PASSENGER TRAINS - Let's See Them!

Newly acquired Spirit of the Century set on duty under the tree!!

@farmerjohn posted:

Dallas. The Santa Fe units are the units I wanted so bad when I was a kid in the 50s. Never got them though. Got some now 50 years later and it brings back so many memories. Beautiful set.

I guess good things come to those who wait John

Somewhere in my ancient history  ( maybe around 1954 or so ) we didnt have a lot for frivolities , ......but DAD made sure we got a train set on Christmas morning.   A Lionel 6220 switcher set.   

I remember seeing the Santa Fes. The Santa Fe set was out of reach but I'll not forget how DAD took care of his three little guys after MOM passed.

Christmas sure has a wonderful way of keeping a special place in us................

@c.sam posted:

This is a beautiful set - who made the cars please?

The passenger cars are an MTH Railking set of 4.

They were all silver and chrome plastic ........I added some color.

Sorry I didn't getback to you sooner .😕

UP 347c full.........second UP ...... 22 minutes behind .                (  Premier F7s  )

Some UP action.

Dallas. My two trains  was my dad's train which he bought in 1945 and the turbine set they gave for Christmas in 1957. I still have them and are priceless  to me. I guess everyone  has memories about their trains and I hope they are good for everyone. The F3s  were on my wish list but never happened . Loved my trains anyway  and still do. Happy New Year everyone.

@Dave Zucal posted:

Some UP action.

Love it !

Some photos of the new Erie Lackawanna 21” passenger cars from Lionel. I appreciate they used the correct tooling on the tavern car and were close enough on the colors. Beautiful set. Looking forward to when I have space to run them!

Biscuitag97, those are absolutely stunning! I wish I had the room to run them. I remember riding Miss Phoebe when I was young. Classy travel.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

UP 347c full.........second UP ...... 22 minutes behind .                (  Premier F7s  )

Dallas, great scene...love the high level of activity at the station!  I recall seeing same as a night scene, with perfect lighting effects.  Also nice to see the foliage colors in the light of day

Madison cars.

PW budd 404. 2559, 2559 set.

@Capetrainman posted:

Dallas, great scene...love the high level of activity at the station!  I recall seeing same as a night scene, with perfect lighting effects.  Also nice to see the foliage colors in the light of day

Thanks Paul.

The night scene was an alternate universe scene on the dark side of the moon ....oops..... the earth.

Time for another 2 videos from The Tesla Whiskey Emporium and our new elevated train layout. First we have a forward facing GoPro camera mounted on a MTH Coors Light Engine.  Also in view is a double header MTH 999 0-4-4-0 pulling Polar Express Cars.

Next is with the camera facing back towards the Coors Light Cars and going through a PFA cycle with all the bells and whistles…opening doors, blue lights, and frosty smoke.

PW Lionel 2046 pulling a string of RailKing Passenger cars.

A pair of Lackawanna MU’s rounds a bend outside of Lionelville.

The "Chief" pulls out...

A couple trains on my high line.

What a panorama John.  And so nicely done.

How many SCALE ACRES would you claim to have with your layout ?

The PRR "Broadway Limited" pulls in at dusk...

Primrose Lane.

https://youtu.be/XPhasA71dLk

@Denny T posted:

Primrose Lane.

https://youtu.be/XPhasA71dLk

Nice Christmas trains and layout!

First time out for this set since 2019.  Good to get her on the rails again!

Farmerjohn, your passenger train video is amazing, your layout is truly coming to life and looking beautiful as always. It just gets better and better, what an Imagination. Trains are fun. Happy Railroading Everyone

Nice Shasta

My Lionel Union Pacific 844 FEF-3 pulling the Cheyenne Frontier Days Excursion.

I've been running a long freight train all morning, so for the afternoon I decided to break out one of my big passenger sets instead. Here's my Milwaukee Road Hiawatha!

This is a MTH Premier set with the Skytop Lounge car, one of my favorite railroad observations. I won a sweepstakes in the TCA a couple years ago and used the prize money to purchase this beautiful set of coaches. I'm mostly into East Coast railroads but I really like the color scheme and styling of the Hiawatha streamliners.

For motive power I have the matching MTH EP-2 Bipolar. I always wanted one of these Bipolars but they were pretty pricey when I first came into the hobby. When Lionel came out with the Legacy Bipolars a few years back, the prices on these older MTH Proto 2 models plunged and I was able to pick a used one up for a song. I had to do some maintenance-- replace the traction tires, grease all the many gears and wheels and put a BCR in-- but since then it's been a strong, solid runner that handles the track well despite its size.

Here's the set thundering along the back of my layout!

3 Passenger trains day to night.

@Trainguy Ken posted:

I've been running a long freight train all morning, so for the afternoon I decided to break out one of my big passenger sets instead. Here's my Milwaukee Road Hiawatha!

This is a MTH Premier set with the Skytop Lounge car, one of my favorite railroad observations. I won a sweepstakes in the TCA a couple years ago and used the prize money to purchase this beautiful set of coaches. I'm mostly into East Coast railroads but I really like the color scheme and styling of the Hiawatha streamliners.

For motive power I have the matching MTH EP-2 Bipolar. I always wanted one of these Bipolars but they were pretty pricey when I first came into the hobby. When Lionel came out with the Legacy Bipolars a few years back, the prices on these older MTH Proto 2 models plunged and I was able to pick a used one up for a song. I had to do some maintenance-- replace the traction tires, grease all the many gears and wheels and put a BCR in-- but since then it's been a strong, solid runner that handles the track well despite its size.

Here's the set thundering along the back of my layout!

Nice looking unique passenger train.

And from the looks of it you sure are having fun with your 3d-printing Ken .       

@Denny T posted:

3 Passenger trains day to night.

Nice concept and execution Denny.

This could really go in that  "Imagineering "  thread also. 

Please don't repost someone's multiple string of photos right after they post them as it makes the thread unnecessarily long and difficult to navigate!

Suggest you single out one photo from a previous post if you must and post it instead.  Does that make sense?

Thanks  :-)

Hi all!

Some fun at the CNY NRHS Clubhouse last Wednesday!

Thanks!

- Mario

Rusty

Leaving Twin Bridges USA ........heading back to the city.

Santa Fe #18 ABA pulling the Chief. Rail Fan sitting on the a rock watching the train go by in the evening. Southern Pacific Daylight in the station loading passengers.

Lionel LIRR Camelback pulling Atlas O Trainman passenger cars. I painted the interiors of the cars and added figures A sharp eyed viewer would notice that the vestibules of the cars are slightly different The rear vestibule has three ribs while the front vestibule has four This is because when I put the four rib vestibules on both ends of the  cars they looked great and had no trouble on my club’s wide curves but simply could not go through the yard turnouts without derailing I decided I preferred the one long one short look better than the two short one What do you think?  

My first attempt at a short video.  Amtrak Northwest Cascades, not prototypical but still fun.

@Rog posted:

My first attempt at a short video.  Amtrak Northwest Cascades, not prototypical but still fun.

Off to a good start with your first video steady. Now lets see one in horizontal.

Here’s attempt #2, shot horizontally.  (I hope it uploads that way)  The SP GS-4 photo bombed the passenger shoot though