Weekend Photo Fun 1-13-12- ??

Wow Scott, did you wet the bed?

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Wow Scott, did you wet the bed?

The dog I didn't want got sick.


Scott Smith

Here are some great pics from Altoona.

I posted this elsewhere, but here's a Dockside that made it to Australia.

Thats great Dave,given me an idea what to do with my red Christmas docksider.
James

Our new Power Plant Complex that Alan Graziano built.

Happy weekend everyone!

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Francis J. Leavy & Sons Coal Co.

Built with Evergreen styrene, Plastruct roofing, PVC Tubing and Grandt Line windows and doors. The Decals were made with CorelDraw and printed on an Alps MD1000 printer. The signs were printed on photo paper with a HP inkjet. The coal conveyor is scratch built with Grandt Line wheels and the billboard was a scan of an ink blotter and edited in Coral PhotoPaint. The coal truck is a custom painted Ertl 1/43 1937 Ford semi tractor fitted with a Berkshire Valley dump body.

The late Frank Leavy is the father of my close friends Mike Leavy and his brothers Glenn and Art. Frank must have been one of the last domestic coal customers as heated their family home with coal until 1967.

I built the model for use on a Flower City Tinplate Trackers module.

Some various shots around the layout.

Updated the OEM Polar Express Observation car with:

lighted taillight

lighted Drumhead

lined inner shield w/Aluminum foil to brighten the car

Added MV lens #137



Night shot

WOW.......super pics so far! A wonderful way to get me through my Friday in the office!

Peter

Well, it is early into WPF and I am already "blown away!!"

The power plant is beautiful and the red/white stacks really draw you in (at least it does for me).

The re-painted milk car is a masterpiece!

The coal dealership is outstanding!!!

No more fantastic modeling for today, I can't take any longer!!! Is this what my Friday the 13th is going to be like, tortured with beautiful, outstanding masterpieces all day long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Malcolm

This is from the old layout. I pulled this one from my file database for the "favorite scenes" thread. It's from about 2003 on my old tinplate/hirail layout. I used to love moving engines around in the yard.



If you notice along the back, I had a 5 foot kneewall and I simulated a "concrete retaining wall". To fill the gap I used all my 310 billboards.

Peter

Some sneek previews of the power plant facility. I have been working on this off and on for a while. Not as good as Bill's (Popsrr) but it is still a work in progress. I have a lot more to do including additional insulators to install, a steel framework in front of the transformers to support the electrical grid leaving the plant and various plumbing, ladders, glazing in the windows, etc.

Looking at many pictures of power plants indicated I needed to have the red and white stripes on the stacks...still not used to those yet!! More pictures as I get closer to completion of the project...

Thanks,
Alan

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59048208@N08/6689719117/

TRYing again!

A 224 steamer leads a vintage freight consist on the upper level-



PWC remake of the 1957 edition of the mighty 736 Berkshire pulls into the station-


A 1615 switcher drills tank cars on the oil spur-

Long Day at the office over .

Shot this earlier this week in Waynesville under a blustery evening sky.

Christopher,

I always enjoy viewing your layout photos !


Rufus

Patrick, it's really lookin good.

Jack

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Originally posted by c.sam:
Shot this earlier this week in Waynesville under a blustery evening sky.

BRRRRRRR!!!

Very good photo, so good I decided to throw another log on the fire!!!


Rufus

End of week two's teardown efforts

Now the fun of cleaning starts! Let's see:
82 cars + 9 engines = 728 wheels to clean. OUCH!

Not to mention several hundred pieces of track. Double OUCH!







What my living room looks like, and will so for the next few weeks! The rest of the house - well, I can't show you that lest you get sick



BUT.... it was a very successful running year. These 7 fuses are from just 2 situations - one while building the layout.


- DirtyFingersWalt (thanks Bear for letting me borrow your "style")

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Originally posted by Rufus:

BRRRRRRR!!!

Very good photo, so good I decided to throw another log on the fire!!!


Rufus

Thanks Rufus - its cold here too this morning and the fire is going!

Came across this one of our twin GG1s out for a stretch.





The lead unit is a non-powered Williams Black one from the mid 1990s that is really handsome with the 5 Gold stripes. Power comes form the JLC unit which is an exceptional model.

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Originally posted by Popsrr:
Our new Power Plant Complex that Alan Graziano built.

Popsrr, the power plant looks great!!

Left my job at the news station to go back to school. Gonna miss my camera

Marker,
The window shades in the Zephyr cars are a nice touch. The shades caught my attention right-off. Did you install the shades?

Lionel Yellow Belly.

Great pics all!!

Pops and Alan,
Your power plants look awesome.

Brian,
I love your Lionel Yellow Belly Hudson. It is on my list of wants.

Bill:

The refinery looks terrific.

Alan:

This is also a spectacular refinery scene.

NJC Joe:

Beautiful pictures of your layout. The table skirt looks very professional. I like the beige color. Nice job.

Keith:

Very nice shots of your layout.

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The window shades in the Zephyr cars is a nice touch. The shades caught my attention right-off. Did you install the shades?

No, and if I did it wouldn't look so nice. They came that way from Atlas.

This is a picture of the sleeping car.



If you haven't seen Erik Lindgren's pictures of the train on the DSMR layout, look HERE.

On CONUS Lines, a Chesapeake & Ohio Allegheny 2-6-6-6 pulling a long train of loaded hoppers begins it assault on the grade to Armstrong at Georges Creek Junction, passing an inbound Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train.

Some oldies on a 3-1/2' x 4' layout:









Jim

Thanks Brian!

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Originally posted by Rick Wright:
On CONUS Lines, a Chesapeake & Ohio Allegheny 2-6-6-6 pulling a long train of loaded hoppers begins it assault on the grade to Armstrong at Georges Creek Junction, passing an inbound Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train.

Rick, it's always a pleasure to see your layout photos. Love that circus train...what a treat!

From the archives...

After years of looking, this 44 Tonner is mine...

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Originally posted by CandO:
Great pics all!!

Pops and Alan,
Your power plants look awesome.

Brian,
I love your Lionel Yellow Belly Hudson. It is on my list of wants.

Keith,

Don't know how your fixed right now for cash but Stout has a yellow belly with TMCC for auction in a sealed box either this weekend or next.
Wish I had the money I bid on it.It's on my want list too like everything else LOL.



David