Great American Train Show in Portland, Oregon in October 1998

I originally posted these pictures on my old website on February 9, 2008. I have rescanned them and added some that I hadn’t included before.

These pictures were taken at the Great American Train Show at the Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center in Portland, Oregon on October 10-11, 1998.

The Chicago & North Western dominates the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout, as this view of the town's industrial park shows C&NW freight trains on both the main line and branch line, and a C&NW switcher in the industrial park. The C&NW equipment belonged to my dad; he acquired it for my sister, who once said she wanted green and yellow trains.

A Mountain Pine Lumber switcher is at work switching a Seattle & North Coast box car at the sawmill on the logging line on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout.

A pair of Chicago & North Western SD40-2s passes by the engine terminal on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout, which is dominated by C&NW power including another SD40-2, a U30C, a Dash 9-44CW, an Alco FA and and A-B set of F7s. Non-C&NW power includes a Union Pacific U23B, GP40 & SW1500 and an Amtrak Genesis unit. The LK&R Jordan Spreader #100 is also present.

Later, as in real life, the Chicago & North Western power gave way to Union Pacific power on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout, including a DDA40X Centennial, two DD40s and a DD35B, a U30C, SD40-2, U23B & a GP40 with Missouri Pacific lettering. A pair of EMD GP60 demonstrators is also present.

Here is another view of the engine terminal on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout. For some reason, I took this picture twice. The Union Pacific locomotives are mine, except for the double diesels, which I think belonged to Verle Solinger. The GP60 demonstrators belong to the club.

My pair of Union Pacific GP50s pull a freight train on the branch line past the sawmill on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout.

BC Rail RDC cars ply the main line and a pair of Union Pacific GP50s pull a freight train on the branch line while a Southern Pacific NW2 handles the industrial park on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout. All of the industries are now in place in the industrial park, including Baker Lumber, which I worked on, and the Texaco oil distributer.

Here is another view of my BC Rail RDC cars on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout.

My pair of Union Pacific GP50s pull a freight train on the branch line along the cliffs under the logging camp on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout.

Here is a Burlington Northern GP40-2 with a freight train on the Lewis County Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout.

A pair of Amtrak P40s cross the bridge with a Superliner passenger train on the Lewis County Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout.

An S-Gauge American Flyer steam locomotive passes the Salem depot with a short train on the Oregon State Capitol Holidays Layout.

A Lego Daylight passenger train passes a Lego model of Portland's Union Station on the Pacific Northwest Lego Train Club's Lego train layout.

A Lego model of Portland's Steel Bridge (and, yes, the Lego trains really did run on the lower level) on the Pacific Northwest Lego Train Club's Lego train layout.

The F-units at the head end of a Denver & Rio Grande Western freight train barely miss taking out the caboose of their own train on the HO-scale Ferndale Model Railroad from Ferndale, California.

The Corporate Ladder Company on the HO-scale Ferndale Model Railroad from Ferndale, California.

A speeder club gathering on the HO-scale Ferndale Model Railroad from Ferndale, California.

Climbers try to avoid falling off the Edge of the World on the HO-scale Ferndale Model Railroad from Ferndale, California.

Honest Karr's Used Johns and the Knotsafe Life Jacket Company on the HO-scale Ferndale Model Railroad from Ferndale, California.

Prophylactic Pyrotechnics on the HO-scale Ferndale Model Railroad from Ferndale, California.

The two crews painting this bridge on the Beaverton Modular Railroad Club’s HO-scale layout seem to have had a little trouble coordinating with each other.

The harbor with the boats floating in real water is a longtime staple of the Beaverton Modular Railroad Club's HO-scale layout.

Here is a closer look at the boats and the lighthouse on the Beaverton Modular Railroad Club's HO-scale layout.

A Lego Shay locomotive on the Pacific Northwest Lego Train Club's Lego train layout.