a picture a day....

waiting

A shot I took way back when.....

Picked up a a set of Sharks from the bay. Older Williams next to new.  

For today:  " Kids on bikes made a discovery one afternoon in 1966.  Long forgotten by the railroad, this old steamer had been sitting on a remote siding for over a decade. "

I took these pics at the Anthracite museum in Ashland, Pa:

Battery powered Juice Jack. 

Our Engineer/tour-guide. He made his living for years as an anthracite miner until he landed this much softer gig.

Battery power is ideal for a tourist operation because the trolley wire would be against the wall right behind people's heads....hot with 600VDC.

According to our guide Black Lung isn't from coal at all but rather from the dust of any country-rock that needs blasted/removed to expedite exposure of the coal seam. He said in his mine outside contractors were always hired to do such work as they had the experience&equipment to keep the dust out of their lungs.

The mine on the Miniature Railroad&Village at Carnegie Science Center:

Here comes the reason for the hurry-up scrap loading into the night yesterday. On today's switch-list was an incoming empty mill-gondola:

The load picked-up and the empty set-out:

BRIANSILVERMUSTANG :  Thanks for the great picture.  So few of us model anything from the "wood burner" time period, it was really cool to see your picture.  Thanks again.

Don

              thanks Don...

999 set from my daughter-in-law, they were her father's who passed, a nice set

Sidehack:  What a GREAT Set...My Marx Greenberg Volume III (sets) list the components you pictured as Set 7355 and I can make out in the picture all of the components except the RR name on the Gondola.  7355 came with a NKP gondola in black. You know Marx, dating the set is really hard but the scale sets with steam power were made from post war (about 1942 until the very early 1950's.  I checked my reference on the "toy train catalogs" of Sears and Montgomery Ward but could only find a "999" scale set in the 1950 MW catalog and then it disappears as after that the sets seem to come with the 333 4-6-2 engine or use the "Pacemaker" NYC boxcar and the NYC caboose instead of the Reading. In 1950 it did sell for $21.95 in the MW catalog including lots of track and a pair of remote control switches OR you could get the "economy version" with just a loop of track and the trains for $14.45.  If you have the box it should be the simple beige cardboard box with blue printing on the cover typically saying something in large letters on the top like..."STEAM LINE , steam type, ELECTRICAL TRAIN, in 3 separate lines of printing,  underscored by the circular Marx logo.

Anyway a beautiful set made even more special since it came from your daughter in law.

Merry Christmas  Don

Don McErlean posted:

Sidehack:  What a GREAT Set...My Marx Greenberg Volume III (sets) list the components you pictured as Set 7355 and I can make out in the picture all of the components except the RR name on the Gondola.  7355 came with a NKP gondola in black. You know Marx, dating the set is really hard but the scale sets with steam power were made from post war (about 1942 until the very early 1950's.  I checked my reference on the "toy train catalogs" of Sears and Montgomery Ward but could only find a "999" scale set in the 1950 MW catalog and then it disappears as after that the sets seem to come with the 333 4-6-2 engine or use the "Pacemaker" NYC boxcar and the NYC caboose instead of the Reading. In 1950 it did sell for $21.95 in the MW catalog including lots of track and a pair of remote control switches OR you could get the "economy version" with just a loop of track and the trains for $14.45.  If you have the box it should be the simple beige cardboard box with blue printing on the cover typically saying something in large letters on the top like..."STEAM LINE , steam type, ELECTRICAL TRAIN, in 3 separate lines of printing,  underscored by the circular Marx logo.

Anyway a beautiful set made even more special since it came from your daughter in law.

Merry Christmas  Don

 

Don, I had taken these pics several years ago and will have to see where I have them stored and pull them out for a better look. Thank you for the information on them.

Ray

For today: "Christmas Trees ... the final shipment just arrived!"

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Great scene and great state.

sidehack posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Great scene and great state.

Ray. Thanks.

Johan

good day for a ride

Silly Elf...

                                have a Merry Christmas everyone 

All the folks are anxious either to get home or to the city for last minute shopping.

Those Pesky raccoons are looking for a free meal even though the folks at McDonalds have put up their tree!

The old KKP steamer belonging to the Savannah RR club pulls out of the yard for a Christmas eve fan trip.

MERRY CHRISTMAS / HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE

Don

Johan, nice detailing of the cab and great snow effect in your last post.

Patrick, the citizens of Patsburg are busy as usual.

Postwar Santa Fe F3s        

New bridges for some New Haven steam

Bar GP7 Agree with CoachJoe.  Great snow effect !

Don

coach joe posted:

Johan, nice detailing of the cab and great snow effect in your last post.

Patrick, the citizens of Patsburg are busy as usual.

Joe. Thank you. 🤝

Johan

Don McErlean posted:

Bar GP7 Agree with CoachJoe.  Great snow effect !

Don

Don. Thank you. I am glad you like it. 🤝

Johan

A special run. First call to Lunch for the Christmas Eve Dinner Train!

For today:  " It's a marshmallow world .... Merry Christmas!" 

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

nice weathering, not overdone just right

Rick and Ilsa reach the States from Casablanca and first stop is for fresh fruit.

My Polar Express is now going to be a mixed train. 

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year! 

For today:  " The locomotive service track. "