Weekend Photo Fun 11-1-13-??

Not much work done lately but did get to populate station 1 with some more people.

Bryan, Real nice station lighting.  How did you do that?

Flyer 3315

Happy weekend to all!

Club/Forum member Larry Childers ran his triple headed Premiere ACL geeps Tuesday with a string of reefers

Here is a look at the MTH Scale wheels Conrail heritage unit and the Southern in the back.  I added a hose to the front.  Looking forward to getting the Lehigh and PRR.

Rich

www.toytrainsontracks.com

A month a go my grandmother at the age of 103 passed away.

On her 100th birthday I remember having a conversation about how

she and my grandfather took the Canadian Pacific train from the Soo to Toronto

for their honymoon.

Well tucked away in her dresser in a small metal box were the 2 tickets they

used on the trip. dated 1/8/1928

I'm putting them in a frame that will hang in my train room. Should make

a nice addition to it....

Thanks,  The lighting is LED strips that a bunch of fellow forum members talk about.  You can get them on amazon pretty cheaply.  The plastic is just a Plexiglas sheet from Lowes cut into strips.  LED strips wired to a on/off toggle switch and that goes to the 10v fixed output on transformer.   

New Postwar pickups this week -

6050-150 -

257 Station w/ Horn -

Caught 3 more heritage units this week -

Lackawanna on P99 - Harrisburg, NC

N&W & PRR on 66E - Fort Mill, SC -

Hi Bryan,  Yes I have seen the LED strips, but how did you cut the plexiglas strips?  Isn't that tricky not to crack them or get rough edges?   

Have a great weekend everyone!

Alan

Sorry about leaving that part out because yes it did take some practice.  I cut them on my table saw using a fine tooth saw blade.  It leaves a little bit of a rough edge but can sand it down to smooth it out.  Also to get a more finished look I taped off the center of the plastic and then spray painted the glass with a flat black so the edges blend more into the ceiling than if you saw clear Plexiglas.  Then pull off the tape and have nice clear viewing window.   

Another delivery...

Zeke, very nice photos. Love the first shot.

New York Central fun

I am a B&O fan but the New York Central Main was a block away. As a kid I spent many hours watching NYC trains from a pedestrian bridge crossing the tracks. 

That's a great story about your grandparents Stoshu..

Stoshu; great item to display. A real nice momento to remember your grandmother.

Last week, I recieved a question from Fireman Chris regarding the "grass" near the front of one of the photos that I posted.  The material was not electrostatic grass, but rather buff colored fake fur that was spray painted with olive green floral paint. The materials are available at Jo Ann Fabrics and presumably most craft stores.  I've been using this technique for years, long before the use of the electrostatic grass became popular.  It's a matter of personal choice as to what is the better technique.  I continue to use this technique primarily because I have lots of fake fur on hand, though I'm planning on getting an electrostatic applicator.  The addition of some clumps of dark green coarse ground foam turf simulate bushes and weeds and adds realism.

Had to take the Red Sox engine out for a victory lap!

Even in poor light, a Southern Pacific GS-4 is recognizable.  Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

I picked up this Weaver O scale 3 rail U S Army boxcar off eBay a few days ago.  Price was not such a good deal because of a bit of a bidding war I got into. But, a very nice car.  Although it is just a little under size it does say O scale on the box.  I will eventually change out the trucks and couplers for 2 rail operation.

Rick

Stoshu---great story and very nice tribute to them!

--Greg

PTC- thank you!  If I can get my layout to someday look half as good as yours I'll consider myself successful.

I aged a few trucks and modified them too!

All four of these trucks started out as the one you see in the back.

Built an old style wood flatbed on one of them.

This one was turned into a junk yard find complete with flat tires and a tailgate found in the yard thrown in the bed!

Week 2 activities toward creating 2013 Christmas layout memories

- walt

Walt, what is the height of your elevated platforms?

I'll measure when I get home but won't be able to answer you until Saturday.

But for now I can offer this: each leg has one of those padded screw things, bought from Home Depot, so I can adjust/vary the height.  But when I made it I had them screwed all the way in and made the legs so that the total height matched the height of those plastic portals that MTH made a few years ago (might still make them, don't know). 

I believe that's 7" but I'll double check.

- walt

running the general.

Hopefully getting some cork roadbed and accessories in my layout.  Here's the view from my desk at work right now.

That's the Saucon Rail Trail (http://sauconrailtrail.org/).  What once played host to the iron horse now sees runners (like me!), walkers, and bikers all day long.

Kind of distracting on days like today.

Happy weekend everyone.

That smoke is Great.  Hope to see you at Greenberg been a long time,  Take care.

Awesome Chris. I will have to run mine and post when I get back up to North Carolina

Bruce

This week, I obtained a K-Line Plymouth in U.S. Steel livery at this past weekend's Castle Shannon train show. Well-detailed, great runner, but no sound, command control or operating couplers. The second video is it testing on the D.A.R.E. model railroad club's new O-gauge layout-in-progress.

I ll be there , finally got my dad situated.

Is your road runner set a custom painted MTH set?  Tell us more.

Nice effect Neal. Looks perfect.

Stoshu, thanks for sharing those pics.  They are priceless for sure!