a picture a day....

p51, love those old pics and very realistic

@sidehack posted:

p51, love those old pics and very realistic

Thanks, Ray, that means a lot considering the quality of your own work.

Ever since I was a kid, I've considered myself a historian. it made it easier to call myself that when I started getting published in various history-related magazines and getting to do 'talking head' work for a couple of networks in the past, such as this example. But growing up, I did living history events as far back as I can remember (the first, I think, was when I was around 4).

Over the years, I've flown a B-24 bomber, ran a steam engine from the engineer's seat, jumped out of a real WW2 landing craft dressed as a GI, and shot civil war artillery so often in my youth I couldn't count the number of times I heard stuff go boom. Oh, I also have a 1944 Willys Jeep in the garage as well, though I've been very slack about running it this summer with no events to go to:

I consider my layout to be an extension of that. Though it's a fictional branchline of a real RR, I think of whenever I run trains, it's a re-enactment of the 1940s, just in O scale. These days, I'm focusing mostly on getting more and more historically accurate small details into the layout. That is my happy place.

So it shouldn't come as any shock to see that I like getting photos that look like they were actually taken then.

          very nice Lee !!

Trumptrain, cool picture of coming and going or front and rear beautiful diesels, cool idea. Mines on the table getting ready to head to the ready track... Happy Railroading Everyone 

Catching the night trains at the station.

The Great Northern and Milwaukee electrics passing by on the S&Y RR.

TGIF, Thank the Lord it’s Friday, happy weekend everyone.... and Happy Railroading 

For today: " A profile of power."

@Bill T posted:

The Great Northern and Milwaukee electrics passing by on the S&Y RR.

Great photo, such a shame this didn't happen in real life, where both could be seen running on adjacent tracks...

                                                  A little White Castle action at NJ Hirailers.

I took an older photo I liked and played around with it...

Delivering tranformers

For today Saturday August 29, 2020: " Scrap loading."

A Lionel D&RG switcher moving a couple boxcars to its delivery point.

Lionel Weyerhaeuser Timber Mogul

For today: " It's Monday morning .... the work week begins!"

Patrick don’t remind us. Took this the other day in St. Louis 

Lionel Z-6 Challenger passing a PW Texas Special F-3

The 4th Street Tower, San Francisco.  Matt

Inside the cab...

The cathedral at Christmas time.

For today: " Another load of stone."

Weyerhaeuser Shay getting ready to head over to the mill.

                Marci's photo...

For today: " It's the 1950's.   This boy on his bike spends his last precious days, before school begins, down by the railroad track.

An ancient and beat-up Postwar 2056 steamer getting a workout on the Seattle & Yakima RR.

For today:  " Down by the railroad tracks .... enjoying the final days of summer before school begins."

Action on the Seattle & Yakima RR

Today, here’s a good color, Red, White, and Blue, I’m being Patriotic. I hope everyone has a good weekend, and a Happy Labor Day Monday. Beautiful pictures above, a diesel in a cabinet. Happy Railroading Everyone 

@trumpettrain posted:

For today: " It's the 1950's.   This boy on his bike spends his last precious days, before school begins, down by the railroad track.

That boy on the bike. Pat, rides super-marathon bike rides, maybe we should call them Iron Man Bike Rides. 

He rode from your railroad, The Patsburg Free State Junction Railway in Maryland, to my The Put Railroad in New York at Supersonic Speed, better yet, the Speed of Light! Here he is, "riding his bike through the gates of the factory in My Little Town:"

LOL, Arnold

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