@mike g. posted:Great photos guys! @trumpettrain Partick, I am sure happy that all you folks on the east coast are well prepared for the snow and early winter! LOL
@lee drennen Nice view down to the tracks! Must be part of the industrial area!
@Sitka Love the head on view approaching the trestle!
I would show you a couple of photos, but I don't think you want to see photos of a layout coming down!
Thanks Mike what happen to that fine layout you were building?
FOR TODAY: Happenings down at Butler Junction.
These fellers are about to call it quits for today. They've been at it all day long and they're now looking forward to heading over to Clancy's Pub to unwind. 
Here they are earlier this afternoon gitner done! 
Here comes the Powhattan Arrow rounding the bend! 
And now the Laurentian makes its' way through Patsburg. 
@Sitka posted:Thanks Mike what happen to that fine layout you were building?
Patrick nice to see the guys hard at work! Looks like they rate a nice night at Clancy's!
Well it is being relocated sometime this spring once we sell our house! I hope I find some folk into model RR in Joplin Missouri area. Here is what it looks like now!
Nice view down to the tracks! Must be part of the industrial area!
Thanks Mike. Yes I guess you could say that.
@mike g. posted:Patrick nice to see the guys hard at work! Looks like they rate a nice night at Clancy's!
Well it is being relocated sometime this spring once we sell our house! I hope I find some folk into model RR in Joplin Missouri area. Here is what it looks like now!
Well Mike your a little closer to me now about 300 miles away lol.
@mike g. posted:Patrick nice to see the guys hard at work! Looks like they rate a nice night at Clancy's!
Well it is being relocated sometime this spring once we sell our house! I hope I find some folk into model RR in Joplin Missouri area. Here is what it looks like now!
Well Mike your a little closer to me now about 300 miles away lol. Now your in Frisco Country there lots of Model Rail fans in that area.
Here’s Today’s
@Sitka posted:Thanks Mike what happen to that fine layout you were building?
Good luck with the new home, will be fun drafting up a new layout
God Speed! Mark
FOR TODAY: It's Monday morning and Otis has had quite the weekend! Having slept in the bushes last night, he was catapulted into consciousness when the big steam locomotive rumbled onto the service track. That's Freddy Wampler and Cody Goins, part of the service crew, in the background. They're getting ready to service a N&W J class. As for Otis? Who knows what's next. ... just another day on the railroad! 
It's a sunny Monday morning and the commuter station is all abuzz. An abundance of passengers await on the platform as a Virginian FM Train Master glides into the station wth a commuter train. Switchers dominate the scene .. in the foreground a B&O SW 9 is on the point of a transfer freight ... on the elevated a Baltimore & Annapolis SW9 makes an inspection run .. and on the Mountain Division a Patapsco and Back Rivers VO1000 trundles over a bridge with a way freight ... just another day on the railroad! 
Brown bear chewing on some passenger legs
I think Otis is heading over to the jail to get a good day's sleep.
@coach joe posted:I think Otis is heading over to the jail to get a good day's sleep.
Coach - that could certainly be the case! LOL!!
I haven't posted here a awhile and while changing out a Fastrack switch the morning sun on the layout caught my eye so I snapped these photos.
Always a lot of activity in and around Bob's Market!
Have a great week!
@WesternPacific2217 posted:I haven't posted here a awhile and while changing out a Fastrack switch the morning sun on the layout caught my eye so I snapped these photos.
Always a lot of activity in and around Bob's Market!
Have a great week!
Great looking scenes Scott! What make of fire engine is shown in the bottom photos ... Ford, Chevy/GMC It looks pretty cool!
@trumpettrain posted:Great looking scenes Scott! What make of fire engine is shown in the bottom photos ... Ford, Chevy/GMC It looks pretty cool!
HI Patrick, thanks, glad you enjoyed the photos! The fire truck is a Menards $5 special, LoL it's plastic and not die cast! It's based loosely on a 1956 Ford C Series, C-500 through C-900. Looks like Menards doesn't have the fire truck anymore, I bought mine a couple of years ago.
By the way, Otis looks 3 sheets to the wind already and looks like he has a little bit of the hair of the dog that bit him the night before in his right hand!! LoL Hysterical!
Hi guys thanks for the good wishes and info about train fans down there. I will be searching for some of them here on the forum!
Lee 300 miles isn't that far compared to now! LOL
Mark, that must have been one big guy to fill that little guy up with just a leg! Even better yet it is so cool you caught a photo of it in progress! LOL
Patrick, I love all your stories and the people in them, but I see a trend that maybe Patsberg might need an undercover AA meeting place to help some of those folks out! LOL
Scott, you have such a wonderful layout that any photo is nice, but the sunshine really brings it to life!
I just got home and nothing new from me unless you want to see some more boxes! LOL
@mike g. posted:Patrick nice to see the guys hard at work! Looks like they rate a nice night at Clancy's!
Well it is being relocated sometime this spring once we sell our house! I hope I find some folk into model RR in Joplin Missouri area. Here is what it looks like now!
Wow Mike, you're tearing right into it ! Happy new train-room hunting !
Rich in WV
@trestleking posted:Wow Mike, you're tearing right into it ! Happy new train-room hunting !
Rich in WV
Thanks Rich, the wife said if we find a house with a basement, I can have the whole thing for a train room as long as it also has a tornado shelter!
FOR TODAY: Tom Kraut and Benny Bean Carson are on site rummaging through a junk pile hidden by brush. It took a bit of wheel spinning on a muddy dirt road to get here, as evidenced by the tires and mud kicked up on Tom's Chevy pickup. They hope to find a nice load of junk to take to the scrap dealer and earn a few bucks. Just so happens that a Virginian Train Master is idling on the main as it waits for a green signal. 
Finally the signal has turned green and engineer Floyd Smoot is slowly notching out the throttle tapping the Train Master's' 2400 horsepower to move its' train forward. At the same time Benny Bean yells to Tom " Hey T! I found an old bulldozer back here in the weeds! 
That's a neat pick-up truck Patrick, looks like one of them new Chevy Cameos.
@trumpettrain posted:Great looking scenes Scott! What make of fire engine is shown in the bottom photos ... Ford, Chevy/GMC It looks pretty cool!
Hi Patrick, you asked about my 1956 Ford Fire Truck and I just received an email from Diecast Direct. They have the exact 1956 Ford C Series Fire Truck and some other 1956 C series trucks as well, including a Texaco and Sinclair tow truck that looks pretty cool. Diecast Direct shows the manufacturer as "Denver Diecast". The trucks are $9.95 each. Here's a link if you want to check it out. They are listed as New Arrivals.
https://www.diecastdirect.com/category/New-Arrivals
Happy Rails,
Pigs checking out man in latrine
FOR TODAY: "TIS THE SEASON!" It's 1952 ... Fresh Christmas trees arrive on team track one in Patsburg. The unloading crew headed by foreman Brewster "the Rooster" Klegget, ( because his voice sounds like a rooster crowing ) who sits on the tailgate of the truck while shouting commands. The crew is busier than Santa's elves in the week leading up to Christmas! All these trees will be sold by the Patsburg Boys & Girls Club to raise money for their new club house. 
All the while the Christmas trees are being unloaded by Brewster " the Rooster " and his crew, Railway Express Agency crews are inside the trailer and boxcars transferring the excessive amount of holiday packages from express boxcar to trailer. No doubt about it ... this is a busy time of year, however .... it's just another day on the railroad! 
Always a great story Patrick.
@trumpettrain posted:All these trees will be sold by the Patsburg Boys & Girls Club to raise money for their new club house.
Patrick, well done! If enough money is raised, you’ll have to find a spot on the layout for the new club house.👍😊
Gene
Excellent, Pat!
Mountain climbing ram keeping an eye on that P.R.R boxcar
FOR TODAY: A heavy winter snow has blanketed the Patsburg region, however the deep white stuff doesn't stop the railroad. Trains keep running on time. A B&O Pacific arrives at the station platform with obvious evidence of having been plowing snow with its' pilot. Its' train is packed with holiday travelers. The imagined warmth of the interior of the departing train's observation car is enticing. A B&O RDC 1 darts out of the tunnel on the elevated. Passengers awaiting their train on the snow laden platform are hoping their train is running on time. .... "Just another day on the railroad."
Hey Mike. Joplin MO is not that far from several guys here in KY and Tenn. I'm in western KY. Leapin Larry is just below Fort Campbell in Tenn. We're about 3 hrs from St Louis. I hope when you get settled in we can visit.
Waiting for The Ponderville & North Atlantic to pull in and head to Thunder Bay, for the Holidays'..
Great looking station Ted. Is it a kitbash? What did you use?
WOW Ted!!! That station and figures look terrific!!!
That station looks great, Ted! It is really unique, but quite believable as a Union Station!
Thanks very much Gents'..
I only had the opportunity to build one real structure. This was designed by a fellow on another forum with some input from me. It is 3D printed resin. I changed quite a few items on the basic structure. Photos from the net for interiors and full lighting from Evans Designs added. Figures from Model-U out of Great Britain. Vallejo and craft acrylics from Michaels. Travel by train, Miller engineering signs. Real clocks from Amazon. I have to re-shoot it with my better camera. For some unknown reason my Lumix is acting up..
The Ponderville and North Atlantic Railroad..
Hi guys I know I am late but oh well.
What great photos from you all! I think you all must have went to the same school of art as everything you all do is amazing!
Hi John, When we get settled in I hope I can come and visit you all! You guys have some of the most beautiful layouts!
@MikeG. g, Mike, Farmerjohns invitation is genuine and please take the time to come see us before you begin your next creative layout. Also, Dr. Jack Fishers layout is a must see, (Nashville) you will learn a lot from Farmerjohn, and Dr. Fisher…. Here’s a few pictures around my layout… Happy Railroading Everyone 
Oh Larry don't worry! A visit to your guys Amazing layouts will be the very next thing on the list once we find a place and get settled in! 
Ted, the station and pics look terrific!! The painted figures and scenarios look inviting. Well done!
@ToledoEd posted:Ted, the station and pics look terrific!! The painted figures and scenarios look inviting. Well done!
Thank you Ed, much appreciated'.🎅🏻
FOR TODAY: It may be snowing, however, the trains are running right on time. 
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