Live Steam Park vid

That is absolutely amazing! What a train lovers paradise.  

Hope to visit sometime.

If any of you are ever in the area please check in at the office and ask for Russ, I'll add some extras to your tours!  Russ

Absolutely in a class by itself!  ☺

What a great video and what member dedication!

Went there this summer. Had a great time!

Glad you had fun.  I am also an O 2 railer and dabble in a little ON30.  Russ

Very impressive video tour. Next time I go west I will be stopping to check it out. Like how you guys have a very well organized and productive mainyard & backshop. Cool 

Gary

Great video. I think on our next RV vacation that will be a definite stop.

very well organized   Don't believe everything you see on the internet!    It really is a wonder that we get as much done each year as we do but it's all because of our volunteer members.  We have 2200 wooded acres so much of our volunteer time is spent clearing the track and roadways, next inline for tasks is track maintenance, followed by expansion.  My part is I help make the miniature structures around the park.  We have another group that does the maintenance of the already existing structures.  They stay out year round and need to come back into the shop every once in awhile for refurb.  We can do that two or three times then it's replacement time.  So thanks for the comments they are appreciated.  Russ

Absolutely amazing.  I have visited several "live steam" operations; mostly in the same gauge.  And have always been fascinated.  I don't know how in the world you get so many volunteers to keep up this amazing railroad.  We have a tough time keeping enough members interest in keeping our our modules!

ChiloquinRuss posted:

very well organized   Don't believe everything you see on the internet!    It really is a wonder that we get as much done each year as we do but it's all because of our volunteer members.  We have 2200 wooded acres so much of our volunteer time is spent clearing the track and roadways, next inline for tasks is track maintenance, followed by expansion.  My part is I help make the miniature structures around the park.  We have another group that does the maintenance of the already existing structures.  They stay out year round and need to come back into the shop every once in awhile for refurb.  We can do that two or three times then it's replacement time.  So thanks for the comments they are appreciated.  Russ

Those guys you have are real machinest cutting ties and working with those rails.I am impressed by the hard work that goes in to something like that.In my area there was a man who built a train like that.I used to see it on the way to school.The man passed away his family did not keep it up.Its now an rusting pile of scrap metal said to say.I would love to some day get up there and check the place out and ride.

Russ,

 That was very interesting. I especially liked how the track is fabricated. Thanks for posting. How is business/attendance nowadays? 

Tom 

Tom, we have always had a good attendance from those that are in the hobby.  About two years ago we finally convinced the state of Oregon we needed some highway signs letting folks know where we are.  Since then it has changed the whole operation.  The park is open m-f 9-3 and we now have a fully manned Visitor Center, a Gift Shop, Walking Tours, and of course Rail Tours.  So to answer your question directly, attendance is excellent, especially when it's warm!    Russ

Snow scenes are interesting since you are near Crater Lake, and open year around.  When l visited Crater Lake in January of 1963, snow was up to the roof of the lodge, and l was the ONLY one there.

"snow was up to the roof of the lodge" fortunately we are at 4300 ft and so our snowfall is quite a bit less that up at the lodge.   Our last really big snow storm was way back in 2008 and it took a couple of month to get back to actually running trains.   Hope you all are having a great holiday, we sure are with a light dusting of snow just enough to make it a truly white Christmas!  Russ

The next time I get to the Northwest, this is a must see, totally amazing.

Please stop by the office and ask for Russ.  My train is always ready to go.  Russ