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J.P. Mikesh's Rockaway Valley Garden Railway - June 1998
Overview of G scale power and equipment.  Underview of passing train and "players"
-May 21, 2001
Train  EI EI OOO
with a pair of EL U-25B's for power cross over a bridge and starts to climb the towards Snake Hill tunnel.
Same train entering the South End curve now starting to climbing a 2.5%  grade to the tunnel.

An update of The Rockaway Valley Garden Railway on July 28th, 2002.
RS-3's have the road today and we follow them over the rails, into the yard  and through the tunnels.  Inspections are a vital part of the Rockaway Valley's preventive maintenance program.  A Shay sits in the siding waiting for it's turn to do the route.  U25B's now take over the rails.  The Lackawanna Terminal Management Team (LTMT) indulges in the gourmet food provided by the Rockaway Valley as the the Ladies Auxilary gets a lecture on railroading (or is he telling jokes again) from Bob Pennisi.

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Tim Phalon and Matt Klemchalk's Erie Railroad -
New York Division in HO scale - Feb. 20 1999
Tim's HO scale layout encompasses his entire basement and, very correctly, replicates
the Erie Railroad from Jersey City, NJ to Port Jervis, NY.

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Tim Phalon and Matt Klemchalk's Erie Railroad -
Alleghany Division in G scale - Feb 20, 1999

6/8/02
More pictures of Tim and Matt's G scale in bright sunshine, no rain and, of course, I wasn't there.  So Steve Kay furnished these spectacular pictures of this magnificent outdoor railroad.  An operating session took place, performed by the LTMT (Lackawanna Terminal Management Team), without the owner being on the premises.  A pair of Erie Lackawanna RS-3's drags a local freight while Erie Alco's FA's take the long haul train over this layout.

RS-3's leave the yard.  RS-3's round the curve. RS-3's traverse a rock cut.   RS-3's climb into the mountains.  RS-3's cross the river.  RS-3's take another curve.  RS-3's traverse an "S" curve.  And finally RS-3's, under the auspices of LTMT operator, pick a switch.  Erie Switcher with a caboose sit on the side waiting for higher class trains pass.  FA's pass the local freight.  And haul a long freight off down the line.

Here's the diagram of this spetacular outdoor layout.

  AGAIN - An operating session at the Erie Railroad - Alleghany Division on August 2, 2002.  The host of this session was Matt Klemchalk.  This is an extensive G Scale layout where the trains are battery powered and radio control directed.  This makes three and four train meets not uncommon and makes for great fun and confusion.  I was taken around the Alleghany Division and "qualified" on the entire route.  After running a few trains, I retired to taking pictures and following the action of the other train operators.  Here are pictures of the first class Erie Passenger Train as it makes it way around the Alleghany Division.

Erie #1 on one of the bridges, approaches Belmont, and clears Alfred.  As Erie #2 it has just past Wellsville.  This is the Hornell Yard, one terminus of the Alleghany Division and the other terminus is the Salamanca yard.
An RS-3 hauls some large box cars on the main.

More pictures in the camera.  Coming SOON!!!

Again, the EL business car rode the rails.
Before our train left Jersey City, we observed some of the switching action in one of the many freight yards.  Here our business and bar car (foreground) awaits at Jersey City for motive power to be assigned to our train.  An Erie passenger train arrives at Jersey City with an Erie PA1 in charge of what is to be our consist outbound.  And then we're off from Jersey City with two Erie E8A's in command, in a consist of an express baggage car, an R.P.O. and a coach while our inspection car brings up the rear of the train.
We first pass through Passaic on the mainline and move on to Paterson where we pass an MOW train on the side for our train.  Further up the main we pass a Norfolk Southern container train and move on westbound.  Our train appears under the bridge and we're looking over the Union Pacific hicube box car in the foreground.  Our train is now on the cliffs above Riverdale and run past a passenger station.    We finally arrive at our terminus yard, but we have a problem.  We have to get back to Jersey City for our next trip.  The yard master conjures up a steam double header of Pacifics for us and this combination takes our car back to the Jersey City terminal.