a picture a day....

@trumpettrain posted:

For today: The Adventures of Don and Juan  " Target practice or business negotiation?? ... hmmm."

Great pic. Patrick...reminds me of the car that "Santino" was in during the famous tollbooth scene...nice work!

Late night "dogs" for sale...

🌭🌭 Paul, I'll take two with mustard, kraut, and onions'...😜 Nothing like a late night dog, after a night on the town'....🍻🍺🥂🍸🍹🥃...

Quarter Gauger 48, thank you for the compliment, I had a lot of great help doing the scenery on my layout, unfortunately their health is dwindling at this time and they’re in their late 80’s, nearing the 90 year old mark, so, they haven’t been able to come visit do to this pandemic. We have had both vaccination Pfizer shots, praise the Lord. We added several mirrors in the drop in ceiling cut from 4 by 8 sheets of Pleximirror. This allows us to see trains in hard to see areas of the layout while operating trains on the 5 levels. I plan to add 4 more pieces soon, the place I purchase this material also does the cutting, 2 by 4 panels, just drop them in. My friend has a nice new Ford F-150 pick up to help with our  projects.

That is an excellent idea, Larry!!  I have never heard of mirrors in the ceiling for hard to see areas in over 50 years in model trains.

larry that so cool in more ways then I can count'.. A great addition to a layout'.. and you've got one heck of a layout'...😀

For today: " This afternoon on the Free State Junction Railway in Patsburg."

A scene of my passenger  station .

I should have explained .These scenes are below my station . Here is my station .

Somewhere on the SL-SF Southwestern division:

Farmer John, that is such a great scene, at first I was wondering how you get under there to fix things if needed and then when you showed it under your station it all made since. That for sharing I wish I would have thought about stuff like that, who know maybe one day when I get older I will know what I really want! LOL

Again Looks great!

Pat , you did it again .  Really nice.

I like the switcher.  I have a Pennsy model but the boards have given up the ghost just recently.

Boy , after looking at your scenes for so long I have to wonder how many engines you run all the time !🤔

Keep up the nice work and stay safe .

Farmer John'.

That scene is outstanding; phenomenal; spectacular; and fantastic all in one'.. Excellent modeling and work'..👍👍👍👍⭐⭐⭐😃

While driving home one day this week I caught this “Uncle Pete” tanker car by the car shops in De Soto Missouri. I’ve never seen one of these in person so it was a treat for me.

@lee drennen posted:

While driving home one day this week I caught this “Uncle Pete” tanker car by the car shops in De Soto Missouri. I’ve never seen one of these in person so it was a treat for me.

Wow great find Lee'.. I've never seen a real UP car of any kind'.. Even years ago when stationed out west, Arizona, Kansas, Washington, while in the service'... So this is really cool'... Keep scouting for these great RR cars'... 😉👍

Thanks Ted. I seen the top of it one block over and I knew exactly what it was. I will have another surprise here tomorrow.

After today's great weather, a visit to the local swimming hole can't be too far away...!

@trumpettrain posted:

For today: " This afternoon on the Free State Junction Railway in Patsburg."

Ma & PA!!!!! I live fairly close to the rail trail and visited Muddy creek forks as a kid!

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Pat , you did it again .  Really nice.

I like the switcher.  I have a Pennsy model but the boards have given up the ghost just recently.

Boy , after looking at your scenes for so long I have to wonder how many engines you run all the time !🤔

Keep up the nice work and stay safe .

Thanks so much Dallas for your kind words!    I usually run 4 engines simultaneously ( one on each of the lower main lines plus one on the industrial spur and one on the Mountain Division )  plus a trolley car.  

For today:  " A boy on his bike takes in the view of the MOW crew at work."

@trumpettrain posted:

For today:  " A boy on his bike takes in the view of the MOW crew at work."

Patrick, that's  great looking stake body truck, did you paint/detail it yourself ?

Since Switcher Saturday is dedicated to MTH this week I'll post these here. The first one I took somewhere in Illinois last week. I was traveling back from down south saw it and pulled over for a quick picture. The second ones are Burlington Junctions parked for the night. I took these on my way home from work last night so it was dark.

Farmerjohn, I’m so glad your posting pictures of your beautiful railroad, sharing your great work is so inspirational, a learning experience for all of us. Happy Railroading Everyone

You know Larry, your layout isn't to shabby either! LOL I would have to say its one of the best I have seen posted here! Every time I see it I just drool! LOL

Thank you very much Mike g., just for fun, here are some more pictures of my good friends Farmerjohns wonderful train world. He’s a great modeler. Happy Railroading Everyone

@trumpettrain posted:

For today:  " A boy on his bike takes in the view of the MOW crew at work."

Patrick. Now that’s awesome. Very convincing off loading. Thanks for sharing

@leapinlarry posted:

Thank you very much Mike g., just for fun, here are some more pictures of my good friends Farmerjohns wonderful train world. He’s a great modeler. Happy Railroading Everyone

Yes he is Larry. Thanks for sharing

Well here’s another pic on the same day in DeSoto Mo. there were actually 2 tank car on the side tracks near the car shops what a treat for me last week. I’m almost tempted to Custom build one of these.

@leapinlarry posted:

Farmerjohn, I’m so glad your posting pictures of your beautiful railroad, sharing your great work is so inspirational, a learning experience for all of us. Happy Railroading Everyone

@leapinlarry

Larry:

You and Farmerjohn are in the same league. You both have world-class layouts that we all admire. Bravo to both of you!!!!!!!!!!

Larry WOW your right what an amazing layout! Heck his train room is bigger then my whole house! LOL

Caught this guy Yesterday in Blackwell Mo. I have no idea what kinda cars they are from where I took this pic.Maybe there Ballasts Cars.

@trestleking posted:

Patrick, that's  great looking stake body truck, did you paint/detail it yourself ?

@trestleking:  Thanks so much!   I bought the stake body truck in the Orange Hall at York from Die Cast Direct.   I weathered the bed of the truck, however, other than that I did no customization.

@lee drennen posted:

Patrick. Now that’s awesome. Very convincing off loading. Thanks for sharing

Thanks so much Lee!  

This has been an incredible Saturday photo sesion.  🤓   You people have made this a great day to be on the forum. 👍

A really fun scene Paul.

Brings good memories of fun in the sun.   😎🏊‍♂️🚣‍♂️

Lets hope we can be safe and see this again after this forever ❄❄❄❄❄winter.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

This has been an incredible Saturday photo sesion.  🤓   You people have made this a great day to be on the forum. 👍

Dallas. I can’t agree more “whew” I’m going to bed.

@Dave Ripp. posted:

Since Switcher Saturday is dedicated to MTH this week I'll post these here. The first one I took somewhere in Illinois last week. I was traveling back from down south saw it and pulled over for a quick picture. The second ones are Burlington Junctions parked for the night. I took these on my way home from work last night so it was dark.

Dave. Nice pics. I’ve seen those Burlington’s hundreds of times but I was always on Railroad Property and could never get a pic of them. They spotted grain cars in Valley Park Missouri.

@lee drennen posted:

Dave. Nice pics. I’ve seen those Burlington’s hundreds of times but I was always on Railroad Property and could never get a pic of them. They spotted grain cars in Valley Park Missouri.

This pair is actually in my  home town in Montgomery Illinois, They work about a dozen businesses on a couple miles of track and the BNSF picks up the cars. I wish I knew where I was when I saw the PLRX units, They were somewhere between Missouri and here, I'll look it up some time it was all roadside so an easy place for photos.

@Dave Ripp. posted:

This pair is actually in my  home town in Montgomery Illinois, They work about a dozen businesses on a couple miles of track and the BNSF picks up the cars. I wish I knew where I was when I saw the PLRX units, They were somewhere between Missouri and here, I'll look it up some time it was all roadside so an easy place for photos.

Thanks Dave. I’m sure these are not the same ones but you never know. Do you mind I asked where you live in Illinois?

@lee drennen posted:

Thanks Dave. I’m sure these are not the same ones but you never know. Do you mind I asked where you live in Illinois?

Montgomery right off of Route 30. Burlington junction works a yard at Webster and Route 25 and the businesses up Accutt Rd. Lots of viewing area but you can't get as close as you could a few years back,.