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Recently I attended a swap meet and train show in the old Northern Pacific depot in Livingston, MT.
I had no idea that there was a model railroad club there. They have an outstanding layout with some excellent scenery. It occupies three rooms in the basement of the depot where the have a large HO layout, plus an O and an N scale layout.
One part of the layout that really impressed my was the recreation of the Northern Pacific station in Gardiner, MT which the NP operated into the mid 50's. The people who built this particular part of the layout researched the old station using photos fro the Museum of the Rockies and set the period in the 30's.
I didn't go into the the Museum of the Rockies photo archives, but do have this old post card showing the station.
Here is a photo of the scratchbuilt station on the Livingston's club layout.
Using old photos of the area, many buildings were scratch built and the area around the loop where the station was was recreated as well as the locomotive thet the Northern Pacific used for the train which brought passengers from the depot in Livingston down to Gardiner which is the north entrance to Yellowstone Park.
Here are some more photos of the area around the depot. Most all of the structures were scratch built from photos of that area. A school is now in that area but a few of the structures still exist.
Here's a short video of a train pulling into the station. When th train first enters this par of the layout, I noticed a recreation of what is called the Devil's Slide, the two brown areas down the side of the mountain. These are easily seen when driving from Livingston to Gardiner along US-89.
[video=youtube;w3yQ6FA2Bvk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3yQ6FA2Bvk[/video]
I'll add to this post later. I have a few video's, but only one can be pot on a post at a time.
I had no idea that there was a model railroad club there. They have an outstanding layout with some excellent scenery. It occupies three rooms in the basement of the depot where the have a large HO layout, plus an O and an N scale layout.
One part of the layout that really impressed my was the recreation of the Northern Pacific station in Gardiner, MT which the NP operated into the mid 50's. The people who built this particular part of the layout researched the old station using photos fro the Museum of the Rockies and set the period in the 30's.
I didn't go into the the Museum of the Rockies photo archives, but do have this old post card showing the station.
Here is a photo of the scratchbuilt station on the Livingston's club layout.
Using old photos of the area, many buildings were scratch built and the area around the loop where the station was was recreated as well as the locomotive thet the Northern Pacific used for the train which brought passengers from the depot in Livingston down to Gardiner which is the north entrance to Yellowstone Park.
Here are some more photos of the area around the depot. Most all of the structures were scratch built from photos of that area. A school is now in that area but a few of the structures still exist.
Here's a short video of a train pulling into the station. When th train first enters this par of the layout, I noticed a recreation of what is called the Devil's Slide, the two brown areas down the side of the mountain. These are easily seen when driving from Livingston to Gardiner along US-89.
[video=youtube;w3yQ6FA2Bvk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3yQ6FA2Bvk[/video]
I'll add to this post later. I have a few video's, but only one can be pot on a post at a time.
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