Strasburg Model Trains

GG1 and 4-4-4-4 T1 Models

 

Me running model trains at Strasburg Railroad Museum

Model Display at Strasburg

There were lots of different trains at Strasburg, now I’m going to tell you about the great model trains. There were displays of different kinds scattered around the interior of the museum, the picture to the left shows a still-life display of two steam locomotives at a small station. It was an O-scale display, it had some good models and was weathered and detailed exallently.

The picture on the top-left of the page shows a display of some models of locomotives that unfortunatly are not at the museum. There are several of the GG1 electric locomotives, like the model of one you see in the backround, still in existance. But, unfortunately, the 4-4-4-4 T1 experimental “Duplex” locomotive only exist in models. The duplex was a beautiful experiment that failed. All of the T1s were scrapped by the 1950s. The pictue on the top-right shows me (in a very good mood) running a model train with a remote-control on a layout in a children’s section. There were several such layouts around this section where you could get a good taste of what yard operations on the real railroads is like, it was a great experience for kids and adults. There was also a great LEGO layout where you pressed buttons to operate the trains and other things. But, alas, I didn’t get any good pictures of the layout.