Craig Smith

Calling Craig Smith a train hobbyist would be an understatement, as Smith has been a lifelong train enthusiast for both full-scale operable locomotives as well as model trains, and has a memorabilia collection to back him up. The piece de resistance of Smith's collection is an ongoing G Model project that is reimagined after an actual 11-mile railway in the Olympic Peninsula that stopped service in the 30s--- but Smith has put his own twist on it, with updates to reflect the end of the steam-diesel train era in the late 50s-60s. He is dedicated to structural details and even plans the towns around actual platted maps of the real-life locations, but allows his creativity to flow to morph it into what he wants.

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Thu., Sept. 2, 2021

Craig Smith dons a Burlington Northern commemorative T-shirt, a trainman hat and holds up a railroad lantern in the basement of his home in rural Spokane where he is building a model railway.

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Calling Craig Smith a train hobbyist would be an understatement, as Smith has been a lifelong train enthusiast for both full-scale operable locomotives as well as model trains, and has a memorabilia collection to back him up. The piece de resistance of Smith’s collection is an ongoing G scale model train project that is reimagined after an actual 11-mile railway in the Olympic Peninsula that stopped service in the 30s- – but Smith has put his own twist on it, with updates to reflect the end of the steam-diesel train era in the late 50s-60s. He is dedicated to structural details and even plans the towns around actual platted maps of the real-life locations, but allows his creativity to flow to morph it into what he wants.

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Right: Craig Smith has put his own twist on the 11-mile railway with updates to reflect the end of the steam-diesel train era in the late 1950s and 1960s.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo
Calling Craig Smith a train hobbyist would be an understatement, as Smith has been a lifelong train enthusiast for both full-scale operable locomotives as well as model trains, and has a memorabilia collection to back him up. The piece de resistance of Smith's collection is an ongoing G scale model train project that is reimagined after an actual 11-mile railway in the Olympic Peninsula that stopped service in the 30s--- but Smith has put his own twist on it, with updates to reflect the end of the steam-diesel train era in the late 50s-60s. He is dedicated to structural details and even plans the towns around actual platted maps of the real-life locations, but allows his creativity to flow to morph it into what he wants.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo
Calling Craig Smith a train hobbyist would be an understatement, as Smith has been a lifelong train enthusiast for both full-scale operable locomotives as well as model trains, and has a memorabilia collection to back him up. The piece de resistance of Smith's collection is an ongoing G scale model train project that is reimagined after an actual 11-mile railway in the Olympic Peninsula that stopped service in the 30s--- but Smith has put his own twist on it, with updates to reflect the end of the steam-diesel train era in the late 50s-60s. He is dedicated to structural details and even plans the towns around actual platted maps of the real-life locations, but allows his creativity to flow to morph it into what he wants.

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Vintage pins adorn a jacket among a sprawling collection of other train memorabilia owned by Craig Smith, as seen on Aug. 20, 2021 in his rural Spokane home. The piece de resistance of Smith's collection is an ongoing G Model project that is reimagined after an actual 11-mile railway in the Olympic Peninsula that stopped service in the 30s--- but Smith has put his own twist on it, with updates to reflect the end of the steam-diesel train era in the late 50s-60s. He is dedicated to structural details and even plans the towns around actual platted maps of the real-life locations, but allows his creativity to flow to morph it into what he wants.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-R
Calling Craig Smith a train hobbyist would be an understatement, as Smith has been a lifelong train enthusiast for both full-scale operable locomotives as well as model trains, and has a memorabilia collection to back him up. The piece de resistance of Smith's collection is an ongoing G scale model train project that is reimagined after an actual 11-mile railway in the Olympic Peninsula that stopped service in the 30s--- but Smith has put his own twist on it, with updates to reflect the end of the steam-diesel train era in the late 50s-60s. He is dedicated to structural details and even plans the towns around actual platted maps of the real-life locations, but allows his creativity to flow to morph it into what he wants.

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A sign for the Dishman Depot hangs on Craig Smith's wall among other train memorabilia on Aug. 20, 2021 in his rural Spokane home.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo
Calling Craig Smith a train hobbyist would be an understatement, as Smith has been a lifelong train enthusiast for both full-scale operable locomotives as well as model trains, and has a memorabilia collection to back him up. The piece de resistance of Smith's collection is an ongoing G scale model train project that is reimagined after an actual 11-mile railway in the Olympic Peninsula that stopped service in the 30s--- but Smith has put his own twist on it, with updates to reflect the end of the steam-diesel train era in the late 50s-60s. He is dedicated to structural details and even plans the towns around actual platted maps of the real-life locations, but allows his creativity to flow to morph it into what he wants.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo
Calling Craig Smith a train hobbyist would be an understatement, as Smith has been a lifelong train enthusiast for both full-scale operable locomotives as well as model trains, and has a memorabilia collection to back him up. The piece de resistance of Smith's collection is an ongoing G scale model train project that is reimagined after an actual 11-mile railway in the Olympic Peninsula that stopped service in the 30s--- but Smith has put his own twist on it, with updates to reflect the end of the steam-diesel train era in the late 50s-60s. He is dedicated to structural details and even plans the towns around actual platted maps of the real-life locations, but allows his creativity to flow to morph it into what he wants.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo
Calling Craig Smith a train hobbyist would be an understatement, as Smith has been a lifelong train enthusiast for both full-scale operable locomotives as well as model trains, and has a memorabilia collection to back him up. The piece de resistance of Smith's collection is an ongoing G scale model train project that is reimagined after an actual 11-mile railway in the Olympic Peninsula that stopped service in the 30s--- but Smith has put his own twist on it, with updates to reflect the end of the steam-diesel train era in the late 50s-60s. He is dedicated to structural details and even plans the towns around actual platted maps of the real-life locations, but allows his creativity to flow to morph it into what he wants.

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Craig Smith's work desk, where small trees are in progress, are seen among a sprawling collection of other train memorabilia owned by Smith, as seen on Aug. 20, 2021 in his rural Spokane home. The piece de resistance of Smith's collection is an ongoing G Model project that is reimagined after an actual 11-mile railway in the Olympic Peninsula that stopped service in the 30s--- but Smith has put his own twist on it, with updates to reflect the end of the steam-diesel train era in the late 50s-60s. He is dedicated to structural details and even plans the towns around actual platted maps of the real-life locations, but allows his creativity to flow to morph it into what he wants.

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Craig Smith shows his vintage dining car plates as part of his train memorabilia collection on Aug. 20, 2021 in his rural Spokane home. The piece de resistance of Smith's collection is an ongoing G Model project that is reimagined after an actual 11-mile railway in the Olympic Peninsula that stopped service in the 30s--- but Smith has put his own twist on it, with updates to reflect the end of the steam-diesel train era in the late 50s-60s. He is dedicated to structural details and even plans the towns around actual platted maps of the real-life locations, but allows his creativity to flow to morph it into what he wants.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo
Calling Craig Smith a train hobbyist would be an understatement, as Smith has been a lifelong train enthusiast for full-scale operable locomotives and model trains.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo