JNS Forum World Tour 2018 - Travels

[maihama eki]

Then, it was time for KoMu-san to head back to the Colorado Springs JR Freight container yard to get loaded for his trip east.

 

I will send KoMu-san along tomorrow or Tuesday.

Edited August 20, 2018 by maihama eki

[JR 500系]

Haha I enjoyed my virtual trip as much as Kumo-san enjoyed his physical one!  🙂

[cteno4]

Beep beep beep

[Pauljag900]

5 hours ago, maihama eki said:

KoMu-san and I went sightseeing around Colorado Springs today.  It was a little cool, cloudy, and windy, but we were on a mission.

 

The first stop was Garden of the Gods.  KoMu-san in focus, the scenery - not so much.

Another stop in Garden of the Gods.  Pikes Peak in the background among the clouds.

KoMu-san wanted to see one of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway steam locomotives on display in the park in Manitou Springs.

Next stop - The North Pole - not as far from Colorado Springs as you would think.  KoMu-san is barely visible below the F in FOR.

There, we went train-spotting.  KoMu-san was nearly taken out by the cow catcher in his enthusiasm to get extra close.

Then, back down the hill to the remnants of the 1887 Colorado Midland roundhouse.  There is a brewery out of picture to the left.

Finally, we stopped downtown to see the commemorative display to Colorado Springs' sister city in Japan, Fujiyoshida.  KoMu-san is barely visible here too.

 

 

Good effort there buddy,no big deal if we can t see it properly,we know it’s there👍👍😀

[mry1210]

That was a great tour and wonderful photos!!!

[Pauljag900]

 

Update of world tour travels so far.

i ll update it every five stops or so.👍😀

[mry1210]

KoMu-San was delivered to the DNH shops of the R&C, but the weren’t entirely sure why. 

 

 

[mry1210]

I’ll need to downsize the photos

[mry1210]

unload?

[mry1210]

Next riding on to Steeltown N Scalers 

[mry1210]

Along for the ride here too...

 

Thanks to nah00 for providing some power and time for the photos. 

[mry1210]

Kumo-san departs Pittsburgh. 

[gavino200]

After chugging across the country the tour car finally makes it's way to Omaha.

 

 

It passed by a lot of cornfields on the way.

 

 

 

Here it is reaching the city limits.

 

 

 

Stops to meet some of the locals

 

 

 

 

 

[gavino200]

At last, the car reaches Layoutland. 

 

 

A news crew shows up for the unloading. Unfortunately it looks like the camera man got squished by a forklift!

 

 

 

The Tomytec truck collection gets opened, to provide suitable transport.

 

 

And off we go, taking the train goodies into town.

 

 

Finally, the model train goodies make it to the retail store. The n-scale peeps can now buy their own n-scale trains 🙂

 

Edited November 4, 2018 by gavino200

[cteno4]

Gavin, glad to see the local kansai tv crew was out there to catch the car hitting the layout!

 

jeff

[Pauljag900]

Nice pics Gavin,well done buddy👍😀

with the American leg of the tour complete here s an updated video of its travels so far.

Next stop Europe!! 👍😀

 

[JR 500系]

Wow it looks amazing so far! Thank you Paul for editing that wonderful video!  🙂

 

[kvp]

The car has arrived to Hungary! Here is a quick check of the box:

  

  

  

  

 

[kvp]

And a few laps on my temporary home layout, the photos were taken at Chuo dori station on the ttrak Inaka line:

  

Next stop: the HJMTC club layout...

 

Edited November 29, 2018 by kvp

[maihama eki]

5 hours ago, kvp said:

The car has arrived to Hungary! Here is a quick check of the box:

  

  

Outstanding! 

We were in Budapest in September.  Beautiful city!  

 

 

[kvp]

KoMu san went from Pest to Buda and has arrived in the club house:

 

 

The pictures were taken on the hungarian fremo modular layout.

[Coromant]

Hi All!

 

Some pictures from the T-trak and Shin-Kawasaki, unfortunately, i haven't got cars or engine with arnold coupler, so just alone:

 

Best regards,

Coromant

[IST]

Sorry for the late post, my life is a little bit messy nowadays.

After kvp and before Coromant, KoMu san visited me also, so I gave him the chance to run a few round on my T-trak modules:

 

 

 

 

I brought him to the Margaret-Island here in Budapest, so we could visit there the small Japanese garden:

 

 

KoMu san allowed to have a picture about us together in the winter and cold, but at least sunny weather:

 

 

Thank you for the opportunity and really sorry for the late post!

Edited January 26, 2019 by IST

[Suica]

The world tour car made it to Berlin and met an old icon of international rail transport.