a picture a day....

"A glance down Patsburg Ave."

For today:  " The Brakeman " 

For today:  " Ready to begin unloading "

Perfect, Brian, a vintage (1960) Peterbilt moving a vintage (1905?) steam engine.  Nothing could be more fitting.  One runs on boiling water and has manually-lapped air brake valves, and the other probably has a Cummins 220 or 262 and a twin stick transmission.  No automation in either one.

For today:  " Those gol dang bran muffins! " 

Stillwell Avenue Station, Coney Island

Christmas Day, 1964:

                                (and a present-day Lionel trestle set)

Lew

Interesting photo. Two baggage cars sandwiching a pig. And the truck trailers are painted in matching GN livery.

Lew

Bus stop design study model. Wound up being built in Jersey City, NJ

A PRR K-4s on the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Line at Vernon Tower.

Here’s one for you:

And another:

And still another:

Hi Fredstrains,

I always thought Moondog Streets were a wonderful and effective product. Too bad what happened to them, huh.

FrankM

For today: " Just driving through " 

Frank,

Moonson posted:

Hi Fredstrains,

I always thought Moondog Streets were a wonderful and effective product. Too bad what happened to them, huh.

FrankM

Frank,

Did U ever hear the real Story on Moondog Streets?  I did!  If not, & you want the story,  E-Mail me & I will fill you in!  I purchased a great deal of their Product for my last Layout!  It was 50’ x  40’.

Fred

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

 

 

 

that is really neat

For today.

Switching the scrap yard.

MOW crew.

Engine service. 

briansilvermustang posted:

 

Looks like this engineer likes running his cab-forward long hood forward. Sorry... couldn’t resist  

old habits die hard

briansilvermustang posted:

There has to be some kind of story here, with all the people watching and the police hanging around.

Do you have any idea what was going on in this photo?

For today: " Switch crews "

That little adventurer is so very much in-charge of the moment. It's wonderful to see, a real toy train communication between them.

Bill T, those Menard's trucks are fabulous.

For today - " The Hogger and Conductor Talking it Over." 

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

    https://paw.princeton.edu/arti...is-love-model-trains

 

Brain - this photo captures that very special experiential moment that so many of us have had as young kids!  Nothing like it!  We all try, and hopefully succeed, in connecting with this little kid inside all of us each time we play with our trains.  Just look at that little guy.  No scenery.  Just a simple loop of track and a train.  His imagination must be going wild!   What fun!!  Thanks for sharing Brain!  

Just a boy and his trains...

Nearly 9 years later, I still have all parts of this set, and most are still functional!