Bill Boyd's 3rd annual "Festival" focused on Great Passenger Trains. This year the festival ran on
Art Jones' Connellsville Division of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Bill & Art invited 11 engineers
to
operate 13 different trains. The engineers provided a short explanation of their train's history. There were
also 8 trains on display including an operating Z scale Sante Fe Super Chief. Thanks to all the modelers
who took time to share
their knowledge and equipment with others.
Photos courtesy of Jim Osborn
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Bill Boyd's Kearney & Black Hills, City of Kearney. |
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| Mike Beckemeier's Hiawatha, Art Paton's UP FEF-3, Dan Christianson's B&O National Limited, Jeff Markey's GN Empire Builder and Vince Gortner's California Zephyr await their call in Art's staging yard. |
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| Dan Christianson's B&O National Limited, posed on the North American Prototype Modelers layout's River Line. Dan did a super job of very intensive kitbashing to create the consist matching exact prototype configurations. Photo courtesy of Dan Christensen. |
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| Don Cook's Great Northern gas electric and its mixed freight. |
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| Mike Beckemeier's 1935 Milwaukee Road Hiawatha |
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| Jim Allen's 1958 Rock Island Aero Train. |
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| Art Paton's Union Pacific FEF-3 and its passenger consist. |
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| Holy Cow! Its a regular Union Station scene at Art's Pittsburgh terminal. |
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Don Cook's Great Northern Cascadian. |
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| Jim Osborn's 1960 Chicago & North Western Kate Shelley 400. |
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| Art Jones' B & O Local #73. |
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| Jim Allen's New York Central 20th Century Limited. |
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| John VanBramer's short train representing the Illinois Railway Museum. |
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| Vince Gortner's California Zephyr. |
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Meet the crew for the day's event. Front: Mike Beckemeier, John VanBramer, Don Cook, Art Jones, Bill Boyd Middle: Dan Christiansen, Kurt Youngmann, Dick Jacobs, Mike Hirvela, Jim Osborn Back: Dan Sylvester, Matt Jacobs, Jim Allen, Skip Schallert, Art Paton, Vince Gortner |
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