Weekend Photo Fun 1-31-20-??

A short story from “The Train Room” alias “The Man Cave”

This past weekend my two grandchildren spent the weekend at grandma & grandpa’s house. Adam age 6 and Noah age 5.  Grandma had the boys in the kitchen baking cookies.  They made grandpa a surprise cookie, which they brought to The Train Room. Check it out ………. The famous C&O Yellowbelly..........

Gary: Thanks for taking a look & have a great weekend. 🚂

Exercising 2 of my favorite diesels......

Most of the canisters are “scrounged” from empty Listerine bottles.....

Have a great weekend folks!

Peter

Its late 1949 and the 1+ year old BP20 AB set is no longer pulling Pennsy's finest, already relegated to mail, express and secondary passenger trains.  The big Baldwin 2,000hp diesels were plagued with many problems but still made it into the 60s.  Here the photographer caught them pulling out of the yard with an express train and passing a freight headed by its cousin, a BF15. 

The Passenger Shark is a Weaver model, the Freight Shark is a Lionel.

Really great pics guys!   Here's my photo fun for this fine weekend.  Hope everyone enjoys the Super Bowl!   

We are going to the Super Bowl!  The G&O is running special trains all week to take 49er fans from the San Francisco Bay Area to the Super Bowl.  Here are two of them.  The trains are taking the Southern Pacific Sunset Route via New Orleans.   Go Niners! Beat Kansas City!  NH Joe

trainroomgary posted:

A short story from “The Train Room” alias “The Man Cave”

This past weekend my two grandchildren spent the weekend at grandma & grandpa’s house. Adam age 6 and Noah age 5.  Grandma had the boys in the kitchen baking cookies.  They made grandpa a surprise cookie, which they brought to The Train Room. Check it out ………. The famous C&O Yellowbelly..........

Gary: Thanks for taking a look & have a great weekend. 🚂

Those boys are getting big.

            SNOW ahead...

Happy Weekend Everyone!

Have a great weekend everyone 

A sunny afternoon, Southern Pacific NW2 8503 waits at the Samson Wye for the tracks to clear on the Baldy and Palms Railroad.

www.oscaletrainsbyron.com

Ron//

                   another one from the Anderson's...

                    have a great weekend everyone !

A 2019 Christmas layout memory

Been showing the lower level the past couple of weeks, so here's the plateau.  two 4'x8' legs.  This picture is prior to me intalling the bridge that connects the 2 legs.

- walt

lee drennen posted:

Have a great weekend everyone 

your closeups make me think your layout is WAY bigger.  nice job shooting them!

-walt

briansilvermustang posted:

                   another one from the Anderson's...

 

 

I see they are celebrating with me on my 9th anniversary of my retirement from BNY Mellon

The image was taken on my last day of work.  It's how I dressed that day.  The hat has small SMILEYs all over it.

- walt

A quiet morning in Anger.....Germany on 12.12

The same quiet morning in Anger but with trains

Are those black canisters actually prescription bottles? 

Action on the Seattle & Yakima RR

Always love to see all the images!!

A siding used no more... 😱

It was "fun" not having to run to the store, but simply order from Amazon for free, over-nite delivery, on different days, some items I needed; i.e., solder for wiring feeders to GG track, and J-B Weld to repair my rolling shop stool.  Prices were the same as Wal-Mart, but without the drive:

walt rapp posted:

lee drennen posted:

Have a great weekend everyone 

your closeups make me think your layout is WAY bigger.  nice job shooting them!

-walt

Thanks Walt I’m almost done with the bench work for another 4x8 section 

It’s been a busy week on the railroad. Two new additions - the Amtrak #156 and the CTA subway set. But forget all the new stuff my boys pulled out the conventional power and ran the wheels of the U boats!! The dummies make for great push trains for little hands. 

Here is my latest purchase - Lionel’s #8002 UP Berkshire. My parents gave my brothers and I one for Christmas when they were new in 1980.  Unfortunately we let it go in the estate sale.    I was surprised how affordable they are and I’m glad to have it back in my collection.  Upon receipt, I oiled and greased it and replaced the foam pad for the electronic board in the tender, well documented on this forum.  Thank you fellow forumites for this important tip as it had indeed disintegrated over time and would have resulted in certain disaster had I not.  It runs great and I’m surprised how well it pulls.  Brings back some great memories!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Having FUN with the effects on my S-8

Today's video of three trains running on my 12'-by-8' layout.

MELGAR

at the tower

                                                           Another, long awaited RARE find!

Drove thru Waukegan once, had to roll up the winders on my way back to Motorola cellular training.

Pictures from the TMB open house going on all this weekend;

Rio Grande SD40T-2 diesel-electric locomotive from LIONEL, Soo Line SD60 diesel-electric locomotive from LIONEL, and a Chicago & North Western 48' trailer on a TRAILER TRAIN flat car from MTH with MARVEL comics miniature figures.

Andrew

Falcon Service

Putnam Division posted:

Exercising 2 of my favorite diesels......

Most of the canisters are “scrounged” from empty Listerine bottles.....

Have a great weekend folks!

Peter

Love the scrounging. Arnold 

IRON HORSES vs. FARM HORSES

So my older son says this thread is Weekend Photo Fun, right?  So let's have some Fun this week.

Two passenger trains--one rerouted NYC Limited, one Texas Eagle--were scheduled to meet at Notch Junction.  The Iron Horses were surprised to also meet several Flesh-and-Blood Horses that had managed to get out of their pasture and began browsing for forage at the grade crossing.  Attentive engineers strove mightily--and successfully!--to rein in their iron beasts to avoid running down the live ones.  Locals, who found the event amusing, snapped these photos:

New loco power

Palallin I know it's not the focus but I really like the tall tree!

luvindemtrains posted:

Palallin I know it's not the focus but I really like the tall tree!

I don't remember what kind it is or where I got it.  I think it is marketed as Large Scale.  I sprayed it with yellows as the layout is usually set in the fall.  I really intend to switch it out for a much bushier tree and put it near the wall (since it is so thin). 

delwoodjef posted:

Are those black canisters actually prescription bottles? 

Nope.....caps from Listerine bottles.....

Just cut off the tabs and sand them down....

Peter

                          think  SPRING  !!

Some recent shots of my railroad.

MTH Rail King Bump & Go Trolley

Lionel 6-28415 Bump & Go Trolley

MTH rail King EP5Engine Storage Track Under The ElOn my railroad, we scrap diesels and replace them with restored steam engines. However, there some exceptions as the CEO is taking a liking to some 1st generation hood units.