Look closely recognize the city.
Unless you belong to the Westchester model club salamander New York.
You probably don't. It looks real.
But this is a model railroad exactly one forty eight life size passing about a
diesel hall streamliner copy of a great northern train cover members build every
piece of equipment this road runs on a timetable trains always run on time.
Westbound freight complete with caboose.
In the background a commuter train overhead wires supply those trains power
a locomotive turntable Roundhouse in the background passing a new haven railroad
train with electric engine another perfect scale company in the roundhouse Eastern
Line trains are completely service inspected tighten cold watered
sandboxes rebuild.
This engine has just been service another station on the line Silver Creek
passenger train arriving.
Over fifty members operate this model railroad Abbey commanding nearly all their
spare time. Here comes the New York Central Basque freight
and exact copy of those running between New York and Buffalo.
On the lower level a local freight comparative speeds of these trains are to exact
scale to the passenger trains ready to pull out right on schedule to the
second one a way to run a railroad using a miniature
yard switching engine a complete break train will now be assembled
Mr Russell Locke would operate.
Just as in a real great yard the old switch engine does the assembly picking up
loaded cars all over the freight yard backing off past the switches to change track
then reversing a slow process aimed at moving all the freight into one line on the
make up track.
Past the switching point the section will now reverse down into the make up track
the switcher on couples
and goes for more freight cars while the freight is assembled further a word about
who belongs to model club members include executives
and clerks salesman schoolteachers garage mechanics
and bank president those which are
has already picked up another section this too must back past the switching point
and then reversed into the make up crap
making up rate is a back and forth operation.
Now watch some tricky switching lateral.
You there
that does that's not quite seems to be something missing.
What could have a letter like what seems to know
our switchers certainly is after something it must be down there by those ice
houses the Art engine sure is coming a long distance this time.
Now we'll find out what he's after.
Of course the caboose no freights complete without both a locomotive
completely serviced waits patiently while the caboose is coupled to the brakes
and now the final step of the road engine leaves the roundhouse
and starts moving up to head the freight train the art engines work is done
here comes our road engine
now to back the engine to the load
this freight is ready to roll.
There she goes the freight you saw assembled in the yard
song goes fine exhibition Mr Lockwood you're a model model railroader
here's something really unusual a model circus train made by a former circus man.
The circus train is authentic in every detail.
Look at the animal cages the show is on
the road if you've been wanting to run away with the circus hurry.
Here is a safe railroad crossing see the warning signal flashing all tracks clear
for the mail train you haven't streamliner this trestle up on the
mountain division is so well built it will support a full grown adult three fifty
engine drawing power from overhead wires fun
and perfection not the twin objectives of the men who build their own rolling stock
on this model railroaders dream come true a steam locomotive on the mountain
line. Not all model railroad equal this one
but this club's devotion to hobby is equalled wherever men run model trains
all over the world in shops and store windows
or in the center of the house running him or just watching the little trains
that run on time old never ending fascination for millions of model railroaders.