a picture a day....

trumptrain posted:

For today: " Wednesday morning traffic on the avenue."

 That is a very nice shot Patrick'... Good depth of filed'  always makes a quality photo'....☺👍

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

trumptrain posted:

For today: " Wednesday morning traffic on the avenue."

 That is a very nice shot Patrick'... Good depth of filed'  always makes a quality photo'....☺👍

Thanks so very much Ted! 

Patrick.  I had to look twice didn’t recognize  your layout great pic 

Larry. You too my friend great pics and great pics everyone 

night on Main St

That's a great shot Ray.

For these two furry friends, the B&O Cleveland Roundhouse is home. The ancient 1905-built structure is lovingly maintained by the Midwest Railway Preservation Society, but even as an active roundhouse, it's still susceptible to rodents. That's what these cats are here for; to take care of that problem.

The two are pictured here on the trailing truck of Reading Company T1 no. 2100, a 1945-built steam locomotive that has been through countless hands and failed operations over the years. This unusual journey now looks bright for this old girl, as she is currently under restoration, and to be converted back to her original Reading scheme and burning coal.

Currently, the main project on the engine is the replacement of the inner firebox side sheets on both the engineer and fireman sides. The two sheets have been welded and riveted in place, and the staybolts have been measured and ordered. Other work includes converting the locomotive back to burning coal, including repairing the stoker auger and performing work on the tender. Running gear work is also ongoing, along with numerous housekeeping items, including the installation of new wooden footboards on the pilot among other things.

Dave Ripp. posted:

That's a great shot Ray.

Agreed. I love that photo!

Nighttime shot of the lighting I added to the new platforms in the back of the layout. 

sidehack posted:

night on Main St

Looks so real great pic. Ray 

geysergazer posted:

"Watery Winter Sun":

       

Nice consistence Lew I like it

sidehack posted:

night on Main St

 Great shot Ray'... Looks like a brochure for any town USA night time establishments...🥂🥩🍽🍦😉☕🎈

This is the most photogenic locomotive I've ever had...

 For today: " Working hard."

Fuel Depot

Today I caught up just after the crew had pulled a loaded Gon from the Scrapyard spot. I took a pic and you can more clearly see the traverse-winch setup:

For the heck-of-it I took a pic after an empty Gon was spotted:

More QA&P cars for the fleet. 

Your water tank cars made me think of the water train that used to be spotted at Grand Canyon. There was a siding for it off one leg of the Wye (all passenger trains were wyed on their way into the station). Grand Canyon had insufficient water supply for the large number of visitors. The only river is the Colorado 5,000ft down at the bottom of the canyon and the spring at Indian Springs didn't supply enough water. So during the tourist season a water train brought water from the mountain country to the South. I can't remember whether the cars were white or silver.

For today: " Full load!" 

Dropping a container at one of my favorite places 

Wednesday we had afternoon Sun so I got this pic:

That old Wabash Mill Gon has an interesting instruction on the side:

"When empty return to DT&I". 

geysergazer posted:

Wednesday we had afternoon Sun so I got this pic:

That old Wabash Mill Gon has an interesting instruction on the side:

         

"When empty return to DT&I". 

"When empty return to DT&I"  

Sun?  What is that??

night at the coaling tower

Mark Boyce posted:

geysergazer posted:

Wednesday we had afternoon Sun so I got this pic:

That old Wabash Mill Gon has an interesting instruction on the side:

         

"When empty return to DT&I". 

"When empty return to DT&I"  

Sun?  What is that??

Mark, we actually get more sunshiny days here in Western Ma than we did in gloomy old South Hills.

geysergazer posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

geysergazer posted:

Wednesday we had afternoon Sun so I got this pic:

That old Wabash Mill Gon has an interesting instruction on the side:

         

"When empty return to DT&I". 

"When empty return to DT&I"  

Sun?  What is that??

Mark, we actually get more sunshiny days here in Western Ma than we did in gloomy old South Hills.

I just saw that Pittsburgh had zero sunshine days in January.  

Lew. Nice sunlight shot 

Ray. Great night shot looking good 

Mark Boyce posted:

geysergazer posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

geysergazer posted:

Wednesday we had afternoon Sun so I got this pic:

That old Wabash Mill Gon has an interesting instruction on the side:

         

"When empty return to DT&I". 

"When empty return to DT&I"  

Sun?  What is that??

Mark, we actually get more sunshiny days here in Western Ma than we did in gloomy old South Hills.

I just saw that Pittsburgh had zero sunshine days in January.  

Yup. That does not surprise me, Mark. Pittsburgh is one of the gloomiest places. Less sunshine days than Buffalo (Ewww!).

Bill T, did the track inspection crew find any problems on the S & Y?

Larry

Like Lew- the winter sun sneaks in one of my basement windows in the afternoon.

Rob, very nice job on those water cars.

     A little more sunlight on MTH NS C40-8W #8381, ex- Conrail unit at NJ Hirailers.

For today:  " 44 tons of switching fun."

fresh eggs today

For today; " Yard activity."

                   some more fun in the sun