Friday, January 2, 2015

Corvallis Society of Model Engineers: Part 3

(NOTE: This website is NOT affiliated with the Corvallis Society of Model Engineers; visit www.csme1959.org for current info)

I originally posted these pictures on my old website on February 9, 2008.

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…Continued from Part 2.

The Corvallis Society of Model Engineers originated in the early 1950s as a youth model airplane club sponsored by the Corvallis Elks. The club was reorganized as a model railroad club in 1959. After the Elks moved to a new building in 1969 and the club lost its home, it separated from the Elks and acquired its current building in Adair Village in 1971. 

The Corvallis Society of Model Engineers typically holds an open house every year during the first weekend in December. I visited the club during the open house on December 3, 2006. The following pictures show the club’s HO-scale layout.

IMG_4634 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

RailAmerica (RMPX) SW1500 #2525 moving through a grade crossing in downtown Yaquina.

IMG_4636 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

A farmhouse with a pumpkin patch.

IMG_4637 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

A Japanese Shinkansen 500-Series bullet train and Southern Pacific Daylight streamlined passenger train pulled by a GS-4 4-8-4 in Cascade's passenger terminal.

IMG_4638 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

This broader view of Cascade's passenger terminal shows a Japanese Shinkansen 500-Series bullet train, a Chinese red Chicago, Burlington & Quincy SD9 with the Union Pacific "Oscar" and "Piker," and a pair of Southern Pacific Daylight streamlined passenger trains, one pulled by a black widow Fairbanks-Morse H24-66 Trainmaster and one pulled by a GS-4 4-8-4.

IMG_4641 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

Here is a look at the Cascade passenger depot.

IMG_4640 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

Seattle's Sound Transit F59PHI #901 taking a spin on the turntable in the Cascade engine terminal.

IMG_4642 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

Burlington Northern SD45s #6489 & #6497 pull a freight train past Boulder Creek.

IMG_4643 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

This large boat on a Union Pacific heavy-duty flat car passes through Boulder Creek as part of the Burlington Northern freight train.

IMG_4644 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

Yaquina Terminal Railroad GP9s #1321 & #1323 rest in Mill City.

IMG_4645 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

Southern Pacific AC-5 4-8-8-2 Cab-Forward #4111 and its train of ice-bunker refrigerator cars near Deception Pass

IMG_4646 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

A pile driver works on a wooden trestle near the logging camp above Marysville.

IMG_4647 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

These cabins make up the logging camp near Marysville.

IMG_4648 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

This flying saucer is in the process of abducting a cow at Deception Pass.

IMG_4649 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

This Oregon National Guard Apache Attack Helicopter is heading to intercept the flying saucer at Deception Pass.

IMG_4650 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

Yaquina Terminal Railroad GP9s #1321 & #1323 are near Strickland Propane in Mill City.

IMG_4651 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

A group of paleontologists are digging up dinosaur fossils near Deception Pass.

IMG_4652 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

This is the seemingly-abandoned depot at Deception Pass.

IMG_4653 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

The Corvallis & Eastern Railroad 2-8-0 #144 with its train of Overton passenger cars at Boulder Creek.

IMG_4655 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

Here is a Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose at the logging camp above Marysville.

IMG_4656 Corvallis Society of Model Engineers on December 3, 2006

A sport-utility vehicle crosses over a small bridge by the tracks with its headlights on.

Continued in Part 4

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