Whistlestop Shows/Lumpy Creek Railroad at 2009 World’s Greatest Hobby on Tour in Puyallup, Washington

I originally posted this on my old website on February 13, 2010.

…Continued from United Northwest Model Railroad Club.

This HO-Scale layout mostly had a wild-west and circus theme.

Though the circus section of the layout had very basic scenery, there was some nicely done scenery and structures at the ends.

At one end was an isolated section of dual-gauge track running between a nicely-detailed sawmill and a mine in the back of the layout.

The standard-gauge Climax steam locomotive moved a mix of standard and narrow gauge cars back and forth.

There were also some separate HO-Scale circus-themed dioramas displayed with the layout.

Northwest Railway Museum at 2009 World’s Greatest Hobby on Tour in Puyallup, Washington

I originally posted this on my old website on February 13, 2010.

…Continued from NMRA PNR 4th Division HO Modular Group.

The Northwest Railway Museum of Snoqualmie, Washington was located among the booths of manufacturers and vendors and displayed an HO-Scale diorama of their Railway History Center, currently under construction, that shows what the completed facility will look like.

Phase I, the Conservation & Restoration Center, was completed in 2006.

Phase II, the Train Shed Exhibit Building, is currently under construction.

Phase III will be a Library and Archive Building that will resemble a depot.

The diorama included HO-Scale models of some of the museum's equipment, including the White River Lumber Fairbanks-Morse H12-44 diesel locomotive and the recently-restored White River Lumber caboose.

The Northwest Railway Museum also had this operating HO-Scale layout on displayed, which had it's backdrops on the outside, an unusual feature for a portable layout.

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NMRA PNR 4th Division HO Modular Group at 2009 World’s Greatest Hobby on Tour in Puyallup, Washington

I originally posted this on my old website on February 13, 2010.

…Continued from NMRA PNR 4th Division NTrak.

The NMRA PNR 4th Division's HO Modular Layout featured some excellent town scenes

This engine terminal area was nicely done, though it could have used some locomotives and equipment present. I don't know what a couple of the very short tracks around the turntable would be used for.

This sawmill was another nice scene, though it could have used some cars to make it look busy.

This logging scene was also nicely done.

This farm on one of the corner modules was a nice small scene.

This is another excellent town scene.

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Woodland Scenics/Design Preservation Models Display at 2009 World’s Greatest Hobby on Tour in Puyallup, Washington

I originally posted this on my old website on February 13, 2010.

…Continued from Walthers.

A number of new Design Preservation Models structure kits were on display, including a new Fire Station, Municipal Building and Bank in HO-Scale.

This small N-Scale diorama of Woodland Scenics and Design Preservation Models products was on display.

Also on display was this larger HO-Scale diorama of Woodland Scenics and Design Preservation Models products.

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