a picture a day....

@Sitka posted:

Climbers racing to the top

@trumpettrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  It's Friday afternoon in Patsburg and the team tracks are busy!  As a gang of ol timers view the action from the tower platform,

@trumpettrain posted:

OK.................the other day I commented on Patrick's backpacking on a ridge and now you two are giving me a nose bleed today   ..............NICE  PHOTOS from on HIGH guys.

@mike g. posted:

Hey guys, great photos and stories about hiking. Sorry I haven't been around to comment sooner but its been busy here and it's not done yet! I would really like to post something but all you would see is new post and cross post for a new fence! LOL What a blast!

I am hoping to be done with it and back in the train room within a week if I am lucky!

I hope you all have a great week!

Not to worry Mike.    Mostly just a little train running for relaxing myself.     Involved with a small wood carving for Judy's Christmas present .

You have a good weekend too sir.

Here you go Dallas Climb to Glory,

FOR TODAY:  Great weekend to be outdoors having fun!

Josh, Jenkin, and Lazo climb rocks.

A trolly whizzes by as a logging train passes above and boaters row below .... all the while the rock climbing trio are focused on their task at hand.

Ah ... the beach and canoeing ... how relaxing!  

Ah ha!  More rock climbing!  The canoeing does look relaxing, but so does train watching!

@Sitka posted:

Here you go Dallas Climb to Glory,

@trumpettrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  Great weekend to be outdoors having fun!

Sitka and Patrick.............if I show up on your mountainous  layouts .........do you have insurance coverage or am I going to have to increase my own.

( NO  TRESPASSING  signs don't  absolve responsibility for dangerous activities .)

Nice layout climbing scenes guys. 

Some citizens of Warrenville like mountain climbing too!

Running my vision line challenger at the local Train Museum.

FOR TODAY:  Last commuter train and trolley out of Patsburg late Saturday evening.  Just another day on the railroad.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Sitka and Patrick.............if I show up on your mountainous  layouts .........do you have insurance coverage or am I going to have to increase my own.

( NO  TRESPASSING  signs don't  absolve responsibility for dangerous activities .)

Nice layout climbing scenes guys. 

Have to work that out with a cold beer.

@Sitka posted:

Have to work that out with a cold beer.

It always seems to assist in some form of inspiration.

@Lionelski posted:

Some citizens of Warrenville like mountain climbing too!

Getting another nose bleed here John ......starting to get a little oxygen deprivation at these heights also .

Nice arraingment  these features and figures

@trumpettrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  Last commuter train and trolley out of Patsburg late Saturday evening.  Just another day on the railroad.

Looks like a really nice scene for that  IMAGINEERING  thread Patrick.

@trumpettrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  Last commuter train and trolley out of Patsburg late Saturday evening.  Just another day on the railroad.

Great scene Patrick...much potential with special effects for Ted's thread...!

Late night meal at the "20th Century Diner!"  Open 24 / 7 next to the bus station....

Some rail fans ready with their cameras. I hope they don't have to wait to long, I'm cleaning the train table and basement.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Getting another nose bleed here John ......starting to get a little oxygen deprivation at these heights also .

Thanks Dallas

The figure on the right is a common Plasticville painter.

The mountainside is thin, white, Styrofoam, salvaged from packaging, layered together with Elmer's white glue.

I then painted it with leftover grey, green and brown latex paint and sprinkled sawdust, some dyed green with Rit Dye (just like in the 1950's) while the paint was still wet. Lastly, I added some small pieces of lichen and weed flowers sprayed green.

I like free.

For more free tips, go here:

Free and Unique Stuff to Use: (warrenvillerailroad.com)

Thanks Dallas and Paul for your comments/compliments on my previous post.  Much appreciated! I posted that photo on Ted's thread back in 2020, however, not with special effects.  At your suggestion I will play around with special effects.  If I like the result I will re-post the same photo with the special effects ( before and after ) on Ted's thread.  

Patrick...looking forward to seeing the  pic...

FOR TODAY:  It's 1950 ... Engineer Buster Bottoms is making time with this old tea kettle, as he calls number 97!!  He's got the throttle notched all the way out and she's doing 32 miles per hour.  He can't wait to get assigned to one of them new fangled diesel locomotives like a F3 or BL2 or a RS3.  Heck ol Buster would even settle for a GE 44 tonner but his real dream is to be at the throttle of a Fairbanks Morse Train Master. ...  Just another day on the railroad.

Buster has a nice ride!  How about a Pittsburgh made Porter for Buster’s upgrade!  Then shoot for the FM

@Mark Boyce posted:

Buster has a nice ride!  How about a Pittsburgh made Porter for Buster’s upgrade!  Then shoot for the FM

At this point Buster is ready for anything other than ol number 97!  Pittsburgh here he comes!!

FOR TODAY:  This morning while riding my bike along Railroad Ave.,  I came upon these MOW workers in full  work mode!  These fellas were ' gitner done' too!   For railroad workers weekends are ...  just another day on the railroad.

FOR TODAY:  Focus on the Lionel automatic barrel car.  I got this car for Christmas when I was in second grade. It still works perfectly!!  Now on with the story ...

Sipping my afternoon coffee while peaking out my office window, I see this car load of barrels.  " Hmmmm .... interesting" I mumble under my breath. " Let me run down to the first floor for a better look!"

View from the first floor terrace.  "I guess the workers will have to clear some space before these barrels can be unloaded."  .... just another day on the railroad!

Forklift driver Joe spotting a load of barrels.

It’s barrel day!

@Mark Boyce posted:

It’s barrel day!

Yes indeed Mark!  It should be a barrel of fun!  lol !

@trumpettrain posted:

Yes indeed Mark!  It should be a barrel of fun!  lol !

😄😄😄 If I was to participate, it would be a barrel of monkeys!

@Mark Boyce posted:

😄😄😄 If I was to participate, it would be a barrel of monkeys!

You guys are a barrel of laughs.

@Trumptrain, you’ve started a fad, It’s a barrel of fun seeing your barrel car getting ready to be unloaded, (Your first floor view is ideal), and @Dave Ripp has the right fork lift to assist you in unloading those heavy barrels off of the car, Joes his number one operator,  @Mark Boyce is happy with all your ideas, Barrel Day, and now, I’ve found some barrels I bought years ago and hopefully one day they will make it to the layout, Yes, it’s Barrel Day in America. It’s a barrel of fun reading this thread. Great pictures everyone, Happy Railroading Everyone

@leapinlarry posted:

@Trumptrain, you’ve started a fad, It’s a barrel of fun seeing your barrel car getting ready to be unloaded, (Your first floor view is ideal), and @Dave Ripp has the right fork lift to assist you in unloading those heavy barrels off of the car, Joes his number one operator,  @Mark Boyce is happy with all your ideas, Barrel Day, and now, I’ve found some barrels I bought years ago and hopefully one day they will make it to the layout, Yes, it’s Barrel Day in America. It’s a barrel of fun reading this thread.  Great pictures everyone, Happy Railroading Everyone

Happy barrel day Larry.

Larry, Barrel Day it is!!

I love pictures of the day, and @ Trumptrain started a train full of fun for today. With all of the issues running rampant in the world, we can go to our train room for good mental therapy, Trains are a fun. Thank you for chiming in the fun, Happy Railroading Everyone

And Barrel Day it is!!! Thanks Larry!  Roll out the barrels of fun!  

@leapinlarry posted:

Absolutely love it, Larry - Highway Barrels… the Official State Flower of Pennsylvania To quote Carl the Bus Driver when I first moved to PA, “there are only 2 seasons in Pennsylvania… Winter and Under Construction”!!!

Rob the grave digger.

FOR TODAY:  These guys have been busy this morning to say the least!  It' s just after 8 a.m. and they've unloaded two boxcars already.  It's now break time.  Elmer Beardsley sits on the doorsill of the new Santa Fe boxcar talking with Les Winkler about last night's ball game.  Shorty Long drives the forklift pulling the last crate to the freight holding area for REA pickup later. ..... just another day on the railroad!

@Dave Ripp. posted:

Rob the grave digger.

There  are railroad terminal photos and there are terminal photos   At any rate Dave very nice scene!  Reminds  us of our impermanence .... enjoy each moment we are on this side of the dirt because we all have an expiration date.  Lets enjoy our day to the max!!!  

More Barrels mine are full of Beer!

@Apples55 posted:

Absolutely love it, Larry - Highway Barrels… the Official State Flower of Pennsylvania To quote Carl the Bus Driver when I first moved to PA, “there are only 2 seasons in Pennsylvania… Winter and Under Construction”!!!

That is absolutely correct, Paul!  Also, once they started using salt in the winter on a widespread basis, there was more need of those barrels, even if they just mark a spot to avoid.  I get it that the salt helps keeping traffic moving, and motorists are calling for it as soon as there are a few flakes of snow, but…