PSMRE Tacoma HO model railroad club layout tour for 4DPNR
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 พ.ค. 2021
- The Puget Sound Model Railroad Engineers (PSMRE) is a model railroad club located in the Washington State History Museum located in downtown Tacoma, WA. Built as a museum exhibit, their layout also provides a challenging operations environment, as it represents the Tacoma area in the 1950’s. Largely focused on the Northern Pacific’s operations, they operate trains from the Great Northern, Milwaukee Road and Union Pacific. This layout tour gets behind the scenes of this large layout in a working museum in downtown Tacoma, how it has transformed over the years, and how the group organizes themselves and their operations.
The three source videos that make up the bulk of the presentation were filmed and produced by Steve Carter and Marshall Wilson, and can also be viewed on the club's Facebook page at / puget-sound-model-rail... .
This video was recorded at the May 8, 2021, Zoom session of monthly layout tours held by the fourth division of the Pacific Northwest Region (www.4DPNR.com) of the National Model Railroading Association (www.nmra.org), and edited by Burr Stewart. These sessions are held on the second Saturday of each month, and feature two 30 minute virtual layout tours followed by up to 15 minutes of audience Q&A.
The PSMRE model railroad represents Tacoma, WA railroading in the 1950's. The 20' by 85' exhibit area provides a compressed view of local landmarks from Tacoma's Asarco Tunnel to Stampede Pass, and includes trackage and equipment from the Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Union Pacific and Milwaukee Road railroads. In addition to being a public display, the model is used as an operating forum for PSMRE members.
The exhibit is located on Level 5 of the Washington State History Museum, in Tacoma, WA. It can be viewed during normal museum hours. When no PSMRE operators are in attendance, five trains run automatically at the push of a button. Museum admission is required to view the layout.
Their regularly-scheduled operating sessions occur the first Saturday of every month. The sessions typically run from about 11 am to about 3 pm. During these sessions, club members operate the model using "real railroad methods", including: a dispatcher, who communicates with the train crews via radio; road crews, who run passenger trains and freight trains according to correct procedures and schedules; and yard crews, who sort and arrange cars into trains. Their goal is to operate the railroad as if it was a typical day in the mid 1950’s.
For more information, visit their website at www.psmre.org . - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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Echo other comments that this is a masterpiece of a layout. The turntable area is a particular favourite bit for me, but the looks like it is real. Well done to all that created this layout 😊👍
Several years ago, I visited this layout and spent hours there. I was stunned by the attention to historical detail. Superb and well done. Modelers must visit this place in Tacoma. For me personally, the scenes are a wild ride to yesteryear. In 1969 when we were UPS students, my wife-to-be and I took the train from Eugene to Tacoma after visiting my aunt. We detrained at the old Union Station, so different from the new blah cinder block Tacoma station. The copper smelter, Ruston, everything on the layout is now really freaky to see given memories from long ago. I was last able to catch the train between Portland and Tacoma in 2019. Maybe after COVID. . . . . This layout is a must-see for all railroad modelers in the NW. I'm glad someone finally decided to feature it on You Tube.
We agree! Glad you enjoyed it.
i've seen alot larger domes on buildings but that is the most beutiful dome i have ever seen. 2 bad america has turned its back on the railways, thats like turning your back on that dome and that dome is pure art!
I love that cab-ride, I love the straight straight-a-ways, and I love the scenery, best I've ever seen.
This hits the spot on all levels...a true masterpiece....
Don't cut yourselves down, regarding the video. I think you guys did fantastic on the video and on your layout. I just might have to take some off work to view your layout in person.
That is a beautiful layout.Such craftsmanship. Bravo !
Glad you like it!
Excellent presentation and a superb museum quality model railroad.
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Truly outstanding fellows. Attention to detail--so realistic. Thanks
We agree!
Awesome video and a beautiful layout. Now that I’m retired I’m going to plan a train trip out and visit
Please do! I was there last week and it's fantastic!
We have visited Tacoma and even been in entrance of the old Union station but wasnt aware of the model RR in the museum, so its on our to do list on our next visit to Tacoma when we are allowed ot travel across the pond again.
A superb model and TH-cam video.
Thank you!
Great layout and well-produced video. I got to see it in person during the 2004 National.
Thank you very much!
Thanks for the video walk through time. I have visited your layout and it is absolutely beautiful. I grew up in tacoma for my junior high and senior high school days. So many of the things you pointed out were there when I was a kid from 1958 until I left for the Army in 1972. Looking forward to revisiting you in the near future. Thanks again. Jim
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love it just beautiful
Very nicely put together video and very entertaining as well. Thanks for posting this.
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Amazing. Wonderful video presentation. Thank you.
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Very nice layout tour. I like the way you took us through the track design view.
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Great layout
Maravillosa y preciosa maqueta de club
Me alegro que hayas disfrutado
Great video and beautiful layout
Glad you enjoyed it
I From Decatur Indiana
Great video of a great looking layout,cant wait for the boarder to open up and we can travel south from Alberta,hope to visit the layout in person.
Please do!
bravo bravo très belle installation magnifique wunderbar
Merci!
I have been watching this layout take shape since 1996. I remember when members were paining the backgrounds and seeing all the benchwork going in. I always wanted to join the club, but I was always too far from the club. I hope when I get a teaching position in the area, I would like to join it.
Wow this layout is so well built with so much detail. What museum is this in ?
This is Washington State History Museum in Tacoma. It's a fantastic layout! Here's info on how to visit the museum. www.washingtonhistory.org/visit/history-museum-hours-and-admission/
Easily one of the best model railroad videos I have ever seen. A first class production of a first class model railroad. Well done to all, the modelers and the video crew.
I visited the museum from Australia in 2000. I don’t remember much except for the spectacular scenery. I have studied the whole Tacoma, Puyullap Valley, Cascade Mountain region in detail a lot since that time and plan to model it in N scale extensively myself.
One question… at 21:53 there is an industrial lead going off on the right. The industry it serves is most clearly seen at about 22:00. What is that industry?
Thanks a lot.
Cool video! Have you visited the Old Cannery track in Sumner?
Thank you for the great video! Is ATF safe for plastic wheel sets ?
Probably not...
One of the best layout tours that I have seen of one of the best layouts that I have seen. Two questions: First how do you clean all the scenery and I mean more than just the track? And second, what kind of an operating system do you use when the club is in one of the monthly op sessions?
You might want to contact them directly with these questions, either through their website www.psmre.org or their Facebook page facebook.com/Puget-Sound-Model-Railroad-Engineers-490766394398173/
I use CRC on my track
Such a great video. I am dying to know how you put the F unit mask on the cab ride video.
You could use a cheap video editing software to edit a photo taken from inside a cab onto footage of your choice, just erase the window in photoshop before adding it.
Will be in the area this summer on vacation and hope to come by. First I learned about the copper smelter on this video, very informative. Did the smelter take in ore from over seas?
We believe so.
What software gives that F unit cab video overlay ? And what brand are those semaphore signals ?
The overlay is a photograph (used with permission) that was edited in to a mask (hole where the glass is). This mask was used in Adobe's Premier Pro to produce the video. The semaphores are from Tomar. They are attached to 3D printed "hanger" that hold the servos which move the blades. These assemblies were then dropped through 7/8" holes and the area re-sceniced.
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