The Washington & Old Dominion Division set up at the Greenberg Train and Toy Show
at the Fredericksburg Expo Center in Fredericksburg, VA on February 12 and 13, 2011.
W&OD division members attending: Mike Coles, Joe Glenn, David Horn, Bill Jenkins, Phil Leibensperger,
Mick Martin, Bob Moore, Mike Myers, Bill Novak, Mike Price, John Rodgers, Bruce Tibbetts.
Joe Haenn and Marvin Thiel were welcomed from the Carolinas Division.
Set up started Friday night and continued Saturday morning.
Getting those last electrical connections made.
The track is clear and the accessories are ready.
Take a tour of the layout. See the giant Erector set bridge, the fast mixed freight train, the cattle train, and the operating Erector sets! There are also many A.C. Gilbert accessories to see as the trains pass. (1:44)
Circus accessories.
Erector sets in action.
Southern freight on the outer loop.
Watch the American Flyer mail car swing the arm out to deliver one mail bag and at the same time pick up another mail bag from the track side holder. You can watch it happen as the train goes away and as the train approaches. (40 sec.)
The trains are set up in the yard and ready to roll.
Dave and Phil discuss operations as Bill gets his train ready.
Lionel American Flyer Big Boy pulling a freight train on the outer loop.
Mike is running the sawmill accessory for the attendees.
Trying to get a whiff of the smoke.
Two trains passing as Mike runs the log loader accessory.
Two passenger trains and many freight trains. (1:32)
Mixed freight train passing the cattle train.
Coal loader, log loader, and sawmill accessories.
Sawmill, Guilford station, and Mystic station accessories.
American Models Burlington Northern engine pulls the train past the water tower.
There is a passenger train pulled by a set of American Models Union Pacific diesels on the near track and a freight train pulled by an American Models Burlington Northern SD-60 diesel locomotive. Both trains are traveling at high speed approaching and entering the giant Erector set bridge. (25 sec.)
American Models Union Pacific passenger train passing the sawmill.
