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Patrick Martin has modeled the entire American Freedom Train in HO scale. The work is all his own work; while most folks get a hand with one or two cars, this is all Patrick. Patrick quietly debuted the model at Trainfest in Milwaukee November 8 & 9, 2008 -- quite a ways from his Illinois home. It wasn't more than a couple days before a YouTube video showed up featuring his model -- and news about it spread fast. Here are some photos of his work and some notes on his approach... |
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The promo car Splendid Spirit. An Athern heavyweight observation car. |
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Splendid
Spirit.
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Splendid
Spirit and AFT 205
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Splendid
Spirit with Tomar drumhead kit and Accuen decals.
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Running
the circuit
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Making
the rounds
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The
end.
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A
little help from the Chessie -- and a gondola for extra coal.
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Stretching
out the Arlington Heights
Society of Model Engineers' permanent layout. |
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Almost
to much to fit!
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Heading
to Columbus, Splendid Spirit in tow.
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The
Splendid Spirit observation car really did travel with the AFT for
a few days in Ohio.
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