Vol. 65: Greeley Freight Station Museum Part 2
We return to the Greeley Freight Station Museum layout of the Oregon, California and Eastern in the second part of this Allen Keller video series. It takes a train up to an hour and a half to run the entire line from staging yard to staging yard, and requires 24 people to operate. This 5,500 sq-ft layout is the work of a dedicated group of volunteers and the vision of one man: David Trussell.
David Trussell is the designer of the Oregon, California and Eastern. Even David is surprised that this is the first time Allen has ever had to divide a layout into two shows because of the size. The layout began with a construction crew of 37, and ended with 34. There is a running joke that the other three guys are still stuck back in the layout somewhere and they’re still looking for them.
In Part One, we explored the Chiloquin Staging to Summit, and in the second we focus on the area between Summit and Fairport Staging.
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12:39Touring the Greeley Freight Station Museum Part 2
In part one of the tour of the Greeley Freight Station Museum, the Rio Grande zephyr reached the summit of Quartz Mountain. Now it’s ready to head downgrade on the other half of the railroad. Gerhart Mountain Snowshed keeps the track clear, which is important as this area is subject to very heavy snowfall. Here…
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13:28Operations on the Greeley Freight Station Museum Part 2
The second part of operations on the Greeley Freight Station Museum begins with regional freight powered by four F units, heading out over the slew. The lead unit is Great Northern number 270-A that will head through Deep Creek and over Deep Creek Bridge 12 and 11. At the west side of Lakeview there are…
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8:33David Trussell’s Inspiration & Techniques
The Oregon, California, & Eastern line runs east from Klamath Falls to Lakeview, Oregon. Allen Keller asks designer David Trussell to give him a brief history of the line. Around the turn of the century, Strayhorn, a speculator, decided to build the OC&E in the hopes that it would become such a pain in the…
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4:40Creating a Model Forest Fire
David Trussell, designer of the Greeley Freight Station Museum believes it’s very important to have exciting visual elements when running something for the public. One example of this is the forest fire scene, which is extremely popular because the public gets a chance to initiate it by pushing the button. This feature is something that…
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6:32Building Fir Trees on the Greeley Freight Station Museum
David Trussell knew they needed to plant many museum quality trees. To do so, they developed their own techniques that fit what the museum required. David has discovered a great way of mass producing trees that he will demonstrate in this video. With wooden dowels, he first shapes them on a sander to a point.…
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11:34Moving Trucks on the Greeley Freight Station Museum
Rick Ingles is a volunteer of the Greeley Freight Station Museum and he will discuss the moving Faller car trucks they use on the railroad. They start with an original unmodified truck made in Germany. While they are well made and run well, they change them out to an American version, converting the European vehicles…
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