Spring 2026 open house

[Matt_Hutson]

Hi guys,
My wife and I hosted an open house on my outdoor railroad yesterday. On Friday morning we had 4" of fresh snow, but Saturday was sunny and perfect. Below are a few pics from the event.

A USA Trains Big Boy came by to avail itself of 24’ diameter curves:

Corrupting the next generation:

Another view of the Big Boy:

An LGB mogul with a couple of Delton coaches:

My passenger train rolls past Mount Antero:

A final shot of the Big Boy and its train. My friend says he has hauled 100 cars with this beast:

Cheers,
Matt

[John_Bouck]

Beautiful!
What model is the Rio Grande loco?

[Matt_Hutson]

Thanks John. That locomotive is an Aristo consolidation. It looked like this before I began whacking on it:

Cheers,
Matt

[John_Bouck]

I had one of those years ago. I didn’t like all the daylight under the boiler.
I was trying to figure out how to lower it, or block the view, but a friend convinced me trade it to him for
another loco.

[Matt_Hutson]

Here’s one more Big Boy pic from Saturday:

[Rooster]

@Matt_Hutson

A final shot of the Big Boy and its train. My friend says he has hauled 100 cars with this beast:

You should make it happen as you have the perfect railroad for it!

[Eric_Mueller]

Matt,

It is so easy to forget that these pictures come from a MODEL railroad! Gorgeous!

Eric

[Matt_Hutson]

Thanks Rooster! I’d love to. I have no idea how many pieces of standard gauge rolling stock I have, but it’s nowhere near 100, or even 50. Sigh!

Thank you Eric! My railroad was built to take advantage of the spectacular natural backdrop.

Cheers,
Matt