Hit Me With Your Best Shot

The trains don't run here anymore...

Rusty

I've always liked this b&w.  Unfortunately, no trains caught in picture other than tail end of a caboose, just the trestles in background.

Another wonderfully interesting thread idea Arnold!   I can't say that this is my "best shot" but it is a favorite shot of my postwar Lionel locomotives and Lionel aircraft beacon capturing  the 3 decades of the postwar era ....  and incorporates the Bollman bridge and Mt. Randolph ( Named after my good friend and fellow forumite Randy Harrison who helped with building my layout. ) as a backdrop.  In addition to the Lionel Trains dimension, this photo captures a realistic postwar flavor of the co-existence of both steam and diesel locomotives, armed forces personnel on the platform waiting for a train to perhaps go home or travel to another military assignment, and milk cans waiting to be picked up by a milk train.  

My post-war Exposition Flyer pulling down the station. Models by 3rd rail, Protocraft, Oriental Limited  and PSC.

Great best shots, Patrick and SantiagoP23!

Keep it up folks: hit me with your best shot, fire a-w-a-y!

By the way, you can access the song on YouTube.

LOL, Arnold

Not sure I have many "Best Shots" but have a video I like a lot. Shows my N&W "A" along side my Big Boy . Layout still under constructio

Good one Rick. Videos definitely qualify as best shots.

Here is a video of mine that I made today that is my best shot at the moment:

So, now it your turn to post a photo or video, and sing the chorus with me: Hit me with you best shot, why don't you hit me with your best shot, hit me with your best shot, fire a-wa-ay!

LOL, Arnold

My best shot, and yours, can change from moment to moment, depending on one's mood.

See what's happening downtown at the train station:

Notice the big blue man at the Dispatch Board in the upper right corner keeping his eye on everyone.

My best one is over 20 years old.....

My son, Charles, circa summer 1999.....and the OGR magazine ad that followed.....

Peter

These are my best shots of the layout I’m currently working on. I’m enjoying the great photos from you all.

This one is one of my "best"

Bob

Replication of 765's run with NKP 8100 NS heritage unit.

Ron

Here is my best shot of the first locomotive that I rewheeled.  Circa 1927, Lionel 251E that I recently rewired and installed new wheels, with matching cars that are rubber stamped New York Central Lines.  I actually got the wheels on correctly and it does not wobble down the track!  LOL  This is previously posted in another section of the forum.  😎

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Good one Rick. Videos definitely qualify as best shots.

Here is a video of mine that I made today that is my best shot at the moment:

So, now it your turn to post a photo or video, and sing the chorus with me: Hit me with you best shot, why don't you hit me with your best shot, hit me with your best shot, fire a-wa-ay!

LOL, Arnold

Whoa.  Is that a sandlot and a stadium on your layout!?

@Putnam Division posted:

My best one is over 20 years old.....

My son, Charles, circa summer 1999.....and the OGR magazine ad that followed.....

Peter

Very special, Peter.

@Keith Crook 020419 posted:

These are my best shots of the layout I’m currently working on. I’m enjoying the great photos from you all.

Terrific snowy scenic effects, Keith.

@RSJB18 posted:

This one is one of my "best"

Bob

Very nice, Bob, this is an example of how less can be more.

@NeophyteMRR posted:

Whoa.  Is that a sandlot and a stadium on your layout!?

Yes, the first stadium in the video is the Polo Grounds, and the 2nd stadium is Yankee Stadium, both in the mid-1950s.

I love baseball, so I have 2 ball parks on my layout. Arnold

@Putnam Division posted:

My best one is over 20 years old.....

Great picture, Peter.  I wonder how much it would cost for you to commission Angela Trotta Thomas to paint a copy of this photo for you and/or your son?  It would look great in your new train room!

On this bitterly cold day in Beantown, one can only hope for warmer weather ..........

@PRRronbh - nice shot!  any recollection of who makes that white barn and where you may have gotten it?

"Replication of 765's run with NKP 8100 NS heritage unit."

Pastoral bliss

Nice peaceful area @Arnold D. Cribari, it reminds me of the Pudding Pond section of the Conway Scenic railroad. Also, your Yankee stadium is cool.

What a nice shot @Rich Montague. Did you photoshop the background or is that the backdrop of your layout? Great lighting as well!

Keith, you might like this one. Here, I climbed the stadium wall to watch the game through a barred window:

Arnold

I'm not by any means a talented photographer but sure got lucky with this shot. It's definitely one of my favorites!

This is one of my favorite areas to photograph.

Tom

I love your brick tunnel portal and the colors and look of your water tower, John, and I think Tom's black and white photo is very effective.

This video shows one of my favorite combinations to run: LC+ Jersey Central Pacific steamer and Lionel Postwar 2400 series passenger cars with names of NJ cities and towns:

Love the natural morning light and smoke. Arnold

My best shot was taking from the other side of the layout while laying some ground work. Looking at things from a new direction gives me a different perspective. Time to run the trains!

@Arnold D. Cribari, that is a nice shot too. The point of view makes it look almost real.

@Brad Trout posted:

@PRRronbh - nice shot!  any recollection of who makes that white barn and where you may have gotten it?

"Replication of 765's run with NKP 8100 NS heritage unit."

Hi Brad,  Off hand cannot recall the maker.  But will try to find out next time I am at the store.  This layout is the one that the O-Gauge specialist and I rebuilt around 2005.  But this barn was added just a few years ago.  As I recall there was the white one and a red one. And they were packaged in large clear plastic "bubble" packages.  

It will be probably a week or two before I get back to the shop.

Ron

Thank you, Ron!  No rush.  I made my own barn, but I really like that one.  It may be too big for my spot, though, but I could possibly cut it down, depending upon it's construction and materials.

It's an Ertl Dairy Barn set, #12279.

Thank you, John!  Very nice!

One of my favorite pig shots