Weekend Photo Fun 10-18-18-??

Western Pacific action on the Seattle & Yakima RR.

   Bill T.

How about some photos from York ????

                                                            RDG #1608

Our MR No 261 passing below a waterfall on the AT&SF#

At the hotel in York. As per tradition, packed track and power, already playing with the spoils of the day. 

Yeah, we’re that nuts.

Purchased a new in box 1977-78 General about a month ago.  Runs like a top and smokes good!  Bought matching passenger & freight cars to go with it.  

Spruced up the horse car a bit... replaced the plain looking horses with some from Michaels craft store and threw in some hay bales from Hobby Lobby.

Scott, have a safe trip.  Great photos guys.

Bought this 49 Ford online thinking it was 1:48, but when it arrives ... 1:24  😂  But I really like it, so it's on the bar! :

A 2017 Christmas Layout memory.

Being a Pittsburgher this scenery piece was a must!  It was as shown part of the airport scene.

- walt

My attempt at a fall color photo. The wonderful Rio Grande weathering is by SIRT. The flatbed with milk cans is a ‘31 Chevy. My son, who is in training as a Union Pacific conductor, also has a 1931 Chevy--a really fast hotrod. He snapped the pickup photo last week alongside the UP track in Roseville, California.

This is a fantasy theme paint scheme caboose I painted up for my MBTA fleet. 

   some more alco's...   http://ctr.trains.com/~/media/...f/alcos-big-bid2.pdf

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                                                        MEC is in town...…………….

 …..……………………………...Still waiting on the green MTH PS3 RS-11's

Nice Sirt! I need to get some more MEC box cars. 

For this weekend's fun.

Chris Lonero posted:

Nice Sirt! I need to get some more MEC box cars. 

LOL!  If you can find them. Very RARE.

Yeah Chris, it took me over 10 years to collect all of them. Plus I had to custom make some. Big problem in O scale. Cant just buy all the versions at once. I still don't have any MEC diesels yet. 

1225 prepares for a Eastbound move to retrieve her train for the day as 2685 is heading west with the circus train

The River City 3 Railer contingent just before the National Anthem before the opening on Thursday......

Peter

M131 out for a test run after rebuild with new 6-645 750 Hp diesel and new main generator and traction motors.  The baggage compartment rebuilt into a dining area with a small kitchen and tables and chairs.   The M131 will be used in the "OFF" season

when passenger traffic is slow.

Happy Weekend To Everyone.

SIRT posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

Nice Sirt! I need to get some more MEC box cars. 

LOL!  If you can find them. Very RARE.

Yeah Chris, it took me over 10 years to collect all of them. Plus I had to custom make some. Big problem in O scale. Cant just buy all the versions at once. I still don't have any MEC diesels yet. 

Very true!  Few and far in between. 

Johan, I think the tool boxes under the transfer caboose are great.  How did you make them?

Some street running at the Kansas City West Bottoms district.

picked this up a while back

trumptrain posted:

For this weekend's fun.

Nothing gets my blood boiling blue  then a B&O switcher.

Some York Photos:

1st, a few photos from the Thursday AM pre-York breakfast at the Round-The-Clock Diner. A big thank you to all the participants who made this a great event.

Yours truly, chomping at the bit for the show to start......and, it did not disappoint!

The OGR Forum meeting in the Gold Hall.....Steve's summary will surely be excellent.....

Blue Comet 1st Prize winners, the Pittsburgh Independent HiRailers....Great job!  Congrats!

Peter

The Lionel Booth.....

The MTH Booth.....

Dinner tonight at Chedder's with a fine group of train nuts (I mean gentlemen!).

Layout phots at a later date.....

Peter

coach joe posted:

Johan, I think the tool boxes under the transfer caboose are great.  How did you make them?

Joe: Thanks. They are ex MTH crane tender tool boxes, just turn them upside down and glued under the car. After that added some decals.

Johan

Chris Lonero posted:

This is a fantasy theme paint scheme caboose I painted up for my MBTA fleet. 

Chris,

May I ask where you got the MBTA decals.   (Island Modelworks ?).   I have some passengers cars that I'm going to custom paint.

DOC posted:

are those your custom work Thom???  I'm a big Dogish Head IP90 fan .

- walt

Now that I've switched tracks from modern O scale, to the trains of my youth.   I had fun at York getting MPC cars for my next layout.  It was the most I ever spent at York.  Which still wasn't that much, since  great deals can be found on MPC stuff.  You guys don't want any of it.   It's just cheap plastic!   Leave it all for me.😀

A little train watching on a Saturday...(B&O, Western Maryland and Penn Central are featured) 

Hey, look what I found and dusted off. This old thing my uncle gave me a long, long time ago. While unpacking and setting up my laptop, I moved my travel case to a different part of my room, and here sits this old thing. I believe it is a Marx Commodore Vanderbilt, but I can't tell you the year as I am not well versed. It did get a new paint job when I was in my late teens as it was a little rusted up. I have not gotten it completely fixed as the light doesn't work, which I will have to fix. It used to have plastic cars with simple one set of wheels per side but these were clearly not with the original set up. So, I am guessing that may have been how my uncle came by it.

Mike McCutcheon posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

This is a fantasy theme paint scheme caboose I painted up for my MBTA fleet. 

Chris,

May I ask where you got the MBTA decals.   (Island Modelworks ?).   I have some passengers cars that I'm going to custom paint.

 

Hi Mike. Ebay. They are actually HO decals but the work pretty good for O scale. 

2 good York deals:

RailKing Christmas caboose....$25, can't beat that!

I love these scale K Line die cast gondolas. They are still frequently for sale at York....and, for $35 are a good buy....

Peter