just having some, "FUN with our RailRoads"

Just now, "night moves":

Rush load of scrap!

          have a great weekend everyone !!

                                     stay safe, and have FUN with your trains !!

A hint of upcoming FUN. 

There is something wrong with this mountain:

There is a reason the "ground-cover" is interrupted. Ruh Roh:

After changing the contour of the mountain a couple track-plan tweaks ago I was impatient to get back to Operation so I just skipped the plaster-cloth and Sculptamold and instead covered the cardboard skeleton directly with fleece ground-cover.

A FUN inside project will be doing this slope properly. Stay tuned. 

I had some FUN today. Big Brown stopped out front and dropped off a familiar looking box:

and yes, the Driver was wearing rubber gloves as was out Postman. I used bare hands opening the boxes and then washed hands thoroughly.

Anyways, inside the familiar box was this Beauty:

As I am from The Steel City I just had to put this MTH PS3 SW1500 on the roster......It seems I have a lot of relief power on hand for a switching pike. 

                                                        GTW #1816......

Lew,  The USS SW1500 looks great!!

geysergazer posted:          

Anyways, inside the familiar box was this Beauty:

         

As I am from The Steel City I just had to put this MTH PS3 SW1500 on the roster......It seems I have a lot of relief power on hand for a switching pike. 

IMO, Lew, you cannot go wrong with another beautiful switcher like that one. Arnold

PS: Here is my favorite switcher, the NY Central RS3, which is also an MTH Proto 3:

Although  I posted these photos on another thread,  these were the fun projects that I did this past weekend.  Placed some Life Like O telephone poles and strung them using EZ line.   I really like the look of these poles and the EZ line is a great product.  I also began weathering the MTH B&O work caboose and Weaver N&W boxcar.  I still have some more weathering work to do on these two cars. Also ran trains pretty much all day this past Sunday.  The bottom photo is a short logging train with transfer caboose punctuating the rear.   I think the transfer caboose works well for a logging train.  I rotate a dockside loco with a GE 44 tonner as the assigned power for the Mountain division.  Really enjoying my trains and hope all of you are too!  Be safe and be healthy!

Brian, you have #734 (Brian's pic):

and here are #730 and #728:

{and a couple mules}

Here's a short video having fun from a couple years ago.  Patapsco & Back Rivers VO1000 with a transfer freight.

Here is a FUN little operating accessory:

Sending the road salt back to the mine. No snow this year on LI.

Bob, I know what you mean.  We have had very little snow this year as well.  In 2018, I did not mow grass until after May 1st.  I got the mowers ready yesterday, as it looks like I may have to by April 1st.  

Want snow?  Here you go!! 

            been switching out this wall to steam...

                                              and building new shelves for the diesel engines...

                    hope everyone is doing well,  and having fun with their trains !!

Made progress on weathering this N&W boxcar while the trains were running. BIG FUN!

Had some FUN with this '57 Lionel catalog:

The back cover:

Super O track:

Super O sets:

Very cool Lew. Love these old catalogs. Somebody on the forum just posted about building the layout in this catalog. I had a Markliin catalog that I wore out when I was a kid. The European trains were so different but cool.

Bob

Lew - thanks so much for the nostalgic walk down memory lane!!  1957 was the year  I received my first Lionel set, however, the set I received was from the 1956 catalogue.... 2065 Hudson with operating milk car, operating Pacemaker boxcar, Sunoco 3 dome tank car, operation log car, and porthole caboose  with 1033 transformer 027 outfit.   I think the store where my parent bought it ( I thought Santa at the time ) had a sale on 1956 items.  

I have the 1956 catalogue and must get the 1957 as well.  I remember coming home from weekend shopping in Baltimore in early December 1957 with both the 56 and 57 catalogues.  My imagination ran wild ( still does ) as I browsed through those pages.  i

I still have my entire 1956 outfit all intact and runs just fine!  

trumptrain posted:

I have the 1956 catalogue and must get the 1957 as well.  I remember coming home from weekend shopping in Baltimore in early December 1957 with both the 56 and 57 catalogues.  My imagination ran wild ( still does ) as I browsed through those pages.

Patrick,

The mid to late 50's were a wonderful time for catalogues and catalogue art.  At the first snowfall I knew it was time to go and get the latest issue from Lionel.  It was like getting the first Christmas gift of the year.  Many of mine are, pound for pound, more scotch tape than paper!

I checked and I have a spare '57.  If you email me off list with a mailing address, its yours.

Lou N

Having a cocktail letting her run!

A few more

While we’re at it.....

Lou N posted:

trumptrain posted:

I have the 1956 catalogue and must get the 1957 as well.  I remember coming home from weekend shopping in Baltimore in early December 1957 with both the 56 and 57 catalogues.  My imagination ran wild ( still does ) as I browsed through those pages.

Patrick,

The mid to late 50's were a wonderful time for catalogues and catalogue art.  At the first snowfall I knew it was time to go and get the latest issue from Lionel.  It was like getting the first Christmas gift of the year.  Many of mine are, pound for pound, more scotch tape than paper!

I checked and I have a spare '57.  If you email me off list with a mailing address, its yours.

Lou N

Lou - How kind of you and thank you so much for your generosity!  I'll shoot you an e mail.  Many thanks!! 

                                   a new surprise from Marci...   pretty cool !!

I had FUN taking this pic. I wanted to highlight the "S" curve that must be negotiated when switching the Paint Factory:

Had some FUN today. Remember that under the Joanne fleece ground cover on this mountainside:

Is this bare cardboard skeleton that resulted when a track-plan tweak required truncating the mountainside in order to move Oil Creek North a bit in order to make more room for the East End industrial area:

Well, it is a rainy cold gloomy day here so I got out the plaster cloth and went to work:

Next will be the application of Sculptamold, my favorite modeling medium.

Had fun working on my building today 

Ran a few trains today, I hope everyone is staying healthy....Rich Murnane 

Murnane posted:

Ran a few trains today, I hope everyone is staying healthy....Rich Murnane 

Nice runs Rich!  Glad to hear from you!!

Mark Boyce posted:

Murnane posted:

Ran a few trains today, I hope everyone is staying healthy....Rich Murnane 

 

Nice runs Rich!  Glad to hear from you!!

Thanks Mark, hope you are staying well! 

There's gold in them hills!

So, today I was runnin' my Postwar Alaska RR set and said to myself: "Self, that Alaskan hopper sure looks empty" and, know what? I agreed with myself this time.

I therefor went about to makin' a load of gold for it. Looks pretty good next to the two modern era gold bullion ("Mint") cars IMHO.

Murnane posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

Murnane posted:

Ran a few trains today, I hope everyone is staying healthy....Rich Murnane 

 

Nice runs Rich!  Glad to hear from you!!

Thanks Mark, hope you are staying well! 

We are doing well!  I hope you are too!

                      hope everyone has a good week !

Have a good week too, Brian!

My wife's humor! 

A PBR VO1000 pushes a  transfer freight through the Butler Junction.