As per my previous post, we decided to visit the Ophir, Tintic and Western annual Train Show at Thanksgiving Point this weekend to enjoy the model railroads that many clubs and individuals put together. So, I would like to display some of the pictures I took. There were a lot of creative, beautiful and interesting railroads on display.
I will organize my pictures by scale so that they are kept together. For those that are not familiar with the different scales used in model railroading, please refer to this document.
HO Scale
This is by far the most popular scale, and the one my dad built.
All aboard the Hogwarts Express!
Welcome to Hogwarts – I thought this one was very well made 
Here’s the Weasley’s car in the Whomping Willow even:
Thomas going past the North Pole
This time through the desert
Let’s get to some realism. A 15 rail switching yard:
A quaint rail village:
And some lovely cliffs:
N scale
This is the second most popular and slightly smaller than the previous models. Arches:
A tribute to St. George:
A really cool module with tracks criss-crossing:
An end module with a loop. One cool thing about N scale, is that you can fit more scenery in the same space:
Some modelers like to theme their modules. For example, military tribute:
Or even Star Wars:
Z scale
This is an ever tinier scale. There was one module at the show displaying the small scale (though not the smallest. Check out some T scale videos on Youtube). This one was cool, and for lack of a better word, cute:
Larger Scales
There were also some S scale and G scale trains:
This one was way cool because the Steam Engine made little puffs of smoke as it drove along.
The following were courtesy of the Utah Garden Railway Society. Too big for my blood, but fun nonetheless.
And last but not least,
LEGO trains
These definitely brought back my childhood. Everything on display in these last few pictures is made out of LEGO bricks.
