Front End Friday

It’s opening day in 1920 and Babe Ruth arrives at Yankee Stadium for the first time:

Riding the rails in a B&O Diesel on the edge of a cliff:

It’s the Spring of 1951 and Mickey Mantle arrives at Yankee Stadium on this train:

Burlington Northern bearing down:

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Burlington Northern bearing down:

Watch out, don’t get hit by the train!

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

It’s the Spring of 1951 and Mickey Mantle arrives at Yankee Stadium on this train:

 

The above is poetic license. Mickey would have arrived on a bus. Only train he could take to the Stadium would be a subway.

Later on, after he won the Triple Crown in 1956, he could come in a stretch limo.

So, what train would Mickey Mantle take in 1951 from Oklahoma to New York to begin his rookie season?

Could it have been the Broadway Limited arriving at Penn Station?

If so, may be that train was led by this engine, almost as powerful and fast as Mickey:

Now, Joe DiMaggio around 1936 might have taken this train from San Francisco to Chicago:

And in Chicago, Joe might have hopped on this train to Penn Station:Or, maybe Joe took this train to Penn Station:

FEF 2/9/18

                    0-6-0 poking out the back of the roundhouse at NJ Hirailers.

The Union Pacific is in town...

FrankM, Moon Township, USA

Moonson posted:

The Union Pacific is in town...

FrankM, Moon Township, USA

Frank, what comes to mind when I see your trains and scenery are superlatives: stunning, beautiful, perfection, master model railroader, etc. 

If O Gauge scenery was taught in college, you would be the professor.

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Moonson posted:

The Union Pacific is in town...

FrankM, Moon Township, USA

Frank, what comes to mind when I see your trains and scenery are superlatives: stunning, beautiful, perfection, master model railroader, etc. 

If O Gauge scenery was taught in college, you would be the professor.

I also love the colors: brown tan , yellow, gray, in the above photos.

Your eye for color is comparable to that of a great artist. I don’t know if you’ve scene Phil Klopp’s magnificent layout at his home in Easton, Pennsylvania. Phil, like you, has a great eye for color. There are a few others that post on this Forum that have that gift as well.

In fact, it occurs to me that the colors in these photos remind me of Rembrandt. My knowledge of art is next to nil, but I do appreciate the great Impressionists like Monet, Manet, Renoir (my favorite), and Rembrandt.

Arnold

Hi Arnold, What you have said both times is so nice of you, I cannot put into words how nice it feels seeing that written about my layout play. Thank you, very much.

And my Thanks, also, to these voices who sent meLikes, back in December, when I posted some Frontend Friday Photos then: RSJB18; gandydancer1950; Jackiejr; PRRronbh; Suzukovich; trumptrain; Hamlet Depot; briansilvermustang; Boo Man.

My sincere Thanks to all of you.

FrankM

P.S. And kindly excuse the repetition of any of these angles if you've seen them previously.

Moonson posted:

The Union Pacific is in town...

FrankM, Moon Township, USA

Beautiful!

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

So, what train would Mickey Mantle take in 1951 from Oklahoma to New York to begin his rookie season?

Could it have been the Broadway Limited arriving at Penn Station?

If so, may be that train was led by this engine, almost as powerful and fast as Mickey:

Now, Joe DiMaggio around 1936 might have taken this train from San Francisco to Chicago:

And in Chicago, Joe might have hopped on this train to Penn Station:Or, maybe Joe took this train to Penn Station:

Great photos Arnold!

Twin Tanks

                                              make that, triple T's...

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my contribution to Front End Friday......

gandydancer1950 posted:

my contribution to Front End Friday......

Beautiful

Happy Front End Friday!!  Here are some FEF photos from my 6 x 17 ft. corner of the world. 

My newer steamers.

trumptrain posted:

Happy Front End Friday!!  Here are some FEF photos from my 6 x 17 ft. corner of the world. 

Your corner of the world, Patrick, is one of glorious colors. Love that B&O Diesel in your 1st photo. 

I’m finding smoking diesels to be irresistible; I want them all. LOL

Here are my prized SD40's. I love the road specific details on these locos. 

Rusty

FEF 2/16/18

Blue Comet building a head of steam:

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c.sam posted:

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As the comedian, Billy Crystal, would say: marvelous.

                                   Mohawk under the coaling tower- NJ Hirailers

PAUL ROMANO posted:

                                   Mohawk under the coaling tower- NJ Hirailers

Beautiful. I would love to join your train club if I lived closer to it.

Same real estate, different angles...

... and different moments in the life of the layout.          FrankM, Moon Township, USA

Moonson posted:

Same real estate, different angles...... and different moments in the life of the layout.

Awesome scenes Frank!

FEF 2/23/18