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Model Railroading > Travel day from Bridgetown, part 1, Clackamas OR clubDate: 10/03/22 21:02 Travel day from Bridgetown, part 1, Clackamas OR club Author: dmaffei Sunday Oct 2 was a travel day from Portland. We started with a layout that is in Clackamas OR. A suburb of Portland that is probably a best kept secret as I couldn't find much web info. Located in the community center basement is a layout that gives a real Oregon vibe and begs for lumber trains and SD9s. Our guide was none other than legendary SP in Oregon Rod Loder.
The layout isn't real large, but they use the space well and have many finished scenes. We start in what is a staging / maintenance room for the layout. A place to work on locomotives or equipment that has a horseshoe shape trackage that can dispatch trains to the layout. It also contains the layouts helix. So let's start with this well lit room. Photo one is our guide explaining about the room with helix in background Photo two is the other side of the room with more storage and work space Photo three is the car card file storage area desk Only web info I could find https://groups.io/g/clackamasclub    Date: 10/03/22 21:07 Re: Travel day from Bridgetown, part 1, Clackamas OR club Author: dmaffei Posting photos of some layout scenes as the layout wasn't running, but still fun to photograph
   Date: 10/03/22 21:10 Re: Travel day from Bridgetown, part 1, Clackamas OR club Author: dmaffei More scenes
   Date: 10/03/22 21:13 Re: Travel day from Bridgetown, part 1, Clackamas OR club Author: dmaffei First photo is my favorite shot of the day. Look at the depth the backdrop gives you
   Date: 10/03/22 21:15 Re: Travel day from Bridgetown, part 1, Clackamas OR club Author: dmaffei Three more industries
   Date: 10/03/22 21:18 Re: Travel day from Bridgetown, part 1, Clackamas OR club Author: dmaffei Three photos of one lumber industry
   Date: 10/03/22 21:20 Re: Travel day from Bridgetown, part 1, Clackamas OR club Author: dmaffei More
   Date: 10/03/22 21:24 Re: Travel day from Bridgetown, part 1, Clackamas OR club Author: dmaffei I see a talented group of modelers here. Would love to come back for a run session. Next stop, historic SP railroad town of Oakridge in part two. Hope these pics inspire ideas for your own layout
   Date: 10/04/22 02:39 Re: Travel day from Bridgetown, part 1, Clackamas OR club Author: NiagaraMike Great looking layout!
Date: 10/04/22 06:37 Re: Travel day from Bridgetown, part 1, Clackamas OR club Author: grahamline Great pictures, Dave. Rod can help you connect up for a run session -- there are ops every month and a Western Oregon Ops (WOOPS) session is in the planning stages for 2023. The layout is specifically designed to support proto operations.
Date: 10/04/22 10:43 Re: Travel day from Bridgetown, part 1, Clackamas OR club Author: wingomann Very impressive. So many ideas of industries served. Makes me wish I had more space to do something like that.
Date: 10/04/22 13:54 Re: Travel day from Bridgetown, part 1, Clackamas OR club Author: DKay Amazing progress Dave. Do you know if Dean Barbour is still active in the club. He was heavily involved in preparing the space for the club layout. I was given a tour of the club rooms during the Portland Narrow Gauge convention a good number of years ago.
Regards,DK Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/04/22 20:21 by DKay. Date: 10/04/22 18:29 Re: Travel day from Bridgetown, part 1, Clackamas OR club Author: ChrisCampi Fantastic modeling in all aspects. Would love to see more.
Date: 10/05/22 06:42 Re: Travel day from Bridgetown, part 1, Clackamas OR club Author: 55002 Superb set of scenes, and nicely photographed. Very inspirational. chris uk
Date: 10/08/22 16:35 Re: Travel day from Bridgetown, part 1, Clackamas OR club Author: grahamline Someone asked privately about the small numbers visible at the bottom of the fascia in a few photos. These are "footpoles" used in reporting incidents and requests for repair on bad order tickets to identify the location of a problem. Because the long Woodburn branch runs directly under two-thirds of the main line, they work for both as in "FP155" or "WFP155."
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