a picture a day....

The newest. Yesterday 1/12/2023 was a big toy train delivery day-

Original Wide Gauge Boucher engine and tender,

Original three Wide Gauge American Flyer red decal passenger cars

Original three Wide Gauge Dorfan freight cars

WOW great photos everyone!

Ted, you sure know how to bring a smile to ones face! LOL I think the guys are waiting for the Pizza guy from Paul's neck of the woods!

Arnold, I sent you an email with the information on the figures you're interested in...

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Arnold, I sent you an email with the information on the figures you're interested in...

Got it, thanks Quarter Gauger 48.

Wow, @Carey TeaRose, your Standard gauge layout is beautiful, colorful, and I bet it’s fun to run, TinPlate colors are just fun to see. Very nice pictures., and can you believe this thread is on page 245, it’s a fun to review thread. Happy Railroading Everyone

The pic OTD showing progress on the upper platform of The VintageHubby's new WIDE GAUGE/STANDARD GAUGE on-the-floor Basement Layout. A 42STD loop shows off the reproduction Lionel blue & silver 309, 311, and 312 passage car set, and an original 1835E & 1835W tender. The birch plywood is varnished, after being stained with General Finishes waterbased DYE STAIN. The Barclay soldier peeps and accessories are originals. Original blue lamps from Nation Wide Lines.

FOR TODAY:  Local freight passes by the commuter station early this morning.  No one even seems to notice the Pennsy A5 as it eases by the platform with its' bell clanging.   Mrs. Bradford is taking her young son Luke to visit her aunt several station stops down the line, Seaman Chris Quigly is returning to his ship after a lengthy holiday leave, conductor Willis Hines will deadhead to Port Chesapeake where he will then be in charge of the FSJR flagship passenger train ... the Free State Flyer  ... just another day on the railroad!

More Picture(s) OTD, the three original American Flyer stations arrived, along with five original AF blue lamps. All from Nation Wide Lines.

@W&W posted:

My new Lionel Amtrak F40PH & F40PH Cabbage units now on The South Fork Railroad.

Craig;

Nice Amtrak collection. I also just purchased the 206. I picked it up Friday, but only had time to unpack it and give it a look see. A question… is there some secret to getting the hatch off to access the switches??? Per the manual, I tried removing the rear hatch with the 3 fan units with no luck and I was afraid I would damage the paint Other than the run/program switch, I always turn off smoke!!!

Thanks.

@Apples55 posted:

Craig;

Nice Amtrak collection. I also just purchased the 206. I picked it up Friday, but only had time to unpack it and give it a look see. A question… is there some secret to getting the hatch off to access the switches??? Per the manual, I tried removing the rear hatch with the 3 fan units with no luck and I was afraid I would damage the paint Other than the run/program switch, I always turn off smoke!!!

Thanks.

Paul, you haven't lived until you've filled your train room with smoke from your steamers and smokin' diesels!

Just kidding, I know smoke is not for everybody, but it happens to be my favorite model train feature.

By the way, I don't smoke cigarettes, pipes or cigars or anything else, except as a young man I used to smoke a pipe. Used to put me in a nice meditative mood when studying in school or at my law office. Smart move for me to give up smoking by the time I was 30. Arnold

Sorry, Arnold, but the only smoke I’ve run recently is when I cranked up my old 637 steamer using one of the last smoke pellets which came with the set in the early 60’s. I will admit to trying the smoke on my VisionLine BigBoy when I first got it. The alternating puffs from the twin stacks was cool, and the whistle smoke was fantastic. Of course, I smelt the petroleum scent for several days after!!!

Paul, I'm no big spender so no Visionline for me, but I have a couple of Legacy locos including this NY Central 10 wheeler with whistle steam, which is my best locomotive:

Not cheap, but at the outer limits of my affordability at about $750. Also, runs well on my 031 curves and through my 022 switches. Arnold

@Apples55 posted:

Craig;

Nice Amtrak collection. I also just purchased the 206. I picked it up Friday, but only had time to unpack it and give it a look see. A question… is there some secret to getting the hatch off to access the switches??? Per the manual, I tried removing the rear hatch with the 3 fan units with no luck and I was afraid I would damage the paint Other than the run/program switch, I always turn off smoke!!!

Thanks.

Paul, the hatch w/the fans lifts up from the rear.  You have to try to get your finger on the rear edge of the fan hatch & lift up.  There are clips on the front edge of the hatch, so don’t try to lift from the front edge. It was hard the first time, but am able to lift off the hatch now w/not to much effort.   Hope this helps.

Craig

For Wednesday 1/17/3023 a day late for a Tail End Tuesday:

Standard Gauge MTH repro of Lionel 200 series caboose, and Standard Gauge MTH repro of Lionel Stephen Girard Observation car. On the Main Floor “Showcase” Layout.

@W&W posted:

Paul, the hatch w/the fans lifts up from the rear.  You have to try to get your finger on the rear edge of the fan hatch & lift up.  There are clips on the front edge of the hatch, so don’t try to lift from the front edge. It was hard the first time, but am able to lift off the hatch now w/not to much effort.   Hope this helps.

Craig

Thanks, Craig. I guess I’m so used to the 4 little magnets!!! I did note some play in the hatch, but never would have guessed that there were clips. I won’t make it back home for a couple of weeks, but I’ll give your method a try. Thanks again.

Early morning around the lake in Paradise, CA. Fisherman returning from a successful early morning on the lake, the lake caretaker with a friend sitting on his mobile home patio enjoying some sun, the tail end of the Daylight leaving town, a early round of basket ball, and an SP SW8 rolling by heading to the ranch to pickup a load of cattle.

Paul, still helping out your brother?

FOR TODAY:  Almost quittin time.   Horace is just about to climb back into his tractor and pull this loaded trailer to the REA distribution facility 3.5 miles down the road.  Once there he will punch the clock and his week is done.  Then he will hitch a ride with fork lift operator Elmer Seymour over to the Dynamo Diner where they will meet their wives for supper.  Tonight is corned beef and cabbage night at the diner.  Of course o'l Horace just loves him some cabbage! ... A couple of weeks ago when the diner was having the corned beef and cabbage special he ate way too much cabbage.  Uh huh that right he did ... so much so that the Mrs. made him sleep down stairs on the couch with the window cracked open all weekend.   Now that weekend on the couch may have taught o'l Horace a lesson, but don't you count on it. ... just another day on the railroad!

Working on detailing. Barclay soldiers and Manoil cannons on an original Standard Gauge Lionel 211 flat car. Two original American Flyer stations, AF and Lionel lamps, repro Lionel 300 series blue & silver passenger set.

@coach joe posted:

Paul, still helping out your brother?

Yep, Joe. 8 weeks is going on 8 months - all sorts of set backs I do get back home on the occasional weekend and that is usually related to a visit to Grzyboski’s to pick up something I ordered I’m guessing a few more months until he is able to be independent again. I miss my trains and this forum keeps me in touch with what is really important

Baseball Field on the Rincon, Citrus and Tri-Valley Railroad, 2023.

Ticket booth, stands and part of right field of "Tex Carrigan Stadium".

More pix coming soon (I hope).

Once again on the Rincon, Citrus and Tri-Valley Railroad ...

"Tex Carrigan Field" with the Southern Pacific #4280 chuffing by ....  She had just left Santa Susanna, CA, and is headed next to Moorpark on its way up the Coast to Santa Barbara.

@Apples55 posted:

Yep, Joe. 8 weeks is going on 8 months - all sorts of set backs I do get back home on the occasional weekend and that is usually related to a visit to Grzyboski’s to pick up something I ordered I’m guessing a few more months until he is able to be independent again. I miss my trains and this forum keeps me in touch with what is really important

I’m sorry, Paul.  This is the first I learned you are looking after your brother.  I’m sorry for the setbacks.

@Carey TeaRose posted:

Working on detailing. Barclay soldiers and Barclay cannons on an original Standard Gauge Lionel 211 flat car. Two original American Flyer stations, AF and Lionel lamps, repro Lionel 300 series blue & silver passenger set.

This is really a very interesting military looking setting Carey.

It looks to be a WWI scenario with Uncle Sam wants you poster , the type of outfits the figures are wearing and the artillery pieces on the flat car.  Definitely unique looking military flat car load.    Nice.

Fun pieces on the back side of the Main Floor “Showcase” Standard Gauge Layout.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

This is really a very interesting military looking setting Carey.

It looks to be a WWI scenario with Uncle Sam wants you poster , the type of outfits the figures are wearing and the artillery pieces on the flat car.  Definitely unique looking military flat car load.    Nice.

DallasJ, yes The VintageHubby is using his Barclay, Manoil figures and accessories that are WWI era in style for his new WIDE GAUGE/STANDARD GAUGE on-the-floor Basement Layout. Trying to find litho buildings where possible. I’ve been playing with detailing ideas.

Very different than my two SG layouts we already have here in our home.

Young couple hanging out watching some trains

Paul, I wonder if there are any other forum members living near your brother.  You could meet for lunch or something just for a well deserved break.

Western Maryland F3 coal train crossing the Hellgate bridge on THE SOUTH FORK RAILROAD.

7:AM, the Yard Master enjoys his coffee as the MOW Foreman gives the MOW Crew their daily assignments for the day. He also informs them they will have to work on the week-end as the crew has fallen behind. An inspection is scheduled soon by the RR Safety Administration, and every section must be ship shape'...

Audrey and Hank, take in the sun on their new deck of the recently yard office converted to a house.  The couple got a really good deal from the RR.  Enough cash left for Hank to buy a new 51 Buick. Not sure which color, Audrey likes best, the dealer lets him try out a jet black rag top and or a sea foam green. Hank is leaning towards the green.  Audrey likes the convertible.  The next few days will determine the outcome'...

Ted, great scenes and narratives.

@ToledoEd posted:

Ted, great scenes and narratives.

Thanks Ed,  Trying to keep busy and my hand in the game.. God only knows when I'll be able to build the new layout... I miss my trains and structures... so, in the mean time building small kits and taking pics...🤣😢

Audrey and Hank had a major falling out partly due to deciding what color Buick to keep.  Also, Audrey has been suspicious that Hank may have a wandering eye.  Audrey decided to go stay with her Mother.  Hank decided to buy the car he always wanted for many years.  A 1939 Mercedes Roadster 500. He wasted no time bringing Audrey's suspicions home to see his new Roadster.  This is referred to as a different perspective'....🤣

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Audrey and Hank had a major falling out partly due to deciding what color Buick to keep.  Also, Audrey has been suspicious that Hank may have a wandering eye.  Audrey decided to go stay with her Mother.  Hank decided to buy the car he always wanted for many years.  A 1939 Mercedes Roadster 500. He wasted no time bringing Audrey's suspicions home to see his new Roadster.  This is referred to as a different perspective'....🤣

Still love those vehicles and figures you keep finding Ted.

Very nice pictures everyone and @Carey TeaRose, your Standard gauge trains above and wonder who made the TinPlate clock tower, it’s really nice. @Quarter Gauger 48, wow nice pictures, neat cottage type house with a cool front porch with green railings, but the cool part is the folks on the porch, very interesting, the lady smoking, the guy just there, but the blue roadster is beautiful. Great scenes. @W&W, Wow, there’s nothing better than seeing a train going through the Hellgate bridge, nice, Very nice pictures everyone. Happy Railroading Everyone

@leapinlarry posted:

Really great looking Red CSX Larry .

At dusk on June 9, 2013, the Twin Cities and Western brings its local into B Yard to interchange with the Canadian Pacific.

FOR TODAY: Clem Dempster is the crane mechanic for the Big Hook.  He just completed some minor repairs and the Big Hook is now ready for service.  

This MOW crew is clearing away brush to make way for a rail and tie storage area.   The Big Hook will be arriving within a couple hours to unload flat cars of rails and cross ties ... just another day on the railroad.

@leapinlarry posted:

Very nice pictures everyone and @Carey TeaRose, your Standard gauge trains above and wonder who made the TinPlate clock tower, it’s really nice. @Quarter Gauger 48, wow nice pictures, neat cottage type house with a cool front porch with green railings, but the cool part is the folks on the porch, very interesting, the lady smoking, the guy just there, but the blue roadster is beautiful. Great scenes. @W&W, Wow, there’s nothing better than seeing a train going through the Hellgate bridge, nice, Very nice pictures everyone. Happy Railroading Everyone

Larry, as I've said many times, you have one heck of a layout and basement.  Exactly how large is that basement'.... You have all the amenities , it is awesome'...  Thanks for the nice compliments'''..😉