WEEKEND PHOTO FUN 12-19-14-??

No Mark, no permanent layout.  Gibsonia huh?  Didn't realize you were so close!  Come visit!

24' ceiling? You should have gotten a 20' plus tree. Think of the amount of lights you could put on, LOL 

I tried but it was terrible so I deleted it.  I like doing those for myself and am disappointed.  Maybe I'll give it another go when my patience is higher!!!

- walt

David....yeah but how the heck am I going to pay for the light bill..LOL!!  Here is another picture giving a little more perspective...

Alan

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio F3 #801, formerly LIONEL #2243, and one of five passenger cars from the "Abraham Lincoln":

 Below is a photo of prototype #808 that was part of a batch, along with 801 above, ordered by GM&O.  The photo is from a postcard included in a number of similar photos purchased at a long forgotten train show.  If I did this model again, I'd add the high fan shrouds, and try to paint the stripe along the bottom of the unit.

Work continues on Duncannon, circa 1940's, though much work (primarily detailing) remains to be done. To the right is the Susquehanna House, located right across the street from the PRR station.  A cab waits in front.  It's built from an Ameritowne "Burke Building.  To the left is the spur into Duncannon built upon the right of way of the original PRR ROW through Duncannon.  Warehouse was kitbashed out of Ameritowne parts as well.

Looks great Neal.  Love seeing your progress.

Art

It's getting dark outside as the California Zephyr cars are boarding at Chicago's Union Station with travelers heading for California for the holidays.

Art

Here's a few new pictures...

Nickle Plate freight rolls past the barbeque joint...

A streamlined passenger train comes to town...

Some On30 cars roll into town on O-27 trucks...

Merry Christmas y'all!

Sixty-seven years ago this Christmas morning Santa left this under our Christmas tree.  Santa left it for me and of course my dad.  It came with three Irvington type Madison cars, which unfortunately are gone.

One year later Santa brought an other Lionel companion, an Electronic set.  Also gone.

 It is a 2025, I see the number is not readable.

Ron

Hello everyone. Hear are a few shots of the rails sorry no trains today.

Wow, Alan, quite the space. With all those lights on your tree, you'll need a muffler on your meter. Does the power company send you a fruit basket in thanks each year?

Mill City: LOL

Been posted a few times before, but still my favorite of many past Christmas layouts I've had:

Plus a couple from my old permanent layout:

Jim

Jon....Thanks!  One thing the power company does do is that they send us a quarterly check as investors.  I learned a long time ago to buy power company stock and this way we get something back.  This check was the princely sum of 45.00...WOW!!

Alan

Princely sum indeed, Alan. That should be enough to keep that baby lit for a few hours anyway.

Wow some really impressive photos this week. Great seeing everything.

The CP holiday train rolled into town, it runs across Canada and the US with a show at each town it stops and event raising money and collecting food for the food bank.

Always a great show. Smaller engine this year but same string of cars.

Have had a great few weekends running my model trains for the Polar Express event at our railway museum.

Heard WOW a few hundred times as each family came around the corner and saw the layout.

It was a real treat with the kids packed along the fence all day pointing at different trains stuff on the layout etc. and they had great fun running the trains and blowing whistles starting animated stuff, pushing the button for the gateman etc.

Here are a few shots of the kids in action. Such great joy seeing them enjoy the trains, perhaps a few will get sets for Christmas. Parents took away a stack of flyers on our local model rail club and catalogs left out. Wrote down several websites for our OGR mag link and forum sponsor train stores. Much interest in where to find trains. Many surprised Lionel was still in business. The grandparents with tales of Lionel  trains when they were kids.

Thanks to Lionel for inventing the LionChief remote. Makes letting the kids run the trains so much easier and safer. With them bolted/strapped down and brackets to limit the dial turning past the stops and blocking reverse everything ran well over the many days of the event. Burned out a couple of locomotives. The Williams Beasts performed well pulling long strings of cars on the upper levels. The fire on the roof for the Hobo of the Polar Express train was a big hit as well as the flying Santa and reindeer and planes choppers with faces from the Disney planes movie. Was really surprised how many of the girls were more interested and excited about the Thomas trains and Polar Express then then Disney Frozen figures and castle!

More pics of the full layout here;

https://ogrforum.com/t...ess-train-experience

First photo kids got to sit in the cab of the Royal Hudson steam engine and pull the Whistle cord and move some of the levers etc. they loved it, here is an engineer similar to the one in the movie!

 Click on photos for a larger view.

This is all that I have available from my 2013 layout.  Pretty boring 4 1/2 minutes!

http://youtu.be/MOhLozfWNGE

- walt

Thank you Walt!  It would have to wait until January now.  How long do you keep the Christmas layout up?

usually only thru the first week of January.  I'm tired of it by then!

For those of you who missed the thread on Locomotion Days at the Carnegie Science Center, there are some pictures from that, as well as some photos from the D.A.R.E. Model Railroad Club open house prior to that. First time using DCS at the club.

Is this a model of something real....or just fantasy????

Thanks Walt that is amazing, Happy Christmas!

This looks like artwork from Forum Member Sam. Beautiful artwork!

Have a great weekend!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

I don't know who Scott thinks he's going to keep away from that Christmas Tree! definitely not those young 'uns!!! 

Nice to see you are done and ready for Christmas Day. I always like your night photos, they are the best!!!!! Great job, Walt.

I don't know who Scott thinks he's going to keep away from that Christmas Tree! definately not those young 'uns!!!

The rope is there to keep kids from approaching the trains standing-up. Without the ropes kids want to jump around the track-using their bodies as tunnels. That usually means a train get kicked.

Scott Smith

Here are a few last photos of the National Capital Tracker's display at the College Park Aviation Museum in College Park MD. College Park is the first military airfield in the US and the oldest continuously operating airport in the world. The Wright Brothers flew here among other major events in aviation. Also, the airport is well known for it's famous "Air Fairs" air shows in the summer. Since 9/11, air traffic has declined greatly and requires an extensive background check to gain clearance to fly into and out of. Also, "Air Fairs" are a thing of the past unfortunately. In 2009, the airport celebrated it's 100th Birthday and very special permission was granted for one last "Air Fair" -- "The Centennial Air Fair 2009". 

Prince George's County Police Aviation unit calls College Park home. Their two helicopters are based out of the 1909 Hanger. Not sure what is original from 1909...perhaps just the foundation....? That is the historic end of the field along the railroad track. It is off limits but in the museum is a diorama of it circa 1921. Artifacts have been excavated from the area and are in the museum. Some foundations of the original 1909 era buildings are still  visible in that area. Best view of that area is from the Metro trains....

PG County's heli happened to return when I was finishing up my lunch. 

Small historical marker/museum/monument. 

I haven't noticed this before. I'll have to check past pictures. This is a B&O Railroad Milepost. My hunch is it was removed when the ROW was realigned in the 1970s when the Metro was put in. The B&O ROW runs right along the historic edge of the airfield. Today, it is CSX and WMATA's Metro electric trains share the ROW. 

When walking into the main atrium of the museum, one must pass through a scaled down replica of the 1909 hanger. Wilbur Wright is there and an animated figure who is VERY lifelike and describes the early years at Kitty Hawk and College Park for about 3 minutes. I took a video of him. It is on my phone but I'll try to upload it later. 

Railfanning last night........under the guise of going to get our tree!

Peter

Trains from the planes: what a pilot might see at the National Capital Trackers Layout at College Park, MD Aviation Museum. A K-Line GG1 is on the point of a string of MTH Rail King Amfleet cars.  Show ends today at 5 PM.

That's the point, those kids can walk under the limbo stick without bending over. 

BANDOB, Love the picture you posted. Is your group going to be at the B&O railroad museum this year? Merry Christmas to all..

Thank you, Terry, for the deal on the BLUE COMET!  Merry Christmas to you and all my FORUM BROTHERS!!!  Ron B.