Daniel E. Markle's Blog

Picked up this O gauge 7up tanker car at the Great Scale Model Train Show this month.

Interesting that the number 1 (Coca Cola Co.) and number 3 (Dr. Pepper Snapple Group) beverage companies have many train cars available, but number 2 (Pepsi Co.) has none in recent production I am aware of.

Made this video in the layout room at the East Coast Large Scale Train Show this spring.



Also, took some pictures of the train show. The CN car in the diorama was my favorite static display. This Interstate locomotive led my favorite running train; as shown in the video the selection of cars reminded me of various trains I've enjoyed. These distinctive passenger cars in the live stream display intrigued me, if anyone knows what country they are modeled from, please let me know.

Video and photos were taken with my G1 phone, which did not turn out as nicely as I hoped. The halls were not as well lit as expected, which my phone is very sensitive to. Unfortunately I didn't have better equipment handy.

Perhaps the biggest plus of this show; I didn't buy anything. It was refreshing to just wander around a show enjoying the sights without being tempted to buy (although if I'm into G gauge by next year it may never happen again).