Weekend Photo Fun 10-11-24-??

Mapleton construction photos

I don't usually post images of areas of the layout under construction, but I am currently building the last section of the layout (the town of Mapleton) which is highly detailed and taking a long time to build. Here are images of the town under construction, a view of the prototype street (the eastern end of Main Street which is residential) and the Pa Route 655 underpass which I did post a photo of a few weeks ago. Guessing another 4 months (give or take a month) to finish. Note the Talus Rock slope both on the the prototype photo and which I painted on the backdrop.

More to come as work progresses...

Last week we were on the New York Central’s West Shore Division, where the NYO&W has trackage rights into Weehawken. This week we’ve turned off the West Shore at Cornwall onto the NYO&W’s main line and are in Middletown, NY.

We can see their crack passenger train, the Mountaineer, run through town. A NYO&W Mountain takes a revenue freight through town, while a 44 toner delivers a hopper of coal to a customer.

Have a great and safe weekend, folks………and, to all York attendees……..safe travels to all!

Peter

Two quick videos showing the Mountain-pulled freight running through town…..

Have a great weekend!

Peter

On my weekend posts, I usually focus on locomotives rather than my layouts. So, for a change, here’s something about the stations on my layouts.

First photo shows the station on my 12’-by-8’ model railroad – built from a plastic kit by Atlas O around 1999.

Second photo shows the station on my 10’-by-5’ model railroad – built from a wood craftsman kit by Banta Modelworks around 2015. It’s a model of a station on the two-foot narrow gauge Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad. The railroad ended in the 1930s but the station still stands on Depot Street in Phillips, Maine.

Both layouts are free-lanced to resemble the terrain, towns, industries and bridges of New England. I prefer free-lanced because, in my opinion, it allows for more imagination and creativity than building to prototype.

MELGAR

Thanks Scott for getting us started for this fine weekend!   Here are my photos of fun!l

Here’s from this week after I finished replacing all the side frames on the passenger cars and adding the common strap to the axles.

Scott Smith

@MELGAR posted:

@MELGAR Who makes the baggage wagons you have?

@Putnam Division posted:

Have a great weekend!

Peter

Peter

I'm not sure about the new avatar.  I can't tell whether your mad, sad or what!  LOL!

Lately I've been showing images of the 5'x7' "plateau" where I placed models of 6 family members houses that I built.  I've shown closeups of 4 of them and today will be my sister's house: it's the 3rd one on the right side of the street.

Some closeups:

These next few images obviously are not taken on the layout but I like them so I'll show them.  The one with a figure standing in front of the house: that's a picture of me that I took to correct scale and carefully cut out.  Makes things look a lot more realistic I think

sorry about the glare in these next to but these are pictures of printed pictures.

- walt

Had to come back and edit this: I just noticed the downed telephone pole and wires.  I knew that it happened but I couldn't get to that part of the layout any longer to fix it.

The Northern Michigan pulp wood train is growing...

Wlat, you have some very detailed houses on your layout...looking good...

@NJCJOE,

Joe,

The baggage cart was made from a kit by Bar Mills Models in Maine. You will find it on their website listed under craftsman structure kits - O scale details - kit selection - twin baggage carts (HO-O). There are many O scale detail kits from which to select, so scroll down to the bottom.

MELGAR

Running with the Trackers at the Brunswick Railroad Days Fall Festival last weekend…not far from spooky Burkittsville…

@MartyE posted:

Peter

I'm not sure about the new avatar.  I can't tell whether you’re mad, sad or what!  LOL!

I am deep in thought, my serious look……..

Peter

It’s Monday morning and the dock secretary is heading in for a long day. The dock foreman is reminding her of the overtime for the workers last week. She’s seems a bit annoyed, like she doesn’t know this already.

Gene

The Pennsy received nine ABA sets of their BP20 Passenger Sharks in 1948.  They originally led Pennsy's "Blue Ribbon" passenger trains, but reliability issues with the engines some sent them to inter-city and mail/express trains.  Later, some went to commuter service or regeared for freight service.  A few may have lasted until 1964 on the New York and Long Branch commuter runs.

Weaver.

Have a great weekend. Playoff baseball season.