Puget Sound Garden Railway Society tour - PHOTOS

[dave hikel]

Hi all,

This last weekend was a very busy one for railroading in the Pacific Northwest. The Puget Sound Garden Railway Society held a series of 12 public displays over two days. Entry was gained by purchasing an official program for $10 at LHS's and local nurseries. I made it to four of the layouts. Here are a few highlights.

On Saturday I visited two G-gauge layouts. The first runs on track power, the other on batteries. Both were constructed on steeply sloped properties which made for some interesting viewing angles.
















On Sunday I spent most of the day at Pat and Joann Peterson's O-scale indoor/outdoor layout and lent a hand where I could. The layout has one of the best backdrops imaginable with a 180 degree view of Puget Sound. Truly a backdrop on loan from God.





I love smoke outdoors!



Pat's layout has a unique track plan with a double track mainline that briefly comes inside through a bay window. Inside the window is a pair of crossovers that allows trains traveling either direction to transfer to an indoor loop.


This indoor loop circumnavigates a guest room. If you're ever a guest, watch out for a train passing behind your head!



Each layout I visited was well attended by children of all ages.





The last layout I visited on Sunday was another G-gauge layout running on track power. It had a complex track plan with pneumatic operated switches and each planting had botanical tags identifying the plant variety. The layout also had some of the best buildings I've every seen. The highlight was an operating saw mill that dumped logs into a pond, raised them up a conveyor to the mill, cut the logs with a real saw blade and moved the cut planks to a loading pile. Unfortunately, my last camera battery went dead after just one overview shot. But, the good news is that the PSGRS plans to do the same event next summer. I shall return (with more batteries ).

[ttrigg]

Dave;

Thanks for sharing.  Looks like you had an enjoyable time. 

[kimbrit]

Thanks for that Dave, looks like you had a good couple of days. Like the shots with the sea in the background, goes together well. As you said, more batteries next year!

Kim

[DannyS]

Excellent indeed, Dave, what  a view, something to die for!  And, it looks like a good time was had by all.

[hoofe116]

Dave:

Awesome pixes! Thanks for taking the trouble to share.

Les