a picture a day....

FOR TODAY:  No traffic jam here.  Just another day in Patsburg.

Lee, you sure are making my day! Thanks for all the BNSF!

Patrick, Now that looks like a great place to live, nice and quite so you can hear the trains better! I could see myself and a couple buddies in lawn chairs with a couple cold one just sitting there watching the trains go by!

@trumpettrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  No traffic jam here.  Just another day in Patsburg.

Great shot Patrick looks very convincing I like it.

@mike g. posted:

Lee, you sure are making my day! Thanks for all the BNSF!

Patrick, Now that looks like a great place to live, nice and quite so you can hear the trains better! I could see myself and a couple buddies in lawn chairs with a couple cold one just sitting there watching the trains go by!

Your welcome Mike still have done more

Mike, another BNSF pic for you from the Bozeman yard at sunset in September, 2019...

@Capetrainman posted:

Mike, another BNSF pic for you from the Bozeman yard at sunset in September, 2019...

Thanks Paul! You guys are spoiling me! The funny thing is I am still waiting for my BNSF fan Calander!

Great pictures everyone, Happy Railroading Everyone

@lee drennen posted:

Great shot Patrick looks very convincing I like it.

Thanks so much Lee!  I appreciate your kind words as you are a man of the road!

@mike g. posted:

Lee, you sure are making my day! Thanks for all the BNSF!

Patrick, Now that looks like a great place to live, nice and quite so you can hear the trains better! I could see myself and a couple buddies in lawn chairs with a couple cold one just sitting there watching the trains go by!

Thanks so much Mike.  You are welcome to bring your lawn chair and watch trains anytime.  Patsburg is a great place to live!  At least in my imagination .. lol!  

@trumpettrain posted:

Thanks so much Mike.  You are welcome to bring your lawn chair and watch trains anytime.  Patsburg is a great place to live!  At least in my imagination .. lol!  

If I lived closer, I would be there at least once a week! As not to overdo my welcome! LOL

This was sitting on our yard one afternoon

Same yard as my pic above in Bozeman, MT...different day and train

FOR TODAY:  A twofer .... WM 729 takes on water.

The dispatcher granted permission for this truck to load since a train was not due for another 90 minutes.  

Excellent action photographs again, Pat!

@Mark Boyce posted:

Excellent action photographs again, Pat!

Thanks so much Mark!

A traffic jam in downtown Spring Lake.

Keep those trains running!

Jeff

Here’s today’s another one talking a break on the yard

FOR TODAY:  A Twofer:  Circa 1951

With Patsburg Westend in the rear view mirror, a N&W J class 4-8-4 makes its' way eastward with a passenger train in tow.

"The Powers That Be" .... The four major railroads who jointly own the Free State Junction Railway all meet in Patsburg.

@Jeffery Boat posted:

A traffic jam in downtown Spring Lake.

Keep those trains running!

Jeff

This is really a great scene Jeff .  .....and it is certainly enhanced by the overexposure of the backround light making it realistic looking.

FOR TODAY:  It's 1954 and the Railway Express Agency is going full tilt boogie.  Lots of parcels being transferred from boxcar to truck.  Otto the truck driver takes advantage of this break, while his trailer is being loaded by the loading crew. Gabby Pruitt maneuvers his forklift skillfully between boxcar and tailer.  Ol Gabby has been workin this job now going on 13 years.  Supervisor Ned Cranston, in yellow hardhat, keeps a watchful eye as I.C. Moore drags an empty pallet.

Another day on the Free State Junction in Patsburg, MD!

@trumpettrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  It's 1954 and the Railway Express Agency is going full tilt boogie.  Lots of parcels being transferred from boxcar to truck.  Otto the truck driver takes advantage of this break, while his trailer is being loaded by the loading crew. Gabby Pruitt maneuvers his forklift skillfully between boxcar and tailer.  Ol Gabby has been workin this job now going on 13 years.  Supervisor Ned Cranston, in yellow hardhat, keeps a watchful eye as I.C. Moore drags an empty pallet.

It's 9am and the morning sun shines on the Santa Fe Chief and the tail end of a Santa Fe freight.

Hi Guys - my picture for today is a busy platform with an incoming E33. Have a great weekend!

More to do on scenery however a bardge has arrived for loading .

FOR TODAY: Remembering the perks of summertime!  All in good humor of course.

@trumpettrain posted:

FOR TODAY: Remembering the perks of summertime!  All in good humor of course.

Good Humor founded in my hometown!

Edit:

I should have also added Good Humor  invented the "Popsicle Slick."  The owner's daughter asked her dad could he do something to prevent the ice cream from melting all over her hands.  Back then ice cream bars were square bars like todays Isley Klondike bars but with no coatings.  So he made the wood sticks in the bars!

Ron

Ron

@farmerjohn posted:

More to do on scenery however a bardge has arrived for loading .

OK John........did you have a count on the LEDs ? 

Looking good

FOR TODAY: The B&O's Royal Blue cruising through Patsburg!

@PRRronbh posted:

Good Humor founded in my hometown!

Edit:

I should have also added Good Humor  invented the "Popsicle Slick."  The owner's daughter asked her dad could he do something to prevent the ice cream from melting all over her hands.  Back then ice cream bars were square bars like todays Isley Klondike bars but with no coatings.  So he made the wood sticks in the bars!

Ron

Ron - Thanks for that bit of Good Humor history!!!  I never thought about who may have invented the popsicle stick and how its' invention came about.

The boys have got a mess for sure, but standing around isn’t gonna get it done!

@TedW posted:

The boys have got a mess for sure, but standing around isn’t gonna get it done!

Nice shot and scene Ted!  Are those Model-U figures... If so, you did an excellent paint job on them'...

FOR TODAY: A 1953  morning down at the station.

Hobo Heaven

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Nice shot and scene Ted!  Are those Model-U figures... If so, you did an excellent paint job on them'...

Those are from Andian models.  I did paint them myself, but big learning curve.  They are pretty brittle so great care must be taken not to break them.  I lost my first one with a broken arm and leg plus the pick axe he was supposed to carry.

@Bigboyrich posted:

Hobo Heaven

Nice color saturation for this king of setting.

Patrick, great photos and scenes as usual.

Farmer John, your layout never ceases to amaze me.

Ted W., I don't believe shorts are approved work attire for railroad employees.

@TedW posted:

Those are from Andian models.  I did paint them myself, but big learning curve.  They are pretty brittle so great care must be taken not to break them.  I lost my first one with a broken arm and leg plus the pick axe he was supposed to carry.

The do great figure , from NZ Arnt they?

Hi guys, great photos! Sorry I haven't commented lately as I have been busy with life's problems! But I did take a photo for you guys to enjoy, Its on display in the local town near me and shows the history of the area!

That's an excellent display, Mike!  Welcome back!!