The Rochester Area S-Gaugers have been invited to show our modular layout at TTCS and Rochester Institute of Technology Model Railroad Club shows several times now. The two show exhibited on this page occured in March 2006.
The action accessories on the layout are a big hit with "kids" of all ages, as it's set up to entertain them with
a rocket launched from a club-owned American Flyer rocket car (a great crowd pleaser),
dump logs from an operating car into a log pond then reload them into a gondola using a log loader accessory,
watch as an operating saw mill cuts logs into boards and loads them into a gondola and
load barrels in a gondola using the K-Line barrel loader accessory. (Louie the loader gets a workout at every show.)
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Show Highlights
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There was a good turn out for the RIT show, so we got together for the group shot below.
From left to right, Ted Larson, Jeff Faust (He talking to a guest off the left side of this photo), Chuck Smith, Duane Miner, George Cole and Rick Isrealson.
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Tom Kayser in this photo with George Cole at the TTCS Shamrock Show was also at the RIT show earlier but had left before the above picture was shot.
Pictures taken by Bill Johnson who was also present.
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This American Flyer 332DC Northern locomotive put in an appearance at the TTCS Shamrock show. This picture and the one above it were all that were taken at the TTCS Shamrock show because the battery in the camera that I was using went flat.
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Everyone got a chance to see this new American Models 4-8-4 Northern that has been the subject of numerous posts on the Yahoo! S-Trains e-list. The cable from the tender became disconnected once but, it only took a few seconds to reconnect the connector and it was off and running again.
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The new American Models 4-8-4 northern meets a pair of American Models New Haven PA diesels on the point of a fast freight at one of the corner modules. With the exception of the incident mentioned above, both of these trains ran several hours uninterrupted.
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Chuck Smith is operating the accessories for the entertainment of our guests while a New Haven fast freight hiballs down the outside mainline with a pair of American Models PA diesels on the point.
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Ted Larson and Duane Miner discuss the scratch built structures on the corner module.
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Chuck Smith is troubleshooting an electrical problem with the yard modules while the AM Northern rounds the curve module with a nice four or five car budd passenger consist in tow.
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Ted Larson came over to give Chuck a hand with troubleshooting the electrical problem in the yard modules.
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Jeff Faust stepped over to lend a hand in the trouble shooting effort while a young guest looks on. We thought that we had this thing fixed once.
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The sign in the lower right corner of this layout identifies this club as the
GENESEE
MODEL -N- GINEERS
ONTARIO
This layout was one of the smallest operational layouts on exhibit.
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This "G" club had some of the largest rolling stock on exhibit. They set up this corner module like a diorama. There was also a live steam club that had models that appeared to be slightly larger than the "G" models shown here.
Almost every popular gauge/scale in between these two extremes was exhibited including the RITMRC's "HO" layout. The pictures in the preceding link were taken last October.
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To see one of our former modular layout configurations, see our Batavia, NY show from November, 2003.
See Layout Description and History for more modular layout information.
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