My son and I went to a show put on by Great American Train Shows in Humble, TX. It was mostly vendors, but there were some pretty good deals. Here are a few photos:
This is a large scale Challenger that was sitting on a siding at the head of a passenger train. It had sound, and was sitting there "hissing" while it waited for a Santa Fe diesel passenger train to pass through.
This is a Union Pacific Big Boy. It was coupled in front of the Challenger. When they started this passenger train up, though, they only ran it with the Challenger. This model, too, had sound. I'm sure whoever owned them paid a good deal of money!!
This is the Grimy Gulch Scenic Railway. It was the nicest layout on display (in my opinion). Note the observatories in the foreground. The domes are the bottom parts of those prize containers that you get out of vending machines. I thought they did a rather nice job on them. This layout was very difficult to get a look at, so this is the best picture I was able to obtain!
The Houston Area Live Steamers rain a train ride. This engine runs on 24 volt DC.
And here is my son, Bryan, as we were riding the train (for the third time!) The children could sit in one of the two gondolas at the front of the train. There were two sort of bench cars for the adults and others. The conductor sat in the back on a car that had one of those seats something like you find in bass boats.
-Rory
This is a large scale Challenger that was sitting on a siding at the head of a passenger train. It had sound, and was sitting there "hissing" while it waited for a Santa Fe diesel passenger train to pass through.
This is a Union Pacific Big Boy. It was coupled in front of the Challenger. When they started this passenger train up, though, they only ran it with the Challenger. This model, too, had sound. I'm sure whoever owned them paid a good deal of money!!
This is the Grimy Gulch Scenic Railway. It was the nicest layout on display (in my opinion). Note the observatories in the foreground. The domes are the bottom parts of those prize containers that you get out of vending machines. I thought they did a rather nice job on them. This layout was very difficult to get a look at, so this is the best picture I was able to obtain!
The Houston Area Live Steamers rain a train ride. This engine runs on 24 volt DC.
And here is my son, Bryan, as we were riding the train (for the third time!) The children could sit in one of the two gondolas at the front of the train. There were two sort of bench cars for the adults and others. The conductor sat in the back on a car that had one of those seats something like you find in bass boats.
-Rory
