Weekend Photo Fun 11-24-23-???

It is late 1949 and the yard foreman got a call they need a work crew sent out to the JAN junction.  A C1 doing inter-yard duty split a switch on the siding and went to ground.  The C1 is the foreman's least liked engine, but it can pull a heavier train than those newfangled diesels that are arriving.  That makes the C1 a good choice for going between yards with long consists.  Anyway, he got the crew that was resting at Aunties Diner to take the MoW out with the yard's dedicated L1.

Train Season has begun!

Last weekend was the Virginia Train Collectors Show:

Run pictures from the show. This will be the last formal running of the Giraffe Train this year......the Christmas trains are coming out.....

Our raffle layout set up at the Science museum of Virginia.....that starts this AM (Friday) at 0830 and runs through Sunday......

Train set up at Santa Land.....

This is a close up of the sleigh Tom (Gilly@N&W) built. This was entirely his creation from vision to materials to construction (along with a little help from the RC3R crew). It is magnificent and the pictures cannot come close to doing it justice!

Have a great and safe weekend, everyone!

Peter

One quick video from the train show.......

Safe travels to all this Holiday weekend!

Peter

Still assembling this year's is what to be my Christmas Layout memories

This is my version of 'benchwork'.  One is 4'x8' and the other is 5'x4'.  I call the area on top 'plateau'.

the 4th set of trackage is down, wired, tested, screwed down.   YAY.  It's sorta hard to see because most of it is under the 2 benches.

Here's a hand drawing that clearly shows where this 4th set of tracks runs.  BTW: it's conventional control

walt

Just finished:

www.youtube.com/trainbros89

If you’re a regular reader of this thread, you’re probably tired of seeing pictures of the cornfield I’m building, so this week I will post these images instead:

Pure Pennsy!

And if by some chance you are interested in what’s going on on that area where I’m building the cornfield,  work continues on Pennsylvania state route 45 as it climbs the hill from Spruce Creek and the Juniata River Valley up to the top of the ridge where the cornfield is located. The first picture shows the road mounted on two by fours cut with angles on the top to allow for both the grade and super elevation. The second picture shows the pink laminated foam scenery slid in the place, which hides the wooden road risers and the third photo shows the stone wall temporarily placed at the base of the hillside. Much more work to be done! The last two photos show route 45 with lane stripping applied, and actually climbing the hill. The cornfield may be seen at the top of the image.

With a dwindling habitat, these Bronze Breasted Tom-Gobblers escaped the hunters in the nearby woods and ended up in the railyard, thereby surviving to live another day - truly a 'Thanksgiving' day for them. They're strutting and puffed out due to the rumble of the passing freight train.

.

I decided to try out Lance Mindheim’s advice for taking photos of the railroad:

https://lancemindheim.com/2023/10/the-photo-shoot/

The camera is at roughly 45 degrees to the subject. The light is also at 45 degrees, but coming from the other direction. I used a 500 W Photo flood light, in my case with a color temperature of 4800 K. All other room lights were off. The bulb was positioned so it would shine through the windows of the red brick building on the right, and thus highlight the interior detail on the back wall

The stark contrast between well defined shadows and the bright light make for a dramatic alternative to a uniformly lit scene

Great shot John. I'll have to try this out. As a member of the NMRA, I had an open house on our yearly tour of layouts this past Sunday. A member of a MRC I am a part of took some shots around the layout. I was impressed with his skill with his phone. The camera picks up everything...light on bridge knocked over, unplanted tree, un-ballasted track, blue tape to mark blocks and signal placement, rubber bands on track (don't ask). I'm being my own worst critic.

Dave

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here's my photos of the fun kind for this fine weekend!   Thanks Scott for getting us going!  Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  

A B&O C-16 switcher is at the point of a short scrap train on the Mountain Division.  

I weathered this boxcar today.  It's a neglected but hard working boxcar that has been earning its' keep for decades.  

The WM offered modest passenger service.  

Brewtown neighborhood of Patsburg.  

Charlie Stoia asked if I could weather his nice MTH Yooper LS&I RS3 for him. It was almost a shame to cover the nice gloss this engine had. Cool little engine!

Halfway through the construction of my second mountain.

- Jason

@jdstucks posted:

Halfway through the construction of my second mountain.

- Jason

Jason - great work on your mountains!!   Is that red rosin paper you're using?

Some AT&SF action on a large private layout near Baton Rouge LA that I hope to visit again this Christmas when I go to New Orleans to see my new granddaughter

@John Sethian posted:

I decided to try out Lance Mindheim’s advice for taking photos of the railroad:

https://lancemindheim.com/2023/10/the-photo-shoot/

The camera is at roughly 45 degrees to the subject. The light is also at 45 degrees, but coming from the other direction. I used a 500 W Photo flood light, in my case with a color temperature of 4800 K. All other room lights were off. The bulb was positioned so it would shine through the windows of the red brick building on the right, and thus highlight the interior detail on the back wall

The stark contrast between well defined shadows and the bright light make for a dramatic alternative to a uniformly lit scene

That's a very interesting structure with the monitor roof. Did you scratch build it?

@prrhorseshoecurve posted:

That's a very interesting structure with the monitor roof. Did you scratch build it?

The brick walls are kitbashed castings from Dennis Brennan's roundhouse. The rest is scratchbuilt.  The building has a fully detailed interior.  See OGR Run 318, June/July 2021

Just Awesome and Fantastic work this weekend.  All very inspiring, there are so many talented individuals on this list that it is just mind boggling.  Great work guys, thanks to all for sharing.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.