a Black & White Wednesday

waiting for a train?

this week's entry:

My dad's first train set...the "original" # 2129WS Berkshire Freight set from 1947.  Pictured here in 2015...

The Conventional Classic "remake" of set #2129WS from 2012.  Pictured here in 2016...

Waiting on the last train home on Christmas Eve:

Regards

Fred

Hay Briansilvermustang, 

The loco with the # 40 in the front, is that a New Hope & Ivyland shot of their consolidation, sure looks like it? I have that particular pic on my phone "desktop". I was a fireman up to the age of 59 and couldn't handle it anymore. I think my age had something to do with it. (65) now! Great loco!

Not my picture. I would have been 2 in '65!  

Again, not my picture. Looks like maybe photo shopped, but still kinda cool.

          that is a COOL picture !!  does look like it has been chopped...

Some 35 year old pictures of my GN layout in the 'early' stages of building the layout.  I'm guessing black and white film was cheaper to buy than color film, 'back then'.  Raising a family of 5 on one income, one didn't spend a lot of money on 'frills'! 

Used to paint brass engines to get money to build the layout.

Building 1500' of track, to save money, I used individual wooden ties and spiked all rail and made my own turnouts.

Back then, I think turnouts cost around 8-9 bucks versus about 75 cents to make my own.

One of my favorites.....the New haven I-5 Hudson....

Peter

Don't see that 'track arrangement' modeled very often in our miniature world!

time to break out the Erector set(s)...

USRA light 2-4-2, prototype for the Marx 666.  

I think you're right Andy

Steamer posted:

I think you're right Andy

Yeah, but they didn't the valve gear just right.  LOL

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