a picture a day....

For today: " Waiting for the next train. " 

Bill T :  Great picture, I thought at first this was the famous and exceedingly rare "Halloween General" from1960  but although the coloring is similar that has a black boiler  not orange as well as being a 4-4-0 American and not a 4-6-0 "10 Wheeler".  No matter , this one looks GREAT as well.  Is it  LIonel? MTH? Who? 

MTH, all diecast, PS-3, heck of a strong puller.

Harleys

To all February posters,  I had fallen too far behind to comment on all of photos I wanted to comment about so I'll just say wonderful photos all.

coach joe posted:

To all February posters,  I had fallen too far behind to comment on all of photos I wanted to comment about so I'll just say wonderful photos all.

Joe, it is easy to fall behind.  There are so many great photographs from everyone!

Recent purchase from LHS.

Couldn't leave well-enough alone...

And just in case the Top Secret reference is a bit obscure...

                                          South freight yard at NJ Hirailers.

Running my new K-Line caboose 

Substation, REMCO Pump with B&M

Great pictures everyone, have a great weekend, Happy Railroading 

leapinlarry posted:

Great pictures everyone, have a great weekend, Happy Railroading 

A bit of a fantasy meeting, but sure like it.

Ron

These were on the yard a couple weeks ago. Have great weekend 

lee drennen posted:

These were on the yard a couple weeks ago. Have great weekend 

Lee, My kind of cars!

Mike looks like 3 generations of BN coal cars to me glad you like them 

For today: " Log loads" 

trumptrain posted:

For today: " Log loads" 

Patrick, your scene reminded me of these old family pics.

Granddad's Cutters at work:

Uncle Moine with Granddad's International truck:

Two Uncles and friend:

Granddad milling 10,000bd ft for the day:

Geysergazer, Very nice to see those authentic logging photos.

Does one of the workers in the top photo have on a head-covering black leather super-hero type hood on ? (!)

For today: " The rear brakeman takes a gander from the rear of his cabin car."

Moonson posted:

Geysergazer, Very nice to see those authentic logging photos.

Does one of the workers in the top photo have on a head-covering black leather super-hero type hood on ? (!)

I think it is an artifact due to Dad's cheap camera [lens] having poor light-gathering properties. If you look carefully the other cutter's face is more obviously in shade and I think that is actually the same case with the guy you spotted (face in shade). It does look a bit strange though, doesn't it?

These pics are or may well be completely on-topic. Granddad had one "set" (sawmill setup location) that was on land owned by the Shawmut RR. The contract job  was cutting and milling the Oak into railroad ties which they hauled to a Shawmut siding and loaded onto rail cars. These pics could well be of that set.

Speaking of cutters, my Uncle remarked that during lunch break they would hone and strop their axes and were satisfied only when they could shave the hair on their arms with their axes. They never set those axes down. That is why you always see axes sunk into wood. 

Similarly Grandad would touch-up the big circular saw blade during lunch.

Lew, I have heard that before that the test if a blade is sharp enough is if it shaves arm hair.  The sharper the blade, the easier and better the work.

As a teenager, I helped my dad cut up a couple maple trees with his two-man crosscut saw.  It wasn't bad work especially since he was so muscular, most of the cutting was by his strength.  I was probably just stabilizing the other end of the saw.  

Last locomotive to run the old WB&A rails before light rail took the right of way

Jim M Sr posted:

Last locomotive to run the old WB&A rails before light rail took the right of way

Hey Jim - Fabulous photo!!!  Thanks so much for posting/sharing!  Number 50 was B&As only diesel locomotive ... well only locomotive for that matter.    Do you know what year and where this photo was taken? I'd love to know.  Do have more photos of the B&A railroad?  

Patrick, don’t know for certain, but probably around ‘73. 

Jim M Sr posted:

Patrick, don’t know for certain, but probably around ‘73. 

Thanks Jim!

For today: " A Powerhouse on Rails ... the Y6b!"  ( a reversed frame photo ) 

“Train pop” has alway been there as an anchor for me! Here lending a hand, keeping me from falling into Steve Tappers layout while fixing a wire. One of those fancy topside creepers would have worked, too.

Nickel Plate easing through

             just happened to catch #577 doing some switching a little earlier today...

sidehack posted:

Nickel Plate easing through

Ray, I really like your scene below the locomotive, including the fence, posters, plants, cart and tire.

One of my custom AHM flat cars converted into a piggy bank