a picture a day....

Heavy Traffic

A special meeting at the station.

Here is mine for today.

How about some jets?

Loved them since childhood. My father grew up in Larchmont and could see the 4 track NH Main Line from my grandparents' yard.

Peter

Here's my daily!

Putnam Division posted:

How about some jets?

Loved them since childhood. My father grew up in Larchmont and could see the 4 track NH Main Line from my grandparents' yard.

Peter

Hopefully some of those memories are first hand.

An additional question for you, Peter...

Do you have any data on the short blade left hand semaphores that NH used?  I've been looking for dimensions without success.

Regards,

Lou N

Christmas 2016

Almost missed posting a photo today.  Clark W. Griswold got lost again, on the way to Phoenix, with Aunt Edna trussed up and strapped to the rooftop luggage rack.  Here, the Griswold Family Truckster heads west out of Caprock, Texas.

am  or pm.......

Post War Alco heading for the Engine shop.

Tank farm near Twin Bridges, cont.

I have also loved those New Haven's.  I waited 18 months for this new MTH...

A Lionel conventional...

MTH F-3's...

Jerry

Selkirk N.Y.

NJCJOE posted:

Joe your layout and shelf photos are very nice, really enjoy them.

My little church scene

Super church scene Roger!!

Meanwhile, back in tinplateland, one of them newfangled streamliners is pulling into town:

Roger,

Agree, great church scene.  Where did you get those extremely cool gazebo's?

Jerry

JerryG posted:

Roger,

Agree, great church scene.  Where did you get those extremely cool gazebo's?

Jerry

I got the Gazebos from a vendor at York....about 5 years ago. Don't remember who, but they were in the orange hall.

Thanks for your good words.

A fun ride. The Alamosa Car with a very nice bar and young lady tending it.

Thanks Roger.  Found them on the web from a guy in MD.  Put in an order.

Jerry

Eat Mor...

Lou N posted:

Putnam Division posted:

How about some jets?

Loved them since childhood. My father grew up in Larchmont and could see the 4 track NH Main Line from my grandparents' yard.

Peter

Hopefully some of those memories are first hand.

An additional question for you, Peter...

Do you have any data on the short blade left hand semaphores that NH used?  I've been looking for dimensions without success.

Regards,

Lou N

Lou......sorry, no..........2 suggestions......have you tried the NH Historical Society?    When Model Railroader has one of the 24 hr free look at our Archive offer, see if anyone has done an article.

Peter

My grandfather had two careers.  One was for Southern on the CNO&TP.  The other was bridge construction.  Sometimes his two careers crossed paths, such as building the new bridge at Burnside KY.  In the 1950 photo from his collection It's nearing completion over the Cumberland River, soon to be lake.

This is the beginning of my 12 foot of modules that I am adding 6 feet to.....it will remain both urban and industrial. I will be telling the story here:

https://ogrforum.com/topic/max-foods

Here is about 2/3 of the way down.

Work is beginning in earnest. I have to be finished for our show at the Science Museum of Virginia on Thanksgiving weekend. 

Peter

New toys...

Starting up the steam engine in the roundhouse:

I like this picture thread.

Another fun ride in East Tennessee  not to long ago was the 630 being helped with two freshly painted Norfolk Southern diesels. # 3521 and 3224.

NJCJOE posted:

Very nice Garden railway. Do you have any live steam engines?

No, I don't Maybe someday.

jstraw124 posted:

My grandfather had two careers.  One was for Southern on the CNO&TP.  The other was bridge construction.  Sometimes his two careers crossed paths, such as building the new bridge at Burnside KY.  In the 1950 photo from his collection It's nearing completion over the Cumberland River, soon to be lake.

 

I've always been in awe of what it takes to be an iron worker. Some of the heights that these people work are truly amazing to me. I don't like being on a step ladder, let alone imagine working at some of the heights they do! 

Twin Bridges Tank Farm, cont.