Trackside Thursday

Well this shows about all the "trackside" I have on my small layout.  So I am going to assume its Ok for today's post!!

Best Wishes

Don

Well its lunch time in Small Town on the Leonardtown and Savannah and folks are heading to McDonald s for a burger.  It appears that we have some NASA lunchtime visitors from "out of town" stopping by on their way to ???? (the Moon?)

Best Wishes Don

Trackside for this fine Thursday!  

MOW crewman Ron Wicks  arrives at the MOW siding.

School's out ...  Chucky and his bike can always be found at the rail yard.  

I have neglected to post here for some weeks.  Here is a shot of "small town planning".

Not exactly track"side", but one scene from one of my Christmas Layouts

- walt

the target

Happy landing, Walt!!

Our favorite family vacation site!  The Boardwalk, not the Psychiatrist, although I could probably use one from time to time when the layout drives me nuts!

The 3D printing Boardwalk sign was produced by FLRailroaddog.com.  Jorge built it from a pic I sent him.

@ToledoEd posted:

Our favorite family vacation site!  The Boardwalk, not the Psychiatrist, although I could probably use one from time to time when the layout drives me nuts!

The 3D printing Boardwalk sign was produced by FLRailroaddog.com.  Jorge built it from a pic I sent him.

Ocean City MD.. Great spot Ed'.. The sign looks great'...

Plasticville Frosty Bar with a lighted ice cream cone on the roof bringing in families for a cone treat.

Charlie

Charlie I’ll see your vanilla cone and raise you a spinning vanilla and chocolate cone.

@pennsyfan posted:

Charlie I’ll see your vanilla cone and raise you a spinning vanilla and chocolate cone.

@pennsyfan - did you make or buy that?  I've never seen one of those.

- walt

@walt rapp posted:

@pennsyfan - did you make or buy that?  I've never seen one of those.

- walt

Walt it’s a reworked Kline frosty bar. Dairy Doll was the store in my neighborhood growing up. I repainted the Frosty Bar, installed a carvel backdrop to hide the motor that I hung from the roof. Installed lighting. The cone is a Dariy Queen Whistle that I painted the chocolate stripes on. I mounted the cone on the shaft. Added people and kids on bikes to represent my friends and I.

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Ocean City MD.. Great spot Ed'.. The sign looks great'...

Thanks Ted. Yes it is.  Much to do, great eats...and a relaxing time.

King, the freight station dog, keeps guard on the goods left on the station platform while the crew is at lunch.  He has his own house and watches all day and all night.  He is also a big friend with the local kids and gentle with them but if you try to take anything from the platform...watch out!

Best Wishes, Don

the local park is hosting a free band concert today.  the park is full of enthusiasts.

Refreshments can be had.  Medical help if needed.  Cookie statue  and clowns and balloons for the kids' amusement.

being filmed for the 6:00 news.

- walt

Digger O’Dell is preparing another grave at the parish graveyard. That hearse is from my longtime friend’s FP.

Coal worker having some joe.

@Sitka posted:

Coal worker having some joe.

That looks like a great idea!  I think I’ll do the same! ☕️

Pizza being delivered to the Stump household.  Evening paper too.  Somebody's gotta do that "other" job, right?

- walt

Well folks, Thursday's a working day and at General Sash and Door they are very busy converting the production from "summer" screen and porch doors over to solid wood "winter" storm doors.  Takes a lot more wood to fashion these solid doors as opposed to the "picture frame" screen doors so popular in Summer so lots of material on its way in.  The Yard crane is ready and the parking lot is crowded with shift workers and suppliers making sure that production continues without a halt.

Best Wishes Thursday friends

Don

Trackside for this fine Thursday!  "The mail is being transferred from RPO car to US Mail contractor's trucks and vice versa."  

Horse holding up passenger trains

Lots of Thursday Eve shoppers at the Made In The USA Store.

@Sitka posted:

Horse holding up passenger trains

Is that Jesse James’ horse?😱

Painting the house.

this is a model that I made of my parents' house (where I grew up) in Port Vue, PA.  I actually did paint that house TWICE!!

- walt

@pennsyfan posted:

Is that Jesse James’ horse?😱

Matt Dillion Gun Smoke

Walt your Port Vue house looks great!

Well it looks like I'm starting off this Thursday, OK so here is the scene...by the big clock its near 0900 and one of the morning commuter trains is due soon, so folks are beginning to gather at the Small Town station and on the platform in the back.  Its right next store to the McDonald's so everyone has their coffee and a breakfast sandwich if they want it.  Its only about a 20 minute ride to the downtown so no "big breakfast" on this train.  There is the morning Cardinal Bird (in Texas they call them "red birds" and by myth they are supposedly good luck and announce the presence of Angels) sitting on the roof of the covered bridge in the background, just hoping someone drops or throws away part of that breakfast sandwich.

Happy T.S.Thur everyone.  Best Wishes

Don

A rail fan caught two Pennsy Turbines in a race

Trackside for this fine Thursday:  Midnight crew change.

@Don McErlean, Don, thanks for starting Trackside Thursday, and your tinplate station is so original as is Ronald McDonald looking on…. I’m sure the train will arrive on time every time…. Here’s a couple or so pictures of my trackside offerings. Happy Railroading Everyone

The Engineer spots two cars at the warehouse while the brakeman controls the traffic.

@leapinlarry- Hey friend, your 115 station looks good too!  Thanks for the comment.  Best Wishes, your friend Don

Logging, trackside, up at Soap Creek Pass.

from one of m6y Christmas layouts.   These are just 2 of the family members' houses that I made models of.  The one on the left is my parents' and the one on the right is my brother's.

Pittsburghers will surely recognize the Circle W sign that used to be on the North Side.  I'm kinda proud of it because Chris wanted to model it but gave up for lack of info.  I did a bunch of research, sent it to Chris, he then made the sign, and gave me this one as a Thank You gift.  He did a really nice job animating it like the real sign.

- walt

@pennsyfan - OH! that beautiful '48 (49-50?) Cadillac sedan might get a stone chip from the ballast rocks thrown up by the train, that fellow should back up!

@walt rapp - I don't know what "Circle W" was (although I can guess) but the blue sign is really cool!

Don

@Don McErlean It was a Westinghouse sign, which you might remember was a company founded and based in Pittsburgh.  It was a rather well-known landmark at the time.

Thanks for noticing it.

- walt

Don, you are right about the driver of the nice Caddy!  I certainly recall the Circle W living 40 miles north of Pittsburgh.  My voltmeter car has the Westinghouse Circle W and blue.

@walt rapp and @Mark Boyce -  Thanks fellows!  I most certainly remember Westinghouse and the "Circle W" logo, I just didn't connect it with the sign.

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

@pennsyfan - OH! that beautiful '48 (49-50?) Cadillac sedan might get a stone chip from the ballast rocks thrown up by the train, that fellow should back up!

@walt rapp - I don't know what "Circle W" was (although I can guess) but the blue sign is really cool!

Don

Don,

Mr. Merola appreciates your concern about his car. He’ll tell Tiny to be more careful; but actually that train was only moving about 1 MPH. The siding is only 2 cars long.