Jan 19, 2021 · Five men known as the Railroad Section Gang pose together on a handcar on railroad tracks. They traveled on handcars and repaired tracks. Standing second from left is John Barto, and third from left is Frank Organist. The other men are unidentified. There is a large building behind the group on the right. LEFT: The best way to envision what your finished model railroad empire might look like is to build a model of your model. This 1" to the foot diorama is a replica of the 1949 layout of the Thunderbird Model Railroad Club's HO scale layout in Phoenix, Arizona. Thanks to some careful "modular" bench work by Jim Kelley and the other members, the ...
Oh, and of course there will be all manner of other incredible oddities and events — the handcar races, contraptions galore, ladies and gents in all their finery, beer, wine, steampunk styles and food, glorious food. But you knew all that. So mark your calendar, and we’ll see you at Regatta. Sept. 25, 11am to 6pm in Santa Rosa’s Railroad ... Another railroad spur is located behind the "Packing Plant" for shipping the meat or other products into Reefer railroad cars or Box cars to markets across the country. Behind the Clock Tower is a whitewashed (reflects the suns heat) Ice House which supplied blocks of ice for the Reefer railroad cars off of an Icing Platform.