It's time for Weekend Photo Fun!!
Last week I used India Ink to change the color of the rocks
Before
After:
In the process of painting tinplate passenger cars so they match my Wabash engine.
Our On30 group continues to make changes on their layout.
Let's see your pictures.
Scott Smith
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Train running for an Open House.......last weekend.....this week is a 2 day train meet and our 3 layouts will be open both days: Saturday 9-4 and Sunday 9-3......
Have a great and safe weekend, folks........safe travels over Thanksgiving week/weekend......and, Happy Thanksgiving!
Peter
Here’s some pictures I found from my grandfathers Vermont layout before he moved and later passed. I spent a lot of summers building this layout and running trains on it. These are from the ‘08 TCA Burlington Convention. Brings back great memories!
Scott Smith
New Haven Railroad FL9 #2043 is a Sunset/3rd Rail model. The 60-foot passenger cars are by Atlas O.
MELGAR
Good Morning,
I finished Wicked Wanda's(Bar Mills)and just need to find a place to put it on the layout. If you have some time you can visit my YouTube page to see the build.
Dave
The morning commute is well under way on my layout -
I guess the Artista MTA worker in the middle photo was required to wear his COVID mask when in public.
@EricTrainMan posted:
Great South Station model. That looks very much like the one on Marty Fitzhenry's layout. Same builder?
I did something new. After four years in the new house, I invested in some Glen Synder shelves and finally got (most) of the trains out of the boxes. Some of these I had purchased and never taken out of the box. I'm getting too old at this point for things to stay boxed up for some future layout.
Of course this helps me realize I don't *need* more trains, I need more display space!
@EmpireBuilderDave posted:Great South Station model. That looks very much like the one on Marty Fitzhenry's layout. Same builder?
Yes sir. Made by Tom Kerrigan. He made 6 of them
Promoting the hobby and local train show!
Thanks Scott for getting us started today! Here are my photos of the fun kind for this fine weekend. I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
A train load of Studebakers arrive in 1950. 
A light dusting of snow on the Mountain Division. 
Lionel Central Soya PS-2 2-bay covered hopper with opening hatches. 
Andrew
Falcon Service
Lionel ann arbor Pullman-Standard PS-2 2-bay covered hopper
Andrew
Falcon Service
LIONEL Detroit, Toledo & Ironton PS-5 gondolas with covers.
Andrew
Falcon Service
The police stop for gas at the local Sinclair early 70's.
A lightly weathered Lackawanna gondola rolls past the station.
@dk122trains posted:Promoting the hobby and local train show!
Great video and story. Fantastic Don.
A local photographer caught a set of F3s passing through the yard. He was hoping to see a the brand new F7s, however, he was impressed with these cab units and their pulling power.
The F3s are 3rd Rail, and the cars are Atlas and Weaver
@Putnam Division posted:Train running for an Open House.......last weekend.....this week is a 2 day train meet and our 3 layouts will be open both days: Saturday 9-4 and Sunday 9-3......
Have a great and safe weekend, folks........safe travels over Thanksgiving week/weekend......and, Happy Thanksgiving!
Peter
Peter,
It was great meeting you at the Virginia Train Collectors Association train meet today!
So many great posts this week I'd have to start all over again to remember all the ones I wanted to comment on. Thanks to all the posters that continue to make this "Must see" every week.
Peter, this is the second week I've seen this LEGO train on one of the club layouts
. I had started a thread on LEGO and O gauge, maybe the club member could share his build with that thread?
Busy day at the club Saturday morning. I arrived at 8 and trains were already running. A special treat was seeing Raphael’s two kids, Sebastian, 7; and, Sophia, 4. They enthusiastically took turns running “James” of Thomas the Tank Engine fame from Dad’s phone—kids these days, huh?
When Sebastian wanted some variety of motive power, he retrieved a couple of conventional locomotives from the “community” train shelves—basically, a lot of locos and rolling stock provided by members for use by other other members and guests. He's operating conventionally from the main control station:
Raphael was anxious to run one of his York “finds”, a 4 car MTH Proto 2 R-32 subway set plus the two add-on cars. He and Murf are NYC transplants so they enjoy the station calls, including "42nd Street" at this time of year. Raphael reports that although MTH says the R-32 requires 042 curves, his set runs fine on the 036 FasTrack on his home layout..
Chief Drew got his C&NW Legacy GP-35 and dummy units from the engine house, across the turntable bridge and hooked up a 20 car freight with his typical Wisconsin-centric consist of 20 cars.
Murf ran his 1950 773 Hudson and Railsounds tender from 2006 with a smoking caboose (that uses an MTH locomotive fan driven smoke unit) and red flashing LED. He and others are getting trains ready for a 3-day engagement of the club’s traveling layout at the Military Aviation Museum’s annual “Planes, Trains, and Santa” Thanksgiving Week-end Show, November 26-28.
Les seems to have an unending roster of NYC locomotives. Today was the MTH Premier GP-38’s turn and it ran beautifully. Many, perhaps most, members keep at least some of their trains at the club to avoid carrying them back and forth from home. Les usually brings a different locomotive from home each week and creates a consist using cars from the community shelves.
Secretary Lenny was hunched over the switching layout he’s been working on rearranging some PW accessories' locations; wiring up the UCS tracks to operate them; and, installing turn signal number signs to correspond with the 022C controllers he's using:
Last week I broke a telephone pole (sheared it at its base) but made a successful repair with hot glue. Found this damage to the plate girder bridge. Lenny assured me this has happened before because folks lean over for one reason or other and break the bridge. Should be a simple repair and doesn't interfere with operating trains:
Who says we can't jump--in TOGA city we can jump:
Be safe.
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@Lionel16 posted:Peter,
It was great meeting you at the Virginia Train Collectors Association train meet today!
Likewise, Nick.......I usually save weekend pics for the following weekend.....look next weekend!
Peter
@coach joe posted:So many great posts this week I'd have to start all over again to remember all the ones I wanted to comment on. Thanks to all the posters that continue to make this "Must see" every week.
Peter, this is the second week I've seen this LEGO train on one of the club layouts
Joe.......I will ask him....
Peter
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