WEEKEND PHOTO FUN 11-20-15-??

Action on the Seattle & Yakima RR. Menards military freight train.

 

 

      Bill T.

At the recent Allentown show, one of the HO display guys noticed my "Valley Girl" heritage unit and suggested this setup. Works for me!

 

Chris

LVHR

My CRAPPY BASEMENT EMPIRE....

 

 

Nothing new this week, I've been working on building flats all week.  But, continuing my posting of my current favorite locomotive.....

 

 

 

Paul

Crossing on Afton Street

 

Serows1-

Like  the trees- who makes these?

Don't have layout at present but some recent purchases The #45 missile launcher was the combination of 2 one with a good shell and the other with good everything else correct man and screen has also been added 

 

 

 

 

 

The rest of these I picked up as one purchase 

 

 

Bill, Nice PW haul there. Very nice.

Happy Friday everyone. Here are some shots with work in progress.

Should be working on the scenery but its track and wiring time... seems I've been running trains and not working on the layout

 

Plus the weather has be very nice for November here in Michigan! So I have been spending more  time with the kids outside!

 

 

Paul, You have a gift for crafting foliage. Those two shots look wonderfully realistic. (I'm guessing you have used some Scenic Express products there to make those trees and lower foliage, right?)

FrankM.

A variety of close-ups....

My custom painted Lionel LC plus Mikado.  It was painted by David Kenyon, started out as PRR.

Looking forward to everyone's great photos, good start so far.

 

I finished decorations on my Santa train inspired by the Lionel and Hallmark train designs.

 

Ready for the holidays.

Screwed in a couple of tea lights to the caboose switch underneath offers a nice yellow flickering effect.

Train will be used for our Lionel Christmas village display at our railway museum with our Polar Express train event. 4 weekends this year.

2 weeks of work setting up the hundreds of figures, many loops of track and buildings etc.

 

 

Handsome engine, for sure, and I especially enjoy that you were careful to craft a narrow area of soil between the ballast and the hedges; also, on the opposite side of the RR tracks, such a nice eye for details.

FrankM.

Little Pirates from Tampa. arriving soon!

 

 

 

.....and so it begins......the 2015-16 Christmas display season......tonight, the Great Big Greenhouse's "Ladies Night Out" which is the pre-Thanksgiving Christmas item sale.

 

This is our 11X6 small layout that can fit in the back of an SUV and run by 2 or 3 members.......perfect for small venues and easy set ups....

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think we look look rather excited!

 

 

Peter

A couple of pictures from this week.

Fresh out of 'not yet used' pictures of 2014 Christmas layout so I think I'll highlight the main areas for now.

 

Obviously the one this week is the winter scene area

 

- walt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Nothing Neal

Thank you Guys.   Yes, I use Scenic Express Super Trees but I don't follow the directions, it's the rebel in me I guess.  I use hair spray, ground foam and foliage flakes and I don't soak and straighten any of them, nothing is perfect which I think gives it a more natural look.

 

Paul

NJCJOE,

 

I always enjoy seeing pics of your layout. I had a question on your supports for the rust colored girder bridges? You have a train below going thru them, and then appear to be made out of wood. How did you attach these to your table?

 

Thanks,

 

JoeG

I was going to post a photo of the auto carrier shelves my dad made, but I see I have been beat! Here are a few photos I took at an Op Session on Saturday.

This was taken on Sunday on a trip to Sand Patch.

And lastly a video of the M1 on the PFE train.

Steven, you should have posted those shelving pics, since your Dad's aren't showing up!

I also enjoyed those pics you did post.

Larry

Some pictures of the Cog Railway at Schafberg in St Wolfgang in September.

 

Reposted since apparently not everyone could see the photos....

 

 

Every summer my son and I make about two large brown storage racks most of which hold 60 cars.  See the first photo.  However, we ran into a problem with our Atlas articulated cars which are about three feet long.  Our standard cases can accommodate nothing longer than a 24" long car.  So I came up with using an unused area under the layout as shown in the next two photos.  We just used some scrap wood, a leftover 3 foot length of Glenn Snyder shelving, and another shelf made of a 1X4 and a piece of GarGraves track.  Voila!  Storage area for Atlas articulated autoracks! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great pics as always

 

This arrived today. Really nice job by Derek.  Just in time, winter appears to be arriving this weekend in the UK.

 

 

 

Have a super weekend

 

Nick

 

 

Very sharp, Nick!

 

Peter

Happy Friday!

Just some things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks Joe.

 

Yes, they are made out of wood. I basically held the support where I wanted it to go. Then pushed it back slightly and drilled a small pilot hole through the layout table. I then ran a screw up from under the table into each leg of the support. I recommend drilling small holes in the bottom of the supports to help avoid splitting the wood.

2015 Christmas layout begins!

 

 

 

 

 

While walking my dog this afternoon.  Caught some Rigby Yard switching. 

 

Amtrak Downeaster a few weeks ago.  When the trees still had some color.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CSX diesels at Rigby Yard. South Portland, Maine.

 

 

Have a great weekend.

(UP switcher is mine-Layout in first 2 pictures is not mine)

 

El Capitan!

My scale Polar Railroad consist made it's debut tonight at the Great Big Greenhouse..

 

 

 

 

 It was very well received. I was a little concerned that I was over working this little locomotive. It looked like the wheels might be slipping. In fact, it was pulling 0.2 amps and after 3 hours of run time the locomotive was cold when I took it off the track to put it away for the evening.

 

 

What club is that? Is it a private layout?