Pierce County Lionel Club 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 Oregon State Capitol Holidays Layout.

The Pierce County Lionel Club's O-Scale Layout features some nice scenes.

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Lionel 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 Carstens Publications.

Lionel had a large layout consisting primarily of O-Scale products, although the mountain at one end also featured S-Scale products from the American Flyer line.

Here is a Lionel O-Scale Union Pacific FEF-3 4-8-4 steam locomotive.

This Lionel O-Scale Union Pacific Caboose is decorated in a fantasy paint scheme that matches that of Union Pacific's Southern Pacific Heritage SD70ACe Locomotive.

Here are Lionel's G-Gauge Hogwart's Express& Polar Express trains.

Here is a reproduction of Lionel's O-Scale Pre-War Flying Yankee streamlined passenger train.

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Great Train Expo in Portland, Oregon in February 2009

I originally posted this on my old website on March 26, 2009.

(NOTE: This website is NOT affiliated with the Great Train Expo; see www.greattrainexpo.com for current info)

The Great Train Expo was held at the Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center in Portland, Oregon on February 14-15, 2009. I only attended on the 14th and I only took a few pictures at this show, but I did get a lot of video. The layouts shown were not the only ones at the show.

Vendors

This Lionel 381E locomotive & "State Set" coach were being offered by one of the vendors.

The surprisingly detailed interior of the State Set coach has working doors and fixtures in the restrooms that would be invisible with the roof on.

The engine and 4-car State Set were priced at $2,250.

Beaverton Modular Railroad Club

An HO-Scale Polar Express was on the Beaverton Modular Railroad Club's layout.

The locomotive is actually a 2-8-4 Berkshire, just like in the movie.

There was also a hobo on the roof.

Scratchbuilt HO-Scale models of TriMet's new Westside Express Service (WES) Diesel Multiple Unit and trailer by Colorado Railcar were also on the layout.

This was only 2 weeks after the real service opened.

They're probably the first WES models anywhere.

NMRA PNR 4th Division O-Gauge Hi-Rail Modular Group

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 2-10-4 #6314 was parked on the NMRA PNR 4th Division O-Gauge Hi-Rail Modular Group Layout.

Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 #4876 was running on the NMRA PNR 4th Division O-Gauge Hi-Rail Modular Group Layout.

This module on the NMRA PNR 4th Division O-Gauge Hi-Rail Modular Group Layout has an early London theme, complete with double-decker buses.

Rose City Garden Railway Society

The large double-track operating bascule bridge on the Rose City Garden Railway Society's layout in the raised position.

Two-Tone Grey Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 Challenger #3977 was on the Rose City Garden Railway Society's layout.

Here is another view of Union Pacific Challenger #3977 on the Rose City Garden Railway Society's layout.

Here is another view of Union Pacific Challenger #3977 on the Rose City Garden Railway Society's layout.

Southern Oregon Z

A Z-Scale Pacific Electric 2-6-0 and caboose were on the Southern Oregon Z layout.

This intricate and detailed Z-Scale mountaintop fire lookout and cabin are on the Southern Oregon Z layout.

The video below shows footage from these layouts, plus the Cascade Z Modelers and Portland Area N-Trak.

Great Train Expo in Portand, Oregon on February 14, 2009

Great Train Expo in Portland, Oregon in February 2008: Part 1

I originally posted these pictures on my old website on February 19, 2008.

(NOTE: This website is NOT affiliated with the Great Train Expo; see www.trainexpoinc.com for current info)

The Great Train Expo was held at the Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center in Portland, Oregon on February 16-17, 2008. I didn't take too many pictures at this show, but I did get a lot of video. The layouts shown were not the only ones at the show, but I focused on the layouts I didn't have photos or video of from earlier shows, and of course, the Longview, Kelso & Rainier model railroad club's layout.

Layouts at the 2008 Great Train Expo in Portland, Oregon

This video shows trains running on the NMRA PNR 4th Division Hi-Rail O-Gauge Module Group's layout, the Rose City Garden Railway Society's layout and the Greater Portland Lego Railroaders' layout on both days of the show.

Here are pictures of a some of the displays at the show that I only took a few pictures of.

Vendors

Here is most of a rare Lionel Girl's Train offered for sale by one of the vendors. One car, a lavender hopper car, is missing.

NMRA PNR 4th Division O-Gauge Hi-Rail Modular Group

This Chesapeake & Ohio Steam Turbine Locomotive was on the NMRA PNR 4th Division Hi-Rail O-Gauge Module Group's layout.

This group of models of British steam locomotives was on display on one of the modules of the NMRA PNR 4th Division Hi-Rail O-Gauge Module Group. In the background are an A-3 Pacific and an A-4 Pacific by Ace Trains.

This model of Union Pacific's M-10000 Streamliner was on the NMRA PNR 4th Division Hi-Rail O-Gauge Module Group's layout.

Rose City Garden Railway Society

This 2-6-0 steam locomotive on the Rose City Garden Railway Society's G-Scale layout is actually powered by steam just like a real steam locomotive.

Here is another picture of the live steam 2-6-0 on the Rose City Garden Railway Society’s G-Scale layout.

Here is another picture of the live steam 2-6-0 on the Rose City Garden Railway Society’s G-Scale layout.

A model of Rio Grande Southern's Galloping Goose #7 was on the Rose City Garden Railway Society's G-Scale layout.

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LK&R Rainier Swap Meet in 2007: Part 2

(NOTE: This website is NOT affiliated with the club; visit lkrtrains.yolasite.com for current info)

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This aerial view shows the vendor tables in the gym.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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