a picture a day....

One for Monday.

For twoday Tuesday.

Graffiti time 

The mark of the hoodlum.

When you see that stuff along the off-ramp exits on Interstate highways, avoid taking that exit. They have marked "their" territory. You can't be certain about what awaits you at the bottom of the ramp.

Moonson posted:

The mark of the hoodlum.

When you see that stuff along the off-ramp exits on Interstate highways, avoid taking that exit. They have marked "their" territory. You can't be certain about what awaits you at the bottom of the ramp.

Unfortunately in many areas nowadays if you followed that theory, you wouldn't be able to get off the highway!  ☹

3 for Wednesday.

Train Nut posted:

Moonson posted:

The mark of the hoodlum.

When you see that stuff along the off-ramp exits on Interstate highways, avoid taking that exit. They have marked "their" territory. You can't be certain about what awaits you at the bottom of the ramp.

Unfortunately in many areas nowadays if you followed that theory, you wouldn't be able to get off the highway!  ☹

It is not a theory. But you do what you want. I have paid my fellow hobbyists on this forum the respect of giving a warning about something I know as fact.

FrankM

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

Love that sign better than the one at rose lake (Fairmont City Il.

Four today.  " Heavy off load, B&O passing through, the caboose track "

briansilvermustang posted:

 

Great photo of the Aerotrain Brain!!   Where was this photo taken?

Saturday six. " Caboose, Hack, Cabin Car, Crummy, Van, Way Car "

  nmp...                       a great photo !!!

For Labor Day.  " MOW workers .... giter done! "

Brian, That photo reminds me of the Homestead Works, of U.S. Steel mill, in Pennsylvania, back in the 50's and early 60's. all gone, now.

Here’s a Horizon lines reefer(old sea land) in our yard.  I like how they kept the old logo and just added a “H” 

twofir Tuesday.

Briansilvermustang, Switching tower?

  yes...     this one...

The interlocking tower in Old Saybrook was built in 1912, for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. An interlocking, or switch, tower was an important feature for railroad safety. It allowed the tower operator to communicate with railroad personnel about train movements, and to control junction switches and signals with a bank of levers on the second floor. In the 1920s the mechanical interlocking was replaced by banks of electrical relays, which were replaced by pneumatic assists. By the 1970s changes in dispatching technology rendered the tower obsolete and it was closed. The tower was razed in June 1998.

Thank you, Brian. I saved the pictures.

I guess we could say I have one here, as a detail... in what I have called my "Service Yard." Perhaps, judging from your explanation and photo, I have its emplacement pretty sensible, right? (Correct me if I am wrong.)

FrankM

A trio of random photos  for Wednesday.

Thursday's quartet.  

A feast-for-the-eyes, Trumptrain !

Caught this guy coming through St. Louis today 

Moonson posted:

A feast-for-the-eyes, Trumptrain !

Thank you so very much Frank!  Much appreciated!

Here’s an interesting bottle of beer.  

Larry

          how was it Larry ...

briansilvermustang posted:

          how was it Larry ...

It was an amber ale that was brewed with maple syrup and honey.  It was slightly sweet and quite smooth.  I couldn’t really taste the maple syrup or honey flavors.  I wouldn’t mind drinking it often.  

Larry

briansilvermustang posted:

 

I guess they didn’t have magnatraction...

Friday's five.  " B&O Big Blue "

For day 6 of this week.  Six for Saturday

For today.  Tuesday's duo.

As an ongoing project, I have been enriching and deepening the foliage in this overall area... both levels, to add further realism (in my mind's eye, at least) and contrast, yet compliment, to the hard edges of the track and buildings. I like colors, tones, heights, and surfaces, and edges to  work together into one overall composition.

My inspiration for such crafting of foliage, and a variety of it, to be sure, has been excursions I have made to a favorite place in Upstate NY, Brake Hill Road, just outside of Cortland and Homer, NY. Immersion here totally relaxes and inspires me creatively.FrankM

Moonson posted:

As an ongoing project, I have been enriching and deepening the foliage in this overall area

FrankM

One word, Frank... beautiful