Train Mountain
Train Mountain
| Train Mountain is quickly becoming the Mecca
of 7-inch, plus, model railroading. Located in the beautiful evergreen
forests of southern Oregon with beautiful Mount Shasta in the distance,
the setting is nearly perfect. Because of its enormous acreage, Train
Mountain has almost unlimited room for expansion. Every Live Steam
railroading enthusiast owes it to themselves to become a member of this
excellent facility.
As reported in the Jan/Feb 2001 issue of Live Steam magazine, Train Mountain was one of the host sites of the International Brotherhood of Live Steamers 2000 Meet. It was an event that will not soon be forgotten. |
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Here is Dave Giles of New Zealand with his Shay, coming into
Train Mountain's main switchyard to pick up some passenger cars. Dave can
easily convert his Shay to run on either 7½-inch or 7¼-inch tracks.
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| The pictures are a bit out of order, here; but, the owner
of Train Mountain should be accorded the honor of having his picture near
the top. Quentin Breen, a gracious man, won't mind that
a picture of an overseas visitor is placed even higher on the page.
Quentin Breen at the throttle of his "show train" locomotive, after the "mile long" group photograph, leading the "grand parade" past Central Station. No, I don't think Quentin is buttoning his shirt. He's probably on the radio, speaking to the dispatcher or one of his staff. Click here to see larger image 63k (Use your browser's "back" feature to return to this page.) |
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Here you see one mile of 7½-inch trains assembled for the
group photograph taken by Joe Rice and featured on the cover of the Jan/Feb
2000 issue of Live Steam magazine.
At the front you can see Dennis Weaver's T-Boilered Shay. Alongside is Marie Weaver's Galloping Goose. What about those plush seats!?! Click here to see larger image 81k (Use your browser's "back" feature to return to this page.) |
| Art Crisp, Train Mountain Track Superintendent,
follows Quentin in the Grand Parade.
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Cal Tinkham and his 4-6-0, a stove-oil burner.
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| Harry Haas's masterpiece. A truly remarkable rendition
of the prototype.
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Clifford Plumpton's "Pacific" steamer on a Crisp Yard
steaming bay. Cliff and his father-in-law built this engine in order to
pass the maching skils down to Cliff. This propane-burner is a beauty.
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| Ed Rehburg's beautiful CP-173 "American" type locomotive.
He built it from castings made from Walt Disney's patterns for the Lily
Belle. Ed hard-carved the pilot out of wood.
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Chuck Hackett and his Northern, a class act. The Northern
is steaming here with a couple of plugged flues; after
all, the boiler is 32 years old. After Chuck got back to Nebraska he shipped
the boiler off to have a new one built.
Here's Chuck's story.
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| The 24 steaming bays of Crisp yard bustle with activity
from early morning to late at night during IBLS 2000.
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Craig Craddock's breathtaking Daylight, a real
head-turner. The interior lighting of the passenger cars delighted
bystanders on its nightime runs. Impressive.
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| Steaming on to the Ellingson turntable.
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This jolly bunch hails from Australia: Left to right,
they are Eric Evans, Helmut Ecker, Barry Glover, and Mark Robinson.
Do the names Eric Evans and Barry Glover sound familiar to you? Check your
copy of the Australian Miniature Boiler Safety Code and you'll find them.
I happened to be watching the activity around the Ellinson turntable when I picked up on their Aussie accent. One thing led to another and we had a jolly good time together. My main disappointment of the whole Train Mountain experience was arranging for them to get a train ride, but then it fell through when the engineer couldn't get the fire started in his boiler. Click here to see larger image 64k (Use your browser's "back" feature to return to this page.)
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| The Ellingson turntable looks forlorn and lonely after all the
IBLS activity is over and the guests left for further adventures in their ramble.
As an item interest I might add that during IBLS 2000 one could see a circular array of surveyor's stakes bordered by the Train Mountain entrance, Six Acre Campground, and the back shop. The area covered was roughly the size of the Ellingson turntable. It's the site of the new roundhouse. By-the-way all the roundhouse bays have already been leased! Click here to see larger image 82k (Use your browser's "back" feature to return to this page.) |
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Copyright © 2001-2007, Orrin B. Iseminger
Revised -- 1/17/07