The Night Train

O dark thirty on the caboose tracks. 

Regards

Fred

Here’s the midnight freight.

Night "Time Action on the Mainline" on the Great Northeastern Railway.

Standing with the camera in Ghost Train Park, a corner of our O gauge, three rail model railroad, you see both long freight trains and swift passenger trains pass. The freight is pulled by a 1953 vintage 736 Lionel Berkshire locomotive. The passenger train is pulled by an MTH, Protosound 2, RailKing, PRR K-4s. Click on the link, below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBgaFmSSSbc

TedW posted:

Here’s the midnight freight. 

@TedW does that lead Dash-9 have a fixed pilot?  What track diameter are you running??  Nice job!

Ted S posted:

TedW posted:

Here’s the midnight freight. 

@TedW does that lead Dash-9 have a fixed pilot?  What track diameter are you running??  Nice job!

I’m sure it’s hard to tell in the dark, but the lead is:

BNSF ES44AC #6431  (6-28350) non-fixed pilot.

1 section of O96 easing into O72.

Arnold, here's my "Night Train". LOL Don

When I started this topic, I remembered a really cool song in the movie Apollo 13 called Night Train. I couldn't remember the singer so I just Googled it.

The singer was James Brown, and the songwriter was James Horner, who wrote the great instrumental music and soundtrack for the movie, which is one of my all time favorite movies, right up there were with Field of Dreams.

If you like the song like I do, you can play it on YouTube while running your trains with the lights out. Arnold

scale rail posted:

Arnold, here's my "Night Train". LOL Don

I surmise, Don, that it's  a bottle of whiskey. Is that right? 

I've posted these several times in the past, but fun photos I created using a flashlight to paint the scene.

MTH Railking NYC Mohawk

Arnold, no it's some of the cheapest, foulest red wine in the world. In an area South of Market Street in San Francisco the cops call "the wine country", it's sold in every store. Makes a great gift for that uncle you don't like. Don

Empire State Express behind Alco PAs

An Italian Night Train:

Regards

Fred

sncf231e posted:

An Italian Night Train:

Regards

Fred

Fred, you have a gorgeous layout outside. What do you do to protect your track from the weather? For instance, when it rains, do you put a tarpaulin over it? Arnold

Thank you, Arnold,

The track is not protected at all; it just lays outside in the open summer and winter and for almost 30 years now. And there is sun, rain (lots of it) and snow (some) where I live. 

Regards

Fred

sncf231e posted:

Thank you, Arnold,

The track is not protected at all; it just lays outside in the open summer and winter and for almost 30 years now. And there is sun, rain (lots of it) and snow (some) where I live. 

Regards

Fred

Fred, do you ever run trains on your outdoor layout in the rain or snow?

I would think electricity and water don't mix well.

Arnold

Arnold,

You are right, so I never run electric trains in rain or snow. However, live steam train can run in the snow, so that is what I did  (once only):

Regards

Fred

When I was being shipped from Basic Training in GA to DC by train one of the youngsters who hadn't drunk before picked up a bottle of Night Train prior to boarding. After about half an hour he was so inebriated we had to carry him to his berth. Rest of us finished the bottle. First and last time for that paint remover.

Fans of night trains should have this book in their libraries.

Multiple exposure of a westbound on the bridge

A Couple of classic Night Train LP covers.

Charlie

Like ball parks, concerts and places of worship, train stations at night can be melting pots, where rich and poor and all types of people can be, and which is part of its charm:

Arnold

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Like ball parks, concerts and places of worship, train stations at night can be melting pots, where rich and poor and all types of people can be, and which is part of its charm:

Arnold

Is that Trump reading a newspaper on the right side of the photo??

Mine aren't very good videos, but have some decent footage:

Paul Kallus posted:

Mine aren't very good videos, but have some decent footage:

Paul it sounds from the laughter in the background that everyone was having a great time when you shot the video. Arnold

scale rail posted:

Arnold, here's my "Night Train". LOL Don

Although not a night train, I like this wine label a little more:

And back to the subject:

I've never tried a lights out video....here is my humble attempt.

Fendermain

Night game:

Arnold

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Night game:

Arnold

Good stuff....great illumination at the ball park

Fendermain

Thank all of you for your videos. It takes some time and trouble on your part and it is one of the most enjoyable parts of this forum to me anyway. Keep up the good work. Fenderman, I really like those tinplate accessories you have in yours.