Weekend Photo Fun 1-4-19--??

Here are a few pics of my Weathered steam engines.

Bought these older Lionel F3s some time ago from the Forum and was finally able to run them Sunday at the club. I have a nice 7 car set of K-Line 72' cars that are a close match. Good sound and smoke. Did not have my Legacy system with me and ran them with the Z4000. We certainly get spoiled with command...

A few shots of deliveries around the layout with some shots of Jerry's Comics

One last Christmas photo

Some SP Trains on my layout.

A couple of new coaches arrived this week for my birthday pressie to myself. Hoping to find a source for the coloured window strips to add to a Pullman car to give me a 3 cars rake.

Some pics from last weekend.....

1st.....defending the layout against a leaky roof.....

No permanent damage....whew! Just a little wet.....

Have a great weekend and 2019!

Peter

LED strip and people added in the MBTA bus. 

Action on the Seattle & Yakima RR

Here are some milepost markers built and installed by my son Steven, with a photo of the real thing for comparison:

And  shot at the grade crossing at Mattwana just seconds before a train roars by...

Chris Lonero posted:

LED strip and people added in the MBTA bus. 

Nice!

Always wanted to add lights. From Evan Designs?

That's not a corgi bus is it?

Did you change the rear door too?

Let us know 

Remake of the PW 1562 Burlington GP7 Passenger Set. 

SIRT posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

LED strip and people added in the MBTA bus. 

Nice!

Always wanted to add lights. From Evan Designs?

That's not a corgi bus is it?

Did you change the rear door too?

Let us know 

I actually didn’t use Evans on this I used a LED strip and one of GRJ’s modules. The bus is not Corgi I can’t think of the name off the top of my head. Nice bus and I bought it because You don’t see to many done in MBTA.  the frame is Die cast but the body is plastic “a little disappointed with that” but it looks OK. I didn’t do anything with the rear door. 

Day 1 of 2018 Christmas Layout memories

A bit of a different style than in the past.

Goals: (T-P is "tin-plate".  Mom is the PW 2343 that Dad bought in 1950)

Scenery concepts:

Track design

Neal,

Like the mileposts.

Neal,

Like the mileposts.

Joe, thanks, but credit must to to my son Steven who built and installed them.

And thanks for posting a prototype photo.

Neal

WOW!!!  2019 is off to a FANTASTIC start with great photos and superb modeling on display.

These are some photos of PW LIONEL F-3 repaints using MPC-era passenger cars that I did several years ago but got out to run around the Christmas tree this year.  (The silver "Christmas" bridge was gifted to me by Apples55; and, the LIONEL "A" trestles were supplied by Harmonyards.)

PRRMiddleDivision posted:

Neal,

Like the mileposts.

Joe, thanks, but credit must to to my son Steven who built and installed them.

And thanks for posting a prototype photo.

 

Neal

Tell him he did a great job. Spot on.

Happy Weekend To Everyone.

 first weekend photos of 2019!!!! Hope everyone had a good new year!

Now that holiday season is over, I can get back to working on the layout. The last few weeks I've been painting some buildings to make them look more realistic & blend in. On my wife's suggestion, I've done away with the giant oversized 154 crossing signals & ordered more scale sized ones too. 

Here's a 2018 leading a coal drag past a new & improved barn & 157 station platform.





added a new siding with a a grain/feed distributor & painted the fire station a more realistic color.





a 224 leads a freight past a more subdued painted 145 gateman 



Hillside tower sporting a fresh coat of paint


224 approaches a freshly painted 133 station. Brick work on the platform still needs to be painted. 


2018 passing a 157 platform off my old layout - 


Got rid of the S curve on the outside main & added a spur w/ a factory. 
It still needs to be painted. Not sure I 100% like this building here, so I may swap it out for another industry. I was originally trying to keep all the buildings plasticville, but I 'm very tempted to just get some of the more realistic models out there instead of spending hours trying to make these realistic.  Have to make a decision before I put too much time & work into these buildings.


My Dad's trusty old 616 NW2 spots a NYC boxcar to unload some goods.




NS Dash-9 9316 leads an eastbound stack train through Gallitzin, PA on the west slope of the Pittsburgh Line.


NS 201 crosses over the Roanoke River with an increasingly rare SD70M on the point on the Christiansburg District.


The first shot of 2019 finds me in Nashville, TN as CSX AC44CW 11 departs Kayne Ave yard w/ a string of Tropicana OJ reefers on Q143

Christopher, looks like you are starting to migrate back to hi-rail.

Steve

Well Done, All!!

PRRMiddleDivision posted:

Here are some milepost markers built and installed by my son Steven, with a photo of the real thing for comparison:

 

And  shot at the grade crossing at Mattwana just seconds before a train roars by...

Very nice close ups Neal and tell Stephen he did a great job on the mile posts. Those are the fine details that make a great layout. Did you make the hairpin railings or were they pre-fabricated?

Dave

I'm currently working on the ceiling in the new layout room.   No layout pictures.   Real trains from my hood.

c.sam posted:

A few shots of deliveries around the layout with some shots of Jerry's Comics

Is it me, or is someone in your layout on a mission from God?  Funny story, someone in the South Hills of Pittsburgh in the early 80s (times were very hard as the steel mills were dying off) went up and down State Rt. 51 putting names on closed businesses.  Every vacant building was "Jake and Elwood's" fill in the blank.  Jake and Elwood's Gas Station, Jake and Elwood's Diner, Jake and Elwood's Donut Shop, etc.  While I do not condone vandalism, as an impressionable teenager in those days, it was pretty funny in an otherwise depressing time in Pittsburgh.

Nice layout, 

Tim

Happy new year! Great looking photos everyone, hope Santa was good to all. Here’s what I got for Christmas this year along with a few box cars from menards. 

Excellent paint jobs Carl!

Happy to have my layout upgraded with a surprise Christmas present from my wife, an Amazon Fire. I ordered a mount for it and my son downloaded the ap. Project complete and I am now operational! Have a great weekend all!!

Part II - I looked over the photos I posted throughout 2018 and selected some of my personal favorites. 

PC Alcos RSD5 + RS1

PRR Geeps

WM "odd couple" FA2 + F3

C&O - 2 GP30's + Gp35

B&O: two "torpedo" geeps + F3B

Chop nose GP7 bringing up the rear of this WM lashup

The other end of these trains

WM - F7 + GP9

B&O FA2's

B&O E7 A-B-A

Alco FA2's

Locomotive service tracks. You never know what you might see parked here.

T1 tender. Baby got back.

Conrail - Alco C630s

                                      Some more LED upgrades...……..

Some additional running trains pics.....

Peter

A short video of N&W and NS action....

Peter

Gerry posted:

Happy to have my layout upgraded with a surprise Christmas present from my wife, an Amazon Fire. I ordered a mount for it and my son downloaded the ap. Project complete and I am now operational! Have a great weekend all!!

Gerry, Can you download the app directly from the Google Play store or do you have to "unlock" the Fire with a special app?

Steve

I purchased this SF full length vista dome, 6-39136, car no. 508, last week on the bay to include in my Texas Special train project.  Of course, TS never had dome cars, but, like LIONEL, i rarely allow prototype fact get in the way of toy train pleasure.

Interesting car is No. 508.  It was part of the 100th LIONEL anniversary set--one of 3 full domes--with four other polished aluminum cars and ABBA SF F-3s.  When I researched the full dome cars on the bay, there was no history of sales or completed listings--I don't recall that happening before in my searches.

Since this particular car is perfect for my re-paint project--nothing broken, the parts that won't be painted look great, etc.--it didn't bother me that the upper level lights don't work, and the car has obviously been run a fair bit judging by the rollers and wheels, contrary to the "I'm not a train guy, but the car appears mint to me" description supplied by the seller in his listing.   Besides, this car will get the GRJ designed "roll your own" LED lighting.  

Posted this here because as I click "Post Reply" I'm shutting down the laptop and taking 508 apart and photographing it step-by-step so I can put it back together.

Gerry posted:

Happy to have my layout upgraded with a surprise Christmas present from my wife, an Amazon Fire. I ordered a mount for it and my son downloaded the ap. Project complete and I am now operational! Have a great weekend all!!

Jerry,

I was not aware that the fire could run dcs.  Did you download from the amazon App Store?

Thanks,

Mike

Steve & Mike,

Can you download the app directly from the Google Play store or do you have to "unlock" the Fire with a special app?

The app can run on any Kindle Fire, however, you must first download the Google Play Store app to the device. It's not difficult to do, however, it is a somewhat exacting and tedious one-time process.

Complete and detailed instructions for installing the DCS App on a Kindle Fire may be found in The DCS WiFi Companion 2nd Edition, on pages 235-236.

Everything that you need to know about DCS WiFi is all in MTH’s “The DCS WiFi Companion 2nd Edition!" This book is available from many fine OGR advertisers and forum sponsors, as an eBook or a printed book at MTH's web store!