Real Small World (AKA Model Railroading)

Raymond Palleschi · Mar 21, 2005

The following photos are of Harvey Robinsons' HO Guage Essex and Lakeside Model Railroad. Harvey has been building his model railroad for over 40 years and is virtually complete (a rarity in model railroads). Harvey and our model railroad group, the Broken & Mangled Operators operate the railroad like the real thing, with schedules, dispatching and freight service! It even runs on time occaisionally!

Passengers waiting for the morning commuter train at Cedar Springs Station:

Cedar Springs Tower and switcher engine waiting for the next work assignment:

Evening passenger train waiting for departure from Glen Valley:

Essex Yard ready for action:

Here the Essex Switcher has gone into the yardmasters office for more work orders:

Downtown Lakeside:

All photos E300, f22 @ 10-25 sec., raw, processed in Raw Shooter Essentials.

Enjoy!

Ray P.
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Terri French · Mar 21, 2005

I'm surprised no one has commented yet. Everyone must be asleep. These are really great. I can't believe he has been working on this for 40 years. What a labor of love!!! Your pictures are just great. I love the way you made it seem like you were there photographing in real life.

Thank you for sharing these.

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4-8-4-Northern · Mar 22, 2005

Nice photos. Thanks for sharing them with us.

One of these days I'm gonna build me a great layout too. Trouble is that I can't afford to have TWO expensive hobbies - photography AND model railroading!

Marvin Thomas · Mar 22, 2005

will give us a sense of the scale of this project? Do you have a wide-angle or a pano shot showing the whole setup? But then, not being able to see the whole thing made me feel immersed in the town and switchyard. I noticed that some of the cars looked dusty....like mine, adding to the realism. Great job by the builder AND the photographer.

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Alekko · Mar 22, 2005

This is very impressive, both the 40-year project and your pictures.

I can’t imagine time, patience and love that was built into this. I’m amazed.

I like the way you shot those images. It really feels that I’m standing there. Your pictures brought his work to another dimension. Excellent work. The only thing is that I would sharpen them little more (and this is only my personal opinion).

Great stuff,
Alex.

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Pete47365 · Mar 22, 2005

Almost real - a great set of captures with an interesting bio - nice job,Raymond. Best.

Pete

Bob Myers1 · Mar 22, 2005

Raymond Palleschi said:
The following photos are of Harvey Robinsons' HO Guage Essex and
Lakeside Model Railroad. Harvey has been building his model
railroad for over 40 years and is virtually complete (a rarity in
model railroads). Harvey and our model railroad group, the Broken
& Mangled Operators operate the railroad like the real thing, with
schedules, dispatching and freight service! It even runs on time
occaisionally!

Passengers waiting for the morning commuter train at Cedar Springs
Station:

Cedar Springs Tower and switcher engine waiting for the next work
assignment:

Evening passenger train waiting for departure from Glen Valley:

Essex Yard ready for action:

Here the Essex Switcher has gone into the yardmasters office for
more work orders:

Downtown Lakeside:

All photos E300, f22 @ 10-25 sec., raw, processed in Raw Shooter
Essentials.

Enjoy!

Ray P.
E300 and C4040z

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AJohn · Mar 22, 2005

What a very cool subject to shoot and I love the way you did it too. Great angles. The perspective you chose makes it look just like real life. I really enjoyed these. Excellent job Ray.

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Wayne N. · Mar 22, 2005

You nailed those images! Very nice - I greatly enjoyed the "little" visit!

Cheers,

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dwit1 · Mar 22, 2005

I really enjoyed that series...great photo's of a great set-up.

Question; It all seems very realistic has there ever been a strike???

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Canadian Club · Mar 22, 2005

How true that most modeler's never finish a layout. I had a couple and was always doing something with it.

Great shots.

CC

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Raymond Palleschi · Mar 23, 2005

Thanks for all the compliments, Harvey has done an amazing job with his modeling, he's particularly good at details and scenes. Here's a shot of Harvey and it gives some Idea of the size of his layout. This one shows only about 1/4 to 1/3 of the full layout. Harvey is on the right.

Ray P.
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