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Here's a 1994 picture of the Southern Pacific in Spanish Fork, Utah. This train is in its namesake canyon alongside some beautiful autumn scenery. Spanish Fork Canyon is along U.S. Routes 6 and 89, about 60 road-miles(96 road-kilometers) south of Salt Lake City. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/405257/ Wendell Idaho, USA

Here's a picture of a Union Pacific inspection train in North Powder, Oregon. The train is in the midst of some beautiful autumn scenery with part of the Blue Mountains in the background. North Powder is about 280 miles(448 kilometers) east of Portland, Oregon and about 150 miles(240 kilometers) northwest of Boise, Idaho along the Interstate 84(I-84) freeway. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/302043/ Wendell Idaho, USA

Here's a beautiful picture of a Coaster commuter rail train in Del Mar, California. The train is running next to the Pacific Ocean during sunset. Del Mar is a wealthy beachfront suburb of San Diego. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/581325/ Wendell Idaho, USA

Here's a beautiful picture of a Norfolk Southern Railway train approaching Downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Lake Erie is in the background. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/341398/ Wendell Idaho, USA

Here's a beautiful sunset picture of the Union Pacific in Shoshone, Idaho. Shoshone is 116 miles(185.6 kilometers) southeast of Boise via the Interstate 84(I-84) freeway and U.S. Route 26(US-26). https://www.railpictures.net/photo/159363/ Wendell Idaho, USA

Here's a picture of a eastbound Union Pacific train in King Hill, Idaho. The train is running over the Interstate 84(I-84) freeway in the high desert. King Hill is about 75 miles(120 kilometers) southeast of Boise. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/702104/ Wendell Idaho, USA

Here's two pictures of a train in Puyallup, Washington with Mount Rainier in the background. The first picture is a Amtrak Cascades train. The second picture is Sound Transit's Sounder commuter train. Puyallup is a suburb of Seattle. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/267127/ https://www.railpictures.net/photo/668735/ Wendell Idaho, USA

Here's a picture of Alaska Railroad's Hurricane Turn train crossing the Hurricane Gulch Bridge between Anchorage and Fairbanks. The fall scenery in this picture is spectacular! https://www.railpictures.net/photo/589930/ Wendell Idaho, USA

Here's a picture of a Alaska Railroad passenger train in Willow, Alaska. This special ski train is moving southbound to Anchorage. Willow is about 72 road-miles(115.2 road-kilometers) north of Anchorage via Alaska Routes 1 and 3(Glenn and Parks Highways, respectively). The snow-covered Denali is in the background of this picture. At 20,310 feet(6,190.488 meters) above sea level, Denali is the tallest mountain summit in the entire North American continent. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/610152/ Wendell Idaho, USA

Here's a picture of a Union Pacific train running underneath the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Tacoma, Washington. This twin suspension bridge complex carries Washington State Route 16(SR-16 or WA-16) for automobiles. Tacoma is about 32 miles(51.2 kilometers) south of Seattle via the Interstate 5(I-5) freeway. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/331393/ Wendell Idaho, USA

Here's three pictures of a train crossing Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint, Idaho. In the first two pictures, the BNSF Railway is crossing the lake. In the third picture, Amtrak's Empire Builder is running the show. Sandpoint is about 85 road-miles(136 road-kilometers) northeast of Spokane, Washington via the Interstate 90(I-90) freeway and U.S. Route 95(US-95). https://www.railpictures.net/photo/504248/ https://www.railpictures.net/photo/509813/ https://www.railpictures.net/photo/542284/ Wendell Idaho, USA

Here's a couple of pictures of a reddish rock mesa in Mesita, New Mexico. The first picture features Amtrak's Southwest Chief. The second picture features the BNSF Railway. Mesita is about 44 miles(70.4 kilometers) west of Albuquerque via the Interstate 40(I-40; formerly U.S. Route 66) freeway. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/631134/ https://www.railpictures.net/photo/589456/ Wendell Idaho, USA

Nine thousand UK pounds amounts to 11,254.5 U.S. dollars! Wendell Idaho, USA

Here's a picture of the Jupiter(Central Pacific) and 119(Union Pacific) locomotives that LGB is selling to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike. The locomotives are in G scale. Wendell Idaho, USA

Here's some of the locomotives Kato is selling in HO and N scale. I had talked to one of the representatives of Kato that came all the way from their main headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. Wendell Idaho, USA

Here's more pictures of the N scale Free-mo club. Wendell Idaho, USA

Here's some pictures of the HO scale Free-mo club from various parts of the Western United States. Wendell Idaho, USA

Ian, I have been to Junction City, Oregon before. It's a nice bedroom community near Eugene(the home of the University of Oregon). Wendell Idaho, USA

Ian, I have ridden the S-Line streetcar before. Utah Transit Authority(UTA) is planning on extending the streetcar line soon. Wendell Idaho, USA

Here are some pictures of the Union Pacific in Biggs Junction, Oregon. I took some pictures at this location while heading to Portland about three days ago. Biggs Junction is next to the Columbia River; about 100 miles(160 kilometers) east of Portland via the Interstate 84(I-84) freeway at the U.S. Highway 97 junction. Wendell Idaho, USA

Here's some pictures of the San Francisco Bay Area Z Scale Club. They had built two layouts which are the largest Z scale layouts I've ever seen. Wendell Idaho, USA

Here's three pictures of a layout from the Caldwell, Idaho model railroad club(suburban Boise). Wendell Idaho, USA

Here are pictures of some pizza box sized layouts that many of the children built in the Salt Lake City area. The Northern Utah Division of the NMRA helps many children build a N scale micro layout. Wendell Idaho, USA

Paul, very true especially with the T-Track modules. I am not a fan of the Timesaver layout, but I am surprised that I didn't see any of those kind of layouts at this show. Wendell Idaho, USA

Here are some pictures of a miniature TT scale switching layout in a guitar case. This layout is about 36 inches(91.44 centimeters) long and about 18 inches(45.72 centimeters) at its widest point. The person that created this layout is originally from Romania but has lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for about 20 years. This is the only small switching layout that I saw at the show! WHY?!? Wendell Idaho, USA