a picture a day....

For today: "Whoops!"

MTH HO F7's with the beautiful SS side panels from 2010!

Ken the Hobo, he's from Hoboken.

ToledoEd posted:

Ted, that’s pretty close to what  I said when it happened. 

 Ed, we must keep a sense of humor when these things happen... It's those dammed Gremlins'.. they just love creating havoc on our layouts'...

They continually hang around and play tricks with my lighting, locomotives, and operations on my layout'...... 

The first photo features a Lionel SD90 CSX pulling a consist of Western Maryland and a Natty Boh freight cars approaching a loading platform.

The second photo is a front view of part of my 8'x17' layout. On this section of the I have two trains running opposite of each other which features a Menards Starbucks Coffee Shop and a Menards Sally's Restoration Shop behind my car show scene. 

Looks like my attachments did not upload properly. Here is the 2nd photo.

Mayor Magoo posted:

Ken the Hobo, he's from Hoboken.

Groan.  

Caught this ballast train waiting for a intermodal Train to clear right away in downtown St. Louis today 

We all have our share of "OH NO!"

Thirteen years ago, no the first or the last

sidehack posted:

We all have our share of "OH NO!"

Thirteen years ago, no the first or the last

Ray you have 3 of the Lionel 6464 series I’m looking for it’s ashamed there in this  tragic derailment wreck 

lee drennen posted:

Caught this ballast train waiting for intermodal to clear right away in downtown St. Louis today 

Hey Lee, how are the highways as you travel  around?  Are they light or no difference in noticable volume  of traffic'...                

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

lee drennen posted:

Caught this ballast train waiting for intermodal to clear right away in downtown St. Louis today 

Hey Lee, how are the highways as you travel  around?  Are they light or no difference in noticable volume  of traffic'...                

I deliver in the city of St.Louis now traffic is very light and very little Sea Containers coming in too. Every thing is closing it seems. St. Louis looks like a ghost town and the Intermodal yard are getting empty 

For Thursday: " Three sources of pure power." 

lee drennen posted:

sidehack posted:

We all have our share of "OH NO!"

Thirteen years ago, no the first or the last

Ray you have 3 of the Lionel 6464 series I’m looking for it’s ashamed there in this  tragic derailment wreck 

Lee, we were lucky this time no one hurt and no permanent damage also no animals were hurt.

         Remembering the good old days' 

I went down to the mainline this afternoon. Total social distance, didn't get near anyone. Anyway, I saw all these in less than one hour!

For today:  "Gentleman please start your engines"

Lee P51, That's a lot of great traffic in just an hour!

p51 posted:

I went down to the mainline this afternoon. Total social distance, didn't get near anyone. Anyway, I saw all these in less than one hour!

That's a pretty healthy looking Coast Starlight -- 10 cars.  Was it clipping along at passenger train speed, or was the Starlight dogging it, running on a yellow signal caused by a train ahead?

Number 90 posted:

p51 posted:

I went down to the mainline this afternoon. Total social distance, didn't get near anyone. Anyway, I saw all these in less than one hour!

That's a pretty healthy looking Coast Starlight -- 10 cars.  Was it clipping along at passenger train speed, or was the Starlight dogging it, running on a yellow signal caused by a train ahead?

She was hauling at mainline speeds. Solid green that direction (the northbound facing block signals were behind me).

               Folks in the country are stocking up on supplies'

Nice shots, Lee (P51)!’

Larry

For today: " Western Maryland Railway passenger service was just a slither of the railroad's overall business.  WM passenger equipment, including locomotives, were kept spotless.  Today a WM passenger train stops in Patsburg." 

Coal

PSAP2010 posted:

Nice shots, Lee (P51)!’

Thanks, Larry.

I went down there again today, and caught this light power move:

trumptrain posted:

For today: " Western Maryland Railway passenger service was just a slither of the railroad's overall business.  WM passenger equipment, including locomotives, were kept spotless.  Today a WM passenger train stops in Patsburg." 

One of the first friends I made here, when moving to Amarillo in 2004, was the son of R. S. Bryant, Western Maryland's General Passenger Traffic Manager, the top position in the Passenger Traffic Department.  Even though he had lived in Texas for 35 years, he was still fond of the Western Maryland (and genuine Maryland crab cakes).  I gave him a fireball baseball cap, a Western Maryland Historical Society calendar, and a Western Maryland video, over the years of our friendship, and he was always grateful for the good memories.  

So, while we're all home, let's lift a glass to the memory of the Western Maryland Railroad, a well-managed, spit and polish, railroad which, in spite of its modest mileage, was home to some dynamic railroading .  I would have hired a Western Maryland Locomotive Engineer without hesitation.

Johan, that it a magnificent weathering job you did on your Fairbanks-Morse Train Master.

You spent a lot of time getting the details just right, to depict a locomotive that is being worked hard and getting very little appreciation in the form of wash jobs.  It is covered with oily grime, but not over-done.  The only clean spot on that locomotive is the American flag, which somebody took the time to wipe off.

I commented once before on how realistically you had weathered the chicken wire on an F3A.  And here you have done it again.  

My hat is off to you, Johan. 

Number 90 posted:

trumptrain posted:

For today: " Western Maryland Railway passenger service was just a slither of the railroad's overall business.  WM passenger equipment, including locomotives, were kept spotless.  Today a WM passenger train stops in Patsburg." 

One of the first friends I made here, when moving to Amarillo in 2004, was the son of R. S. Bryant, Western Maryland's General Passenger Traffic Manager, the top position in the Passenger Traffic Department.  Even though he had lived in Texas for 35 years, he was still fond of the Western Maryland (and genuine Maryland crab cakes).  I gave him a fireball baseball cap, a Western Maryland Historical Society calendar, and a Western Maryland video, over the years of our friendship, and he was always grateful for the good memories.  

So, while we're all home, let's lift a glass to the memory of the Western Maryland Railroad, a well-managed, spit and polish, railroad which, in spite of its modest mileage, was home to some dynamic railroading .  I would have hired a Western Maryland Locomotive Engineer without hesitation.

Tom - I really appreciate your sharing of this wonderful personal story.  Sounds like you and R. S. Bryant had an endearing  friendship.  Let's lift our glasses high in memory of the " Proud Mary."  Tom, may you stay safe and healthy in Amarillo.

For today: " A Baldwin Locomotive Works R-16 (" Shark nose" ) demonstrator, on the point of a freight train, eases through Patsburg's commuter station on this fine crisp morning."