Weekend Photo Fun 11-5-20-??

Fun photos for this weekend.   Fall colors and colorful trains.  Have a wonderful weekend everyone! Be safe = Be well!  

N&W Y6b trundles across bridge.

PA 1 of the D&H and Pennsy.

Mt. Randolph

The Aerotrain arrives on track one.

Bollman truss bridge.

Trains of new and trains of old in 1956.

New York Central 0-6-0 steam engine #231 is an MTH Premier model with PS-2, shown on my 10’-by-5’ layout.

MELGAR

Some "extreme rail fans" enjoying vintage PostWar......

The N&W 746.

The Pennsy 2360.

The D&RG 2379.

Have a great weekend folks......be safe.....

Peter

Here's an older photo or three of our layout

A 2019 Christmas Layout memory

- walt

Lion Chief Plus NW2 Switcher pulling some scrap loads. Always been a great smoker.

Btw, you can hear the 'snap' of my oil derrick down on the lower level.

The MTH Premier E.C.C. America / ECC International  funnel flow tank cars in better light.

This ACFX ACF CENTER FLOW 4650 Cu. Ft., 3-bay covered hopper was originally leased to ECC INTERNATIONAL. It has been repainted, but the ECC INTERNATIONAL decals are thick enough that they can still be seen. This covered hopper was at the IMERYS Harborlite Perlite Processing just West of Vicksburg, Michigan this week.

MTH never made the Premier ACF CENTER FLOW 4650, 3-bay covered hopper in this scheme.

Andrew

Falcon Service

This dual AC motored Lionel Conrail TMCC/RS Dash 8 now has a special significance for me..... I once sent it to Davis Trains for Jim to repair.....

RIP my friend.....

Peter

Just in from Ro. New Lionel.

Waited over 50 years to have this one...

I got my Jupiter and Leviathan locomotives this past week. These engines turned out great. Jupiter is 159/277 and Leviathan is 16/38.

The Leviathan is pulling Northern Central passenger cars and Jupiter is pulling MTH 36’ reefers. I modified Kadee draft gear to provide the link to the engine.

Enjoy the weekend,

-Ryan

@walt rapp posted:

A 2019 Christmas Layout memory

- walt

@walt rapp So when are we going to see the plans for the 2020 layout?

Almost finished with two more QA&P “what if” cars. These were undecorated Atlas PS-1 50’ cushion cars. I wish I could find a few more of these before my eyesight and steady hand further fail me.  A few of the separately applied details flew out of sight. The decals are a mixture of MicroScale and homemade.  
I am forever playing with color schemes for make-believe cars, but this combo of Khaki tan, black ends, and silver rooftop have become a favorite.
I suppose if our railroad had survived deregulation these cars would be hauling fragile freight all over the country like the GARX cars once did.
Happy Weekend Photo Fun.

Star Trek Train arrived yesterday.  I think Lionel did a nice job on the set.

Being away at school, I do not have my layout but, there are always so real trains to watch. Here is an Amtrak Regional through Newark, DE at dusk.

@johnstrains posted:

Lion Chief Plus NW2 Switcher pulling some scrap loads. Always been a great smoker.

Btw, you can hear the 'snap' of my oil derrick down on the lower level.

Sounds like the rods in your oilwell is tagging bottom too hard.  Need to get a work crew to raise the rods in the well so you don't prematurely worn out the subsurface pump.  Also good sounding engine.

My layout

My dad’s layout

Another RARE find!

What happened to these H30 models?

Somebody at Atlas O should know where the injection molds for the H30 hoppers are located.

Andrew

Well finished off the temporary layout addition. Just some sidings to park engines on and a passing track. Sure it has grass paper but it’s better than nothing.

A trolley just for fun!

?? Was one of the last Weaver offerings??   I could be wrong and often

@Ryan Mc posted:

@walt rapp So when are we going to see the plans for the 2020 layout?

I did that about one month ago, but I'll repeat it very soon since I will be starting on it this week.

Thanks for the interest!!!

- walt

@Mike CT posted:

?? Was one of the last Weaver offerings??   I could be wrong and often

That plus the low sided gondola

I can't find any of the PRR versions!

@SIRT posted:

Another RARE find!

What happened to these H30 models?

Beth at Public Delivery Track may have some left.

The hardest ones to find are the Circle Keystone in PRR Freight car red. They went as soon as they arrived at Weaver models.

@MartyE posted:

Well finished off the temporary layout addition. Just some sidings to park engines on and a passing track. Sure it has grass paper but it’s better than nothing.

A trolley just for fun!

Looks pretty cool to me! Congratulations 👍🏼