Rail fan trip to the High Plains Route

Wow!

 

The video is outstanding, and this photo belongs on a magazine cover.  You pick the magazine.  Captures rural Kansas perfectly.   

 

 

Thanks!

I will upload the good photos from my real camera that was a screen capture from my iphone camera!



       

Earlier in the afternoon Mail and Express rushed to westward markets. On the point F7's in Espee Black Widow.

Thanks John!

As always Jeff's amazing layout is a thrill to enjoy. Thanks Jeff for a blast yesterday!

Eric, great videos and photos....

 

Thanks Dennis

Thanks, Erik.  Feels like I'm actually at trackside!  I really appreciate the way you set up and shoot scenes and I'm tryin' to learn from them while enjoying them.  Keep 'em coming!

Wow, fantastic stuff. But where's the cacti and the tunnel into the sheer cliff face?

 

RM

Erik,

Your work never ceases to amaze me!

My gracious thanks I am glad you enjoy them. I sure enjoy making them!


       
       

Not all go by without a hitch or two! Blooper Reels are fun ;-)

Due to your having produced some first-tier model railroad videos with a very high degree of realism, your personal record has been awarded ten merits.

 

Remember that we are generous with demerits but stingy with merits.  You earned the merits.

 

 

 

That's a beautiful layout and equipment! I just can't wait to get my 3rd rail F7's!

 

Erik, you have said that you are not into popular F units, but considering 3rd rail's incremental quality on their diesel offerings, I was wondering if you are getting any of their F7's?

I must comment on two additional things:

• The consist that SP mail train is great - brings back many memories to me.
• The Mars lights on the brass Santa Fe PA1 and GGD FP7A are very realistic, truly looking like a figure-8 Mars oscillating headlight.

And that layout . . . who's the owner and builder?  He deserves merits too.  We need to see more.

The High Plains Route layout is Colorado O Scale Modelers member Jeff MacDonald. This is his second o scale layout building one in Lincoln NE. He employs many skills and help from his fellow COSM crew and our Boulder Model Railroad Club folks. Jeff is an amazing person with decades of O scale fine modeling experience.

Mike Flauding is also a master builder registered and builds professionaly for many well know and featured layouts including Chooch's own P48 masterpiece.

Myself I'm a roadie along for the ride I can't paint or draw a straight line nor model a darn thing. ;-)



       

Jeff Macdonald


Mike Flauding

Altoona Model Works!

I am so excited to see this kit built. Jeff is especially thrilled about it!

Erik,

 

Wow, I skipped right past that John Armstrong business card and engine picture yesterday.  He's at the top of my all time greats list.  I wish I had a nickel for every time I reached for Track Planning for Realistic Operation over the years.  I still have my original.  Third printing. 1969.

 

How did this come about? 

Always great!

 

Altoona Model Works!

I am so excited to see this kit built. Jeff is especially thrilled about it!

I'm going for that one too!  Modified a bit, I think it will be a decent fit for the Santa Fe styled turntable I have on order.

 

I hope you are able to post some pictures as it gets built. 

Jeff had Mr Armstrong's business card he picked up years ago on his layout. I couldn't resist a photo with a Bernard Corbin master works behind it. =)




       
       

I will keep tabs on it when Jeff begins



       

Is that possibly Bernard Corbin's model of Burlington's lone 2-8-8-2, T3 #4200?

       
       


Why yes it is. =)

Saw it and two of Mr. Corbin's Burlington T2 2-6-6-2's for sale at the Chicago O Scale Meet a couple of years ago. Strongly considered buying one of the T2's, but thought they were not quite up to today's standard. Oh, how foolish, youth!!

       Might I inquire how you obtained it - what path it followed following the March Meet? Of course, #4200 was featured in a 1958 photo spread in Model Railroader depicting some of Mr. Corbin's/"Mr. Burlington's" scratch built Q locomotives.

Thanks for posting the additional photos.

Just goes to show -- if I pay attention -- every day is a chance to learn something new  -- who is Bernard Corbin?

http://www.burlingtonroute.com/awards.html



       

One of Bernard's many books

This model was from Jim Seacrest and was passed to Jeff more than 25 years ago.



       

Thanks, Erik. Good to see that great old models don't die! Jim Seacrest is a long-tenured Burlington enthusiast and has a perpetual want ad in Model Railroader for O Scale equipment. Thought for sure I had seen a Burlington 2-8-8-2 along with the two T2 2-6-6-2's at that Chicago March meet. Maybe I was suffering delusions!  "Bernie" was a prolific builder and built something like 125 Burlington O Scale locomotives, so possibly he built more then one 2-8-8-2. He is the author of the definitive work on CB&Q motive power, Steam Locomotives of the Burlington Route.

Both Jeff and I believe there are more than one. You very well could have seen one!

Completely changing the subject- I am just getting around to doing a photo review of the Silver Lady "Aspen Nose" PA's from Key Model Imports 2010 run!


       
       

Great video, BUT I am wondering why the engineer is still blowing the horn well past the intersection!

Great videos and layout.