Weekend Photo Fun 10-27-17-??

Videos:

The Black Hall Modular Layout

Purple Hall Body Cam View video 1

Purple Hall Body Cam video 2

Orange Hall Body Cam

These were all taken Saturday late morning. After viewing I believe I can do a better job in the Spring shooting this type of video. For those who have never been maybe this will give you an idea of the size of this event.

Scott Smith

scott.smith posted:

It's Weekend Photo Fun time!!!

After going to York last week as was able to find a Chevron fuel truck to help complete my Internal Revenue Service on fire scene. As you may notice a good citizen is helping out by hooking up the fireman's hose for him.

Here are pictures from the layout in Purple Hall.

Let's see your pictures.

Scott Smith

 

 

Good citizen? Then why did he hook the fire hose to the tanker instead of the hydrant?

suzukovich

Good citizen? Then why did he hook the fire hose to the tanker instead of the hydrant?

He’s getting rid of the IRS building.

York Exhibits.

scott.smith posted:

suzukovich

Good citizen? Then why did he hook the fire hose to the tanker instead of the hydrant?

He’s getting rid of the IRS building.

 

Sad to know that layout people now have to be concerned about unstable minds. At least he could of waited until the firemen were out of the way.🤤

From the Lionel Booth last week.  @Dave Olson made this for the display.  I always thought Lionel didn't give enough love to the Legacy and LCS components at York.  I'm glad to see that Dave made this display to showcase the Legacy and LCS components.  He added some simple descriptions of each one.  There are even 2 newer modules present in pre-production mode seen here.

An oldie from my web page...

Here's a few shots that I took last evening...

First, here's a photo of Goodman's Feed Mill. I've posted photos of this structure a few times over the past few months, but now its done, including installation of signage and weathering.

Next, we are just a bit to the east as the tail end of a coal drag departs Port Royal on its way west to Altoona. Hopper loads and weathering were done by my son Steven, and I weathered the caboose. Big tree in the pasture is a Super Sage tree that I built form a Scenic Express kit.

A couple miles to the west, we are standing on the PA Route 35 bridge, railfanning Mifflin, PA, which is always a great spot for railfanning. I just created the graphics a few evenings ago, then built the directional sign ca. 1960's. I always put these on the layout since they are often seen on the prototype, but rarely modeled. They add lots of interest, and let the viewer know where they are. The sign is mounted just 1/4" in front of the backdrop, which is evidenced by the texture of the acrylic artist's paints. The prototype bridge was built by the PA Department of highways in 1964. I built the model of the bridge, and my son created accurate models of the bridge railing stanchions which were used roughly between 1963 and 1968.  Lower photo shows my daughter Caroline standing in almost the same spot but the photo is looking in the opposite direction. Note the accuracy with which my son recreated the railing stanchions. The prototype photo was taken in 2012 and the replacement bridge can be seen under construction just behind the railing. Existing bridge came down shortly after this photo was taken.

Finally, now we have traveled quite a bit to the west where we caught a set of Pennsy F units racing a brand new 1964 1/2 red Mustang convertible westward along PA Route 103 at Longfellow PA. I've posted photos of this scene on occasion. The house is made by Lionel, and is a later version that has mortared joints, shrubbery, awnings, downspouts, and lots of other great detail. They are tough to find these days, but were a great model  and were very reasonably priced when released. To increase the degree of realism, I built a foundation under the house including an integral garage which is so common in Pennsylvania. Garage has all sorts of details such as boxes on the floor, shelves with paint cans, and even a floor drain. 

Well, that's it for today's tour of the Middle Division of the famed STANDARD RAILROAD OF THE WORLD!

In honor of Halloween Weekend, here's a peek at the recently announced METCA Halloween Box Car.

Stu

Neal.....nice work as always!!!!

I think I've been here on my way to ride NKP 765 out of Lewistown!! 

Could we try something here. The number 1 complaint about our Weekend Photo Fun Thread is the Reply pictures. I believe that is causing issues for those viewing with cell phone and tablets. When you are going to reply to someone who has a great bunch of pictures(and we certainly get a lot of those). Could you use the backspace and eliminate the reproducing all the pictures in your reply before commenting. If we could limit the replies to only one reproduced picture it would help. I get a lot of feedback from people saying "I love the thread however I don't like seeing lots of the same pictures as people comment on them."

Scott Smith

Posting a few pictures from the Detroit 3 Railers visit to Norm's :  

 I had a great time.

I posted a thread last week on how i added lights to the dummy unit and added a lens for the lights and window shells. It was a fun and easy project. 

A 2016 Christmas Layout memory

I only started buying tin-plate accessories in 2016 and my only 3 then are these:

- walt

Very nice....I spotted Kurt Kissner in photo # 6 from the top with Norm holding a can of Kurt's favorite....Lite Beer! 

Tom Shirey posted:

Very nice....I spotted Kurt Kissner in photo # 6 from the top with Norm holding a can of Kurt's favorite....Lite Beer! 

Tom - Kurt drove all the way from Pittsburgh, first time I met him - nice guy...

7 hours of running trains and I still did not want to leave!

Just got home from York on Weds.....on Friday night, I met my wife in DC and we took a little trip. Here are the pics....

A trip to NYC.... Grand Central in the distance....

Heading for a ride on the 2nd Avenue subway......you can tell the "new stations" by how open and airy they feel.....

Then we took the 7 to the Javits Center to walk the "High Line". For those of you who don't know what the High Line is.....in the early part of the 20th century, the New York Central's freight operations went down 10th Avenue.....as automobile traffic grew, the Central elevated the freight line.  When the manufacturing/warehousing declined, the line stood there, empty and decaying, until is was refurbished as an elevated park/green space on the West Side of Manhattan from about 34th St to just below 14th St.

Pics of the Hudson and Jersey....

LIRR coach yard.

Rails remain....

The old factories and warehouses are being turned into lofts, residences and offices....

Coming home, one of my favorite pics.....downtown Philly from the arch bridge over the Schuykill......

Back to DC....and them home to play with my York loot!

 Peter

scott.smith posted:

Could we try something here. The number 1 complaint about our Weekend Photo Fun Thread is the Reply pictures. I believe that is causing issues for those viewing with cell phone and tablets. When you are going to reply to someone who has a great bunch of pictures(and we certainly get a lot of those). Could you use the backspace and eliminate the reproducing all the pictures in your reply before commenting. If we could limit the replies to only one reproduced picture it would help. I get a lot of feedback from people saying "I love the thread however I don't like seeing lots of the same pictures as people comment on them."

Yeah, good luck with that.

There's a nearby modeler group and every time a mass email gets sent out to everyone on anything, many people hit "reply all" for personal responses to the person who first sent the email. I suspect this is the mindset that re-posts photos in forums like this.

Putnam Division posted:

Just got home from York on Weds.....on Friday night, I met my wife in DC and we took a little trip. Here are the pics....

 

Polar bear in snow storm????

Shark Bay R.R.

Several New York purchases on the layout this week....

MTH Premier Mikado

MTH Premier G5 4-6-0

Lionel Legacy Challenger in the grey paint scheme (which I really like on the Challenger).....

.....with the same road number, #3977, that I visited and sat in the cab of at Cody Park in North Platte, Nebraska in August 2015. 

PRRMiddleDivision posted:

 

Always a treat to see photos of your layout. This one especially since (a) I plan to do this type of sign on our layout and (b) my wife is from a Shade Gap. (Side note, wife came as a package deal with a Lionel prewar 248 loco and passenger cars. Most expensive set in my collection! 🤣)

Christopher......

Nice photos as always!!!

Sorry on your loss....we lost one of our cats last week....she was 10 but was a rescue so she had a good run. You gave him a GREAT life I am sure....

Great photos everyone!  Here is my contribution for this week.

Chris,

Sorry to see that you lost your cat. He looks like a typical cat: Right at home on the layout.

Do you still have Abby the Tabby?

Chris

LVHR

lehighline posted:

Chris,

Sorry to see that you lost your cat. He looks like a typical cat: Right at home on the layout.

Do you still have Abby the Tabby?

Chris

LVHR

No we don't have Abby anymore.  she started getting into fights with the other cats about a year or so ago.  We tried a bunch of stuff with the vet, but they suggested she should be an only cat.  We were able to find her a nice home with one of my wife's friends though. She's the queen of that house

AMCDave posted:

Christopher......

Nice photos as always!!!

Sorry on your loss....we lost one of our cats last week....she was 10 but was a rescue so she had a good run. You gave him a GREAT life I am sure....

Thanks!   He did have a good life full of love. He was very sick the last few months, so I guess it was a good thing, as he's not in pain anymore.  Still miss him like crazy though. 

Spotted today at Fred’s Train Shop

Christopher, 

Very sorry for your loss!  The relationship that we have with our animal companions is very special but that makes it really hard when they are gone.  Hang in there!  

Todd Knoll posted:

Christopher, 

Very sorry for your loss!  The relationship that we have with our animal companions is very special but that makes it really hard when they are gone.  Hang in there!  

Thanks Todd. We are all taking it very hard.  He was such a good kitty. He loved to sleep in the tunnels on the layout or just hang out on the control panel

Since halloween is around the corner and here is my older halloween lionel cars.

Christopher2035 posted:

Todd Knoll posted:

Christopher, 

Very sorry for your loss!  The relationship that we have with our animal companions is very special but that makes it really hard when they are gone.  Hang in there!  

Thanks Todd. We are all taking it very hard.  He was such a good kitty. He loved to sleep in the tunnels on the layout or just hang out on the control panel

Christopher - was perusing through this thread - 

Very sorry for your loss - losing a pet is brutal.  My wife and I adopted two little kittens recently and they are the world to us.  You develop an unbreakable bond with a pet - and even after they are gone, the memories/bond will always remain.  I wish you the best as you work through this difficult time, I am sure Quimby is in a much better place, and perhaps waiting for you someday - on the other side of the rainbow bridge....

https://www.rainbowsbridge.com/Poem.htm

Hang in there from a fellow cat lover..

Michael

My Halloween layout; first constructed in 2010 was back to work last night. It was the second of five appearances planned this year. We were at the Wave Church in Glen Allen, Va. for Trunk-or-Treat. 

This afternoon, Trunk-or-Treat at River Road Church. The train delivers the candy to the children. Needless to say, it was a hit.

Some real PRR Madison cars and a restored PRR cabin car in excursion service this weekend with the Bellefonte (PA) Historic Railroad. I believe they are owned by the North Shore Railroad.

Some real PRR Madison cars and a restored PRR cabin car in excursion service this weekend with the Bellefonte (PA) Historic Railroad. I believe they are owned by the North Shore Railroad.

Can you tell me please where I can find this railroad?

Thank you

Original prewar 813 cattle a car recent purchase.