Three trains in one shot. Lots of action on the club layout.
Photo by Mike O'Brien.

Here's a wider view of the previous photo. The D&RGW steam train is curving downhill into Mojave
from the Tehachapi loop, the Espee train is rolling over a high trestle bridge on the branchline from
Mojave to Owenyo, and the Santa Fe streamliner is gliding towards the "gantlet" track leading to
Bakersfield from Caliente and the Tehachapi loop.
Photo by Mike O'Brien.

Chris is operating the Mojave control panel. Behind him, the Santa Fe F units are sitting at Caliente.
Photo by Mike O'Brien.

A joke photo of our "gantlet" track. Check out the rails in the foreground! Ha, ha.
Photo by Rod Stanley, photoshopped by Mike O'Brien.

Our brooding sky backdrop behind the Monolith Cement plant. We set off an electronic photoflash
during our shows.
This award-winning photo has had the contrast enhanced in PhotoShop to bring out the sky.
Photo by Mike O'Brien.

Giant hand action! The big 0-5-0!
Photo by Mike O'Brien.

One of our narrow gauge bridges across the back wall of the layout room.
Photo by Mike O'Brien.

Wow! Black widows at dawn! This is our Taylor Yard with the pedestrian bridge over the tracks and the modern yard tower. Yes, the sky is Photoshopped in.
Photo by Mike O'Brien.

Our narrow gauge has been completely renovated by Tom Graham and his crew.
Train by Tom Graham. Photo by Mike O'Brien.

A Santa Fe streamliner streaks past Monolith Cement during an evening thunderstorm.
Photo by Mike O'Brien.

Tidewater Southern RS-1 747 works a switch job on our Interurban branchline. Notice the nifty power poles
on the right, and the great sense of distance on the left! HO modeling at its best!
Photo by Mike O'Brien.

Do black and white photos look more realistic? Is this really the 1950's? Yes, and yes.
Photo by Mike O'Brien.

Is that one hot blonde or what?
Did you even notice the FT demonstrator? She's the ancestor of the Santa Fe F-3.
Photo by Mike O'Brien at Taylor Yard.

An Espee "Economy Passenger Service" train with fine but spartan facilities poses in front of Glendale Station.
Train by Paul Smouse, photo by Mike O'Brien.

Glendale Station with a small "fantasy" passenger train.
Train by Paul Smouse, photo by Mike O'Brien.

Looks like both men and women have their own toilet facilities.
Train by Paul Smouse, photo by Mike O'Brien.

Mojave station on the Southern Pacific railroad.
Locos by Don Bergmann; photo by Scott Sackett.

Passenger trains at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal.
Santa Fe "Blue Goose" by Ed Sikora. Photo by Scott Sackett.

Click for an album of scenes around Burbank by Larry Kedes.
Above is the tower at Burbank Junction where the Coast Line veers off.

Click for an album of scenes around Saugus and Butte Street Yard by Larry Kedes.
In the view above we see the coast line at the top, below that the main line to San Fernando
on the through girder bridges, the main line coming into Saugus in the lower right,
and the Interurban branchline at the lower left. Kohl Iron Works is served by the Interurban line.

Click for an album of scenes around Mojave and Lancaster by Larry Kedes.
Above is the stinky stockyards at Lancaster.