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" I Looked To The North And What Did I See?"

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" I Looked To The North And What Did I See?"
Posted by Flintlock76 on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 5:05 PM

"A train club vid for you and me!"

Yes, the Bergen County Model Railroad Club is having their Pearl River Train Show, the video's new, and I believe the show runs for another week, so if you're in the area try and stop in.  There's a link with information in the video post, click on "Show More."

Lot's of cool trains in this one!  Well worth a look!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmAe5J8Yx-E  

Excellent camera work too!

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Posted by Penny Trains on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 7:18 PM

Great video!  I especially liked the hospital trains.  Big Smile

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 7:35 PM

And everyone looks like they're having a good time too!

I'll tell you, I just love that Pennsy S-1!  Like something out of a "Flash Gordon" serial! 

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Posted by Penny Trains on Thursday, March 5, 2020 6:52 PM

Trivia question!  Who was Flash Gordon's son?  The actor, Buster Crabbe's son, that is.

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Thursday, March 5, 2020 9:00 PM

[quote user="Penny Trains"]

Trivia question!  Who was Flash Gordon's son?  The actor, Buster Crabbe's son, that is.

 

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That's a good question, I have no idea.  I'm not going to cheat with an internet search, you're just going to have to tell me.  Hmm

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Posted by KRM on Friday, March 6, 2020 2:32 PM

Very nice video, Thanks!

 

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Friday, March 6, 2020 2:41 PM

You're welcome KRM!  I'll be checking for follow-ups too.

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Posted by Penny Trains on Friday, March 6, 2020 6:24 PM

Don't they look a lot alike?

Buster:

Wayne:

 

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Friday, March 6, 2020 7:28 PM

Wayne Rogers?  "Trapper John?"  Are you sure about that?    

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Posted by Penny Trains on Friday, March 6, 2020 7:57 PM

Positive?  No.  I couldn't find anything "official".  But Crabbe's co-star in Flash Gordon was Jean Rogers:

Movie set love child?

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Friday, March 6, 2020 8:07 PM

OK, I went looking too and didn't find anything official either.  Buster had three children, Sande, Susan, and Cullen.  Cullen was the boy. 

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Posted by Waynestrains on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 8:37 AM

Late with acknowledging your post - great. My only question is where was this when I lived in Park Ridge NJ? I was about 15 - 20 min. away from this .   Wayne

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 10:46 AM

Yeah, I never heard of them either until years after I moved to Virginia.  If I ever move back up there I'll definately have to look 'em up.  Of course there's only two chances of me ever moving back to NJ, slim and none.

Anyway, here's their website.  http://www.bcmrrc.com   

Here's their "clubhouse," it's on the second story of the old Erie train station in Hillsdale.

http://www.subwaynut.com/njt/hillsdale/hillsdale8.jpg  

And here's two follow-up videos of the Pearl River Train Show.  The first is the Standard Gauge layout, the second is the carnival layout.  Honestly, the camera work isn't quite as good as the video I originally posted, but it's not bad and still interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58OH2UP-lk4  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awNBvNF9kp0  

Quite an organization!

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