Photos: Standard Gauge Module Association Operating Display January 12-13, Oaks, PA

This was wonderful to see yesterday. Hope a lot of people show up today to enjoy it. I'd guess the snow in Oaks was less than 2". We got 2 1/2" i Media.

WOW!  What an amazing thing to see.  Thank you for posting the pics.

Fantastic; almost makes me wish I'd gone that route. Nice to see so many people there as well.

Question: in the 8th photo, there appears to be GG1 on the siding; how is that possible? The GG1 didn't "come out" until 1934; most of these trains are from before that, right?

Mark in Oregon

Strummer posted:

Fantastic; almost makes me wish I'd gone that route. Nice to see so many people there as well.

Question: in the 8th photo, there appears to be GG1 on the siding; how is that possible? The GG1 didn't "come out" until 1934; most of these trains are from before that, right?

Mark in Oregon

I saw a few of these on this layout. I think the GG1 and a few others fit the category of "fantasy pieces", stuff that could have been made by so-and-so, but never were. Others included a long, many wheeled, steam locomotive.

Are most of the Standard Gauge engines the old, original or the  new made ones??   Just curious. I have the old.

Hello all ..thank you for posting the photos ...great display ...long long straight-runs.

The GG1  is s Goldstar   made by Bob Hendrich  in the late 1970's...  here is a picture of Bob and his mold maker John Trescott in 1978 ...also a link to see the Bob's prototype GG1 pull Randall cars ..first made in the 30's .

Cheers Carey 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t2coVNs9lw

Strummer posted:

Fantastic; almost makes me wish I'd gone that route. Nice to see so many people there as well.

Question: in the 8th photo, there appears to be GG1 on the siding; how is that possible? The GG1 didn't "come out" until 1934; most of these trains are from before that, right?

Mark in Oregon

That GG1 was made by Bob Hendrichs in the late 70'/early 80's.  It is a monster, and extremely well built.

You are right that the GG1 came out in 1934. Lionel sold standard gauge into 1940, but no real new items added past about 1932 or so.

Jim

Lionel did market two beautiful standard gauge passenger sets in this century, a Hiawatha and a Commodore Vanderbilt.  Both were made by Korean Brass for Lionel, and sold for about $2K when new.

The Gold Standard GG1 by Bob Hendricks was one of many standard gauge trains made after WW2 by small manufacturers.  Standard Gauge is alive and well, and is more than just vintage Lionel, American Flyer and Ives!