Look what I am missing!

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Look what I am missing!

Postby bob turner » Sat Mar 07, 2026 9:02 pm

My friends all converged on the South Bay for the newly moved OSW. I really should be there; my excuse for the last decade has been that driving Memorial Day weekend was simply not my plan. But alas - I am missing it again.

SWRR and Maroon made it, among of course many of my other friends - and SW has authorized me to move a few photos, courtesy of his host OGR.
So, here is just some of the flavor of OSW, from his perspective. I would include more, but these are the photos I can get to without loading them into Shutterfly:

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Re: Look what I am missing!

Postby bob turner » Sat Mar 07, 2026 9:08 pm

There are more - I will wait for you to savor the above, then I will do three more.
I have also photos of a Lobaugh Challenger at OSW which I could post, but you have seen lots of Lobaugh Challengers - and I have captured photos of that nice Erie Berk that was for sale in Atlanta for $900 and now on eBay for about $1650 (nice profit for simply carrying it from Atlanta to Kentucky). But I do not have authority to post them.

The above photos do capture the Owens Valley, but I thought at first that they better capture the terrain along the eastern slopes of the SD&AE railway, where the little narrow gauge used to feed gypsum to Plaster City.

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Re: Look what I am missing!

Postby SWrailroader » Sat Mar 07, 2026 9:43 pm

Bob,
Thanks for posting the pics. It was a very good show IMO. I picked up about 20 pantographs for a song. There was gentleman giving away tons of scratch building balsa and bass wood. I think that there was really nice stuff to buy. The Owens alley layout was especially interesting to me.
Rob

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Re: Look what I am missing!

Postby Pacific Limited » Sat Mar 07, 2026 11:16 pm

Wonderful modules! Awesome
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Re: Look what I am missing!

Postby up148 » Sun Mar 08, 2026 9:09 am

That looks fantastic. The way the builder incorporated the background and the foreground is very convincing. Tons of interesting modeling in a small area.

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Re: Look what I am missing!

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun Mar 08, 2026 9:10 am

SWrailroader wrote:I picked up about 20 pantographs for a song. There was gentleman giving away tons of scratch building balsa and bass wood.


Envious!
Just remember: what horses consider play, monkeys consider business, but to Tom it’s all foolery.

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Re: Look what I am missing!

Postby SWrailroader » Sun Mar 08, 2026 4:51 pm


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Re: Look what I am missing!

Postby bob turner » Sun Mar 08, 2026 7:31 pm

Here is one with a locomotive in the distance:

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Try again:
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Re: Look what I am missing!

Postby Pacific Limited » Mon Mar 09, 2026 9:35 am

Someday I’d like to see OSW
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Re: Look what I am missing!

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Mar 09, 2026 2:40 pm

Pacific Limited wrote:Someday I’d like to see OSW


As would I, and I'd like to get back to Chicago again, but both are highly unlikely. It's a good day when I can get to the grocery & the PO.
Just remember: what horses consider play, monkeys consider business, but to Tom it’s all foolery.

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Re: Look what I am missing!

Postby 86TA355SR » Mon Mar 09, 2026 5:19 pm

Any pictures of the rest of the show? Model contest?

How was the new venue? Attendance?

Thanks,

Aaron


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