Weekend Photo Fun 12-15-17-??

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PostWar fun today on the modular layout!

The videos are real quick......I forgot how PostWar trains "fly"!

Peter

Some Lionel Alco Pa's (one of my favorite diesels) including the seldom seen D&RG Bumble-Bee version. I have since happened upon the B unit for these by chance and was the only bidder for it awhile back!

Finally found the powered B unit for these so they can easily pull 8 K-Line aluminum cars.

c.sam posted:

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Why so many '*' posts????? 

K-Line F3,  a beauty with a lot of detail

This tank model is sitting on my desk at work now until I present it to the customer. I tried to capture the look of rusting steel before painting.

Alan Graziano

                                                 Odd rivet patterns and its a RailKing!

Christopher2035 posted:

Happy Friday!!!

Santa came early for me this week  Picked up a restored 2332 & a trio of LTI Madison cars. That original horn on the 2332 leaves a lot to be desired. Even w/ the single motor, this engine has some pep.











681 w/ the 2671W tender leading freight & passenger consists through town 




628 NP 44 ton switcher leading 1956 set 1545


616 Santa Fe NW2 working the factory




NS SD40-2 3357 (ex CR 6409) leads a power move into South Yard in Roanoke, VA



NS SD60M 6798 (ex CR 5560) leading 188 through Northfork, WV on the Pokey 


NS SD40E 6325 (ex CR SD50 6715) shoves 17G under the PRR signals at Latrobe, PA


NCDOT/Amtrak F59PHI 1755 brings up the rear of Raleigh bound Amtrak 76 as it heads through Lexington, NC

Nice picture's Chris, Has MTH or Atlas O ever made the North Carolina Engine in your last picture???

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Billy posted:

Christopher2035 posted:

NCDOT/Amtrak F59PHI 1755 brings up the rear of Raleigh bound Amtrak 76 as it heads through Lexington, NC

Nice picture's Chris, Has MTH or Atlas O ever made the North Carolina Engine in your last picture???

Billy, K-Line did make both the "Salisbury" 1755 and the Asheville engines and a four car (NCDOT) passenger set.

1755 sit at the NCTM.

Ron

                             https://www.trulia.com/blog/ho...train-cars-for-sale/

CAPPilot posted:

pennsynut posted:

Ron, who manufactured that Decapod? It is really nice.

It is from MTH's second run of this engine with the short tender.  I normally say what the model is in my posts but forgot here.  I sold the boxcar many years ago and forgot what make it was (the phase 2 scheme was too new for my layout's era).

I have the #4557 short tender issue from MTH.  I had operational issues with my engine until I had ERR installed with reed switch and magnets to get 4 chuffs. It's one of my favorites.  I especially like watching them horseshoe curve youtube with double headed Decapods and sometimes as a helper at the end of a train. 

                 early road-railer...          COOL !!         need a model of one of these !

Alan Graziano posted:

This tank model is sitting on my desk at work now until I present it to the customer. I tried to capture the look of rusting steel before painting.

 

Alan Graziano

Excellent weathering. Not to heavy, but showing what weather can do to an exposed storage tank. Curious what this tank would hold as contents being grey? Usually the companies I worked with had Diesel Green, Gasoline and Aviation Fuel White, Bunker black, and grey was reserved for water, boiler feed water.

Again, great job.

briansilvermustang posted:

                 early road-railer...          COOL !!         need a model of one of these !

I'd buy a model of that one......as long as it runs!! COOL!!!

went to Oglebay Park in Wheeling last night to see their light display and the train layout. This first time in over 20 years I can say it was a huge disappointment. It took almost three hours to drive the three miles from the Interstate exit to the park. Then when I was paying to get in, since it was so late, I asked the hours of the train layout. The lady said "you'll be disappointed, we had some vandalism, someone knocked several trains off the layout,and we are having trouble finding someone to fix them.

look close...the trains are zipped tied to the tracks......never happened before

this are was always covered in snow for the winter time, hasn't been done the last few years...

hate to say it but it seems this layout is on a downward trend.

Steamer, too bad about the damage to that layout. I liked the kitbash of two rico stations into one building. 

                                        told you we should of used 072 curves...

Shouldn't this thread be dedicated to original content? Kinda tiresome to see post after post of unattributed google image search spam. Used to look forward to this every week, now not so much. 

I bought this nice theater last week and customized it to be the host theater of the film festival here in San Luis Obispo, CA where my wife and I are movie screeners:

This week-end's fun was at the College Park, MD Aviation Museum. Here's my Williams Superliner ready to begin the day's runs. National Capital Trackers will be at the Museum through next Saturday, 10 AM to 5 PM (4 PM on Dec. 23.)

   nmp's...

My wife & I visited some Train Gardens today - a Christmas tradition in Baltimore. 

These three shots were night scene at Wise Avenue Fire Station in Dundalk.  They slowly brought down the house lights and turned on black lights for an awesome effect. 

Firemen asked for $1 per adult donation.  Best two bucks I have spent all year!  

It's not often that I get to actually run my trains these days so a little time at the Paradise and Pacific was quite welcome and relaxing.  The Williams GS4 runs like clockwork, especially once I lubed the valve gear.  Sometimes simple is just nice.

briansilvermustang posted:

   build a wooden railroad...  https://youtu.be/K2MCAAIMIsg

Cool video. I need something like that in my yard!  LOL

now Andy you know you're too big for that!