Wednesday, January 7, 2015

My Layout in June 2008

I originally posted these pictures on my old website on June 22, 2008.

I took these pictures of my HO-scale model railroad on June 7, 2008. These picture feature my Mantua 4-6-2 with a Vanderbilt oil tender instead of its original square coal tender. The Vanderbilt tender came from one of my dad’s rotary snow plows, which he modernized by replacing the tenders with unpowered F7Bs. There are also some pictures showing the entire layout overall.

The captions for these pictures were written as if my layout were a real railroad in Oregon called the Logan & San Miguel Railroad (or L&SM for short), and as if these pictures were historical photos posted on the company’s website.

The following series of photographs shows Logan & San Miguel 4-6-2 Pacific #462 with its Vanderbilt tender, pulling a passenger train through San Miguel and into Logan, terminating in the Logan Yard.

IMG_0914 My Layout on June 7, 2008

At Upper Belknap, Logan & San Miguel 4-6-2 Pacific #462 passes a freight train pulled by Union Pacific GP35 #762.

IMG_0915 My Layout on June 7, 2008

Here is another view of Logan & San Miguel 4-6-2 Pacific #462 passing a freight train pulled by Union Pacific GP35 #762 at Upper Belknap.

IMG_0916 My Layout on June 7, 2008

Here is another view of Logan & San Miguel 4-6-2 Pacific #462 passing a freight train pulled by Union Pacific GP35 #762 at Upper Belknap.

IMG_0909 My Layout on June 7, 2008

After rounding the loop at San Miguel and passing through Tunnels #2 & #1, Logan & San Miguel 4-6-2 Pacific #462 passes by Union Pacific GP35 #762, still waiting at Upper Belknap, with its passenger train between Geer Landing and Belknap.

IMG_0910 My Layout on June 7, 2008

Logan & San Miguel 4-6-2 Pacific #462 and its train are passing the North Logan siding, with the businesses of North Logan in the background.

IMG_0913 My Layout on June 7, 2008

Logan & San Miguel 4-6-2 Pacific #462 pulls into the Logan depot with its passenger train.

IMG_0917 My Layout on June 7, 2008

Logan & San Miguel 4-6-2 Pacific #462 is in the Logan Yard, leaving its passenger cars on a yard track before heading to the engine terminal.

IMG_0918 My Layout on June 7, 2008

Here is another view of Logan & San Miguel 4-6-2 Pacific #462 in the Logan Yard.

IMG_0919 My Layout on June 7, 2008

Here is another view of Logan & San Miguel 4-6-2 Pacific #462 in the Logan Yard.

IMG_0920 My Layout on June 7, 2008

Logan & San Miguel 4-6-2 Pacific #462 takes a spin on the Logan turntable before pulling into the roundhouse.

IMG_0921 My Layout on June 7, 2008

Logan & San Miguel 4-6-2 Pacific #462 has been turned on the Logan turntable and is about to pull into the roundhouse.

In 1969, the Logan & San Miguel commissioned a series of photographs of locations around Logan, San Miguel and the surrounding areas, for use in promoting the area to lure new businesses to the area and increase on-line rail traffic. Here are some of the photographs from this collection. These aerial photos show the Logan/San Miguel area.

IMG_0942 My Layout on June 7, 2008
Overall View

IMG_0943 My Layout on June 7, 2008

Overall View

IMG_0944 My Layout on June 7, 2008
Overall View

IMG_0945 My Layout on June 7, 2008
Overall View

IMG_0946 My Layout on June 7, 2008
Overall View

IMG_0947 My Layout on June 7, 2008
San Miguel

IMG_0948 My Layout on June 7, 2008
Logan

IMG_0949 My Layout on June 7, 2008
Logan

IMG_0950 My Layout on June 7, 2008
Logan

IMG_0951 My Layout on June 7, 2008
Logan

IMG_0952 My Layout on June 7, 2008
San Miguel

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