Weekend Photo Fun 1-3-25-??

Good morning everyone.  Here are some photos of the public delivery track.  It is busy today as people return their unwanted gifts.

My weekend subject for this first Friday of 2025 is New Haven Railroad EMD FL9 #2043. The model was made by Sunset/3^rdRail in 2013. It’s the only O gauge model of an FL9 that has been made to date. It was available from Sunset in three road numbers - #2039 - #2043 and #2047.

Thirty FL9s entered service on the New Haven Railroad in 1956 and another thirty were delivered in 1960. All sixty had a Hancock air whistle mounted on the upper part of the windshield whose melodic sound is reproduced on the model as heard on the video.

During the Metro-North era, FL9s in the McGinnis red-black-white livery hauled commuter cars like those behind my model as pictured on my 12’-by-8’ layout.

MELGAR

Trains on the attic home layout this week……..running my new Conrail Legacy engines and then giving the giraffes a spin.

Finished up with hauling some coal……

Have a great and safe weekend, folks!

Peter

I'm not quite ready to use my usual opening of "A yyyy Christmas layout memory" that I always use since my layout is still up and not yet just a memory.

So how about this line instead "This is the plan to create 2024 Christmas layout memories".

Lower level: 11' x 14', 2 DCS (the inner 2) and 1 traditional (the outer loop).  The rectangle is where the "plateau" is going (next diagram)

Upper level.  Very simple and just 1 conventional engine.  4' x 8' and will be entirely a winter scene. The  in the circle is where my tree will be.

"memories" starting probably next Friday as I am expecting 2 families to visit to run trains with me.

- walt

Thanks Scott for getting us started for 2025!   Here are my photos of the fun kind for this fine weekend!   "RDC commuter train on a frosty morning."   Have a wonderful and safe weekend everyone!

A recently-acquired NOS MPC-era F3 takes the point of the Coast Daylight:

PD

All aboard: The Old Road Dinner Train, Blissfield, Michigan

In this video meet my wife as we have dinner on the Old Road Dinner Train. Along with checking out Lionel’s new SW 8 switcher witch is similar to the loco use by the Old Road Dinner Train.

Gary: Hope to see you out rail-fanning. 🚂

The C&O took control of the B&O in 1963 although they kept somewhat separate identities until the CSX merger. Around 1964/65 the C&O began sending older F units and excess passenger cars to the B&O. Some B&O passenger cars did temporarily come to the C&O including a short Sumbercoach service using B&O Slumbercoaches. With that in mind I added a GGD B&O Slumbercoach and a new GGD B&O 10-6 sleeper to my C&O passenger consist.

Ken

Keeping the yard cleaned up is a full-time job.

Running Standard Gauge trains with the SGMA at Winterthur last weekend…

A few quick videos from the week……..

Have a great and safe week, everyone!

Peter

At the Gulf distributor.

Neal Jeter

Bobber caboose making one of it’s last runs before being put away until next Xmas

An oldie but goodie!

https://youtu.be/kGW1T7LSQLU

Jim K

My latest Miller sign.

@Putnam Division, Peter I love the F9 well car Lionel made.  I've got two of the C&O version that came out first.  That NYC one is resplendent in jade green and has a nicer load than the empty cable reels that the C&O came with.

@trainroomgary, Nice video review of the new train and the dinner train.

New together are the Lionel Burlington Northern 50' box cars and the Atlas O Burlington Northern Bicentennial ACF cylindrical 6-bay covered hopper.

Andrew

Falcon Service

Replicas of intermodal containers in HUSKY-STACK well cars that used to be in service during the 1990's. Lionel TRAILER TRAIN HUSKY-STACK well car with APL AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES and Southern Pacific containers.

Burlington Northern HUSKY-STACK well car with Burlington Northern BN intermodal containers.

Andrew

Falcon Service

@coach joe posted:

@Putnam Division, Peter I love the F9 well car Lionel made.  I've got two of the C&O version that came out first.  That NYC one is resplendent in jade green and has a nicer load than the empty cable reels that the C&O came with.

@trainroomgary, Nice video review of the new train and the dinner train.

Joe……I also have the C&O well car……it’s a great car….but, I changed up the load a little bit……..

Have a great week everyone………and, safe travels to all in this storm!

Peter