Outdoor O-ga in Rough Weather ? | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum

keyroutekenOGR Forum Member

Hi Everybody--

For those of you interested in operating your trains OUTDOORS especially when the weather isn't so great, there was an article years ago about a guy named "George Lake" who built an outdoor 2-rail O-scale layout on his property. It is very interesting and quite descriptive.

The article appeared in the APRIL-1951 Model Railroader magazine !

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Model Railroader, April, 1951

Terrific vintage magazine, full of interesting articles and projects.

Articles include:

Railroading Outdoors, by George W. Lake

Building an O Gauge 0-4-0 Switcher, by Mel Thornburgh

Building the Little SP, by Larry Wahl

The ATTACHED photo shows the magazine cover for this issue. Note the guy on the cover pouring water from the kettle into the boiler of his locomotive. Neat, huh ? He just happens to be my GRANDPA !!

Cheers.

KRK

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5/11/1511:29 PM

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OGaugedreamerOGR Forum Member

Now that's what I call a family legacy of model trains. Thanks for sharing.

5/11/1511:43 PM

RoyBoyOGR Forum Member MEMORIALIZED MEMBER

That's really cool. How do we go about reading the article?

keyroutekenOGR Forum Member

Here is the article from 1939 MR written by Boomer Pete (Al Kalmbach)... I'll search for the "George Lake" article on O-gauge Outdoors.

I heard that when Mr. Kalmbach saw my Grandpa's railroad, he couldn't believe his eyes! Enjoy !!

http://ibls.org/mediawiki/inde...with_Victor_Shattock

KRK

5/12/1510:17 AM

jhz563OGR Forum Member

the article was fascinating - Thank you!

5/12/1512:26 PM

EastonOOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

I bought a copy of the magazine on the bay and just received it. Great article and what a railroad! Thanks for sharing! Terry

Lee WillisOGR Forum Member

Very cool.

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