Railfanning the BarnBQ Free-mo Setup
September 1-3, 2012
The layout at the 2012 BarnBQ may be the smallest fully functional Free-mo layout
in the world. The photos here are taken as a train fan might have taken them.
While only Santa Fe trains are shown here, the layout also saw trains of the
Southern Pacific, Burlington Northern, Spokane, Portland and Seattle and Canadian Pacific.
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| The Layout | |||
 The barn in Aptos, CA |
 The layout plan |
 The layout from Mojave Yard |
 The layout from Shandin Loop |
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High-Level El Capitan A 1960s El Capitan running as a separate section of the Super Chief/El Capitan |
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 Leaving Mojave Yard |
 Entering Lambert |
 Approaching Shandin |
 Leaving Shandin Junction |
 Red signals |
 Continuing around the loop |
 Approaching Shandin station |
 Passing Shandin station |
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Super Chief A 1950s Super Chief |
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 Mojave Yard and Lambert |
 Shandin Station |
 MSS demo: Clear blocks ahead |
 MSS demo: Block now occupied |
 Regal River |
 Through Shandin Junction |
 Shandin and Lambert |
 Heading to Mojave Yard |
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Early 1960s freight Led by a quartet of GP-30s |
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 Leaving Mojave Yard |
 Passing Shandin Junction |
 Approaching Shandin station |
 Entering Mojave Yard |
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A 1940s era peddler
freight Led by ATSF 3187, a 2-8-2 |
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 Caboose hop on the cutoff |
 Returning with some reefers |
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| M-181, Shandin views | |||
 M-181 and baggage car |
 Toward Shandin Junction |
 Shandin office |
 C&J Smith packing house |
| Miscellaneous views | |||
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