Trackside Thursday

Waiting to get loaded.

OK Mark - you ought to know what's coming. Nice to see the B&O Blue on the "plywood railroad" (LOL)  it is complementary to the boxcar red of every other piece of rolling stock!  Lookin Good

@Randy Harrison posted:

The farm.  Excellent amount of critters on this convincing farm scene Randy.

A lake by the tracks.  And this SHIMMERING LAKE .........definitely is impressive.  Can feel a cool breeze coming across it.

The Coca Cola Company's yard switcher is being serviced.  Nice low level shot on this scene ....feel like I could walk across the tracks and ask the guys how their day is going .

Nice Randy.

Since Friday the 13th falls on Saturday this month, I thought I would celebrate Trackside Thursday today (If you understand that, I am worried about you)

A Lionel, Miller Beer, wood sided refrigerator car on a siding.

The night shift unloads lumber from a flat car.

A boxcar train passes the engine storage track on the freight main line

@ScoutingDad posted:

OK Mark - you ought to know what's coming. Nice to see the B&O Blue on the "plywood railroad" (LOL)  it is complementary to the boxcar red of every other piece of rolling stock!  Lookin Good

😆😆😆 Jeff, I’ll have to get a photograph of some of the billboard reefers.  All yellow!  😄

Thank you very much on the B&O F3s!

Hey Dallas.  You make Plasticville look like scale. Impressive!

@Don McErlean posted:

@lee drennen- Thanks for responding Lee, maybe we can keep the post alive even for just a few.  I know the spring/summer workload, luckily (?) for me it April / May is the rainy season here in central Texas so a lot of days the weather just does not cooperate with outside work.  I got a real smile out of your comment on ... "raising baby chicks".  I have no idea what that entails (I am a city boy I am afraid) but it just sounds like a real challenge.  Best Wishes

Don

Thanks Don keep it going. I’ve raised baby chicks for about 27 years now every year. I went back to Hatching them out myself about 5 years. The outside work load starts around March and ends around Thanksgiving. After that all the wood is cut for the winter and the Farm is winterized.

Guys some great pics from everyone thanks for sharing

Hello Trackside Thur fans...today is an interesting one for me...we heard Lee talk about "raising chicks" and I can only imagine the chaotic action involved there.  Well you all have heard the expression ..."herding cats" ...well today is an annual vet visit for my feline friends so if you were in central Texas today you could experience herding cats IRL .  However before I attempt that, I wanted to get a posting for TsT for you all.  These are some archive pictures along the main line of the Leonardtown and Savannah to kick things off.

Here in small town, some high flying NASA visitors have stopped by on their way "home" (Earth) at the McDonald's for lunch!

Here my Wells - Brimtoy locomotives from the UK get ready to depart  with the Brimtoy signal box guarding the intersection protected by a Hornby double semaphore signal.  Oh yea, given all the UK folks here, the "Starbucks" truck in the back has switched from coffee to tea!!

Here we see the Lionel #7601 SR caboose about the leave the yard.  We just missed the conductor running over to the Lionel News stand to get his paper.  It's 1957 and get a look at the BRAND NEW Chevy!

Here is the Marx RI Alco S-3 switcher from 1962 heading up a local freight on the main line just exiting the depot.

Well TsThur fans, hope you enjoyed the pictures. Best Wishes

Don

HOWE

Mighty fine work, Steve!  The little name and description plate below is a nice touch!

Track side today:  I sat on a hill along side the main line and captured this shot of a Virginian Train Master emerging from a tunnel as a trolley enters a tunnel.  All the while a freight train trundles over the red bridge above.  

Some PW Lionel K4s sitting idle on trackside Thursday.

Hello Trackside Thursday fans, here are a few from the sidelines of the Lenardtown and Savannah for you to look at.  Hope you enjoy!

Best wishes Don

An Alco S-2 (by Kline) in Santa Fe livery takes a local passenger train through Small Town.

A few folks including someone who has purchased a brand new (1954) Corvette stop at the Diner for coffee.

The local freight moves away from the Savannah wharf  and the industrial section taking goods to the Small Town yard or up the line to Macon/Atlanta.  Train in charge of a Kline MP-15 in UP livery.

TS.T

@SIRT  Now that is way cool. The inside of the freight terminal is over the top. Thanks for sharing. I think I've seen that IC boxcar on a siding somewhere ... sometime ... weathering is on point.

@SIRT- I am with Scouting Dad, the inside of the freight terminal is really first rate!

Here is a picture of a busy double crossing in the industrial district near the Savannah wharf.  General Door and Sash is in full production for summer screen doors as the mosquito season approaches.

Happy Thursday

Don

Sizing up eventual building placement on the new layout.....

Have a great day.

Peter

Thanks guys, more photos from the 2009 build. Finally installing buildings on the new layout.

@Don McErlean posted:

Here is a picture of a busy double crossing in the industrial district near the Savannah wharf.  General Door and Sash is in full production for summer screen doors as the mosquito season approaches.

Happy Thursday

Don

Perfect production timing Don.

Looks good sir.

@SIRT posted:

TS.T

Always have admired your work and how much you've shared it with us sir.        Looking at these makes me think your skill set is growing.

@SIRT Steve, I agree with others, your warehouse detail is tremendous!

It's not Thursday, however, here is my trackside shot.

@trumpettrain posted:

It's not Thursday, however, here is my trackside shot.

Always a treat to see your scenes Patrick.

@Dallas Joseph- Thanks for the compliment.  Always appreciate your comments and that you take the time to make them.

Best Wishes

Don

It's the end of the semester. The Penn State trolley brings the student to the station where they can pick up their luggage from the Old Main box truck for the long train ride home.

Its a busy day on the L&S and all of the more modern engines are tied up with revenue business.  Management needs to get these old (perhaps scrap) cars out of yard to make more room, so they call up an old veteran.  This Hornby MO locomotive and tender date from 1930, the first year the MO line was offered.  It never had a front or rear truck or drive rods, this was the bottom of the Hornby line, designed to allow sales in the terrible Depression environment.

Today "steamin Sam" is taking this old gal up the line to clear out the yard.  Will she come back, well who knows if she will make it in the first place.  She leaks everywhere, can't hardly hold stream pressure, and is limited to 35 mph or the drive rods come off...but she is a brave old gal and willing to work.  Sam, one of the most senior engineers on the property is the one who knows how to get the best out of her .

Best wishes everyone...yes I know I am a day late but i wanted to post just to keep the thread going.  OBTW thanks @bobfett for your post yesterday.

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

Its a busy day on the L&S and all of the more modern engines are tied up with revenue business.  Management needs to get these old (perhaps scrap) cars out of yard to make more room, so they call up an old veteran.  This Hornby MO locomotive and tender date from 1930, the first year the MO line was offered.  It never had a front or rear truck or drive rods, this was the bottom of the Hornby line, designed to allow sales in the terrible Depression environment.

Today "steamin Sam" is taking this old gal up the line to clear out the yard.  Will she come back, well who knows if she will make it in the first place.  She leaks everywhere, can't hardly hold stream pressure, and is limited to 35 mph or the drive rods come off...but she is a brave old gal and willing to work.  Sam, one of the most senior engineers on the property is the one who knows how to get the best out of her .

Best wishes everyone...yes I know I am a day late but i wanted to post just to keep the thread going.  OBTW thanks @bobfett for your post yesterday.

Don

You had me hook line and sinker with this two paragraph story Don.    I started wishing what I might do to help fix this old gal.    Good thing steamin Sam was available to " get the best out of her ".

Nice story and nice little consist.

@Dallas Joseph -  Thanks Dallas, I also had a good time thinking up the story!!

Don

Well its a busy Thursday on the L&S, lots of activity.  The crew on that RI switcher pulling those freight cars down to the wharf for transloading onto ships is looking over at that McDonalds and thinking, "Why not stop for breakfast?"   The tower crew at this busy intersection has its hands full, one train has just departed you can see the caboose in the distance and another in charge of Santa Fe Alco in freight colors is waiting for clearance.  Guess there won't be time to stop for that Egg McMuffin!!

Best Wishes

Don

Thursday by the tracks........

...........I  CERTAINY  DON'T  CONDONE  THIS  but after watching the STATE OF AFFAIRS on the local bike shop TV I guess these people just have to LET OFF STEAM .

.......STAY SAFE and relax everyone.

Trackside camping cooking the morning catch. Better keep an eye on that bear in the background!

Cow's mulling about on the ranch next to the industrial siding. 1102 idling waiting to move some freight cars onto the mainline.

Happy Thursday!

@Dallas Joseph-Those bike guys especially those doing those "Wheelie's" are likely to gain the attention of the local law enforcement but hey, its all in fun right?

@WesternPacific2217- Nice scenery job Scott, although i looked for the bear and couldn't find it . I especially liked the farm cow path scene, really well done !

Thanks for posting guys, we may keep this thread alive yet !!

Best Wishes

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

@Dallas Joseph-Those bike guys especially those doing those "Wheelie's" are likely to gain the attention of the local law enforcement but hey, its all in fun right?

Maybe just frustration Don. 🤔

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Thursday by the tracks........

...........I  CERTAINY  DON'T  CONDONE  THIS  but after watching the STATE OF AFFAIRS on the local bike shop TV I guess these people just have to LET OFF STEAM .

.......STAY SAFE and relax everyone.

Better to let off steam there than on the highway or the middle of town!!  😄

@Mark Boyce posted:

Better to let off steam there than on the highway or the middle of town!!  😄

Good judgement by one of the elders of the community.   ............just as long as they don't run into the Hemi Charger.

Can't trust these mid -life biker lawyers, physicians, first responders , businessmen school teachers , etc. etc.

We went on a charity ride some time ago..........Malcolm Forbes and his biker  group with Liz Taylor ,Willy Davidson , John Paleski , Steve Linquist , etc, " The Capitalist Tools "  were a cool group there.

Wow, this is a fun to review thread with so many neat pictures, Happy Railroading Everyone…

@leapinlarry - great picture's larry, thanks for posting.  We did well on this thread this week.  Good news!

@Dallas Joseph - Hey mate, wife and I rode from my first bike a Yamaha 50 cc in 1966 till our first born became a toddler in 1975 and then we decided we could not fit 3 on the bike...by then a Honda 4 cylinder 750 cc cruiser. Ran around a bit with the Dayton Motor Cycle Club and a fair group on Air Force young officers all assigned to Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton.  My wife tried to do a wheelie on a Vespa scooter and went right into a trash bin!  Last time she tried that.  Was great fun on the bike though, but a young man's game I suppose.

Best Wishes

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

@Dallas Joseph - Hey mate, wife and I rode from my first bike a Yamaha 50 cc in 1966 till our first born became a toddler in 1975 and then we decided we could not fit 3 on the bike...by then a Honda 4 cylinder 750 cc cruiser. Ran around a bit with the Dayton Motor Cycle Club and a fair group on Air Force young officers all assigned to Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton.  My wife tried to do a wheelie on a Vespa scooter and went right into a trash bin!  Last time she tried that.  Was great fun on the bike though, but a young man's game I suppose.

Best Wishes

Don

I suppose it is a young man's game Don.

I had to give up my Suzuki Hayabusa when I was 71 because I supported myself with my left leg when I came to a stop and I was concerned that my left hip might give me issues.    Have a new hip now.

Actually Judy had a V Star 650 when she rode with her husband . She didn't ride after her husband passed in 2011.   She still looks over motorcycles for sale on her Ipad.     

MAYBE  being dry in a rainstorm or using airconditioning or a heater in cold weather has made us soft. 🤔

@Don McErlean posted:

@Dallas Joseph-Those bike guys especially those doing those "Wheelie's" are likely to gain the attention of the local law enforcement but hey, its all in fun right?

@WesternPacific2217- Nice scenery job Scott, although i looked for the bear and couldn't find it . I especially liked the farm cow path scene, really well done !

Thanks for posting guys, we may keep this thread alive yet !!

Best Wishes

Don

Hi Don,

Yes, hard to see the bear in the upper middle of the original photo, so here's another perspective of the bear(s) across the track from the campers!

This seen comes from an experience a couple of friends and I encountered while camping at Yosemite. A black bear mommy and her cub walked by our campsite within 50 feet, but seemed unconcerned about our presence and just passed through! Whew!