The Oak Park Society of Model Engineers H.O Scale model railroad club. Oak Park Illinois. May 2010.

The Oak Park Society of Model Engineers H.O Scale model railroad club. Oak Park Illinois. May 2010.
Originally uploaded by Eddie from Chicago

Although I was born too late to actually witness day to day freight and passenger trains powered by steam locomotives here in the greater Chicagoland area, there are a number of model railroad clubs in the area that help to satisfy the curiosity of it all in miniature.

I photographed this H.O Scale Bachman Spectrum series U.S.R.A
(United States Railway Administration -World War 1 era) light 2-10-2 steam locomotive pulling a lenghty freight train on the Oak Park Society of Model Engineers H.O layout this past May.

The reall ones must have been something else to see when they were starting up a heavy drag freight under load conditions.