a picture a day....

@leapinlarry posted:

P51, Lee, great pictures of a passenger train, concrete ties and seamless rails, smooth rolling and I’m sure it would be fun riding. You live in a great part of the country if your able to see the trains you show here on the forum. Thank you. Trumptrain, the lighting is right, the B&O AB is beautiful and rolling through some really nice scenery, downtown and around, Wow. Lee Drennen, good old St. Louis, a city like no other, I grew up in Flora, Illinois, so, I can appreciate your pictures, keep on trucking. Was that a UP Genset switcher you posted awhile back? Great pictures. Happy Railroading Everyone

Larry. Great pics also and thanks been hauling containers out of St. Louis now for 24yrs. I used to haul bicycles from overseas to Olney Illinois I went through Flora Illinois many times. My dad was a trucker also back in the 1950-60s and he used to stop and eat at the Flora Truckstop always thought it was neat I drove hwy 50 the same road dad drove 50 years earlier.

@BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Nice pic it is very convincing

For today:  Very early this morning, as the sun came up,  farmer Puffy Hastings brings his truck load of produce to the produce shipping terminal.  His load of vegetables will be loaded  onto a railcar and whisked off to a supermarket distributor several hundred miles  away.  From the looks of the load it appears that Puffy has got a lot bagging to do before the railroad will accept his produce.    I hope he brought plenty of burlap bags along .. LOL!

@lee drennen posted:

Nice pic it is very convincing

Lee. Thank you. 🤝

Johan

For today: " The loading dock."

Coming around the bend past the Disney Park.

Great weathering job ! Not too much,,, just right!

@BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Johan, I have to say you are too good! The whole scene looks as close to real as possible. Once again great work.

@PAUL ROMANO posted:

Johan, I have to say you are too good! The whole scene looks as close to real as possible. Once again great work.

Paul. Thank you. MILW RS1 I had the last day yesterday, because my friend wanted to buy it. I have now started the construction of new modules. 🤝

Johan

CNW FM H12-44 rounding the curve with a  transfer drag to the yard.

For today: " A country road, a farmers' hoe, and the B&O ... on the Mountain Division of the FSJR."

Spotting the "beer cars" at the brewery  Almost that time....

For today: "Dawns earliest light." ( natural sunlight photo )

Dropping a Container off at a recycling place to be filled with metal shavings to go over seas.

Outside of Bozeman in September, 2019...I thought for a second, I had seen Warren in the cab

Paul , where is Bozeman located ? 🤔

Dallas Joseph...Bozeman is in Montana...about 1,500 miles northwest of Dallas

Boxcar load

Sarah, great weathering job on the boxcar!  The floor of the boxcar looks realistic too...nice job

For today: " Evening in downtown Patsburg."

@trumpettrain posted:

For today: " Evening in downtown Patsburg."

Patrick, you have a gift for capturing very interesting and beautiful lighting in your photos. For instance the gleaming rails of the track in your above photo.

Also, "Dawn's earliest light" in your photo a little further up in this thread.

Arnold

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Patrick, you have a gift for capturing very interesting and beautiful lighting in your photos. For instance the gleaming rails of the track in your above photo.

Also, "Dawn's earliest light" in your photo a little further up in this thread.

Arnold

Thank you so much Arnold!  

The steam era lasted at least a decade longer in West Germany then here in the US. Mainline electrification meant the end for steam.

Here an articulated German electric passes the dwindling steam facility.

@Capetrainman posted:

Dallas Joseph...Bozeman is in Montana...about 1,500 miles northwest of Dallas

Thanks Paul.  Did you walk all the way out there to get the pic ?           Dallas

@Sarah posted:

Boxcar load

Sarah , I have done some artwork over the years and this looks great.  👍       Dallas

Arnold , I can't remember the last time I saw a problem with  Pat's lighting either.👍      Dallas

Johan, that Milwaukee engineer must have gotten lost to end up in New England with his ride.

Pat is that the brewery loading dock?

Sarah that's fantastic work.  Did you build the car or add the detailing and weathering?

I placed my gopro camera (which I have hardly ever used since I got it on our European cruise in 2018) inside the Grindstaff store, put the roof on and used the remote shutter on the app.

Not the best shots ever, but it's neat to see how a O scale person would see it normally inside.

@Sarah posted:

Boxcar load

That is REALLY good work!

@coach joe posted:

Johan, that Milwaukee engineer must have gotten lost to end up in New England with his ride.

Pat is that the brewery loading dock?

Sarah that's fantastic work.  Did you build the car or add the detailing and weathering?

Coach Joe - Yes that is a brewery loading dock.   I agree with you, Sarah did a fantastic job!!

For today: " Out of the darkness a city slowly comes alive."

Great natural lighting Patrick.

That natural lighting certainly works out well Joe .

What I find interesting is how the side lighting makes such a big statement on  Pat's layout.   Really nice. 🤓

Coach Joe and Dallas - I'm thrilled that you guys like my natural light photos!  Thanks so much for your kind words

While on my way home from work today I took this on De Soto Mo.

For today: " Preparing to couple to the the depressed center flat car."

Nice depth of focsus Pat. 🤓

It's always especially nice to have the story lines accompanying the photo.  The lack of 'houskeeping 'along the rails really adds to the ' feel ' of realism without being too pretentious .  Looks pretty professional IMO.

These guys were in north St.Louis yesterday