Buses. Got 'em? Trolleys, too?

Spectacular vignettes, CORSAIR29/Steve C., integrating the buses so realistically into each emplacement. Very cool modeling, indeed! Thanks for such a nice reply.

FrankM

Here’s the only finished one I have I have another I’m working on it needs lots of work. 

Here are a few of my trolley's on the layout:

Erik C Lindgren posted:

Nice stuff fellas 

Some shots I’ve done of the buses.. 

It took me a while to realize these were models!!! Amazing work, really, astonishing.  Especially the scene with the McDonalds, and the urban apartments.  

Latest acquisition. Son got this for $6 at the train show in MB a couple of weekends ago.

The police figure is from the Heroclix game.

VistaDomeScott posted:

Erik C Lindgren posted:

Nice stuff fellas 

Some shots I’ve done of the buses.. 

It took me a while to realize these were models!!! Amazing work, really, astonishing.  Especially the scene with the McDonalds, and the urban apartments.  

Thanks Scott! 

The DDRR station is now open for business, so we have regular service now.

Funny how people fondly remember the trolleys they rode and I would rather forget the PAT buses I rode... Except maybe sitting in the acordian on the 61c, but even that got old quick.

Greg Nagy posted:

Funny how people fondly remember the trolleys they rode and I would rather forget the PAT buses I rode... Except maybe sitting in the acordian on the 61c, but even that got old quick.

Greg, I rode the PAT bus a couple times back in the early '70s.  Nothing exciting there.  I used to ride the Lincoln Coach Lines bus from Butler County to Pittsburgh when I was in college.  No excitement there either.

I never rode the PAT PCC cars though.  One almost clipped me once trying to cross the street at one of the triangular corners in Downtown Pittsburgh.  I was looking at the wrong light, and once I found I was in the intersection when I shouldn't be it didn't seem like the PCC driver was going to slow down.  Good thing I was able to run back in those days!    Pittsburgh should be like Butler, where all four ways get red lights and the bell rings so pedestrians know that is the time to cross.  

Glad you're still with us @Mark Boyce!

Deuce posted:

Glad you're still with us @Mark Boyce!

Thank you, Deuce!  I’m glad too!!

A Boston Elevated, on a not-so-elevated section of track, heading for Fenway. 

Greg Nagy posted:

Funny how people fondly remember the trolleys they rode and I would rather forget the PAT buses I rode... Except maybe sitting in the acordian on the 61c, but even that got old quick.

Ah the 61C. Rode that line way too many times. Took that bus when I was dating my wife before I got my drivers license (we went to two different High schools). I used to ride that bus to Oakland when I went to Pitt. Eventually, I rode the PATrain all the way to downtown, then caught any number of busses back to Oakland. It was still 15-20 minutes quicker than the 61C. 

A MTH bump & go for the Wheeling Traction Company, exclusive from Pats Trains.

    Bill

Mark Diff posted:

Greg Nagy posted:

Funny how people fondly remember the trolleys they rode and I would rather forget the PAT buses I rode... Except maybe sitting in the acordian on the 61c, but even that got old quick.

Ah the 61C. Rode that line way too many times. Took that bus when I was dating my wife before I got my drivers license (we went to two different High schools). I used to ride that bus to Oakland when I went to Pitt. Eventually, I rode the PATrain all the way to downtown, then caught any number of busses back to Oakland. It was still 15-20 minutes quicker than the 61C. 

Various combinations of 61C,56B,53F and 55E were the "school buses" for the  HS students from Lincoln Place, Munhall, and the NW end of West Mifflin for Central Catholic, Bishop Boyle, Sacred Heart, St Paul's and Taylor Allderdice.

I have one of the MTH Greyhound Silverside buses on my layout, as well as a Flexible Airporter painted in Santa Fe colors.

I also owned this full-scale 1960 Crown A-743T-20 78-passenger bus, which was built right across the fence from Santa Fe's Redondo Jct. roundhouse in Los Angeles.  I owned the bus from 2005 through 2015 and enjoyed taking it to truck shows and parades.

Adriatic posted:

Then there's Frankentrolley for any "other than biped" deliveries.

 

This is really cool! Is it powered?  If so how?

One from the B&M.