Weekend Photo Fun 1-14-22-??

Thanks Scott for getting us started for this fine weekend!   Here are my  fun photos for this weekend.   Have a safe weekend everyone!

GG1 at the point of a passenger train glides to a stop at the station.

Western Maryland BL2 in charge of a passenger train.

A sailor traveling home on leave enjoys the rear platform of the observation car.

Copper wire to be unloaded from gondola to flatbed trailer.

Thank you for starting this, Scott.....

Taking the trains out of their boxes has allowed me to find stuff I hadn't seen for years....

1st.....how about these boxcar prices from the early 80s:

$8....WOW!

This $10 one was for the 9745 NYC Pacemaker.....

It's been a long time since I saw these boxes.....early MTH packaging:

I found most of my motorized units (some are still unfound as of yet and a few of these, I cannot remember where/when I purchased them)......I thought that I would stretch their legs a bit.....

Have a great and safe weekend, folks.

Peter

@Trainbros89 posted:

Love the video.....great to see you yesterday, Greg.....

Peter

@Putnam Division posted:

Love the video.....great to see you yesterday, Greg.....

Peter

Thank you Peter, it was great seeing you too!

Greg

Making some great progress on my layout expansion

One of the advantages of the new train room is that I can put all my Lionel New Haven sets together.

In the PostWar period Lionel made 8 New Haven sets....

Three with the EP-5 (56 & 57)

Two with the F3 (58 & 59)

Two with differently decorated Alcos. (58 & 62)

I always wanted one set of each engine. Here are mine in one picture.

The EP-5 sent is one of the two from 56.

The F3 set was my original set from 58.

The single unit Alco set is from 62.

The Alco passenger set is the LCCA remake of the 58 set.

More pictures of the "train walls" here:

https://ogrforum.com/...7#158533581887001337

Peter

Here are a few shots of a westbound Conrail TV train on the former Middle Division of the PRR...

Great photos to start.  Really liked the photos especially last week.

I added to my favorite Christmas trains. Repainted 4 old Lionel cars to match as closely as possible the Hallmark Toymaker train paint scheme, and added some more Tonka ornaments to my other Santa Express I custom painted similar to the Hallmark train. + picked up some more Hallmark vehicles. The mint car I painted and glued in Mini Lionel Train ornaments.

                                                   PRR #2089 LUMBER Car...

Second installment of the Gauntlet photo series. These were taken from the Wilkes-Barre side of the Susquehanna River.

A 2021 Christmas Layout memory

The 4'x7' plateau on the left side of the layout.  It has what I consider as 5 mini-scenes.  Even though I only have a temporary layout I try to makes scenes that compliment one another and have a logic to them.  For the plateau those scenes are the gazebo wedding, the lake, the picnic area, the playground, and the airport with train station for passengers.

- walt

NICE. JOB ,Reminds me of my 1st layout 60 yrs ago. Keep up the good work!!  R P

Here are the photos I really wanted to post this morning, but the work wasn't quite done. Here is a photo of the rock slide fence along US Route 22 in Jacks Narrows in central PA and a photo of the model I created of the same area:

Nice modeling, Neal! Which is which!?!

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Nice modeling, Neal! Which is which!?!

Thanks for the nice comment Artie. Not sure its that good, but the prototype is on the left, model is on the right. I should have added that my son Steven designed the W beam guard rail on CADD, then had it 3D printed since it is not available commercially. I built the posts out of 1/8" Evergreen styrene I beams.

Lots of visiting power tonight!

Outstanding photos guys, I really loved them.  Keep up the great work.

Not a great shot but zoom in on the CSX train in the background passing through Richmond Va this morning 1/15

    Steel...

This photo is from my son in N.Y.C. as seen this past Wednesday.

Brad

@SIRT posted:

    Steel...

SIRT,

I bought one of these too. I assume they are prototypical. If so, did they run out on the mainline railroads, or just in plant service?

Good Day,

Here's my post for this weekend. More detail work on tenement row...

Dave

@PRRMiddleDivision posted:

SIRT,

I bought one of these too. I assume they are prototypical. If so, did they run out on the mainline railroads, or just in plant service?

Hi Neal, those are for Ben at the NJ H.R. He wanted them beat up.

I don’t focus on modern R. R. items from the 80’s onward. Sorry, no clue. Most modern items in my arsenal are Conrail and the TTUX as seen in the photos.

Those large gondolas do look STRONG! I guess they were targeted for private industrial companies, thus the name, MILL.

Info here - https://www.gbrx.com/railcars/66-mill-gondola/

https://www.google.com/search?...bih=714&dpr=1.25

OGR post found on the net - https://ogrforum.com/...l-gondola-in-o-scale

S.

BNSF Signal Department Montgomery Illinois. A couple new signals ready to install.

The new LIONEL O scale Detroit & Mackinac exterior-post 50' double-door box cars.

The real D&M boxcars had 1 & 1/2  double-doors and were sold to the SSAM Sault St. Marie Bridge Company.

Andrew