Fast Flying Virginian

Passenger Train - Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad ) (FFV)
Filmed this at Andy Schnur's HO scale C&O Layout in bay area
This short video is merely a teaser. If you have good broadband then go to the following link to
View good High Definition version which is longer (10 minute) and more involved.

Originally ran from Washington DC to Cincinnati. We set out Pullman at White Sulphur Springs & change Engines/pickup Diner in Hinton, West Virginia. Sound is in tender using Soundtraxx Tsunami decoders. (We know the bell is a bit loud).

John Provitz' N Scale layout

one of the most beautiful N scale layouts which lives in South San Francisco area.

From JohnProvitz_SP_BayArea

12 x 23 N Scale with SP & the State Belt RR along San Francisco's waterfront along walls. Central peninsula has NWP with Petaluma, Tiburon, & Healdsburg on one side and Eel River canyon on the other.

From JohnProvitz_SP_BayArea

Market Street has a cable car. The Ferry Building is busy receiving commuters from PCC's. The State Belt runs along Embarcadero & below Telegraph Hill & Coit Tower. 3rd & Townsend station receives the Daylight & Lark plus many commuters during the mid 1950's and early 60's. WP and AT&SF have limited trackage as well.

Link to photo album

Link to Video

WP heritage unit Youtube Test embed code

Test of better way of embedding youtube video I found from wherethehellismatt website.

This is regular youtube embed code:



This is embed with a change of code:

Just back from Sonora where I ran trains all weekend with freinds. Smoke better here. Hope we don't get more lightening.

Still only 1/2 mile visibility here due to wildfire smoke. Maybe next week but more lightening this weekend. Going south to get out of it.

Staying inside today mostly due to smokey outside.

Fire season here. Lightning strikes over weekend not only knocked out power for a while, but also caused almost 4,000 fires throughout Northern CA. Sunday was pleasantly warm and windy. Monday now is smoke filled. More like an August day, than June.




Feels quiet, subdued, almost eery outside.

Operating the Shasta Division

Got a chance to operate on Otis McGee's Shasta Division RR. 1952 era full steam, sound, etc. Signals working. Really a lot of fun.

Ran Extra West down the hill. then spent remainder of day running the Grass Lake turn from Klamath Falls to Dorris to Leaf and back.



CTC Panel is new but replica of original. tied in to CMRI signal boards and uses JMRI logic. Pretty cool.

More photos here

glad to be home tonight watching the US Open...and eating ice cream! Go Rocco!

in bay area for weekend to run trains, oh yeah, might eat some good food and sleep also...