I’m the guy with the Union Pacific Hillsboro Division railroad “In Mom’s Garage”
If anyone on here is from Oregon and would like to see my railroad just let me know!
Thanks,
Shaun
Great layout Shaun, unfortunately I live in Indiana or I would take you up on that offer LOL
Keep up the great work!
John
I enjoyed the article. The whole October issue was great in my opinion.
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Good article , I too live too far away. Nice work.
Shaun,
I just read the article the other day, and it’s very nicely done. I like the way you used the space, and especially enjoyed reading about the lessons learned from the track plan.
There’s a ton of discussion about how there aren’t many younger modelers out there, but your article is a good example of what’s really going on out there.
I see you’re working in HO (The Opiate of the Masses). Imagine what you could do in that same space in N scale?[8D]
It’ll be neat to see what you can accomplish when you get out of Mom’s garage and into your own basement!
Lee
I agree! The October issue was a fresh look at many great topics, I enjoyed every article.
And Shaun, your article was great! If we ever make it to your neck of the woods I will take you up on that tour invite!
Cheers,
Ryan
Maybe I’ll just have to drive down there and bring my challenger… And maybe my big boy when it comes…
Shaun,Thanks for the offer but,I live to far away…I enjoyed the article and believe your layout was well planned and has great details.[:D][tup] I suspect its a pleasure to operate as well.
thanks for all the comments! I’m putting together a website with more photos of the railroad. I’ll let you know when its up.
Shaun
There are enough of us would you consider reimbursing our travel expenses?
Shaun,
I live in Chiloquin, “26 miles across the sea…”, I mean hills, north of Klamath Falls. Are you going to the swap meet in Forest Grove the 22nd? Thought I would stay at one of the motels there the night of the 21st. Maybe we could get together that night.
Great article, by the way. Really enjoyed the photos.
Bob Hayes
Shaun,
Fantastic modeling! I also enjoyed how you made the most of the space available. Most of all I think that it was great that you publically recognized the three folks that helped you in your endeavors - your grandfather, your modeling mentor and your mom! Looking forward to seeing more pics.
Nice job! I enjoyed the article about your layout quite a lot. I hope I can do half as well!
Chris
Shawn,
Really great to see a young person have their layout article in MR. Usually its articles done by us old guys that get-er-done after 20 years of arm chair layout planning and spend another 20 of building the thing. Hope to see more articles of your modeling skills in the future.
Bruce Petty
According to some posts on another thread, it may be that some of those “old guys” layouts we are seeing published were much younger when their work was originally accepted for publication by MR. [(-D]
Shawn, if you haven’t been sworn to secrecy by Kalmbach, could you give us an idea of how long it took from the time you submitted your article to when it actually appeared in print?
George
Yeah, I’d be interested in that too.
about a year.
Shaun,
Awesome layout! Would you mind sharing what type of photography equipment you used for the shoot? Type of camera, etc?
I’m thinking about building a layout similar in concept.
While we’re on the subject, your layout seems pretty switching / operation-oriented. Do you ever wish you had the opportunity to do continuous running, or do you find the length of your layout (it’s fairly long!) provides enough of a continuous length?
I ask because it seems you could make a much more realistic-looking layout if you pass on having a loop. Many of the most realistic looking layouts I’ve seen in MR are shelf layouts with no loops.
Awesome job, and congrats in having it appear in the mag!
I was curious about OPERATION of your layout. Saw lots of switching opportunities but wasn’t sure how you run through trains. From where on the layout to where?
Incidently I am building an N layout in an 11’ square room representing an island seaport at the “end of the line”. All trains terminate there with most freight going on or off ship. A mainline runs from the terminal at one side of the room, around the room, behind port cargo sheds and then to open staging, inconspicuous beind both the trunkline railroad yard and the port terminal switching railroad. The open staging represents “the resst of the world”.
Where do through trains run on yoiur layout? I wish the article had covered that.
Shaun,
Very interesting article, especially as I model your “southern connection” - the W&P RR, Oregon Electric Branch between Salem and… someplace north of Salem. I see you’ve also taken advantage of the Atlas GWI railroad paintjobs… I’m in Stayton, and am an operator on Joe Fugate’s Siskiyou Line, as well as building my own. You ought to check out Joe’s stuff and come down and join us at an operating session: http://siskiyou-railfan.net/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.26
Photos of my own layout can be found at http://www.shultzinfosystems.com/gallery2/main.php/v/railroading/WPRR_final/