Rene Schweitzer
Classic Toy Trains/Garden Railways/Model Railroader
Greetings Rene,
A couple of months ago our Parish Social Committee had the idea for folks to bring some of their hobbies and interests to the church hall where they would be exhibited. I took a D&RGW "Annie" and a D&RGW RS3 diesel. I added a few pics of the garden railroad and rolling stock. I was surprised how many people made positive and pleasing comments. I had feared that they might be considered as toys etc. but no, they were deemed as beautiful. The children of course were another matter - they wanted ones like them.
Alan, Oliver & North Fork Railroad
https://www.buckfast.org.uk/
If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there. Lewis Carroll English author & recreational mathematician (1832 - 1898)
The way I heard it, Puget Power was leasing the space down by the falls.
They decided to sell the easement off to Snoq Ridge developers.
City of decided to start arguing against shops of any kind, then complained about the equipment stored along the main road.
What, 15 years to get them to allow the building?
Funny part is the argument about Class One railroads.
When one Judge says you are (for enforcement purposes) and the next says you ain't (for different enforcement purposes), the law-yahs had a field day with that.
You do know they own the ROW all the way to Issaquah, right?
Or, used to.
As far as I know, the Snoqualmie Valley Railroad/Northwest Railway Museum (not sure which to use) owns 5.5 miles of mainline from North Bend too .5 miles past Snoqualmie Falls. We currently run the 5 miles from North Bend to Snoqualmie Falls. After the falls, the track (used to) goes over an old wooden trestle. When the trestle reaches the other side our ownership ends.
Thats as much as I know about our track ownership.
Originally, they deeded the line clear to Issaquah.
That wooden trestle was the problem.
The NP spent more annually maintaining it than the entire operating budget of the museum.
It's on clay, and it shifts.
The line used to cross I-90 when is was Hwy 10 just east of Issaquah, right where the new overpass is now.
The bridges all used to be in place (like at Preston), but Sims decided that asphalt bike trails were more important.
Sorry - Sims. Sims is destroying rail history. F****** 'rail to trail' politics.
Wow, I feel much better now.
Hi Rene
Err no I don't think it would go down well at a railroad signal depot we get to play with the real ones as well.
You would be surprised how many railway employees are model or toy train enthusiasts
regards John
Shame I can't take one to school. LOL. Well, actually, I'm glad I can't. It might not get back in one piece.
Cheese
Nick! :)
Have fun with your trains
Nobody would notice
Nice job of hijacking a thread, guys. I'll try to get it back on topic.
Last year I brought by nearly new GP30 that had a new sound card in. When I tried to show someone how it sounded, three people nearly jumped me for "distracting" them.
I probably just woke them from their reveries.
I feel obligated, lest we forget our Milwaukee. Unfortanatly some genus at BN's accounting desided they didn't need it. so now its what a dozen or so trails and now I'm betting BNSF is regretting that desision becouse they coulda run intermodal (there bread & butter) sevice day and night. the tunnels were revamped in the sixties to allow car loaders to clear the wire.
Railbanked.
If they need it, they re-lay.
They already have permission to relay from Ellensburg to just south of Spokane.
Besides, the only way to accurately model Milwaukee is to pull the wheels off the axles, fill the holes with epoxy, then re-drill slightly off-center, and restrict speed to 7MPH.
THEN you'll be accurate!
Oh, and it wouldn't hurt to hit all your steam engines with the biggest ugly stick you can find.
Dick Friedman wrote: Nice job of hijacking a thread, guys. I'll try to get it back on topic.Last year I brought by nearly new GP30 that had a new sound card in. When I tried to show someone how it sounded, three people nearly jumped me for "distracting" them. I probably just woke them from their reveries.
I was running my K-27 in ops tonight, one guy asked if I had a sound system ordered for it.
I reached over and ran the volume up, blew the whistle, then ran it back down.
I usually run in "stealth" mode.
Nice to hear how QUIET you can make an engine run, not how LOUD a sound system you need to hide drive train noise!
Rene:
Ummm ... I'm retired. The place where I used to work isn't even around anymore. I have no co-workers.
I feel very slighted because I can't participate. Snif. This is such a cruel, unfeeling world when you're old. (Much like it is in other stages of life).
So, on Nov 7th, I will spend all day doing what I do every other day. There are no holidays for the retired.
Les W.
(This was intended tongue-in-cheek, in case it didn't come off that way).
Rene's, Point is everybody......Let's just try and share the enjoyment that we derive from the hobby with others. OK.......
As one has already sort of put it in another thread somewhere here, I enjoy seeing the kids and everyone as I run them.......
GONNA RUN A TRAIN TODAY ?????? Anyone.......
/tomorrow
Byron
SG Rute of the Silver River wrote:the problem they don't have clearence from the pass to the old hookup.
BunSniff and Milwaukee?
Not from the pass.
From where the tracks are close at Ellensburg to just Lind.
Nothing to do with the pass, rather a bypass of Pasco's bottleneck.
Rene S wrote:Whoa, talk about hijacking! Didn't mean to create a rift here. For those of you who are retired or aren't employed, how about inviting some (non-train) friends over to run trains that day instead? Or offer to set up a small display in a public location? The point of Take a Model Train to Work Day is to introduce new folks to model trains.
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