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KPack:
A big thank you to Lee and his lovely wife for opening their home for us this last weekend.  They graciously allowed a group of Railpro die-hard's and some other regulars to descend on their basement and generally make a mess of the layout.  A great time was had by all.  I really enjoyed meeting in person all the people who are part of this forum.

Lee's layout is simply a masterpiece.  It ran nearly flawlessly, has full CTC signaling, dispatcher with CTC board, integrated phone system, ingenious powered switches, and every scene is complete with full scenery and backdrop.  It's almost as much fun to just walk around and look at it as it is to operate on it.

Following are a few pictures I took while waiting for my name to get called on the pool jobs.  I didn't bring my tripod so the pictures aren't as good as I would like.



One of the many coal mines on the layout that is served by CB&Q


These next pictures are all from Flannigan....an operator works the yard here and services all these industries.  Trains come in and drop/pickup whatever cars are on their list.










Everything has finished scenery like this:


Engine terminal at East Yard


Power for the Jiggs Tramp


Bill working the Jiggs Tramp and Bruce drilling in the East Yard


Lee and Ed discussing how the sugar beets are to spotted and pulled at Brimley Sugar


UCW power on one of the mixed freights


A really bad picture of East Yard


Tower at East Yard.  The switches operate by pushing down on the switch stand....it activates the switch motor to flip the switch points


Dispatcher's office.  That CTC is no joke....it works just like a prototype CTC board.


Signals at Clayton Yard.  I worked this yard on the second day and didn't screw things up too badly.


My absolute favorite scene on the layout.  Rob Spangler painted the backdrops.


Loading dock at Brimley Sugar, as well as coal and aggregate pits.  Every door is a car spot.


Shasta Station at East Yard.  Passenger trains stop at designated stations throughout the layout.


Some of the detail around Clayton Yard


From right to left....CB&Q mainline, UCW siding, UCW mainline, Brimley Sugar spur and industry tracks.


-Kevin

KPack:
Post #2

A couple of cell phone grabs now.

The crew meets on Friday morning for introductions, train assignments and general operating rules.




Bill and I prior to ops


Lovely scenery.  The backdrop blends right in.


Panorama of the main aisle.  Clayton Yard, Jiggs, Brimley Sugar, and East Yard all pictured.  Click on link to view.
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-Kevin

nodcc4me:
What a nice layout! Wish I could have been there. Thanks for the pictures, Kevin.  :)

CPRail:
Thanks for all the pics Kevin and thanks to Lee for hosting! Wish I could've made it out on this trip, as I've been aware of the UCW ever since Lee bucked the trend from DCC way back when with his use of RailLynx and now RailPro and have been eager to see more. Thankfully the recent article in RMC helped.

Nice to put another face to a name.

Hopefully Lee will be willing to do another Meet in the future.

Cheers!

BruceRogers:
Kevin,
Nice post, it was great to meet you and everyone else. I'm not much of an operations guy but I had a blast.
Lee Nicolas thanks for making this all possible.

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