2015 Pacific Southwest Region convention layout photos

jbvb · October 05, 2015, 08:49:27 AM

Here are some Phoenix-area layouts I visited during the convention. If anyone else has more/better photos, feel free:

The Gilbert (AZ) Model Railroad Club layout:

jbvb · October 05, 2015, 08:53:45 AM

The HO layout at the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale:

jbvb · October 05, 2015, 08:55:14 AM

The N layout at the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park:

jbvb · October 05, 2015, 08:56:35 AM

Russ Henzel's rendition of the Philadelphia-area PRR:

S&S RR · October 17, 2015, 09:38:45 AM

James

Thanks for sharing your photographs - I sure would have liked to have been there.

GPdemayo · October 17, 2015, 10:27:39 AM

Thanks for posting your photos James. Looks like a lot of neat things are going on out West.

ACL1504 · October 17, 2015, 08:58:54 PM

James,

Thanks for sharing the pictures with us.

Tom

Erieman · October 18, 2015, 10:18:23 AM

Good Morning James and thank you for posting some pictures of layouts from our convention. I hope you continue to post more pics of what you did during your visit to the convention. It was a pleasure meeting you during the layout tours. I had over 60 people visit my layout over the three day period, with the majority of the visitors on Sunday. At one point, I lost track of the trains ( they were in the dark) and had a small rear end bump. derailed the caboose, shorted the layout briefly and went back to running two long trains that I could keep far enough away from each other.
Thank you also for the layout info. Russ and I have been discussing design details and will be making a mockup of the area. Looking for of your pictures.

Frank / Erieman

jbvb · October 19, 2015, 08:34:23 AM

You're welcome, all.

Frank, between this thread, the photos of your layout I posted to yours, and those I posted to the UP Wyoming Div. thread, that's all that came out decently. I was shooting for depth of field, so exposures were long in most of the layouts' lighting. And a couple of layouts (not yours or Russ's) had rather uneven lighting, so there were scenes I liked but couldn't photograph. Some I shot came out blurred, either because the train was moving or I didn't hold the camera steady enough.

This is why the pros bring lights and multiple tripods and steady rests when a national magazine takes an interest. I have the equipment at home, but it doesn't travel well and isn't compatible with layout tours. My on-camera flash rarely produces a good picture of a model or a layout, so as I do more travel I should probably look into portable off-camera flash.