{"id":23,"date":"2015-03-21T17:18:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-21T21:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/?p=23"},"modified":"2015-03-27T13:58:49","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T17:58:49","slug":"vermont-rails-train-show-st-albans-vt-03142015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2015\/03\/21\/vermont-rails-train-show-st-albans-vt-03142015\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermont Rails Train Show, St. Albans, VT, 03\/14\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last weekend Janna and I headed to the new location of the Vermont Rails Train Show: the Collins Perley Athletic Center in St. Albans, VT. Held on the skating rink of the facility, the train show benefits from its new location, which boasts some natural light, a smoother surface to walk on, wider aisles between tables and, very importantly, a shorter distance between accessible parking and the front door. [Now if only the front door had accessible buttons to open it.]<\/p>\n

To my disappointment, I did not meet Barb Pitfido, the goddess of Lego layouts. We did, however, see the greatest development ever<\/em> in the history of toy trains: a scratch-built working locomotive and rolling stock in 1:6 scale! Yes! Trains in the right size for my dolls!<\/p>\n

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The lovely model, of Canadian origin, came down from Maine for the show. Owner Jeremy Gay runs his ES44DC and rolling stock on the Washington County Railroad.<\/a> Located in Cherryfield, Maine, WCRR is a privately owned model railroad with a track gauge of 7.5″. Essentially, the trains are roughly 1:6 scale.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the main text on the poster: About the Locomotive Model: ES44DC Built in: Quebec City Canada Date: 2009 built by Reynald Proulx Took him 9 months to build in his basement from scratch. Power: 24 volts [12 volt batteries in the fuel tank] based from a wheel chair system Weight: 730 pounds Scale: 1:6 Gauge: 7.25″ or 7.50″<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Front view of the engine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And the other side of the engine…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A kid sits in the driver’s seat on the first car.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Three pieces of rolling stock behind the engine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A shot of some of the detailing. All labels are in scale and perfectly legible, but my focus didn’t want to shoot that close up. :p<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Of course, for doll nerds like me to get a true idea of the scale here, we need a doll in the picture! I’d estimate this figure at ~11″ high. Note even smaller scale version of the same train resting on the catwalk to the far left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Climbing up the stairs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Be sure to hold onto the railing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hanging out at the rear of the engine amongst all the beautiful details.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Little 1:6 scale staircase!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hmmm, what’s wrong with this picture???<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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How are you going to drive the train when the joystick is bigger than you are?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In talking to Jeremy, I discovered two pieces of information: 1) He and his train are returning for next year’s show. 2) He doesn’t mind if I bring figures next year and hang them all over the train. Watch for more cool pictures in 12 months!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last weekend Janna and I headed to the new location of the Vermont Rails Train Show: the Collins Perley Athletic Center in St. Albans, VT. Held on the skating rink of the facility, the train show benefits from its new location, which boasts some natural light, a smoother surface to walk on, wider aisles between… Continue reading Vermont Rails Train Show, St. Albans, VT, 03\/14\/2015<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[646],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-trains"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}