Ross club weekly Tuesday night meeting.
The usual 'testing' of the layout before any arrivals 'paid off' as a 'jumper wire' was broke on the mainline.
I guess 45 year old layouts will 'do that'!
A good night: most trains were 'long' and only one car derailed and it had a lot of 'gung' on the wheel treads.
Videos:
Many vintage metal Athearn/Varney and wood Silver Streak/Ambroid cars in the trains.
All 'cabeese' are lighted or have resistors for the signaling system 'knows' when a train has departed a 'block'.
UP FEF-3 2-tone grey 4-8-4 freight:
Departing Seattle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jehiHHCzxbQ
Tye:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbzyoXbhJUs
Departing Hillyard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQnFtRJj3nc
Departing Tye:
Also has a functioning smoke whistle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlqv19Xn7mI
Skykomish:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9aDNkLCbsI
C&O H-8 2-6-6-6 freight:
Tye:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v0NVxlabAA
Hillyard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJM_lwZfOK4
UP 2-tone grey 4-6-6-4 challenger freight:
Skykomish:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Es1eWpUwM
Havre:
Lots of smoke:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCw0r-hIvR0
Marias pass:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKn0ul2462c
UP FEF-3 4-8-4 and UP 4-6-6-4 challenger:
At Glacier:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wy-oEMJxX4
NY EP-5 electric freight:
Havre:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbDQsHJTwX0
Chumstick canyon trestle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIWkGvIy5wo
Hillyard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA2STd9ZT8Y
Bob operating the UP FEF-3 2-tone grey 4-8-4 at Seattle.
Skykomish.
Jerry with the C&O H-8 2-6-6-6.
UP FEF-3 2-tone grey 4-8-4 getting water at Hillyard.
One of 5 functioning water tanks made by BLI.
'Way back' I had to move a lot of pipes, wires, tub and water tank to get the 'railroad' through the 'laundry room'!
The washer/dryer are from the last century; back when things were made to 'last'!
View from Tye's 'access hatch'.
Bob operating the UP 4-8-4 west of Waverly.
Waverly.
Virtually all visible track is 'non-linear' and all #10 turnouts with 'continuous' rail from 'points' to 'frog'.
UP 2-tone grey 4-6-6-4 challenger at Hillyard's water tank.
Jerry's C&O H-8 2-6-6-6 west of Waverly.
Chumstick canyon trestle.
NH EP-5 electric at Havre.
Nick and Bob at Glacier with passenger yard at the lower level.
UP 4-6-6-4 at Willmar's water tank.
Tye.
Seattle's yard viewed from Tye.
Nick and Bob with St. Paul's freight yard in the foreground.
Waverly.
Bob 'switching' at Seattle.
Nick and Joe.
Mark operating the NH EP-5 electric.
Hillyard with Swan River logging railroad to the right.
Seattle.
