Weekend Photo Fun 1-6-23-??

I have a few things this week...

First, not sure if many of you know this, but Lionel makes a set of trackside accessories, including a flange lubricator. Well, first of all here is a picture of a prototype followed by an image of a Lionel one that I upgraded by adding a hose carrying the lubricant to the tracks, the grease all over the tracks, and  adding bit of weathering to the lubricator. My son added the HO safety striping decals and the photocells on the other side of the panel (out of view)

Next, here is a video of an eastbound, high speed priority freight in the daze of Penn Central (specifically 1969) being hauled by 3 Lionel PC GP-30's (two stock Lionel's and one a special run from Mr. Muffin's and all in different paint schemes) with an MTH PRR GP-35 non-powered unit thrown in for good measure. This consist is typical of that year, before 1970 when management ordered all of the PRR and NYC logos on motive power painted out. The scene is a the town of Port Royal. The down sits atop the hill and the stone arch bridge carries the railroad over Tuscarora Creek. All of this is prototypical. Interestingly, the concrete arch bridge to the right of the photo was just shut down a few days ago for demolition and replacement with an ordinary steel I-beam girder bridge...sigh. Oh well, the concrete arch bridge is 112 years old!

First, here's a still shot of the scene:

Now here's the video:

Had one other thing, but will leave it for next week. Enjoy!

Some pictures from last weekend's train running......

How about a PostWar D&RG F3 running like it did when it was new in 57&58!

Still big crowds at the GreenHouse, even after Christmas.......and, the free popcorn and hot cider make it fun!

One of the fellows is a Michigan fan.......

Have a great and safe weekend, folks!

Peter

Twilight in Magooville.

welp, since I haev started to tear down my Christmas layout, I guess it's time to.....

A 2022 Christmas Layout memory

walt

Today’s photos and videos show Great Northern Railway #98, a die-cast model of an EMD SW8 locomotive made by Atlas O, on my 10’-by-5’ layout, which is a freelanced model of a single-track New England branch line.

MELGAR

My friends Jim & Nancy surprised me with this amazing painting by Angela Trotta Thomas yesterday. It found a prominent spot in my office above the bookcase opposite my desk:

The painting shares important attributes of my layout:

Happy Weekend.

I have three PRR cabins on my layout at the moment.  Did a little research on them to see how correct their paint schemes were, and if correct for my 1949 based layout.

First up is my Lionel N5b.  Based on it lenght, I assume it is an as-built N5b and not the slightly shorter, rebuilt N5a.  The car body, trucks, roof, and cupola are all box car red.  Sometime in the late 40s ('47?) the roofs started to be black (paint or tar) as they were shopped, so there were probably still some cars painted all red in '49 (at least on my railroad).  The safety yellow hand rails and grab irons did not start showing up until early 1949, so an all red cabin with yellow handrails probably was rare for my time frame.  I plan to paint the handrails boxcar red with the story that they just haven't gotten around to painting this cabin yet.

Here is my MTH N6b.  Most (all?) N6 cabins were rebuilt from shorter 4-wheel wood cabins when wood frames started to be outlawed in some states in 1913.  Since this is a center cupola design, the car was lengthened by adding structure to both sides of the cupola.  It is easy to tell it is a N6b since it has the narrower cupola with sloping sides for tunnel clearance.

The black roof, black trucks, and yellow handrails are all correct for my layout.  It is that black cupola that makes it iffy.  I don't have an exact date when they started painting the cupola black.  My options are to paint the cupola to match the car, or say it was one of the first to be painted black.  I think painting the cupola might make it unique in the O gauge world.

Here is my MTH N8.  Everything about it is correct for the as-delivered cabin, including the build date of 2-50.  Oops.  Oh well, maybe nobody will notice since I like the car.

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Here are some photos taken during the G&O's annual New Year Day fun run.  NH Joe

This is the SP Daylight exiting Coupler Curve and crossing above the G gauge line.  The Williams brass engine has been converted to TMCC.  The cars are a mix of K-Line (my favorite) and MTH.  

The Daylight at Lizard Peak.

The Daylight at Norris Falls.

The Daylight at Mountain Junction.

There has been an engine change and a car has been added to the train.

This is a diecast MTH GS-4 that has been converted to battery power.  Control is by the Rail Pro system.

Here is a G gauge battery powered train.  Note the weeds.  Garden railroads and real railroads have the same issues.

This is a G gauge battery powered Napa Valley Wine Train.

Happy New Year to Everyone!

From our old layout, during a visit from Catzilla:

@frizzinbee posted:

From our old layout, during a visit from Catzilla:

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Lionel 2228270 USAF Minuteman operating car.

@SIRT posted:

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Nice photos Sirt! Your modeling and weathering is top tier. I have been looking for that GP7/9 for about a year and a half now. I need one to complete my consist.

Dave

Sunday was the last day of the SGMA train display at Winterthur…