating' so that may have 'scared' bidders 'off'!

Video:

DC yard test and one of the engines has been made operational:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn6cXXAP5Jc

A nice blue box...

with blue foam.

I put all 3 on the 'track' and none moved.

Disassembly to diagnose the problem.

Nice that they have can motors.

Touched 2 wires to the motor and NADA.

Removed the gear covers.

The drivers and side rods all moved freely so that was not the problem.

Again, touched two wires to the motor and no movement so the gear boxes were the 'culprit'.

Easy fix:  The two support bearings had old grease and were stuck to the shaft.

Some oil fixed that problem.

Initially, I thought the nicely detailed 'sanders' may be causing a short by contacting the drivers.

Doesn't look like they have been run much especially since they didn't move plus no couplers on the end units.

Unusual end drivers.  They have a much smaller diameter than the 'flanged' drivers to they don't even contact the rail.

Will have to research them as maybe they were made that way to negotiate tight radii but Alco decided to make them really small to insure they don't 'fall' between the rails!

I purchased them because they are 'different'.

One end unit.

Center unit.

Other end unit.

Each unit has a pantograph.

They will be easy to paint: all black.

I lucked out as a seller had 10 of the decals that I needed so I purchased 3 sets.

I only have 2 other Virginians:

EL-2B. I had to fix broken gears in these and then paint them and install LED's and a decoder in each unit.

Triplex 2-8-8-8-4: drivers under the tender.

This baby has 3 motors.

Engine.

Tender.