Weekend Photo Fun 8-31-12-??

That will be a sad day.  I didn't know you were closing it down.  Are you going to do another layout?

Here is Two Pictures Of My MTH Premier 3 Bay 70 Ton Chessie (C&O) Coal Hopper With Coal Load

I live in the little town of Brisbane, which is on the southern border of San Francisco.  There is a Union Pacific Rail Yard and CalTrain station about 5 minutes away from my house.  Once a week I try and go down to the yard with my Nikon to see if there's anything interesting.  I found these Milwaukee Road covered hoppers and a Missouri Pacific gondola!  The hoppers are leased by a gravel and cement company down near San Jose.

 

Also, here are some pics of the MJB Grocery in the town of Beawslaiw on the Brisbane & Bushong Railroad.

Joe.....Hope you had a great time in our "wierd" city as folks like to call it. Just wondering if you had a chance to get over and see the new home of the SP 4449 and her companion steamers.

 

Also a question for the masses....In Joe's picture of the Portland and Western train that is owned by the Genesse and Wyoming company many of the western New Yorker forum members should recognize both the paint job and the company name. This is the same company that runs through western NY and that eventually took over the South Buffalo RR lines (Bethlehem Steel). I find it interesting that a company based in WNY owns and operates a shortline out here on the west coast. Anyone know if they have a presence any place else and how they wound up out here in Oregon?

 

Found my answer! From Wikipedia: 

 

     "The G&W Railroad was the small Western NY salt-hauling railroad that ran between Retsof, New York and Caledonia, New York, only 14.5 miles (23.3 km) long, and began in 1899.^[1] It was the first railroad in today's global G&W corporation "family" of shortlines all over the world. "G&W Orange", that began on the G&W railroad, can today be seen on railroads all over the world."

I finally put my pinball arcade and Drunken Clam bar on my train layout for a photo.

Dan

Thanks Bill it is a early Dinky Superior Critertion picked up cheap as it has been restored.Still has the man on a stretcher but the tailgate hindges have snapped.

So I don`t fell too bad about chopping it about to try and motorise it.

James

This has just arrived this morning.

 

Please clearify your statement.  I have always enjoyed your layout updates and projects.  Are you moving on, just moving, starting a larger layout..........don't keep us hanging.

 

TEX

Steve

Horseshoe,

 

They are the same trains. They are built by Chance Rides of Wichita, KS. They have been building them since 1960, all custom built to order and built by hand. The engine in your photos is a relatively new engine. They are numbered by their build number (unless modified by the owners). Ours is #281, the 281st Built in 1995 replacing our original locomotive, #77. Chance recently delivered #372 as the newest unit. 

 

They are near exact (about 90-95% accurate) replicas of the original CP Huntington from 1863, currently on display at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento. New units are totally up to speed with the latest technology and computers. Our #281 was one of the last built "with mechanics rather than computers" when Chance began putting modern technology into the trains. 

 

The coaches are free hand with the roofs being similar to Pullman designs. Our coaches were built in 1966 and have been here ever since. Newer coaches (such as the ones in your photos) are a bit wider and taller. 

 

See Chance's Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdB6IbPvjJ4

 

Popular brand action at the Chesterfield County Fair (today is the last day 11AM-9:30PM) on the River City 3 Railers modular layout.

 

Peter

 

 

Dan986,

 

Those two buildings, the pinball and Drunken Clam...... I LOVE THOSE!   I gotta figure out how to do that on my layout!  That right there is some seriously creative talent!  And only certain people will get the Drunken Clam reference but rest assured I AM ONE OF THEM!  Thanks for the awesome pics of these two buildings.

The K4s morning lineup ready for the AM commute.

 

 

 

 

LOVE the TARDIS in this one.  Can't wait for the season premiere today!

alibatwomble....love you corner scene of the house with the road and tractor.very well done.

 

terry.........

Forgive me brothers for I have sinned... It's been months since my last post. 

The biggest little station on Long Island!

Some crowd!

Traffic was heavy!

Still looking good!

Love this view!

I don't know his name, but he looks happy!

The LIRR is running on or close to schedule!

This is the end!

 

Jon

Recently released Lionel 17732 L&N 50' PS-1 boxcar

Here's my finished customized Marx 666....

The pilot has been heavily modified, the odd cab ladders removed, an air tank added below the walkway, just in front of the cab.

 

Special guests visit the Soggy Bottom RR. 

 

 

 

I picked this jeep up today at the Lake Gaston Festival in Littleton, NC.

 

 

We're happy to see new construction returning to the Soggy Bottom RR area!

  

John and Ernie enjoy watching the trains pass behind their shop.

 

 

Thanks John, but my "help" on the submarine model consisted primarily of shagging parts while you built it. I wondered where it ended up after you finished it. I'm designing another warehouse and a grain elevator, but have no clue what I'd do with either one if/when I built them.

Thanks for the kind words,two corners down two more to go..........!

James

 

 

...a few pics from Switzerland...

Hi Can`t find you email address please email with postal address.

Will be going into town on Thursday.

James

Newly acquired NYC A-B-A RMT Beef is immediately put to work pulling a passenger consist.

 

Kevin

 

 

Work continues on Main Street USA.

 

 

 

my new rexall,under way ,terry

My son and I visited Strasburg last weekend to get a trip in before school started back up.

 

 

 

We also wanted to try the dining car ...

 

 

 

Their pulled pork sandwich was top notch

 

 

How could we not cross the street to the PA Railroad Museum to visit my namesake?

 

 

The original 4800 "Old Rivets" is outside and not looking as good:

 

 

Close up of what exposure has done to her:

 

 

I wished I jumped at the MTH model of the E44:

 

 

Cheers,

Stefan, GREAT pictures. Good to see you posting.

Nothing happening currently on my little attic layout.

So, remembering days gone by!   Fuzzy point & shoot photos of 1992 twin shelf, 5 track, 7'-6" & 9' high x 28x14,"stepladder" operation in the kitchen-breakfast room at our Carolina Mountain Cottage. Dismantled in '08 after 15 years running and many worn traction tires. The Domestic CEO deeded me the upper kitchen area to get me up from the Den carpet.

The trains my brothers had when they were kids were just handed down to me to be the keeper of the family trains.

 

 

Popsrr, thanks, these are pictures of our club's layout running MTH's equipment. If you wanna see what I have been up to lately, then fallow my thread "New Power Drive for MTH European Traxx Engine" on this forum.

Regards,

The Pennsylvania Museum should be boycotted for putting something as special as Rivets outside to rot away.  Shame on them.  Inside out of the rain are several freight cars.  I am sorry to seem angry but this is wrong.   Thank you prr4935 for posting those pictures.  Can the people who run that museum  explain why some nothing cars sit inside and not Rivets?  The GG-1 has a great history for the Pennsylvania Railroad.  Rivets should be shown some respect.

couldnt agree with you more marty! at least they take better care of her then the B&O museum does there GG1

1. I wished I jumped at the MTH model of the E44:

 

From time to time I see them on the bay, the last one I saw went close to MSRP. but they are out there. The PRR said they were the most successful of all electric frieght engines. I have four and looking for more.

Andrew, the last time I went to the B&O I saw the American Freedom train (2101) outside in the same shape Rivets is in.   That locomotive has a special meaning to me as it came through my town.  I know the history about the fire but it should be better cared for.   I heard it has been painted but have no confirmation on that.

 

 

I remember taking the short train ride at the B&O museum and saw a GG1 stored further down the line that looked in worse shape that Old Rivets.  I think one whole pantograph was gone on that one.

 

In justice to the museum, they just don't seem to have the room for everything.  There was an M1 Mountain, some DD1's, etc, that were stored outside and would have looked great restored, but there's only so much room.  At least the in door storage has HVAC now.  I remember visiting when it was ungodly hot and quite chilly at times.  Another outside resident not in too bad a shape:

 

 

 

It almost seemed like 4800 was just covered in a very dark primer to battle the elements, but as the pics show, some skin is still deteriorating.