Sunday, December 28, 2014

Triangle Mall Model Train Show: November 1997

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 model train show at the Triangle Mall in Longview, Washington, in November 1997.

01 LK&R Layout at the Triangle Mall in November  1997

A trio of Union Pacific SD40-2s pull a unit iron ore train through the expanded town on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout. These locomotives belonged to Brian Christiansen, but they are pulling my 50-car Union Pacific iron ore train. Brian and I teamed up to operate the LK&R layout with modern Union Pacific equipment for part of the show.

02 LK&R Layout at the Triangle Mall in November 1997

Modern Union Pacific locomotives, some belonging to me and some to Brian Christiansen, dominate the engine terminal while the Union Pacific ore train passes on the main line and a Burlington Northern coal train passes on the branch line on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout.

03 LK&R Layout at the Triangle Mall in November 1997

My dad’s trio of Mountain Pine Lumber switchers brings his “People Express” excursion train back to the sawmill on the logging line of the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout.

04 LK&R Layout at the Triangle Mall in November 1997

Later, the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout had given way to Burlington Northern and BNSF equipment. BNSF Dash 9s pull a double-stack train on the main line while a BN GP50 leads a train on the branch line.

05 Logging Diorama at the Triangle Mall in November 1997

Among the other attendees at the show were some HO-scale dioramas of logging scenes. I believe these dioramas were built by or were associated with scratchbuilder Lyle Noah in some way. This scene features small skidders and trucks.

06 Logging Diorama at the Triangle Mall in November 1997

This HO-scale logging diorama, presumably by Lyle Noah, features an old-fashioned steam tower skidder on rails.

07 Logging Diorama at the Triangle Mall in November 1997

This HO-scale logging diorama, presumably by Lyle Noah, features a modern tower yarder, loader and log trucks.

08 Logging Diorama at the Triangle Mall in November 1997

This HO-Scale logging diorama, presumably by Lyle Noah, features logging railroad equipment including a Shay steam locomotive.

09 Logging Diorama at the Triangle Mall in November 1997

This HO-Scale logging diorama, presumably by Lyle Noah, features a log train being loaded. I got a little too close for this picture.

10 N-Scale Layout at the Triangle Mall in November 1997

I don't remember anything about this small layout, but I think is was associated with the HO-scale logging dioramas. It appears to be N-scale and features a number of scratchbuilt items including a tower skidder that may have been made by Lyle Noah.

11 LK&R Layout at the Triangle Mall in November 1997

Back on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout, my dad’s Southern Pacific Black Widow GP9s pull his Southern Pacific Piggyback TOFC train on the main line alongside a steam-powered freight on the branch line.

12 LK&R Layout at the Triangle Mall in November 1997

Here is another picture of the Southern Pacific TOFC train on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout. I didn’t get the timing quite right. The train was probably moving pretty fast, too.

13 LK&R Layout at the Triangle Mall in November 1997

Here is another attempt at a picture of the Southern Pacific TOFC train on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout. It is difficult to get good pictures of moving model trains. The Union Pacific steam locomotive on the branch line came out better.

14 LK&R Layout at the Triangle Mall in November 1997

Al Belanger’s Shay steam locomotive is charge of my dad’s “People Express” excursion train of tourists on the logging line while a steam locomotive pulls a heavyweight passenger train past on the main line on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout.

15 LK&R Layout at the Triangle Mall in November 1997

My dad’s pair of Great Northern GP9s in the simplified Omaha orange & Pullman green paint scheme pull a freight train past the sawmill on the branch line on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout.

16 LK&R Layout at the Triangle Mall in November 1997

Here is a steam locomotive pulling the heavyweight passenger cars on the main line while a freight train runs on the branch line on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout.

17 LK&R Layout at the Triangle Mall in November 1997

Here is a look at the town on the Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's HO-scale layout with the new industrial park section in place. The Great Northern freight train is visible on the branch line in the background.

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