2009 August San Bernardino Free-mo Set-Up Photo Gallery by intermodal at pbase.com

2009 August San Bernardino Free-mo Set-Up

Multi-group Free-mo set-up at the Santa Fe San Bernardino Depot on Saturday and Sunday, August 1-2, 2009. The Depot is adjacent to BNSF's transcontinental mainline. The event was hosted by the San Bernardino History & Railroad Museum located inside the Depot.

Contributing modules to this set-up were Free-mo Los Angeles, Free-mo San Luis Obispo, Northern California Free-mo, SouthWest Free-mo (New Mexico) and Wasatch Free-mo (Utah). Run Chief for this set-up was Chris Palomarez. Free-mo standards: http://www.free-mo.org

ExactRail used this set-up to unveil its new HO scale AutoFlood II coal hopper: http://www.exactrail.com

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All text and photos by Brian Kreimendahl unless otherwise indicated. All corrections and further people and equipment identification welcomed.

For more images of this set-up please visit Robbie Forsstrom's gallery: http://www.pbase.com/mrmrl/san_bernardino_2009

Greetings from San Bernardino	Santa Fe San Bernardino Depot.	Santa Fe San Bernardino Depot.	2009 San Bernardino Free-mo layout plan drawn by Chris Palomarez.
Layout tour: Northeast to Southwest view.	Layout tour: Northwest to Southeast view.	Layout tour: Southeast to Northwest view.	Layout tour: Southwest to Northeast view.
Layout tour: West to East view.	Layout tour: East to West view.	Railfanning at the Depot.	Blain Hadfield (left) unloads new HO scale ExactRail AutoFlood IIs as Sterling Moore looks on. http://www.exactrail.com
ExactRail HO scale AutoFlood IIs at Sterling Moore's flood loader.	ExactRail HO scale AutoFlood II.	ExactRail HO scale AutoFlood II.	ExactRail HO scale AutoFlood II interior detail.
Bottom view of ExactRail's HO scale AutoFlood II.	Dave Hussey of Cannon & Co. checks out a string of the new ExactRail AutoFlood IIs. http://www.cannonandco.net	Craig Martyn of BLMA Models eyeballing the new AutoFlood IIs. http://www.blmamodels.com	Unit train of BNSF AutoFlood IIs pulled by Robbie "Mr. MRL" Forsstrom's power lash-up.
ExactRail's Blaine Hadfield shows off the AutoFlood II CSX paint scheme.	Dave Hussey (left) prepares to turn his Nikon loose on the new ExactRail AutoFlood IIs as Blaine Hadfield of ExactRail looks on.	Chris Palomarez (left) and Dan Risdon handling layout ops.	Gary Green at work inside his Shandin loop.
BNSF through Whitehorse.	Per Harwe builds a train.	Mike Nelson's UP power running light.	Barry Draper watches classic Santa Fe action.
Cotton Belt power at Kevin Hughes' Thoreau module set.	Jere Ingram works on the layout and chats with visitors.	Southern Pacific action at Mojave Yard.	Donnell Wells (left) and Sterling Moore hanging out at Mojave Yard.
Dan Risdon's autorack train on the move.	Bud Rogers engrossed in layout ops.	Donnell Well's Amtrak F40PHs	Dan Risdon's California Dairies module.
Dan Risdon's California Dairies module.	Chris Palomarez zens an SP manifest.	Mojave Yard	Tim Runnel holds a wire armature that he will use to model an oak tree.
Gary Green's Santa Fe Fs.	Kevin Hughes (left) and Robbie Forsstrom enjoy the Depot set-up.	The Southwest Chief makes an appearance.	Joe D'Elia of A-Line/Proto Power West in the Depot. http://ppw-aline.com
Blaine Hadfield's UP intermodal train.	Union Pacific manifest.	Busy Yard.	Paul Federiconi of Details West says, "Paisanos, I'm having a blast!" http://www.detailswest.com
Sterling Moore's Rio Grande Railblazer.	Gary Green (left) and Jim Lancaster talk trains.	Dan Risdon works his Canon rig.	Steve Kelly looking over the Free-mo modules.
SP around the curve.	Mike Nelson of Wasatch Free-mo wishes everyone safe travels and happy modeling. See you next year.

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