EAST COAST LARGE SCALE TRAIN SHOW MARCH 30, 2007 LAYOUT PICTURES

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Here's a few pictures from some of the fine layouts at the show this year.  Sorry, I didn't have time to see them all, or even write down names of the modelers and the clubs.  This is the best I could do in one quick runthrough.   Hopefully this will give you an idea of some of the excellence that was on display today.

A Cascade Green BN GP-30 speeds by on the main line.  I believe those stripes are from a Boston and Maine F unit

The embers of a recent forest fire are still glowing and there's still plenty of smoke.  The smoke was constantly changing with the slightest breeze.

PRAIRIE DOG TOWN - The prairie dogs were constantly bobbing up and down.

FISHERMAN - His fishin pole was bending up and down with the pull of a nice catch.

SWEEPING CURVES - The nice wide radius curves look terrific and the trains looked good running on them.

I believe this big coaling dock was a prize winner in last year's Model Contest.  It really looks good in place on the layout.

FREIGHT YARD - This is one of the largest freight yards I've ever seen on a modular layout.  The string of loaded hopper cars has been banged around a lot!

BEAT UP HOPPER - It takes a special person to take a perfectly good hopper car and dent, melt, cut, mangle, and weather it.  But the result is spectacular.

SAM 'N' ELLA DINER - be careful what you eat here!

The Toonerville Trolley is about to wobble down that wild and crazy track!