@walt rapp posted:I find a way to include this metal train on my Christmas Layout each year since 2015. This was a Christmas gift from my sister for 2014 and she unexpectedly and quickly passed away a few months later. So this is my small ways for remembrance of her for 3 months each year.
walt
It lights up too! Excuse the mirrors - I wanted to try it and see how it looked
Looks good Walt very bright glad it worked out
@Genemed posted:Another late night at the town dock with lots of action.
Gene
Gene nice lighting thanks for sharing
@lee drennen posted:Cool dock set up
Thanks Lee, it’s a rework of a Pville factory.
@lee drennen posted:
Good Morning track side fans! Here’s today’s. Another view of a Railroad St. on the Dough Hill layout
Lee, nice woody & continental rear.
Station stop.
@pennsyfan posted:Lee, nice woody & continental rear.
Thanks it’s a Franklin mint one.
@OKHIKER posted:More workin' on the railroad.
Nice pic. I like the new wheels on the track piece looks good
@Randy Harrison posted:Station stop.
Randy nice pic. I was wondering what station is that I need a small one like yours for my new layout thanks for sharing.
@pennsyfan posted:Thanks Lee, it’s a rework of a Pville factory.
You did a great job on it
@lee drennen posted:I like that work crane is a Lionel post war?
Definitely not PW. I didn’t pick it up not sure if it’s Lionel or MTH.
@lee drennen posted:Randy nice pic. I was wondering what station is that I need a small one like yours for my new layout thanks for sharing.
Lee:
Thanks for the compliment. That is an early iteration of our current layout. The station in question is an old, Plasticville Suburban station. That particular one was in my layout in the early 1950's.
Oops, Thursday Trackside clean up! WP had a little mishap derailment destroying a truck on the coal hopper in the process. Blocking the road outa town too!
It did Ride Like Feather!
The cows at Benedicts farm seem more curious then bothered by the wreck and commotion. 
@WesternPacific2217 posted:Oops, Thursday Trackside clean up! WP had a little mishap derailment destroying a truck on the coal hopper in the process. Blocking the road outa town too!
It did Ride Like Feather!
The cows at Benedicts farm seem more curious than bothered by the wreck and commotion.
That’s a nice Cat crane that you have there. How did it get to the scene?
@pennsyfan posted:That’s a nice Cat crane that you have there. How did it get to the scene?
Hi Bob, you opened up a bag of worms! LoL
The crane was purchased on Amazon and manufactured and imported by Huina, a model manufacturer in China. It is a very nice model for the $'s, I was not happy with the toy manufacturer name so I changed it to CAT with the help of a Canon Photo Printer.
The CAT crane resides on the outer siding which is a trackside repair station on my layout. It's California Sierra red clay territory as my model town of Paradise is in the northern Sierra Mountain foothills. I added the muddy red clay to the tracks on the crane for a little realism. The crane wasn't far from the derailment and just had to travel up the access road to the "road out of town" to access the derailment.
Here's some additional photos for Trackside Thursday, even though it's midnight on the west coast.
CAT crane heading to the derailment being led by a Dodge Power Wagon service truck.
Almost to the RR crossing where the derailment occurred.
WP 1925 Boxcar lifted back up onto the rails, and WP 26416 Coal Hopper loaded onto a Great Northern flat car coal load and all!
Ready to roll pulled by a WP GP35 and off to the the repair shops! Going to need more than trackside service this time.
Oh yeah, after cleaning up the mess on the rails, everybody met at Molly's Diner for some awesome grub!
Happy Friday to all!
Scott, that is a well thought out scenario for fixing the derailment!!
LOL Scott you should be a T.V. reporter! You covered every question that one would have, Most would even care as long as the road got open to get to Molly's from out of town!
@WesternPacific2217 posted:Hi Bob, you opened up a bag of worms! LoL
The crane was purchased on Amazon and manufactured and imported by Huina, a model manufacturer in China. It is a very nice model for the $'s, I was not happy with the toy manufacturer name so I changed it to CAT with the help of a Canon Photo Printer.
The CAT crane resides on the outer siding which is a trackside repair station on my layout. It's California Sierra red clay territory as my model town of Paradise is in the northern Sierra Mountain foothills. I added the muddy red clay to the tracks on the crane for a little realism. The crane wasn't far from the derailment and just had to travel up the access road to the "road out of town" to access the derailment.
Here's some additional photos for Trackside Thursday, even though it's midnight on the west coast.
CAT crane heading to the derailment being led by a Dodge Power Wagon service truck.
Almost to the RR crossing where the derailment occurred.
WP 1925 Boxcar lifted back up onto the rails, and WP 26416 Coal Hopper loaded onto a Great Northern flat car coal load and all!
Ready to roll pulled by a WP GP35 and off to the the repair shops! Going to need more than trackside service this time.
Oh yeah, after cleaning up the mess on the rails, everybody met at Molly's Diner for some awesome grub!
Happy Friday to all!
Scott,
Thanks for the narrative and additional pictures!
Looks like derailments needing crane work are happening all over the place ...
@Randy Harrison posted:Lee:
Thanks for the compliment. That is an early iteration of our current layout. The station in question is an old, Plasticville Suburban station. That particular one was in my layout in the early 1950's.
That’s cool it was on your layout as a kid
Some entertainment for the residents of Rabbit City 
- walt
A small local freight moves past the Small Town crossing on its way to the wharf area. That tank car full of wine will have to be transloaded to a tank for shipping and the empty gondola is likely going to be loaded with something (cheese maybe?) for the trip back home.
Best wishes
Don
Corner of town
Santa Fe RR's Super Chief speeds past the harbor on its way west.
Trackside for this fine Thursday ... Circa sometime in the 1950s ... Foreman Mic Kenworthy is having a Mack attack. Of course the cabover behind the Mack sorta has Mic's name on it. 
Lot’s of fun at the playground today!
A Gondola is waiting to be unloaded on the o27 layout
Wife picking up Husband at the rail station
The track maintenance crew called out for a night repair.
Gene
Beer trucks converge on Camaraderie Inn, while trolley squeezes by.
@pennsyfan posted:Beer trucks converge on Camaraderie Inn, while trolley squeezes by.
Bob where did you pickup those fine looking beer truck
@Sitka posted:Bob where did you pickup those fine looking beer truck
Mark,
On the Bay. I was looking for the Yuengling; but it way expensive. The Saratoga box truck is a 2002 LCCA.
From one of my Christmas Layouts 
My homemade manger car
walt
Its busy at lunchtime in "Small Town" and the crew of the mid-morning local freight contemplates a quick run track side for a McDonald's burger. Officer McNulty, Small Town's entire police force has his hands full keeping traffic moving while the lunch time shoppers find a place to park. Just like every day, the flag is proudly displayed by the suburban station and tended to by volunteers recruited by the town council (mostly high school teenagers who believe it an honor to be selected).
Best Wishes (OBTW the loco/tender is a Hornby M0 from 1930 and the rolling stock is Mettoy from the 1950's)
Don
@walt rapp posted:From one of my Christmas Layouts
walt
Walt, missing photo
@trumpettrain posted:Trackside for this fine Thursday ... Circa sometime in the 1950s ... Foreman Mic Kenworthy is having a Mack attack. Of course the cabover behind the Mack sorta has Mic's name on it.
Gotta love them Mack's !!
Trackside for this fine Thursday!
Here is the scene with the Lionel Burlington GP-7 pulling the mid-morning passenger train out of the depot yard and onto the main.
Best Wishes
Don
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