a picture a day....

Stunning Johan, absolutely stunning.

@coach joe posted:

Stunning Johan, absolutely stunning.

Joe,

Thank you very much.🤝

Johan

Great photos everyone! Nice to see what everyone has going on with there layouts!

Patrick, thanks for sharing the video with us! Your layout is just wonderful and looks like a peaceful place to live!

Keep up the wonderful photos you all!

FOR TODAY:  Pennsy MU cars eastbound.    

Bringing in a new boom part for a Manitowoc  crane . Coal mining is really tough on equipment.  An auxiliary  motor is also needing to be installed.

Picture of Union Station in Utica, NY, Note the Utica Club Beer truck crossing the bridge, much of the trackage is now gone. Had a picture on the other computer of before and after shot, of the rail yard and turntable.

Mark

Ted, what is unique for me about your scenes and photos, posted above is simply that I can easily place myself in those scenes. Reminds of my early days in Cleveland. The composition of buildings, track cars and trucks, together with lighting is awesome. Keep posting please!

A picture I took at an art museum in Tennessee.

FOR TODAY:  A postwar celebration.

Great photos everyone! Here is all I can offer is a track map for Northern Pacific Railway that I got from a friend! It's for the Washington Idaho area.

I moved the Coal yard the other day and I took this pic. I need to add the Coupler’s to this yet.

FOR TODAY:  "Just in passing."

As you guys know by now I really like passenger trains. WOW SO MUCH FUN.

@farmerjohn posted:

As you guys know by now I really like passenger trains. WOW SO MUCH FUN.

That's because passenger trains are cool!  Maybe they're more relatable than freight trains too.  You have a nice collection and scenery.

Johan do the cows get nervous when the trains roll by the barn?

@coach joe posted:

Johan do the cows get nervous when the trains roll by the barn?

Joe,

Usually they are calm but sometimes when the locomotive crew entertains themselves using whistling then they fade and rush along the pasture. 😄

Johan

Dog day afternoon across the street from the train depot at Bob's Market! Everyone else bought bait and has gone fishing!

FOR TODAY:  Even at the weekend getaway there's always work to be done.  Gol dang it!!

@trumpettrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  Even at the weekend getaway there's always work to be done.  Gol dang it!!

Well heck Patrick, your guy makes my guys look like a bunch of bums! LoL I can actually hear your guy saying, "Gol dang it, I'd rather be fishing"!

Pat, my mother-in-law can't understand my brother-in-law and his wife going up to their camp on the Allegheny River and working.  Sure camp is work; but it is so much better there than home.

Old man playing his guitar to his faithful dog Rover and some wildlife.

First run since purchasing this PS1 set during our vacation in Florida last week.  Sounds great, especially the random crew talk when in neutral

FOR TODAY:  This is a load of scrap!  

BIG HOOK does the heavy lifting in loading a gondola of scrap.  In this photo an old car is being lifted from truck to gondola.

Toofer Scrugs gives signals to the crane operator as car is lifted from truck.  Truck driver Cliff Bowdon enjoys watching the action.    

All loaded and ready to go!  

@trumpettrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  This is a load of scrap!  

BIG HOOK does the heavy lifting in loading a gondola of scrap.  In this photo an old car is being lifted from truck to gondola.

Toofer Scrugs gives signals to the crane operator as car is lifted from truck.  Truck driver Cliff Bowdon enjoys watching the action.    

Patrick, LoL, Toofer Scrugs! Great railroad worker name!

@trumpettrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  This is a load of scrap!  

BIG HOOK does the heavy lifting in loading a gondola of scrap.  In this photo an old car is being lifted from truck to gondola.

Toofer Scrugs gives signals to the crane operator as car is lifted from truck.  Truck driver Cliff Bowdon enjoys watching the action.    

All loaded and ready to go!  

Nice action here Patrick.        Well done .    A lot of entertainment  to see these photos.

Another picture story for THE  BOOK .

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Nice action here Patrick.        Well done .    A lot of entertainment  to see these photos.

Another picture story for THE  BOOK .

Thanks so much Dallas!  

FOR TODAY:  7 a.m. Monday morning March 28, 1949.   Conductor Jack Higgins and Engineer Willy Bob Thacker talk over the day's run before way freight number 171 embarks on this day's duties ... which include   switching the Creosote Plant, drop off two cars of coal at Waxter Fuel Co., pick up three gondolas of scrap at Scrounge Salvage Co.,  and working  the  industries along the  2.4 mile spur leading off the main at Grinder's Switch.  It's just another day on the railroad.  

@trumpettrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  This is a load of scrap!  

BIG HOOK does the heavy lifting in loading a gondola of scrap.  In this photo an old car is being lifted from truck to gondola.

Toofer Scrugs gives signals to the crane operator as car is lifted from truck.  Truck driver Cliff Bowdon enjoys watching the action.    

All loaded and ready to go!  

Patrick, great scene...the economy appears to be booming on your layout!

@trumpettrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  7 a.m. Monday morning March 28, 1949.   Conductor Jack Higgins and Engineer Willy Bob Thacker talk over the day's run before way freight number 171 embarks on this day's duties ... which include   switching the Creosote Plant, drop off two cars of coal at Waxter Fuel Co., pick up three gondolas of scrap at Scrounge Salvage Co.,  and working  the  industries along the  2.4 mile spur leading off the main at Grinder's Switch.  It's just another day on the railroad.  

Willy Bob, I'm assuming on the left, from the looks of him covered in soot like he's already been on a 12 hour shift! Jack must have just come on shift. The 0-4-0 switcher is a grungy mess, a typically abused yard switcher! Nice weathering Patrick, great scene!

@trumpettrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  7 a.m. Monday morning March 28, 1949.   Conductor Jack Higgins and Engineer Willy Bob Thacker talk over the day's run before way freight number 171 embarks on this day's duties ... which include   switching the Creosote Plant, drop off two cars of coal at Waxter Fuel Co., pick up three gondolas of scrap at Scrounge Salvage Co.,  and working  the  industries along the  2.4 mile spur leading off the main at Grinder's Switch.  It's just another day on the railroad.  

Patrick that Engine is nicely weathered and a very convincing picture thanks for sharing

Here’s a BW pic for you guys on the Layout.

Patrick - super action / story telling pictures for sure. Thanks for posting.  Lee - the B&W actually makes the picture seem more real as it is appropriate for the era.  Color film was not really available, certainly to the average user, until Kodachrome in the 1950's.

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

Patrick - super action / story telling pictures for sure. Thanks for posting.  Lee - the B&W actually makes the picture seem more real as it is appropriate for the era.  Color film was not really available, certainly to the average user, until Kodachrome in the 1950's.

Don

Thanks for the complement Don glad you like it.

Lee, Don, Scott, and Paul - thanks so much for your comments and compliments on my last couple of photos ... much appreciated!!

FOR TODAY:  Cliff Burrows, on his way to work, is about to be picked up by his buddy, Clyde Sanford driving his brand new Tucker.   Just another day in Patsburg.

@trumpettrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  Cliff Burrows, on his way to work, is about to be picked up by his buddy, Clyde Sanford driving his brand new Tucker.   Just another day in Patsburg.

They keep getting better Patrick nice pic. and your welcome anytime

FOR TODAY:  Loading the horse car with race horses.  Owner Cy Billows is on hand to make sure his horses receive the finest treatment.  That's ol Cy standing beside the ramp.  Meanwhile another owner, J.P. Mortimer stands next to his blanketed horse while puffing on his pipe.  Once loaded this car is headed for some race track in Kentucky.  Just another day on the railroad.

Pat, that's a slick way to transfer the horses.