a picture a day....

Western, I've yet to try that but great suggestion.  I mixed in extra lights here and there in the buildings with an extra port, and also put a "red" led up on top of the water tower and a yellow light inside a mountain tunnel...looks good  Also put extra leds in the engine house.  I like the yellow lights for contrast here and there...

FOR TODAY:  Patsburg from a different viewpoint. Looking straight down Patsburg Ave reveals a brand new Baldwin  R16 Shark demonstrator about to cross the grade.

Caught this lash up at Dupo Illinois early this summer with some Millitary containers. I have no clue what the Lease power is.

FOR TODAY: " It's apple season and barrels of apples are going to market.  These apples have been thoroughly inspected and there is not a bad apple in any barrel."  

Claude Wills  waits for the forklift operator to return and snag another barrel.  While waiting he thinks about all the wonderfully delicious  apple pies that will be baked with these apples.

Buzz Klomfurt, the forklift operator, gets some assistance from Dooley Giddings.

It will take many truck loads to fill this reffer car.  

Great photos Patrick, but I have to ask, do they really ship there apples in barrels? Here in Washington state the ship them on 4'x4'x4' create.

Just wondering.

FOR TODAY:  Western Maryland Conductor Earl Duke is about to signal the rear brakeman as this train is about to depart after taking on water.  Just another day on the railroad.

@mike g. posted:

Great photos Patrick, but I have to ask, do they really ship there apples in barrels? Here in Washington state the ship them on 4'x4'x4' create.

Just wondering.

@mike g. Thanks so much Mike!   Well over here in the Greater Patsburg area there is a shortage of wood crates so barrels are the next best container available ... lol !  

@Curt Henion posted:

Sorry guys, I haven’t been on here much in the last two weeks. I sold the race car and was getting it ready for the new owner from Indiana. However, I did purchase another Woodland Scenics building and have figured out where I will install this one and the new diner. It will be a great winter project. Curt

Carvers Butcher shop'.. Nice to see WS weathering their ready to wear structures'...

Guys, keep this discussion and pictures related to our hobby of O gauge trains.  Real cars, trucks, etc. belong on a forum that has been created for that purpose.  We are getting far too many alerts on this thread about how it goes off topic.  If you want to discuss memories of your cars and trucks with forum members, then do so via their profile email addresses.  We pay for page views and want topics to be "on track".

Thanks

@mike g. posted:

Great photos Patrick, but I have to ask, do they really ship there apples in barrels? Here in Washington state the ship them on 4'x4'x4' create.

Just wondering.

Maybe it's apple cider?

@mike g. posted:

Great photos Patrick, but I have to ask, do they really ship there apples in barrels? Here in Washington state the ship them on 4'x4'x4' create.

Just wondering.

@Tim Ring posted:

Maybe it's apple cider?

Hey guys..........if you don't have tubs ....just add water for apple bobbing time .🤔🙃

FOR TODAY:  It's 1955:  Locomotives representing the major carriers of the Free State Junction Railway rest on Sunday afternoon at Butler Junction.  L-R  Western Maryland BL2, Pennsy GG1, dual service B&O GP9, N&W Jclass 4-8-4.  

WOW Partick, that sure is alot of engines and trains in one location! I hope they all get threw ok! If I was one of the workers between the engines I would be scared out of my pants!

Here is a pair of RK Scale RS3s in the handsome GM&O scheme on the old layout

Sam, Great photos and what a wonderful looking layout!

Those RS3s working the passenger consist are really good looking Sam . 🤓   The color schemes are perfect. They really blend in with the good looking scenery colors .

FOR TODAY:  The last train to Clarksville has just left the station!

@trumpettrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  The last train to Clarksville has just left the station!

Great shot Patrick!!!! .🌟

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Great shot Patrick!!!! .🌟

Thanks so much Ted!  

@trumpettrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  The last train to Clarksville has just left the station!

Great low level shot Patrick

Just about what a human would see and gives great two point perspective on the buildings in the scene . 🤓

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Great low level shot Patrick

Just about what a human would see and gives great two point perspective on the buildings in the scene . 🤓

Thanks so much Dallas! Glad you like the photo!  

@trumpettrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  The last train to Clarksville has just left the station!

Patrick, great scene, and as always the colors are vibrant...even the sky looks real, as in the overcast bright haze I've been seeing here for the past month...

A different look at feature on my layout. Not finished yet but a necessary  feature as the workers who live here are employed in the roundhouse nearby.

Here's some photos for today. Today I was on my way home from Home Depot, so I decided to stop at the Santa Clara, CA Train Station (Silicon Valley). Pretty dead in the middle of the afternoon, but I took a couple of photos of the old train station that houses the SBHRS (South Bay Historical Railroad Society). Inside is a museum with old railroad equipment from back when and two model train layouts, one is HO and the other is N scale. Next to the station under restoration is a Pullman Observation Coach, Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company. Then a F40PH-2-CAT #906 rolled in with 5 Nippon Sharyo passenger cars heading south into San Jose. The CAT is for the Caterpillar 6-cylinder HEP generator in #906. CalTrain also has 5 F40PH-2 screamers (gear driven HEP running of the main power plant), so they are always running at 900 rpm!

Not the best pictures, super bright day and it was difficult on my phone. Poor old #906 is showing its age!

Looking Northwest.

Notice the brand new power lines above the track, by the end of 2022 all the F40's, Nippon Sharyo and Bombardier passenger cars will be replaced with brand new electric locomotives with passenger consist sets. On the other side of the train is a small UP yard about a mile long and 4 sidings if I remember right. Looking Southeast; behind me about a block away is the City of Santa Clara Police Station right next to the CalTrain and UP tracks. UP parks their locomotives next the the Police Station to avoid vandalism. There weren't any UP locomotives parked there today unfortunately.

FOR TODAY: This morning as Chucky zooms down the driveway on his bike, Chucky makes a snap decision to skip school ( AGAIN ! ).   Instead of making a right out of the driveway and following his usual route to school, he banks a hard left which takes him to the rail yard.  As he rode his bike up the dirt lane leading to the yard, Chucky caught this view of a Western Maryland Consolidation taking on water.  He squints his eyes, and to his surprise he sees his Uncle Ephraim, a fireman for the WM, standing on the tender's deck.  Chucky figures he better stay back here in the bushes for a while until the Consolidation  has departed.  Chucky knows that if he is spotted by Uncle E the outcome will not be good ... for Chucky's mom will be getting a phone call from Uncle E as soon as a telephone comes available.    At this instant Chucky wishes he were on that elevated trolly, with a good view of the rail yard and out of possible view of Uncle E.  Chucky smiles to himself as he knows that in another five or ten minutes the Consolidation will have departed and then he's home free!  

@Capetrainman posted:

Patrick, great scene, and as always the colors are vibrant...even the sky looks real, as in the overcast bright haze I've been seeing here for the past month...

Paul - thanks so very much!

@trumpettrain posted:

FOR TODAY: This morning as Chucky zooms down the driveway on his bike, Chucky makes a snap decision to skip school ( AGAIN ! ).   Instead of making a right out of the driveway and following his usual route to school, he banks a hard left which takes him to the rail yard.  As he rode his bike up the dirt lane leading to the yard, Chucky caught this view of a Western Maryland Consolidation taking on water.  He squints his eyes, and to his surprise he sees his Uncle Ephraim, a fireman for the WM, standing on the tender's deck.  Chucky figures he better stay back here in the bushes for a while until the Consolidation  has departed.  Chucky knows that if he is spotted by Uncle E the outcome will not be good ... for Chucky's mom will be getting a phone call from Uncle E as soon as a telephone comes available.    At this instant Chucky wishes he were on that elevated trolly, with a good view of the rail yard and out of possible view of Uncle E.  Chucky smiles to himself as he knows that in another five or ten minutes the Consolidation will have departed and then he's home free!  

Great story and pix Pat'.. Chuckie, reminds me of of my youth... I played hooky a few times'... 6th grade'.  Instead of the truant officer, the school principle, Ben Tabachnik, came to the house.... That ended my truancy until high school....😁

Afternoon guys, I hope everyone is doing well and is ready for fall! First off great scenes everyone!

Patrick, Sure hope everyone was able to get on the last train! If not maybe they could go over and help the fire department polish and shine the engines! If they don't feel like community service then they should just walk across the street to the church and pray that they wont need them!  As for Chucky he should have went on to school! What surprises me is that the red Ford is still in the brush! I know a lot of people that would take it and fix it up!

FarmerJohn, Great scene and its so nice that you were able to provide housing for the round house crew!

Scott, great photos! I didn't even know about Oregon-Washington RR & Navigation Co!

No train or model train shots.

I was in Florida visiting my elderly parents and taking care of a bunch of issues. There's a short line there which had bought the former CSX main. Of course I didn't see a single train all week.

The only photos I got were in and out of DFW along the way as well as some of the best sights on the grounds of Florida State University, my Alma mater...

I missed my wife and my adorable little pup, but I equally missed my layout...

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Great story and pix Pat'.. Chuckie, reminds me of of my youth... I played hooky a few times'... 6th grade'.  Instead of the truant officer, the school principle, Ben Tabachnik, came to the house.... That ended my truancy until high school....😁

Thanks very much Ted!  

I never played hooky because my dad and my mom would have beat my bottom good .. not to mention having to deal with my elementary school principal .... but you can betcha that every time I heard the horn of that GP7 pulling the local freight into town I would be thinking about just busting out of that school and running down to the railroad tracks ... lol!  

WAITING FOR THE MORNING EXPRESS...................

...........BUT NOT BEFORE SANTA'S HELPERS GET ON TO GET THE CONNECTOR TRAIN TO THE NORTH.

@p51 posted:

I missed my wife and my adorable little pup, but I equally missed my layout...

Lee, openly expressing that "equally" part has caused much misery for married model train enthusiasts, LOL!  Of course, for myself, I would have also missed my layout, but not nearly as much as i missed my wife - not even close. I would probable peg it at 10,000 times more missing the wife than the layout.   Got that, honey? Just in case my better half is reading this.

Lee great photos of your trip!

Dallas Joseph,  Outstanding photos! But it really doesn't say much about Santa's helpers work ethic as he needing so many! LOL

@Dallas Joseph posted:

...........BUT NOT BEFORE SANTA'S HELPERS GET ON TO GET THE CONNECTOR TRAIN TO THE NORTH.

Holly Mackerel, that's a lot of helpers'....😜

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Holly Mackerel, that's a lot of helpers'....😜

LOL, thats what I thought!

@mike g. posted:

Lee great photos of your trip!

Dallas Joseph,  Outstanding photos! But it really doesn't say much about Santa's helpers work ethic as he needing so many! LOL

Mike......you gotta watch the Polar Express movie 🤓  Maybe Santa has a lot more orders for train layouts this year.

You were also military Mike......you know how many helpers SAM needed of his nephews and nieces. 😁

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Mike......you gotta watch the Polar Express movie 🤓  Maybe Santa has a lot more orders for train layouts this year.

You were also military Mike......you know how many helpers SAM needed of his nephews and nieces. 😁

Guess so, I never seen Polar Express movie! Maybe tonight!

@mike g. posted:

Guess so, I never seen Polar Express movie! Maybe tonight!

It's a good one Mike .......even some good life lessons in it.                If you are like me  ( 🙃) you have to watch it several times over a period of time to catch everything thats going on.

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Holly Mackerel, that's a lot of helpers'....😜

That's what happens when a guy has some green and red paint and a pile of inexpensive people figures , Ted.