South Shore Model Railroad Club 2023 Fall Open House

Had the honor and privilege to once again be a part of South Shore Model Railroad Club's community outreach this year at their Fall Open House in Hingham. This year, I brought up a bunch of Santa Fe items to run on the clubs massive 5k square foot layout. The membership also pulled out an impressive string of models for the show too. Again, many thanks to Jack and the SSMRRC crew for another incredible weekend and I'm looking forward to the 2024 Spring Open House in March when I can drag out my Southern Pacific Daylight consist. So, sit back, crack a cold one and enjoy everyone, please click "Like" below, share this with a friend and always remember... Model Railroading is Fun!
Consist:
The Cadiz Crawler is powered by a BLI Santa Fe 4000 class 2-8-2 with an extensively modified AHM/Rivarossi 1920s combine into a 2600 class coach-baggage-caboose bring up the rear. This is my third variation of this model after my second effort plummeted 609 scale feet after derailing during the Fall Open House at the Northern Virginia Model Railroad club in Vienna, Virginia last month.
The Fast Mail with a trio of Rapido PAs pulling a 27 car consist laden with head-end traffic, baggage, mail, and express with a modified AHM/Rivarossi baggage-rider coach bring up the markers.
My version of the Grand Canyon is again pulled by a trio of Rapido PAs with a smorgasbord of head-end, baggage, mail, express with an impressive mix of classic heavyweight and modern passenger equipment from various roads in the soup.
I had a lot of fun putting together the Delmar Special. My BLI 3751 class 4-8-4 is right at home pulling this all heavyweight consist comprised with a heavyweight baggage, a paired-window coach, five chair cars, and a parlor car bring up the rear.
No open house is complete without the Santa Fe's signature all pullman "Super Chief". The train of the stars! My version is complete with a Proto2000 F3 A-B-B-A lash-up and a mix of Walthers Budd and Pullman-Standard equipment.
Finally, I had to throw in some big steam power with my BLI 3800 class 2-10-2 high-balling a string of Rapido, Intermountain, and Walthers rolling stock around the layout. I couldn't resist the urge to glue a classic AHM/Preiser brakeman waving to everyone from the platform of the Walthers 1300 class caboose.
Thanks for watching!