LK&R Layout at the Three Rivers Mall Train Show in April 1995

I originally posted these pictures on my old website on February 9, 2008. I have rescanned them and added a few more I wasn’t previously aware of.

These pictures of the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club’s old HO-scale layout were taken at the Three Rivers Mall in Kelso, Washington, during the model train show in April 1995. They were taken by my dad.

On Saturday, Great Northern locomotives owned by John Plant ran the layout, with the exception of my dad’s Amtrak passenger train, with an F40PH and Amfleet cars.

An Amtrak F40PH and its passenger train of Amfleet cars stops at the Vista Hill depot, next to the engine terminal full of Great Northern locomotives. (The mixture of Great Northern locomotives and the Amtrak train is an anachronism.)
Photo by Cliff West

The Amtrak F40PH and its passenger train of Amfleet cars pass the sawmill on the main line.
(Photo by Cliff West)

The Amtrak F40PH and its passenger train of Amfleet cars emerges from the tunnel and rounds the curve past the farm.
Photo by Cliff West

The Amtrak F40PH passes through the town of Elm Grove with a passenger train made up of Amfleet cars. This view gives a good look at the town at this time.
Photo by Cliff West

The Amtrak F40PH pulls into the Elm Grove depot with its train of Amfleet cars while a Great Northern switcher in Big Sky Blue pulls a load of logs down the logging line. This pictures also shows the church with the wedding and cemetery, the fire station, and the Rambo's Hobbies building.
Photo by Cliff West

A group of eight young women, camping, sunbathing and skinny dipping in the lake.
Photo by Cliff West

The Continental Grain Company Elevator and silos on the branch line behind the yard.
Photo by Cliff West

Moonshiners in the woods.
Photo by Cliff West

Houses in the town of Elm Grove, with the gas station in the foreground.
Photo by Cliff West

This view of the farm shows the farmhouse, barn and Butler grain bins. Details at the farm include the farmer, horses, cows, chickens, a rabbit hutch and clothes hanging on a clothes line.
Photo by Cliff West

The engine terminal is full of Great Northern locomotives, including a set of Alco FAs, EMD GP30s and EMD & Baldwin switchers.
Photo by Cliff West

A look at the sawmill, with a temporary powerhouse and very shiny pavement.
Photo by Cliff West

The engine terminal is occupied by diesel locomotives in all three of the Great Northern's paint schemes: the original Omaha orange & Pullman green with gold striping, the simplified Omaha orange & Pullman green, and the Big Sky Blue.
Photo by Cliff West

On Sunday, my dad’s red-and-gray Southern Pacific locomotives were on the layout. The layout was sitting under a skylight, and the morning sun poured through, illuminating part of the layout with bright natural light.

A Southern Pacific SD45 takes a spin on the turntable.
Photo by Cliff West

Another look from a lower angle at the Southern Pacific SD45 taking a spin on the turntable in the sun, surrounded by more Southern Pacific locomotives.
Photo by Cliff West

Southern Pacific SD9s pull a freight train on the main line past the engine terminal while the Southern Pacific SD45 takes a spin on the turntable.
(Photo by Cliff West)

A Southern Pacific SW1500 sits in the yard.
Photo by Cliff West

Another view of the engine terminal with the SD45 on the turntable.
Photo by Cliff West

The Southern Pacific SD9s round the curve past the yard tower with a freight train on the main line.
Photo by Cliff West

At the other end of the yard, Southern Pacific GP35s pull a branch line freight while the SD9s pass by on the main line.
Photo by Cliff West