TRAIN THEME THURSDAY : close up shots around the layout......

                                                                   CNJ, REA run...

SIRT, Super nice work on your weathering and model work. Simply fantastic. Thanks for showing pictures of your talent. Happy Railroading 

Trumptrain Patrick, Geysergazer Lew, you kids are famous for showing pictures with natural daylight, normally when the sun pops up, well, I have a door that allows some sunlight.... Have a great day everyone, stay safe, stay healthy, fun your trains..... Happy Railroading....

Larry - great pics!!  I see we both own the same KCC observation car.  It looks right at home on your railroad   

I got as far as I can on my MOW bridge repair project until I find or fabricate a crane. I also want to get a few more crewmen with ropes to guide the new post into position.

Up close today:  " The MOW crew and cars."  one more photo in natural light ... " The sun casts it's last rays on LakeChristopher.",  followed by " The junk yard fence" ( This fence is actually a piece of plastic which is part of the packaging of a pack of new socks ... I bought several packs ... I loved that these pieces can be re-purposed for fencing ... just add weathering ... why else would I purchase new socks?! LOL!, )   "1953 Mack B tractor makes it's way out of Brewtown.", "Pennsy A5 crew chats over the switch list."  Click on photos to enlarge. 

Early evening shopping

Construction workers resume work on my custom trackside home...

Here are more photos from our 2012 Christmas layout at Richardson Farms in Baltimore, Maryland. In the first photo the retail section of our holiday pop-up store is in the background. The mountain range up the middle of the layout is built in sections, ten of them if my feeble memory serves me correctly.

The next several photos are of the layout under construction. 

Below is my uncle and business partner in the, then, train business, Tom Edmonds, assembling Gar Graves track.

Our friend and layout building volunteer, Mason Wetzel, works on leveling the platforms.

The next 3 photos show the mountain range in various stages of construction. They were built with 3/4" plywood frames covered by aluminum screening and finished with our flagship scenery product, "Fusion fiber".

Disney Park, including Cinderalla's Castle, the Contemporary Hotel and a working monorail system was the first thing the visitor saw when walking through our front door

On Main street, the local Home Depot, to whom were extremely grateful for donating all of the lumber and plywood for the layout, sits between to 2 custom buildings by our artist friend, Richard Starsoneck.

The farm by trackside.

More photos will follow next Train Theme Thursday.

@leapinlarry posted:

SIRT, Super nice work on your weathering and model work. Simply fantastic. Thanks for showing pictures of your talent. Happy Railroading 

 Excellent weathering' SIRT'... Realistic scenes'... beautiful'... work'..😋

@leapinlarry posted:

Trumptrain Patrick, Geysergazer Lew, you kids are famous for showing pictures with natural daylight, normally when the sun pops up, well, I have a door that allows some sunlight.... Have a great day everyone, stay safe, stay healthy, fun your trains..... Happy Railroading....

 Great looking layout shots Larry'... Love all the metal signs'.... 😁

Thanks guys, I'm hoping to drive up the interstate to Larry's when things change. Looks like he has a lot to see.

Randy Harrison - If it's Baltimore it's not a layout it's a "Christmas Garden", love it by any name. Do you do this every year? Does it change (if you do)? Would love to wander down and see it!

Redball342

@redball342 posted:

Randy Harrison - If it's Baltimore it's not a layout it's a "Christmas Garden", love it by any name. Do you do this every year? Does it change (if you do)? Would love to wander down and see it!

Redball342

Bless me Father, for I have sinned. As penance, I will say 50 Christmas Gardens.

It's an old photo so it's a little blurry too. Have a good Thursday!

                             Remember newspapers?

                                             MTH CP with correct door  installed.

A couple of the "old heads" admiring the Rocket shortly after she pulled into the main station at Ophir on the Ophir & Oblivion

                      awesome photos everyone !!       have a great day !

The first 3 photos are shots around the farm.

Here is a shot of the engine storage facility and a long boxcar train weaving its way on the main line.

Len S., the roving photographer took these photos as he wondered around Patsburg.  

The village on the mountain.

Coming through the yard.

The church.

Down on the farm.

Still working on the scenery but this is going to be a centerpiece of the layout!  Almost done with it. 

Brewery and hotel area

Up close today. 

  RS11 

some favorite spots ...

Great photos everyone! I love this forum and how you can go from simple to the grandest layouts and still get some amazing ideas!~ Thanks for sharing!

Haven't taken many layout shots since the pandemic started, but here's the newest one...