Happen to stop by the Amtrak station today check out the schedule. I was lucky enough to catch two MOW vehicles. A non stop Acela heading to NYC, flew by at least 100 plus MPH before I could hit the video button on the cell phone.
You'll see a Gent on the platform who comes every day to see at least one train. Retired conductor, rail fan now... Not interested in a layout though'...
Hi guys, I started to write comments for all the great photos and realized that I haven't been on here since the 12th! I would be here all day!
But I do want to say that you all have amazing photos from the rock climbing to the barrel of fun with everyone! Heck Dave even got in some dirt digging, I have to say that sure is some nice looking dirt!
I hope everyone is doing well and is getting ready for the long weekend!
FOR TODAY: These fellers got some real work to do today! Good thing BIG HOOK has been called to assist. This photo must have been taken as the guys get back to work after break ... as Judd Semple is still sitting on the flat car deck taking the last gulp of his Frosty Root Beer. For the rest of the guys it's back to work! Foreman Nick Crane, in yellow hard hat and back to camera, gives instructions to Junior Custer who stands on the flat car. The fellers back around BIG HOOK are working out a slight mechanical problem before she swings into action. .... just another day on the railroad!
@trumpettrain posted:FOR TODAY: These fellers got some real work to do today! Good thing BIG HOOK has been called to assist. This photo must have been taken as the guys get back to work after break ... as Judd Semple is still sitting on the flat car deck taking the last gulp of his Frosty Root Beer. For the rest of the guys it's back to work! Foreman Nick Crane, in yellow hard hat and back to camera, gives instructions to Junior Custer who stands on the flat car. The fellers back around BIG HOOK are working out a slight mechanical problem before she swings into action. .... just another day on the railroad!
Patrick, sure looks like Nick Crane is working those guys just a little too hard! They should be next door shooting some pool! LOL
Another hard day for Mike at A & B Grain.
FOR TODAY: The golden years of the postwar period. Lionel 2065 steam locomotive, 216 ALCO FA2 Santa Fe diesel, and Virginian FM Train Master. ... not just another day on the railroad! 
A Plasticville model I built many many layouts ago. I've added figures and to me it still looks good.
@Dave Ripp. posted:A Plasticville model I built many many layouts ago. I've added figures and to me it still looks good.
Looks great Dave!! How bout uh bushel of them thar taters? 
FOR TODAY ... LABOR DAY 2022: A tribute to labor! ( Click on image to enlarge. ) 
Hail! Hail! The gang’s all here! The labor gang, that is!!
Trumptrain great pictures. Out of all those workers I figure one or two are actually working the others are supervising. Reminds me of a Highway road crew.
@poconotrain posted:Trumptrain great pictures. Out of all those workers I figure one or two are actually working the others are supervising. Reminds me of a Highway road crew.
Thanks so much! AND yes there are quite a few supervisors for sure.
FOR TODAY: Now that the summer holiday is " officially" over, passengers line the station platform waiting for their trains to take them back home. ... just another day on the railroad!
Great Photos everyone!
Dave I love the fruit & Vegi stand!
As always Patrick Your photos are killer! I just wonder how that broke cause you would think they would just take it into the shop to replace it there! LOL
Sorry nothing new from me!
FOR TODAY: Thursday afternoon in Patsburg. 
FOR TODAY: The night shift. Ellsworth and Homer are the only MOW crew on tonight and there's a full moon too! 
Lead singer, Abagail DuMonde, sings the national anthem at the start of the performance'.
Five Cent hot dogs are todays special at the stand'.
Dusk falls on the park and there's still a nice large crowd enjoying the festivities'...
Last Call for dogs'
Last song of the evening, hope you enjoyed the concert'
Ted - I totally enjoyed the concert!!!! ENCORE ENCORE!!!!
The scenes are very well detailed and your photography superbly captured the spirit/atmosphere of such an outdoor event! .... WELL DONE!!!!
Thanks very much' Pat. I appreciate your very nice compliment'...👍😉
Ted, TRUMPTRAIN said it eloquently. Well done, Maestro!
@ToledoEd posted:Ted, TRUMPTRAIN said it eloquently. Well done, Maestro!
Thanks Ed... It's a labor of love'...😁
FOR TODAY: Stop Look and Listen. Snapped these photos this morning while riding my bike. It's Monday morning and the crew of this a local freight has set out its' train on a siding so the locomotive could back onto the service track to take on water. Off in the distance, on the tender deck, is fireman Ernie Bob who skillfully performs the task of filling his tender's tank. 
Monday morning down at the station reveals the usual activity of a Monday morning. B&O train number 123, comprised of three RDC cars is shown pulling away from the station heading west. Commuters sit patiently waiting for the east bound commuter train B&O 124. Conductor Bill Jameson ( far left ) waits to board B&O train number 2, Free State Limited, where he will deadhead back to Port Chesapeake, his home base. 
Great photos and stories guys!
Patrick I know I can always come here and find out what is going on in Patsburg! I know if I didn't like living out in the woods so much I bet that would be a wonderful place to live!
Ted, I didn't know you were into concerts! But you sure found a wonderful place to sit back and enjoy! Nothing like music in the woods!
@mike g. posted:Great photos and stories guys!
Patrick I know I can always come here and find out what is going on in Patsburg! I know if I didn't like living out in the woods so much I bet that would be a wonderful place to live!
Ted, I didn't know you were into concerts! But you sure found a wonderful place to sit back and enjoy! Nothing like music in the woods!
Coach Joe - If you ever get tired of living in the woods Patsburg will welcome you with a fanfare of trumpets and locomotives whistles/horns!! You'd be a welcome addition to our community
FOR TODAY: Another fish story .... Conductor Jasper Joe Plunket is at it again. He's standing on the rear deck of his caboose telling another one of his whoppers! The fellows on the ground find Jasper Joe to always provide interesting entertainment ... like today .. " I tell you what. I went a feeshin this past weekend up on Blue Gorge Lake. Those feesh were a biten too! I caught me some really big feesh and the shortest one was this long! I kid you not! I kid you not!! " ... just another day on the railroad!
Everyone beautiful pictures, this thread has many nice pictures and awesome layouts, Happy Railroading Everyone 
@trumpettrain Patrick wonderful photo! I am so jealous for Jasper Joe! I haven't been fishing all year!
@jgtrh62 John great picture of your engine house! Just wondering how did you make room for the pit in your table?
@leapinlarry Larry, I always love the photos of your wonderful layout! The best thing is I can always except to see something from BNSF on your layout whether it be the main focus or in the background!
Here is something from the past for me!
@Mike g., thank you always for your kind words of encouragement, Your Hobby Shop is awesome, the parking lot so full of vintage cars, and the lumber company in the background, beautiful scene and your layout is amazingly neat. Here’s a better picture of the BNSF. H
Thank you Larry, you really made my day!
@p51, Lee, just a note, I read your great article in OGR The Magazine run #326 and liked it very much. Your military themed layout is really nice, great scenery, very realistic and thank you for serving our country, We honor you. I live 10 minutes from Ft. Campbell if you catch every red light, 5 minutes if I catch all green lights. I need to make up a military train as that’s on my bucket list. Happy Railroading Everyone
Thanks, Larry. That means a great deal to me!
@mike g. posted:@jgtrh62 John great picture of your engine house! Just wondering how did you make room for the pit in your table?
Thanks guys, great photos as always!
Coach Joe I'll be sure to post interior photos as I progress.
Mike G the pit is built into the base of the building and I framed out a recess in the benchwork that the base fits in too.
Here's the base with the bottom removed.
And the building mounted in the recess.
John
@p51 posted:I love this figure! Who made and painted it?
I painted it. I bought a book on how to paint figures. Unfortunately, I don't remember where I got the figure.
If you research unpainted G scale figures it's probably still available somewhere.
Thanks for the compliment.
Ron H
FOR TODAY: Happy first day of fall Ya'll ( Click on image to enlarge. ) 
Patrick, great fall colors on display.
0-4-0 sitting on a siding, watching a Hobo play his guitar
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