Weekend Photo Fun 1-12-24-??

Scott Smith

You know what they say about the early bird don't you Scott?   He gets the bird...

Here are some old pics of our A.T.& S.F. garage layout up on a mountain back in 2009-2013

Thanks Scott for getting us rolling for this fine weekend!   Here's my photos of the fun kind!  I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Doing yard work.

Freight train passing thru town.  

More yard work and hauling trash.

A view of Mt. Randolph from my cabin porch.  

Looks like whom ever is building this house has stopped construction.

Scrap pile.

A newly painted Santa Fe gondola waiting to be unloaded.  

My brand new MTH C&O Shay moving along at a very Shay like speed of 7 SMPH.

Fantastic smoking whistle!

Ken

Back in 2004,  I purchased a Lionel PRR RS-11 which came with Odyssey. Four years later, they reissued the same engine in conventional along with a dummy unit and I purchased the dummy unit to pair with the powered unit. Then in 2012, they reissued it again with Legacy in two numbers, along with a dummy unit. I purchased a second powered unit as I run long trains and prefer to pull them with two powered unit. Unfortunately, the Legacy and Odyssey units ran at different speeds and would not lash up together.

Then, by sheer chance, I came across the second road number of the Legacy version at the Greenberg train show here in Pittsburgh last weekend. I grabbed it, and FINALLY, after all these years, I can create a lashup with two powered units and a dummy that can actually operate correctly. Here are a few pictures...

The Disney Park is even popular in winter.

Tipping the musicians in the Christopolis City Park.

Stopping for fresh produce at the farm's roadside stand.

Taking a canoe ride across the harbor.

The Santa Fe Super Chief passes the Disney Park on its way east.

@kanawha awesome!

Another great weekend running trains......lots of great roadnames and consists!

FEC Circus Train passing Cape Canaveral.....

Have a great and safe weekend, folks!

Peter

Now that this little work project (and by little I mean 9 tractor trailers full of broadcast equipment and operator space) is wrapping up and heading out the door I can get more time in the train room.

Last weekend for the Polar Express on the layout.

Now that the layout is 7/8 dismantled I can once again say:

A 2023 Christmas Layout memory

Last week I showed a "daytime" image of the layout:

Here's a "nighttime" version

walt

THis week, we were fortunate to have Bill Castle, a Forum member from Carlisle, PA ,down in RIchmond for work......it was great that he could join us for part of an afternoon.......that's him on the left with modular group member BillR on the right.

Here are a few quick videos from the week......

Have a great and safe weekend, folks!

Peter

From the home front.......I continue the slow and tedious work of wiring. I'm working with the D2500 switch machines right now, using WAGO wireless connectors.

I took time out to run a branch line mixed train.

Have a great and safe weekend, everyone!

Peter

My layout was featured in a model roading magazine this month.   This is a photo that was submitted, but not included in the article:

@John Sethian posted:

My layout was featured in a model roading magazine this month.   This is a photo that was submitted, but not included in the article:

WOW!!!  Fabulous shot!!!  Congratulations on the article!!

Running the EL geeps this week and adding details as I make my way around the layout doing scenery.   I don't add the snow until I finish a section (less mess that way), so these pictures offer a nice contrast of summer/winter 

Special run NW-2 from Pat's Trains.

Here are a few random pictures of my railroad here in CA:

Here are some videos of trains I ran at our Club's Holiday Setup and at a Museum for a short run:

A commuter train led by a doodlebug pulling a BP54 trailer drops off passengers on a too warm January day in 1949.

Here's a few to match the current weather in my neck of the woods. Plow Extra CP 5575 working hard to clear the snow.

Rob

New MTH P&LE 1501 in its bicentennial attire. This was a special run from EZ catch trains. While I’m not usually one for the fancy or unique paint jobs, I recall the P&LE commuter trains from my childhood, and couldn’t pass this up.  I think it looks fantastic!

Christopher2035, I just love your Erie Lackawanna MPC diesels. They look great.

@jim sutter posted:

Christopher2035, I just love your Erie Lackawanna MPC diesels. They look great.

Thanks Jim.   They definitely stand out!

The first Vision Line Big Boy.  Still as good as the day I got it!

@DaveSlie posted:

The first Vision Line Big Boy.  Still as good as the day I got it!

@DaveSlie  Interesting (to me) that the smoke looks yellowish instead of the normal white color that we see.  Or was that just some optical illusion?

walt

Snowing here today, made me think of my snow plow…

@walt rapp posted:

@DaveSlie  Interesting (to me) that the smoke looks yellowish instead of the normal white color that we see.  Or was that just some optical illusion?

walt

No, just an odd white balance on the iPhone

@Anthony K posted:

New MTH P&LE 1501 in its bicentennial attire. This was a special run from EZ catch trains. While I’m not usually one for the fancy or unique paint jobs, I recall the P&LE commuter trains from my childhood, and couldn’t pass this up.  I think it looks fantastic!

Definitely a very attractive patriotic paint scheme!

@Craignor posted:

Snowing here today, made me think of my snow plow…

Maybe the single best Christmas themed consists that I've ever seen!

walt

@stangtrain posted:

Here are a few random pictures of my railroad here in CA:

How did you do your marquee for your theater? Is it a solid decal?

I have the original Palace theater from Walthers and I don't like the individual peel and stick letters they gave you.

I'd like to be able to change out the shows being played for Christmas movies and other movies.

Really late on this one but last weekend, I attended The Carnegie Science Center's Locomotion Weekend with our TCA Chapter. Yes! it's still a thing! As a bonus, if there's availability, we get perms run on the MRRV...

Which I did!

Here's a compilation of most of the good shots I've taken during the event.