a picture a day....

Rabbits in garden

Both Mains are shut down as RR Police bust a Railfan trespasser. Tower man Quinn is out on the balcony yelling at everyone.

@pennsyfan posted:

Both Mains are shut down as RR Police bust a Railfan trespasser. Tower man Quinn is out on the balcony yelling at everyone.

Great scene and story, Bob!

The scrap yard.

*Finally* able to mate the animated span sections with the base plate . . .

. . . and here's the prototype, from the air:

It looks great, Steve!

@Steve Tyler posted:

*Finally* able to mate the animated span sections with the base plate . . .

. . . and here's the prototype, from the air:

Looks great Steve, can’t wait to see it installed on the layout.

@pennsyfan posted:

Looks great Steve, can’t wait to see it installed on the layout.

You are right, Bob.  I complimented Steve on the model, but seeing it on the layout will be truly great!!

@Mark Boyce posted:

You are right, Bob.  I complimented Steve on the model, but seeing it on the layout will be truly great!!

Well, that's a matter currently under discussion. Done in true O scale, the complete bridge would be well over six feet bank-to-bank. I've proposed selectively compressing the non-animated sections, reducing the total length to about five and a half feet, but am awaiting confirmation that there's room on the RFC train garden for it all before tackling the other two modules (traffic control gates and lights at each end). My main home layout is only eight by eight feet, so it'd be a real engineering feat to shoehorn it in!

@Steve Tyler posted:

Well, that's a matter currently under discussion. Done in true O scale, the complete bridge would be well over six feet bank-to-bank. I've proposed selectively compressing the non-animated sections, reducing the total length to about five and a half feet, but am awaiting confirmation that there's room on the RFC train garden for it all before tackling the other two modules (traffic control gates and lights at each end). My main home layout is only eight by eight feet, so it'd be a real engineering feat to shoehorn it in!

Steve, I totally understand!  My layout is a walk in, 11’ X 8’, and there are so many things I would like to add.

FOR TODAY:  Something good is always brewing in the Brewtown neighborhood of Patsburg!  Today this Bud is for you!

@Steve Tyler posted:

Well, that's a matter currently under discussion. Done in true O scale, the complete bridge would be well over six feet bank-to-bank. I've proposed selectively compressing the non-animated sections, reducing the total length to about five and a half feet, but am awaiting confirmation that there's room on the RFC train garden for it all before tackling the other two modules (traffic control gates and lights at each end). My main home layout is only eight by eight feet, so it'd be a real engineering feat to shoehorn it in!

Steve, that bridge would look so good on your layout.  Seems no matter the size of an O3RL there is never enough room for everything we'd like to display.  My former layout was 5' x 13'.  Currently building  a new layout  4' X16' .  I have over a 100 scratch builds and a several kits.  I have good length but that one foot shortage in width is only allowing a third of my structures... No room for a yard either.. So, I feel your pain...Again that is a very cool looking bridge.  Very nice work..

Comin' atcha

- walt

The "Chief" loading up at the North Main Street station...

Hi guys its been a while since I was here last, I just wanted to say thank you all for posting such wonderful pictures of your layouts! Between the photos and the stories it sure makes for a great day! Thanks again!

Following @Capetrainman - street lights

- walt

Had a building I purchased  at York several years ago. Finally got around to work on it. Decided to make a brewery out of it. Put it on layout tonight  and lighting is not right where it shows the stacks of barrels . Ill work on it again tomorrow  but here it is so far.

@farmerjohnn, Wow, beautiful Brewery, and it’s going to look fantastic on your layout. Thanks for posting…I’ve been helping several families liquidate their train collections. This must stop…. Either way, here’s a few pictures to review. Happy Railroading (see MTH G Gauge F3 A unit, it’s huge)

@farmerjohn posted:

Had a building I purchased  at York several years ago. Finally got around to work on it. Decided to make a brewery out of it. Put it on layout tonight  and lighting is not right where it shows the stacks of barrels . Ill work on it again tomorrow  but here it is so far.

farmerjohn that is very sharp! Mark

@farmerjohn,

What an incredible building.  Something that size is a perfect candidate to use pictures for the interior but you've gone ahead and detailed the whole interior.  Can't wait to see it on thelayout.

@leapinlarry, again you're trains have made me think WOW!

Morning guys, what great photos!

@walt rapp wonderful street scene! One can pick up a lot from Paul AKA @Capetrainman when it comes to auto scenery!

@farmerjohn WOW John that is an AMAZING building and is going to look wonderful on your layout! It just gives me another reason to visit! You have so much going on with your layout that one really cant take it all in, in one day!

@leapinlarry Larry love the photos and somehow in the back of my brain I think you put those BNSF engines up there cause you know how much I love them! LOL They all look great but those really catch my eye!

Mike, always appreciate your comments and likes...your new trainroom has great potential!  Can't wait for the table construction to start...

The Penn RR "Broadway Limited" pulling out of the North Main Street Station over the weekend...

From one of my Christmas layouts

walt

Pictures from one of my previous layouts.

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My youngest Granddaughter is getting her checkout to be the new engineer on the loco that I originally built for her 18 year old cousin.

Thanks for the comments everyone. I put the brewery  on layout today. It adds  a new focus point on my layout. It sets behind the scrap yard which gives it some distance. More to do on scenery for sure but here it is for now.

First off I have to compliment @farmerjohn - beautiful building and beautiful scene.

This doesn't compete with that but I like to contribute to this thread, so here's my offering.  I took a picture of the Heinz plant (now defunct) and built this.  Luckily Miller came out with the Heinz ketchup bottle sign so it was a must buy.  That temperature reading was the REAL temp displayed that day.

- walt

FOR TODAY:   A Train Master has left the rails!

Engineer Billy Joe McCalister didn't see the caution signal to slow down and took the switch too fast resulting in this situation.  Luckily no one was injured.  His head end brakeman, Gus Morganstern,  was using the locomotives toilet facility at the time.  Now Ol' Gus was definitely a little shook up but nothing more than that!    Ol' Billy Jo is going to have some splainin to do once FJSR Road Foreman Big Buster Lanahan arrives on the scene, and his ETA is about 15 minutes from now.  I think Billy Joe's length of employment with the FSJR is about to end in about 16 minutes from now. .... just another day on the railroad.

Today my picture is the Lionel R30 set with the add on car, and the opening doors is a crowd pleaser… Happy Railroading Everyone

2 posts above I showed a project of mine to make somewhat of a model of the old Heinz plant on the North Side.  Here is a picture of the actual building that I based my model on.

- walt

My model:

@leapinlarry posted:

Today my picture is the Lionel R30 set with the add on car, and the opening doors is a crowd pleaser… Happy Railroading Everyone

What a great display Larry... Beautiful set and super great layout'...👍

Walt, nice job on your Heinz Plant model!

look at that, I am gone 2 days and bang you all add all these wonderful photos! Great job everyone!

Night run

FOR TODAY:   The arrival of Fall.  

Farmer Emmet Spriggs is on his tractor pulling some hay to his big barn located a couple two tree miles down the lane.  His wife Clarabel feeds the hogs as his son Gleason tends to hoeing a late crop of vegetables.  

Trackside ... the last vestige of summer flowers are still visible as the fall colors dominate.

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Following @trumpettrain and hay, a scene from one of my Christmas layouts with a wagon full of hay.

- walt

P.R.R.  Madison observation car in a dark tunnel

FOR TODAY:   It's a busy morning on the Free State Junction Railway.   Much to their dismay,  passengers at the commuter station are viewing lots of freight train action.  It seems  the new dispatcher on duty has given freight trains priority over commuter trains which are now running 20 minutes late.  The FSJR has always taken great pride in their on time performance record.   I'll betcha a dollar to a donut that the big boss will be hearing about this morning's "not on time performance" from many of those folks now standing on the platform  ... and I'll betcha another dollar to a donut that today's new dispatcher will be tomorrow's former dispatcher!

And back home on the ol' Amish farm

- walt

One of my favorite scenes on my layout is my camping area near a small **** still some river activity  going on with the fishing and camping even in early fall.