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Model Railroading > planing on adding steam loco museum to layout ideas.Date: 04/19/18 08:57 planing on adding steam loco museum to layout ideas. Author: robert162 Since I collected most of the steam locomotives that are still in use id like to build a museum type of area. I have not seen anyone show or mention what worked for them on a modern era layout. Any suggestion or pics would be great help. Thanks all robert162
Date: 04/19/18 09:19 Re: planing on adding steam loco museum to layout ideas. Author: fbe Portland, OR has a facility for SP&S 700, SP 4449, another smaller steamer and a couple of diesels. That would provide a good prototype to work from. Most times everything is kept under the roof though some days the steamers can be brought outdoors into Oregon's limited sunshine.
Date: 04/19/18 09:32 Re: planing on adding steam loco museum to layout ideas. Author: robert162 fbe Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Portland, OR has a facility for SP&S 700, SP 4449, > another smaller steamer and a couple of diesels. > That would provide a good prototype to work from. > Most times everything is kept under the roof > though some days the steamers can be brought > outdoors into Oregon's limited sunshine. Thanks I was also looking at Jerry Jacobs (RIP mr Jacobs) sugar creek age of steam. Since I have about 20 engines i would like to show off and would add operational possibilities Posted from iPhone Date: 04/19/18 11:08 Re: planing on adding steam loco museum to layout ideas. Author: fbe That number of locomotives might make it more like Spencer, NC with a full roundhouse.
Date: 04/19/18 11:18 Re: planing on adding steam loco museum to layout ideas. Author: wingomann That's a great way to display your brass steam engines that don't run well on your layout. It also allows them to be around on a more modern layout.
Date: 04/19/18 12:18 Re: planing on adding steam loco museum to layout ideas. Author: robert162 wingomann Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > That's a great way to display your brass steam > engines that don't run well on your layout. It > also allows them to be around on a more modern > layout. Yes and I'd like to model a restoration Posted from iPhone Date: 04/19/18 17:19 Re: planing on adding steam loco museum to layout ideas. Author: px320 Very good idea. You might want to consider a couple of other options hat would include operation.
1. An occasional mainline steam excursion with a mix of vintage passenger cars. 2. A movie special. As a Train Coordinator with nearly 50 years of movie train experience I will give a couple of examples. Pic 1 A special train pulled by BNSF climbs the east approach to the Huey Long Bridge in New Orleans on the way to a short line location in Raceland, LA for the movie Jonah Hex in 2009. Pic 2 A trackage rights BNSF rock train passes the True Grit Movie train on the UP at Granger, TX in 2010.   |