Weekend Photo Fun 3-6-20-??

Here's my lot of fun photos for this fine weekend.  Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!

A New Haven Railroad steam engine exits the tunnel, crosses onto the truss bridge, and proceeds into town behind the Idaho Hotel on Back Street – on my 10’-by-5’ layout.

MELGAR

A Northern Pacific Z-7 Challenger passing through on the S&Y RR

This week, I'm posting some new photos of an older part of my layout. We'll take a look at a westbound passenger train led by a K-4 Pacific heading for a stop at the town of Duncannon.

The train approaches Duncannon from the east as it passes View Tower and crosses over Sherman's Creek:

Here, we see the crowds during the very busy WWII year of 1944 gathering at the eastbound station platform:

The train has pulled in and the passengers are boarding the train on the westbound platform out of view to the left:

The train, now loaded, heads west towards Altoona and  Pittsburgh as it crosses the overpass carrying the mainline over US Routes 11 and 15:

Until next week, enjoy!

Working on rebuilding a PostWar freight car.....this pic was from last summer....

I found a source for parts at the WGH show in DC last month.....

$20.....I felt that was a good deal.....

Peter

Lightning Stripes at the 100 Anniversary Party at Grand Central Terminal....

A 2019 Christmas Layout memory

A bit more of the plateau central area.  Not much of a town but the people that live there have access to the #1 rated school in the county, a pharmacy, a gas station the Catholic Church, a TV/Radio building, a HoJo's, and the county airport.  Not bad for a small town.  And of course all of the local kids swim and play hoops at the one neighbor's place.

- walt

Chicago and North Western Geep just across Chicago Great Western diamond in Gladbrook, Iowa on the way to Beaman and Conrad to drop off empty grain hopper cars and pick up loaded one on the branch line. CGW Steelox Depot can be seen at right.

Crazy Chester and Jack his dog?

Great stuff this far, keep'em coming. Need some sunshine on this dreay day. 

PRRMiddleDivision posted:

This week, I'm posting some new photos of an older part of my layout. We'll take a look at a westbound passenger train led by a K-4 Pacific heading for a stop at the town of Duncannon.

The train approaches Duncannon from the east as it passes View Tower and crosses over Sherman's Creek:

 

Here, we see the crowds during the very busy WWII year of 1944 gathering at the station:

 

The train has pulled in and the passengers are boarding the train on the westbound platform out of view to the left:

 

The train, now loaded, heads west towards Altoona and  Pittsburgh as it crosses the overpass carrying the mainline over US Routes 11 and 15:

Until next week, enjoy!

 

 

 

Neal,

Was the overpass scratch built?

Dave

Happy Weekend.

luvindemtrains posted:

PRRMiddleDivision posted:

This week, I'm posting some new photos of an older part of my layout. We'll take a look at a westbound passenger train led by a K-4 Pacific heading for a stop at the town of Duncannon.

The train approaches Duncannon from the east as it passes View Tower and crosses over Sherman's Creek:

 

Here, we see the crowds during the very busy WWII year of 1944 gathering at the station:

 

The train has pulled in and the passengers are boarding the train on the westbound platform out of view to the left:

 

The train, now loaded, heads west towards Altoona and  Pittsburgh as it crosses the overpass carrying the mainline over US Routes 11 and 15:

Until next week, enjoy!

 

 

 

Neal,

Was the overpass scratch built?

Dave

Dave,

Yes it was. Here's a contemporary picture of the real thing and the model. For this image, I removed the autos for a better view. The road was put in sometime in the 1920's I believe, and was built out of concrete. Since then, it has been overlaid with asphalt as in the upper image. Presumably by the 1940's which I'm modeling in this area the road was still concrete, but would have had slabs replaced with new concrete and as well as asphalt patches. Clearance sign is typical of that used in the 1940's with the block lettering highway font. I also included the drainage inlets:

For reasons unknown to me , the picture was clear when I took it

PRRMiddleDivision posted:

This week, I'm posting some new photos of an older part of my layout. We'll take a look at a westbound passenger train led by a K-4 Pacific heading for a stop at the town of Duncannon.

The train approaches Duncannon from the east as it passes View Tower and crosses over Sherman's Creek:

 

Here, we see the crowds during the very busy WWII year of 1944 gathering at the eastbound station platform:

 

The train has pulled in and the passengers are boarding the train on the westbound platform out of view to the left:

 

The train, now loaded, heads west towards Altoona and  Pittsburgh as it crosses the overpass carrying the mainline over US Routes 11 and 15:

Until next week, enjoy!

 

 

 

Gorgeous

No cheatin on this car...

ratpak posted:

For reasons unknown to me , the picture was clear when I took it

 

The passenger cars must have had too much wine to drink, they are staggering!

Ron

PRRMiddleDivision posted:

luvindemtrains posted:

PRRMiddleDivision posted:

This week, I'm posting some new photos of an older part of my layout. We'll take a look at a westbound passenger train led by a K-4 Pacific heading for a stop at the town of Duncannon.

The train approaches Duncannon from the east as it passes View Tower and crosses over Sherman's Creek:

 

Here, we see the crowds during the very busy WWII year of 1944 gathering at the station:

 

The train has pulled in and the passengers are boarding the train on the westbound platform out of view to the left:

 

The train, now loaded, heads west towards Altoona and  Pittsburgh as it crosses the overpass carrying the mainline over US Routes 11 and 15:

Until next week, enjoy!

 

 

 

Neal,

Was the overpass scratch built?

Dave

Dave,

Yes it was. Here's a contemporary picture of the real thing and the model. For this image, I removed the autos for a better view. The road was put in sometime in the 1920's I believe, and was built out of concrete. Since then, it has been overlaid with asphalt as in the upper image. Presumably by the 1940's which I'm modeling in this area the road was still concrete, but would have had slabs replaced with new concrete and as well as asphalt patches. Clearance sign is typical of that used in the 1940's with the block lettering highway font. I also included the drainage inlets:

Wow Neal, I did a double take for the real picture. It almost looks like the one by me here in NJ. Is it not in NJ?

Dave,

No, this structure is at the northern end of the town of Duncannon, 15 miles or so up the Susquehanna from Harrisburg, PA. It carries the original US Routes 11/15 under the former PRR main line. The highway was rerouted onto an expressway to the west in the early 1960's.

Patrick, lots of fun at the lake, not so much in the yard or on the team track.

Last weeks last car…1813

Hope these photos look OK. Recovering from laser cataract flex lens implant and Glaucoma surgery right now. All is lookin better each day! As some may know, my left eye was done almost 5 years ago. DR. Ming Wang is the worlds finest.

20/20 again  

Back at it soon, can’t be near paints and powders.

            All good south of Nashville, thanks everyone for checking in with us.

Paul

PRRMiddleDivision posted:

Dave,

No, this structure is at the northern end of the town of Duncannon, 15 miles or so up the Susquehanna from Harrisburg, PA. It carries the original US Routes 11/15 under the former PRR main line. The highway was rerouted onto an expressway to the west in the early 1960's.

This I took last year of the bridge similar to the one you modeled. It's not a great picture, but it's what I took. This bridge is out on one of the back roads between Bowne(pronounced like down with a b) Station and Lambertville.

Who thought DCS was just for OScale? This is out on Boss Road, that's what the Boss is for. No clue what real world DCS is. I always thought that this was interesting but never snapped a picture until I went out this morning. 

Dispatcher controlled system. past this sign you need a track form from the dispatcher to occupy the track.

After many years and a couple of misses, I finally have my very own model of the NKP 765:

Starting with a brass Weaver model of the 759, and later adding an MTH 779 (the 765 fundraiser model) a few years later, I nevertheless still wanted to get a 765, as that is the superstar, the only running one, and the best-known one. And as of 3/7/20, I finally have a model of it.

Only wish the circumstances of this acquisition were happier. This one was owned by a close friend, Dennis Shore whom most only know by his voice on many MTH subway sets, who passed away this past Veterans Day. During a couple of sessions where me and another of his friends attempted to sort out his sizable collection and figure out a scheme to start inventorying it, I got his layout operating (had to place a fair bit of stuff on track and move them around in trains in order to clear room to sit). One of the trains on the layout was headed by his MTH NKP 765. Making a show as I powered it up for the first time in almost a-year, I was struck by how impressive it sounded with four chuffs per driver revolution (which was odd, since Dennis liked setting his steamers to two chuffs so they didn't run together at high speeds).

During the first session, I indicated that while my ability to absorb any part of anyone's collection was severely limited (space constraints), I would like to acquire at least that particular locomotive, showing off a video of the real 765 thundering through a crossing hauling 17 coaches at 70+ mph. At the second visit, I made his wife an offer, which was accepted, and although we couldn't locate its box, I nevertheless got this unit (and three RoadRailers visible in the background) home safe and sound...in my backpack...riding city buses for 90 minutes, wrapped in T-shirts and seated atop a thick layer of bubble wrap. While almost nothing that enters my collection ever leaves it (I jokingly refer to it as the "Roach Motel"). this particular unit has an ironclad guarantee that it's not leaving my possession until my own collection must be dispersed, which hopefully won't be for 2 or 3 decades at least.

---PCJ

Congrats! I had the 779 model for a while too but sold it here on the forum. 

SIRT posted:

Last weeks last car…1813

Hope these photos look OK. Recovering from laser cataract flex lens implant and Glaucoma surgery right now. All is lookin better each day! As some may know, my left eye was done almost 5 years ago. DR. Ming Wang is the worlds finest.

20/20 again  

Back at it soon, can’t be near paints and powders.

            All good south of Nashville, thanks everyone for checking in with us.

 

 

Great work as always Steve. Healing well is your number 1 priority!

Rick Rubino posted:

Dispatcher controlled system. past this sign you need a track form from the dispatcher to occupy the track.

Rick, that makes perfect sense to me now. The section of track has been out of service since the late '90s and they have been working on fixing it for maybe 5 years now I think. There was a real bad washout before they had started about a mile from where that sign is. I had hoped they would get that fixed and they did. They aim to connect all the way back to Lambertville but that will take quite some time as they have to fix everything that is wrong with the old track. There are two or three bridges that are past where they have gotten to, hopefully they won't need much work on them.

SIRT, after viewing your work  you could probably do it blindfolded. Your work is a pleasure to view. Good luck , Tstark

Steve your photographic eyes are back to working A-OK.  Mend well.