a picture a day....

Johan, now that is a cool shot!

Did someone say corn on the cob'...

PAUL ROMANO posted:

Johan, now that is a cool shot!

Paul. Thank you. 🤝

Johan

Yesterday's switching work left this freight consist waiting to make the run to Interchange:

This AM, the crew parked the Dinner Train for the day. Then they delivered the outgoing train to interchange. The Plywood Empire Route follows the old ICC rule that there cannot be a tank car as either the first car or the last car so before leaving town the crew drilled until the gray covered hopper (in foreground) was between the last [tank] car and the Crummy. Then they whistled off out of town.

p51 posted:

Very nice Lee 

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

This would make a great Front End Friday! 

Paul - those photos of the NJT cars are priceless!!  Thanks for posting!

For today: " Working hard!" 

Getting ready to make today's Interchange turn:

NYS&W Alco C430 #3006 at the sand tower at Little Ferry, NJ- Christmas Eve 1986 

                                                                MY PHOTO

lee drennen posted:

Lee - that is a great looking ballast job!  Also a great looking tandem axle tractor!  What is the model and year of the tractor? 

trumptrain posted:

lee drennen posted:

Lee - that is a great looking ballast job!  Also a great looking tandem axle tractor!  What is the model and year of the tractor? 

Oh! I think Lee has a Big Car right there. An Autocar, that is. 

lee drennen posted:

Ha! This snuck right past me, Lee . That looks an awful lot like a Big Car.

Thanks Patrick and Lew but it’s a old Revell Honest John Kenworth I Custom painted and decaled and added some Don Mills wheels and tires. Thanks again 

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Johan this is a fabulous shot.  I don't think you've ever posted a photo of this area of the layout before.

For today:  " After their break these guys will begin off loading automobile frames." 

BAR GP7 #63, Jaw-dropping realistic modeling, there, that whole tankcar vignette. My mouth literally dropped open a bit when I first saw that scene this morning.

FrankM

                      Metro North RDCs at Camplell Hall, NY- Jan. 87'.  

                                                           MY PHOTO

coach joe posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Johan this is a fabulous shot.  I don't think you've ever posted a photo of this area of the layout before.

Joe. Thank you. This area maybe looking a little different, because i made there a some scenery works. 🤝

Johan

Moonson posted:

BAR GP7 #63, Jaw-dropping realistic modeling, there, that whole tankcar vignette. My mouth literally dropped open a bit when I first saw that scene this morning.

FrankM

FrankM. Thank you. 😀 🤝

Johan

Grandson had me change coupler on front of AFT T1 so he could double head his AFT locos. JDS modified the lead engine. Only regret was I didn’t get the T1 modified before Jeff rode into train retirement.

coach joe posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Johan this is a fabulous shot.  I don't think you've ever posted a photo of this area of the layout before.

Actually he has but from a different angle and camera position. Agreed, both the previous and this are great shots.

lee drennen posted:

Thanks Patrick and Lew but it’s a old Revell Honest John Kenworth I Custom painted and decaled and added some Don Mills wheels and tires. Thanks again 

Yup, Kenworth conventional front fenders looked a lot like an A-car. Nice model. 

 Old and older:

Penn Central #9502, now POHC #1545 was built in Feb 1971. That PRR signal bridge at Bennington Curve was probably built in the 1930s. Does anyone here know when the Pennsy was signaled?

I got these within half an hour today...

Heritage Amtrak unit, and TEN units on a mixed train!

For today: " Friendly rivals pose for a photo on the platform before boarding the Pennsylvania special Army Navy Game train."  Soon they will board, and GG1 4876 will wisk the train forward to Philadelphia..... a few minutes after departure a sailor enjoys the view from the back deck of observation car 120."

These are great scenes Pat'... fitting for the Veterans Day season'...

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

 

 

Very nice photo Brian!  My eye wants me to believe it's a well done painting of a passenger train's nocturnal passing through rural lands.  Well done!!

For today: " My camera's lens caught this view on the station platform today."