Weekend Photo Fun 12-1-17-??

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Some photos from my set up at your Polar Express event at our railway museum. We are running 4 weekends. My layout is in the "North Pole" Buildings the people come into after the train ride. About 28x18 foot space. These are a little bright with the flash, the real scene is a bit darker with the building lights showing up, and the stars in the sky backdrop fade in and out, flickering.  9 of the trains  have the Lion Chief controllers on the fence + some other buttons for sounds and animations. 

Note the contraption that I hang from the ceiling to make Santa and the planes that are hanging down fly.

Click on photos for a larger view.

Here is a Korber Grain silo kitbashed into a front only to work with 5" of depth on the main yard of the TMB layout, The beer bottle was resin cast by forum sponsor Harry Hieke. The model is lightly weathered. 

I will start off with a short video......this past weekend at the Science Museum of Virginia train show, I wanted to pull a train with MU'd Conrail and Penn Central E-33s.  Well, it didn't work out ( the DCS remotes were 5.0 and the TIU was 6.0).  

A TMCC New York Central Hudson was emergently pressed into service, pulling a train it never did previously! 

Peter

Well with my track clean it was time to let some trains start rolling! 

I got all 4 trains up and running for the first time in years. A Lionel N&W #606 J class (TMCC) hauling the Pocahontas and the Nickel Plate #765 (Legacy) doing the honors on the lower level, with a Postwar N&W Baby J #746 and Milwaukee Road EP5 #2351 on the upper level.

The Milwaukee Road 2351 is one of my father's engines he bought way back in 1957 - one of 3 locomotives we still have from his childhood and cherish to this day.

As usual my little helper was busy exploring the newly opened up layout. She loves to poke in an out of the tunnels but got scared once the trains start running.

Also a couple of entries for the FEF: 

And a new arrival that I am very happy to have - it's a custom TCA car and as far as I know the only Wawa product made in O gauge.

Working on the layout almost daily......trying to keep things moving. It's a one man crew so I am not real fast.....thx

Two Korber models just about complete, Phil's cargo and the 700 apartment flat. Customer request no weathering. 

My latest creation and TCA offering.

Stu

Christopher: Nice layout. I like the passenger station and the Buick especially. 

                                                       check out this consist....

A PRR Gas Electric heading out on its morning run with a R50 reefer in tow for milk can pickups.

These are 3rd Rail models.

A 2106 Christmas Layout memory

- walt

Putnam Division posted:

I will start off with a short video......this past weekend at the Science Museum of Virginia train show, I wanted to pull a train with MU'd Conrail and Penn Central E-33s.  Well, it didn't work out ( the DCS remotes were 5.0 and the TIU was 6.0).  

A TMCC New York Central Hudson was emergently pressed into service, pulling a train it never did previously! 

Peter

 

 

Cool seeing a steam pull the juice train.Yes the real rail roads did this as well.I read in books where if an locomotive was having trouble.The rail road would send a locomotive to ether help or take over and pull the train.

Christopher2035 posted:

The cab of NS Dash-9 8888 rests in Cresson Steel after being removed during the rebuild process to AC44C6M 4056

 

Wow, great use of the Woodland Scenics depot.

As for the cab, I wonder how much the scrap yard would sell that for? Would be great to have that!

kj356 posted:

Some photos from my set up at your Polar Express event at our railway museum. We are running 4 weekends. My layout is in the "North Pole" Buildings the people come into after the train ride. About 28x18 foot space. These are a little bright with the flash, the real scene is a bit darker with the building lights showing up, and the stars in the sky backdrop fade in and out, flickering.  9 of the trains  have the Lion Chief controllers on the fence + some other buttons for sounds and animations. 

Note the contraption that I hang from the ceiling to make Santa and the planes that are hanging down fly.

Click on photos for a larger view.

kj356 this sounds like a great event.  Say, is this device available from ACME products?

Thanks for the images everyone, always love to see this thread appear!

Scott, never saw pictures of that "green" steam before. Looks better than I imagined.

Steve, as always some killer modeling!

Dave, it looks like you are going in circles buddy!!

Walt, waiting for the 2017 masterpiece teasers.

Christopher, my the young one has grown!! Great pictures.

  nmp....                                            waiting for a train....

Shots from around the layout.

I had an all-day op session even I had in October. The first group of guys shot video and just got it edited:

Note, the back half of the video is just black, so once the screen goes dark, you’re done (no idea why they kept running like that). This was my first group of the day and I think everyone enjoyed themselves.

          awesome layout and scenery Lee !!   great video !  nice to watch....

Night shot of oil facility.

Weathered some cars.

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

 

                        looking good!     very nice photos and great BACKDROPS !!!

                                                https://verdecanyonrr.com/

   nmp's....

Great pictures of the Verde Canyon Railroad. My wife and I were on that last April.

briansilvermustang posted:

          awesome layout and scenery Lee !!   great video !  nice to watch....

Thanks! They were the first group that day, and I think they had a great time (and I didn't have nearly the issues with derailments that I had with the next group after them).

briansilvermustang posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

 

                        looking good!     very nice photos and great BACKDROPS !!!

BRIANSILVERMUSTANG: Thanks.

Johan

Nice work P51.....looks like home so well done!!! 

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Weathered some cars.

Man, I love your work. if you haven't gotten your layout into any magazines, you look into doing so. really good stuff there!

Nice work P51.....looks like home so well done!!! 

Thanks very much, Dave!

Have a great weekend.

From Christopher's post:

I'm always pleasantly surprised (though I shouldn't be by now) of how very nice much of the Lionel Postwar stuff looks in realistic-type good setting. The above engines and the car trailing fit together well and make a nicely proportioned and great looking train! And who wouldn't like that classy Erie scheme on those FA's???

Andre

laming posted:

From Christopher's post:

 

I'm always pleasantly surprised (though I shouldn't be by now) of how very nice much of the Lionel Postwar stuff looks in realistic-type good setting. The above engines and the car trailing fit together well and make a nicely proportioned and great looking train! And who wouldn't like that classy Erie scheme on those FA's???

Andre

All of Christopher's work is inspiring....He and a number of others work helps keep my drive going.  Thanks

Post War style.

Do I really need another PW O27 steamer? Well...

Picked up this 2037 and tender this week. Fabulous shape. Smokes like a champ and who could ever get tired of that whistle?

Here are some photos for fun.

Some postwar and MPC from the layout portfolio.

   nmp...                                             era's collide...

Live from the modular set up.....

Peter