We have almost made it to Thanksgiving week....So let's get Weekend Photo Fun started.
I started working on the Polar Express layout at the VMT. Still a work in progress;
Last week was the open house on the renovated Virginian Passenger Station here in Roanoke. It was damaged by fire several years ago.
Let's see your pictures.
Scott Smith
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My latest creation for METCA.
Stu
Just a two quick cell phone pictures this week. Crazy busy at work and Hockey season has started for my Son.
Last group of my York pics.....the Trackers layout was so fantastic, that I had to go back for a 2nd look.......thank you, guys, for all your effort.....It was great!
P
Guys......a job well done!
Peter
I was off yesterday and last weekend.....so, I got lots of stuff done in the train room.....
My juice train......
Nowadays, it is pulled by MU'd RailKing E-33s.....Conrail and PennCentral.....with speed control, I thought I would add a short "chaser train" this year....
Here are pics of the consist.....
BTW....I did pour the vodka into a larger 1/2 empty Smirnoff bottle (for future use) 
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Peter
Here are some shots from last weekend's Greenberg show in Monroeville, PA. At this show, we had 4 sets of Vision reefers and 3 of the new PS-1 sound cars running - sometimes all on the same train! The sound cars were a big hit with our audience!
The first picture is of Thom's (DOC) custom car to honor a fallen member.
And immediately after tear-down of the layout in Monroeville, we went straight to Kennywood Park to drop off modules and supplies for our Kennywood Holiday Lights setup which begins in just one week!
'Tis the Season! 
Andy
He's a shot of my Lionel Conrail SD38, and SD40's patiently waiting for their turn in the body shop to get a scale coupler, full length handrails and some weathering. Lionel has done a great job on these. They have accurate road specific details, kinematic pilot, and they run and sound great. I look forward to taking advantage of the provided Kadee coupler mounts and making these look as real as possible.
Rich
Seeing these great photos is an excellent way to start the weekend! Thanks for taking the time to post guys!
......and a Veteran's Day tribute to our men and women serving inthe armed forces.....
Peter
Here's a kitbash from various Korber parts, it's a custom size to fit the area I had to work with.
23x4x7
A repeat Christmas Layout memory - recapping 2015 before moving on to 2016. Some of the personalized items on the layout....
- walt
I think I finalized a track plan 
I ordered some buildings as well. Now I have to find some time to to build the train table.
Amtrak Sprinter 648 leads a northbound regional through Metuchen, NJ
NS Dash-9 9305 leads westbound 195 through the county seat of McDowell County, Welch, WV
A trio of GEVOs returning to Capels to shove the next load of eastbound coal.
A pair of SD70ACe helpers head westbound through Switchback, WV
A set of of helpers heads westbound past the N&W signals in Keystone, WV
Christopher2035 posted:I think I finalized a track plan
Amtrak Sprinter 648 leads a northbound regional through Metuchen, NJ
NS Dash-9 9305 leads westbound 195 through the county seat of McDowell County, Welch, WV
A trio of GEVOs returning to Capels to shove the next load of eastbound coal.
A pair of SD70ACe helpers head westbound through Switchback, WV
A set of of helpers heads westbound past the N&W signals in Keystone, WV
Nice photos ! I particularly like the last two. Beautiful countryside. I'd love to have grown up in that house.
Christopher2035 posted:I think I finalized a track plan
Christopher, as always thanks for the great images. Hope the family is well and good luck with the new house. Maybe we'll see the new addition running trains soon?
I had the pleasure to have the LCCA Traveling Box Car #37 at my layout the following 2 weeks. Here are some photos that I took with my iphone of this car on my layout.
If you right click on a picture and then click "open link in new window", you will get a full scene shot that will give a lot of detail... Hope you enjoy and I appreciate you taking the time to look.
An oldie... Century Club 1
scott.smith posted:We have almost made it to Thanksgiving week....So let's get Weekend Photo Fun started.
Last week was the open house on the renovated Virginian Passenger Station here in Roanoke. It was damaged by fire several years ago.
Scott, can you share any background on the sign? Quite interesting.
Thx,
Bryan
Three weeks ago, I did something I've wanted to do for the past 50 or so years - I headed south, after church, and the next morning chased the Queen of the Rails from Ogalllala to Cheyenne:
Long may she reign!
RidgeRunner posted:scott.smith posted:We have almost made it to Thanksgiving week....So let's get Weekend Photo Fun started.
Last week was the open house on the renovated Virginian Passenger Station here in Roanoke. It was damaged by fire several years ago.
Scott, can you share any background on the sign? Quite interesting.
Thx,
Bryan
Oh yes the sign. This was from the power plant where the Virginian powered their Electric locomotives. The building was demolished and several people dug through the rubble to find this.
Scott Smith
Great photos everyone!!! Here are some photos from Patsburg home of the Free State Junction Railway. Have a wonderful weekend!!
Newest engine added to the Western Maryland roster.
My old ABC switchers "Jolene and JoAnn" from a few years ago. I've been away from trains for a while and was surprised to see MTH had decided to produce a model of my local short line! Can't wait to see pictures of the ABC running somewhere other than my loop!
My mish-mash Santa train is rolling the tracks. For whatever reason, Thanksgiving day is a day I love running trains. Believe me, those days are rare!
JAWS III is leading the way to plow the North Pole snow. Pushed by my MTH PS2 SW1. Following are three MTH Christmas cars. 
Here is update picture's of my Lionel US Air Force Boxcar.
The view from Tidewater Grill in Havre de Grace MD.
Trainfest 2016 in Milwaukee last weekend. HUGE crowds on Saturday. Sunday was still busy but a little slower. Do you wanna know why?? See first photo!
Putnam Division posted:I was off yesterday and last weekend.....so, I got lots of stuff done in the train room.....
thought I would add a short "chaser train" this year....
Here are pics of the consist.....
BTW....I did pour the vodka into a larger 1/2 empty Smirnoff bottle (for future use)
Peter
Right.............
"Dr Frankenstein" has been at it again. Cobbled this project together with some new parts and a bunch of things from my "boneyard" of locomotives.
This passenger shark *hybrid* features:
o Williams body & frame
o MTH trucks & motors with a Williams E-Unit
o fixed pilot
o Kadee coupler
o cab figures
o LED headlight
o Trueblast Plus digital sound.
Until and unlesss someone produces a new batch of BP-20s (six axle, 2000hp passenger Shark) these will suffice. Besides, what locomotive doesn't look good in Tuscan red with gold pinstripes?
SDIV Tim posted:
Pomona for Cal Stewart visited the rail giants museum and the G Scale layout
The SD40-2, box car and caboose look nice, but the train still doesn't quite fill the space left by 4014. The locomotive is operational, but I don't know if they've fired it up since it was brought in.
Early morning start of a long day. Golden Gate Railroad Museum in better days. Don
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