Great Northern Layout Index  |  Introduction  |  Information  |  Diagrams  |  Stairs  |  Room 1  |  Room 2  |  Trains 1  |  Trains 2  |  Trains 3  |  Trains 4  |  Trains 5  |  Trains 6  |  Stage 1  |  Stage 2  |  Belton  |  Columbia Falls  |  Essex 1  |  Essex 2  |  Glacier Park  |  Shelby 1  |  Shelby 2  |  Summit  |  Whitefish 1  |  Whitefish 2  |  Crew 1  |  Crew 2
 

Great Northern Layout.
Great Northern Railway - Kalispell Division.
Trains 5.
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Train Orders
for GREAT Circus Trains
XCW "Extra Circus West"
and XCE "Extra Circus East".
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Westward view of Belton on lower level
below Shelby on upper level
during tourist season.

Shelby yardmaster Ted Lewtas works at left.

GREAT circusmaster and road engineer
Jim Bartuski at throttle
of class S-1 4-8-4 front steam locomotive
and class M-2 2-6-8-0 rear steam locomotive
watches Second Class GREAT Circus Train
XCW "Extra Circus West" with 17 cars
passing Belton depot en route to Whitefish yard.

Train XCW GN 2554 class S-1
Baldwin "Northern" 4-8-4
passenger and high speed freight
oil burning steam locomotive
has Belpaire fire box,
front mounted dual air pumps
and Glacier Park paint scheme.

Train XCW GN 1974 class M-2
Baldwin/GN "articulated" 2-6-8-0 freight
oil burning steam locomotive
has Belpaire fire box,
side mounted dual air pumps
and Glacier Park paint scheme.

Train XCW car types front to back
1 elephant, 2 horse, 10 flat, 1 sleeper,
1 diner, 1 observation and 1 GN caboose.

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for my GREAT Circus Train Web Site.
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Car Waybills
for GREAT Circus Trains
XCW "Extra Circus West"
and XCE "Extra Circus East".
GREAT Circus Train