Light'em up! Layouts at night

Stunning displays.   A thing of beauty.

Here’s a few...

TedW -- those are really some great shots - numbers three and four especially are almost realistic enough that without very close scrutiny they'd pass as from the 1:1 world (there is that pesky third rail...).  I like the fact that the Red Owl awning in #4 appears to be blowing in the wind a bit, as the bottom isn't just 'straight across'.  Quite cool.

@richs09 ,  Thank you sir.  Nice of you to comment.

Here are a few shots around my layout in “night mode”...

...and here is most of it in one shot

@frizzinbee posted:

Here are a few shots around my layout in “night mode”...

...and here is most of it in one shot

Beautiful shots! But I have to ask, where were you able to find that dirigible?? It is outstanding. IS that a plastic model? Would be great to find one of those!!

@Jeff B. Haertlein posted:

Beautiful shots! But I have to ask, where were you able to find that dirigible?? It is outstanding. IS that a plastic model? Would be great to find one of those!!

Jeff,

Thanks!  The dirigible is a custom build, bashed from a 1:245 (edit:  I had 1:400 here, that was an error) Graf Zeppelin kit (which is still ~39" long) and a 1:48 B-25J kit (turned upside down)... plus some lighting and a few other misc parts.   This thread here provides some additional details of the build.

I'm not the first person to do this - Lee Willis did it first for his layout using the same Zeppelin kit (and also a B-25) as a starting point.

-Dustin

Love them all.  Something about trains at night!

INCREDIBLE !

@frizzinbee posted:

Here are a few shots around my layout in “night mode”...

I really like this image!!  But I wouldn't want to sleep there!!!  That cliff looks a bit intimidating

- walt

SIRT...great work...the highway scenes above are the most realistic I've seen...signage detail, lighting, and roadwork is incredible...!

Reading and Northern night run

Chris

LVHR

Wow so many great layouts here. I love the nite time affect on the layouts. I still have a long way to go on my layout but here is a few pics of nite time on my layout

FARMERJOHN, WOW Great stuff here ! Amtrak station **** !

"....the city that never sleeps!..."

    Thanks Paul.

            Found a few more on CD, tunnel modules are now over 20 years old.

Some sundown and evening photos

Chris, nice work...seeing your realistic picture top left reminds of pulling out of Chicago on the "Empire Builder," taking note of the industrial landscape there. Great job with the train station too !

We built most of the buildings and stuff. Kept us out of trouble

Seeing FarmerJohn's post, here are a couple of pics of my station platforms with my 3D printed columns:

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Day & Night.....

Night Scenes

A K-Line, C&O, Allegheny passes through Terryville at twilight with a long box car train on track #1.

The rears of the Blue Comet and The Nellie Bly leaving their night time station stops at suburban station Terryville returning their passengers home from a day at the sea shore.

Working the night shift unloading lumber.

The harbor by night.

Two photos of the Mt. Carroll yard by starlight and floodlight.

It is Christmas Eve and Santa leaves on his long, annual journey.

A Lionel, 736 Berkshire leads a freight train through Terryville under the stars.

An MTH RailKing PRR K-4s comes through the aftermath of a blizzard on a starry night.

The farm is still busy at night.

Music at the midnight church service.

Under the lights.

                                Twilight Time'

Looks great, Ted...nice work!

Nice night time shots above. Some really creative scenes!

Here's some shots from my still in progress layout.

Scott

@trumpettrain posted:

Night Scenes

Wonderful lighting and photos, as usual, Pat.

@B&O Fan posted:

Nice night time shots above. Some really creative scenes!

Here's some shots from my still in progress layout.

Scott

Scott:

Your layout is spectacular and really catches to flavor of Baltimore in a bygone era. Your night scenes are breath-taking! My only suggestion is to change the name of the Baltimore Spice Company to the McCormick Spice Company. McCormick's building was a fixture on the Baltimore waterfront for many years.

Again, Bravo on your layout Scott!!!!!

@Randy Harrison posted:

A K-Line, C&O, Allegheny passes through Terryville at twilight with a long box car train on track #1.

The rears of the Blue Comet and The Nellie Bly leaving their night time station stops at suburban station Terryville returning their passengers home from a day at the sea shore.

Working the night shift unloading lumber.

The harbor by night.

Two photos of the Mt. Carroll yard by starlight and floodlight.

It is Christmas Eve and Santa leaves on his long, annual journey.

A Lionel, 736 Berkshire leads a freight train through Terryville under the stars.

An MTH RailKing PRR K-4s comes through the aftermath of a blizzard on a starry night.

The farm is still busy at night.

Music at the midnight church service.

Outstanding photos, Randy.

Night photos of our layout

@B&O Fan posted:

Nice night time shots above. Some really creative scenes!

Here's some shots from my still in progress layout.

Scott

Terrific photos, Scott.

Very nice Gallery of photos on this thread. Bravo.

@Randy Harrison posted:

Scott:

Your layout is spectacular and really catches to flavor of Baltimore in a bygone era. Your night scenes are breath-taking! My only suggestion is to change the name of the Baltimore Spice Company to the McCormick Spice Company. McCormick's building was a fixture on the Baltimore waterfront for many years.

Again, Bravo on your layout Scott!!!!!

Randy,

  Thanks for the positive feedback. I was going to go with McCormick as you suggested but the Baltimore Spice company originated Old Bay seasoning and that's how I ended up with that.

I enjoyed seeing your photos as well, especially the harbor shot, well done!!

Stay Safe,

Scott

It's raining but folks are still go out to see the latest 3-D movie. Click on picture to enlarge. Don