October’s Seattle North End Clinic will be a new version of last year’s “Virtual Operating Session” at Burr Stewart’s HO layout. This year we plan to have a few people available in the actual basement to run trains, with the participation of everyone else viewing and commenting on the action in the live Zoom meeting. The session is scheduled to run from 7pm to 9pm on Thursday, October 7. Here is the Zoom link to join the meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82326170958?pwd=L2RXUWkzeFNGVzY0VGN0ZWFvTk16dz09
Welcome to the 4th Division
The Model Railroading Guide for Train Enthusiasts from age 3 to 93!
Or, you can ACTUALLY run a REAL TRAIN.
None of this 1:87 nonsense ( or 1:48 for people who may need glasses ).
A train that makes the ground shake. A train that makes your ears ring. A train that gets your hands dirty, if you accidentally left your work gloves at home.
Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie is always looking for volunteers.
https://trainmuseum.org/index.php/support/volunteering
Volunteering includes train crew, and that includes the engine crew. All that is required for train crew is the same background check that we all go through for the Science Center show. And all that is required for the engine crew is a simple one-day class.
Think of the possibilities. You can tell your grand-kids you actually ran an actual train. I still remember my Great-Uncle telling about when he was a brakeman on the Milwaukee Road.
And for engine crew with seniority, you could be in the cab of the Northern Pacific steam engine 924. As I’ve said before, “The Last Working Steam Engine In The State Of Washington”. Wouldn’t that be a kick?