Tuesday, January 6, 2015

LK&R Rainier Swap Meet in 2007: Part 2

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

…Continued from Part 1.

The Longview, Kelso & Rainier Model Railroad Club's first-ever Model Train Show & Swap Meet in Rainier, Oregon was held December 8-9, 2007 in the gym of the Riverside Community Church, the former Rainier Elementary School. This year, the show was affected by weather: major flooding had occurred the week before, preventing the Peninsula Model Railroad Club of Ilwaco, Washington from attending as they had planned, and the threat of snow, which appeared on Sunday, may have kept the public away.

Here are some pictures I took at the swap meet on Saturday, December 8.

IMG_9571 LK&R Layout on December 8, 2007

A Two-Truck Climax and Three-Truck Shay rest in the yard on the LK&R layout.

IMG_9572 LK&R Layout on December 8, 2007

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe GP7 #2793 rests in the engine terminal next to the engine house on the LK&R layout.

IMG_9573 LK&R Layout on December 8, 2007

The Longview, Kelso & Rainier engine terminal features BNSF SD70MAC #9959 and assorted LK&R units.

IMG_9574 Cascade Z Modelers Layout at LK&R Swap Meet in Rainier, Oregon on December 8, 2007

This scene is at one end of the Cascade Z Modelers' Z-scale layout.

IMG_9575 Cascade Z Modelers Layout at LK&R Swap Meet in Rainier, Oregon on December 8, 2007

A pair of Burlington Northern GP35s lead a train of tank cars through the mountains on the Cascade Z Modelers' Z-scale layout.

IMG_9576 Cascade Z Modelers Layout at LK&R Swap Meet in Rainier, Oregon on December 8, 2007

This rural scene is at the other end of the Cascade Z Modelers' Z-scale layout.

IMG_9577 Cascade Z Modelers Layout at LK&R Swap Meet in Rainier, Oregon on December 8, 2007

The other side of the mountains on the Cascade Z Modelers' Z-scale layout features a road on a ridge and helicopters hovering overhead.

IMG_9578 Cascade Z Modelers Layout at LK&R Swap Meet in Rainier, Oregon on December 8, 2007

Two trains pass on the Cascade Z Modelers' Z-scale layout.

IMG_9579 Cascade Z Modelers Layout at LK&R Swap Meet in Rainier, Oregon on December 8, 2007

Trains pass excavators at work on the Cascade Z Modelers' Z-scale layout.

IMG_9580 Cascade Z Modelers Layout at LK&R Swap Meet in Rainier, Oregon on December 8, 2007

Here is another view of the river scene on the end of the Cascade Z Modelers' Z-scale layout.

IMG_9581 Lionel Polar Express at LK&R Swap Meet in Rainier, Oregon on December 8, 2007

Al Belanger's Lionel Polar Express was popular with children who recognized it.

IMG_9582 Pionel Polar Express at LK&R Swap Meet in Rainier, Oregon on December 8, 2007

Here is another view of Al Belanger's Lionel Polar Express.

IMG_9583 LK&R Swap Meet in Rainier, Oregon on December 8, 2007

This aerial view shows the vendor tables in the gym.

IMG_9584 LK&R Swap Meet in Rainier, Oregon on December 8, 2007

This aerial view shows the Cascade Z Modelers layout & Al Belanger's Lionel Polar Express. Also visible against the wall is the old LK&R yard, which was for sale.

IMG_9585 LK&R Layout on December 8, 2007

Northern Pacific 4-6-2 Pacific #2254 poses with a freight train on the main line of the LK&R layout.

IMG_9586 LK&R Layout on December 8, 2007

Here is another view of Northern Pacific 4-6-2 Pacific on the LK&R layout.

IMG_9587 LK&R Layout on December 8, 2007

Longview, Kelso & Rainier Caboose #41 is on the end of a freight train on the LK&R layout.

IMG_9588 LK&R Layout on December 8, 2007

Here is a view of the grain elevator on the LK&R layout.

IMG_9589 LK&R Layout on December 8, 2007

Here is another view of the grain elevator on the LK&R layout.

IMG_9590 LK&R Layout on December 8, 2007

Here is another view of the grain elevator on the LK&R layout.

IMG_9591 LK&R Layout on December 8, 2007

Here is another view of the grain elevator on the LK&R layout.

IMG_9592 LK&R Layout on December 8, 2007

This Christmas Train was on display in the town on the branch line on the LK&R layout.

IMG_9593 LK&R Layout on December 8, 2007

An addition to the Longview, Kelso & Rainier layout during 2007 was this plaque in memory of John W. Plant, Donald K. Stanton, Richard Francis, Ray Brink and Douglas C. Markhart.

Continue to Part 3

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