Weekend Photo Fun 1-25-13-??

Frank:

Very nice, old Moon Township, PA in the Burgh area?

Comforting scene Frank..you have a knack.

Thanks, RJT. It's not the Moon Township I knew of as a child growing up in McKeesport-Duquesne area, but is, instead, named after a nickname my father's friends at US Steel, National Tube Works had given him - "Moon"(for reasons unknown to me.)
He had trains, and I adored him, so since those Christmases at home as a child have stayed cherished in my heart to this day, I dedicated the layout to him. 

Once again, Dewey, thank you for your approval. You have a special way of seeing and of putting those observations into words I appreciate very much.

Frank

Televue,

I love the way your mountain looks. Great job and welcome aboard..

David

A good friend made this clock for my birthday last Wednesday. A retired carpenter, he made a wooden case 15 1/2 inches in diameter. He installed a clock with steam sounds that go off every hour. He spent 2 days installing lights around the face so my wife and I can tell time at night. On the face he placed a picture of a 1948 Lionel catalog. It was published the year my wife was born. I am grateful for this opportunity to share it with all of you.

Here is some King Coal to heat your furnace on this cold winter night

Some Black and White   Waiting at the station

Nice shot Frank!

Now you at least know you can run those 2-10-4's safely! Or even an Erie?

Thanks Bobby and Roger!!

Here is another shot of the morning sun just beginning to shine on the city....

Alan

TMack,

Your buildings look great. I had aquired some PVM kits about 30 years ago. I have never even started with them since I had no place to put them. No I am faced with only using fronts. Your comment about using Foam Core got me thinking that I could probably make use of the PVM kits by mounting them on foam core which would make them rigid enough for building fronts. Thanks for sharing.

Bob,

Thanks,  Lee Willis also made a bunch of fronts for his layout with Foam Core Structures.  It blends in well and for me it helps fill out my scene with out breaking the bank.

-Ted

A short video I put together using a bunch of my old video clips and train pictures.  Mainly because I like the song.

Enjoy

Moonson,  McKeesport boy, right here.  Nice to see someone else from Mckeesport on the forum.

Rick

Another happy customer …

Nice pictures everyone thanks for sharing.

Thanks David it was a fun project.

Thanks, Dewey

video of 50 car coal train taken last night at the Nassau Lionel operating Engineers plus pic of Lionel factory

Well I couldn't agree more.  That's perfect weathering.  Perfect.

SantaFe158:

Thanks for that fun video!  I think I'll watch it again.

Whats the story on the music?   - that is neat.

-Ken

My newly arrived pair of Williams PA-1's on there maiden voyage around the layout.

A few pics....

This was sent to me ny a patient who brought his kids to our modular display.  Scenes like this re-affirm for me the reason why we should show our trains and layouts to the public.

The next pics are my long-awaited New Haven RailKing Hudson. It's a beauty and I have it pulling an Atlas/Weaver heavyweight consist.

The next are a few from the NJ Hi Railers gracious and fabulous event last weekend.

A great week for a train nut like myself!

Peter

This is my friends Standard Gauge Layout. Enjoy

Here's CNW C44-9W #8727 in our home-made spray booth right before getting hit with the dusting.

After dusting it, I rusted the wheel faces which seems to happen to the prototypes.

Here's the unit afterward. We caught a break in the weather and were able to photograph it outside. Touched up the MU hoses and cables afterward, but it started raining again so another photo was out of the question.

I also did a light dusting on some Berwick Excess-Height box cars and a couple of hoppers. I'm going to rust the wheel faces this week. Next step is to work on dry brushing so I can put some surface rust on the roofs. I also want to start playing with chalks. I still refuse to do graffiti.

I agree, wow is right.  Great job Matt, the dusting of grime really gives a nice appearance. 

Here is a trestle coal building I am trying to find time to complete. I want to adhere some plastruct stone sheets to the lower part of the structure and include a chute for coal to load delivery trucks.

An Atlas GP passes over an MTH diesel about to enter one of the Todd-Whitman Tunnels.  

On an 8 x 12 layout, a "long" freight train is a relative term!  Here's 7 or 8 car CSX coal hoppers being pulled by Lionel GP's.

- Mike

"Small layout...Big dreams"

Matt

Put me in with the people that thought it was real---you got me

Awesome

Joe S

ReadingFan, you are ONE lucky fella!  That clock is not only a work of love, but only a true friend would do that. It does look great.

The music is Jubilee Stomp, by Duke Ellington.  It was used in the soundtrack for the recent silent film, The Artist, and I really liked the song.

Thanks, Patrick!