WEEKEND PHOTO FUN 12-2-16-??

I have been volunteering at the Bedford Museum in Bedford, VA. They have a Christmas layout they set-up in November.

Scott Smith

I have 2 different groups of pictures this week. The 1st are pics I took in my attic as I got the Christmas decorations down.

!st is a picture of the box for the 415 Diesel Fueling Station.....what great joy I had just after a Christmas in the early 60s....I use some Chrismas money to buy this great accessory for $4 .......at Honig's Parkway, a trian store under the White Plains Rd El, neat Allerton Avenue in the Bronx.

Next is a 317 Trestle Bridge I bought at a show in the early 90s. It used to have a prominent place on my old layout. But, it was clearly a Christmas present for someone else. Who got it? What kind of feelings did it evoke? This item was originally produced from 1950-56....Where is the original recipient now?

Ah! What a great season! Happy Holidays, everyone!

Peter

Finished the Sharks.  For details, see the 2 rail forum:

BEFORE

AFTER

The 2nd set of pics comes from something that brings out childlike excitement in me.......the opening of our modular group's 8 week run at the Great Big GreenHouse in BonAir/Midlothian VA.  Here we are setting up......

The Polar Railroad scale freight consist made an appearance at the Science Museum of Va last week. Here it is going over Geezer Gorge

Here are a few shots taken at last weekend's Greenberg show in Edison, NJ. It was nicely attended as I hope the last picture will provide a sense of the big crowd. 

Bob

I've owned the previous version of the Lionel Allegheny for years and found it to be exceptionally detailed and just a great overall looking engine.  However, the chuffing was erratic (due to the cherry switch),  coarse speed control, and the smoke output was poor so I decide to bite the bullet and spend the money to upgrade to the Legacy version.  Boy, I'm glad I did!  The same stunning detail, sounds are amazing including the new hooter whistle, and the smoke output is choking.  I had to put the draw fan on.  Although the whistle steam effect is next to the main stacks I find it a great enhancement.  Not as easy to see in the photos, but you can see it in the video which is where these photos were taken from.  It adds and accelerates the smoke from the main stack making look more realistic (IMO).

www.toytrainsontracks.com

ope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Was so busy last week, never got around to posting anything. I made some time last weekend & was able to get the board up!!! Excuse the crappy cell phone pics

Lorenzo was also excited to get his Polar Express out




Giovanna gave me some help!






Ready to run some trains -







The plan this weekend is to wire the track & add the TMCC/DCS so I can get some stuff running


Also made another drive up to the Pokey for some shots -
NS AC44C6M 4001 leads helper set J57 westbound through Eckman, WV


NS 17M heads through Falls Mills, VA with a pair of EMD ACes for power-


NS 42N has a nice pair of standard cab Dash-9s up front as they grind eastbound through Bluestone, WV -


NS AC44C6M 4001 leads westbound helper set J57 over the Tug Fork River in Welch, WV-


A pair of helpers run light as they head through Bluefield, VA-


Also caught the CNJ Heritage unit leading 119 through Lowell, NC last Sunday -

Peter, Thanks for the pics and awakening my memory, I had forgotten all about Honig's

Great pictures as usual guys!

here is my contribution.

I have a lot going on at the moment. Enjoying every minute of it 

Upstairs stinkin up the house again!

          The Crescent Limited & The Powhatan Arrow

        The only West Coast steamer on my Long Island railroad!

          Coal From West Virginia Arriving On Long Island

My railroad has a preference for named passenger trains like the Crescent Limited & Powhatan Arrow

          The C&O Arrives At Woodside

SIRT posted:

Upstairs stinkin up the house again!

And I bet your having fun doing it too!

This is the TMCC version of Lionel's S2 Turbine set up for running with some fairly minor tweaks. These recycled shots are from the 3RS forum thread I posted this week.

My plans for 2016's Christmas Layout are complete and ready to be built.

As I do every year, I create a few 'must dos' and a few 'really want to dos'.  This year's are:

ABSOLUTE TOP PRIORITY – I only had this one MUST

 The Christmas tree had to be as close as possible to the front of the layout so that personalized items and Train Party tree gifts were easily visible.  Also, the new Lionel balls from Leighanne and Mike (2015 present).

 SECONDARY GOALS – this was considered as a wishful must but became a must as I went on

 I wanted the Winter scene, the Easter scene, and Halloween scene up front, especially the Halloween one where the figures are on the street trick-or-treating.

FOLLOWUP GOALS

Both tin-plates had to reverse

I had 2 extra switches so the tin-plates could connect

Use ramps for the Lionel train.  Fun to run.  Can use O27 switches.

Family – fun to run.  Can use O27 switches.

The 1st one is the lower layer measuring 12' x 14'.  Two tin-plate trains will run on it.  That outer dotted line is a down and up ramp coming from one corner of the 'L-shaped' plateau and going to the other corner of it, which will be obvious by looking at the 2nd diagram.  The plateau is 8' on the long sides.

- walt

scott.smith posted:

This weekend is the Candy Cane Express at the VMT. I will be running trains on the O-Gauge layout all weekend.

http://vmt.org/visit/calendar.html

Let's see your picture.

Scott Smith

 

 

WOW! Love that pic.

Happy Holidays everyone! Here are some shots and video from the SRC's first Christmas train day of the 2016 season. Enjoy!

Its funny what 30 dollars and a self promise will throw you into what seems a life long project!

My new find at the Lansing train show last month will keep me hopping for the next 3 months... I was able to find most all the parts, including all 7 car sides for these Walthers Hiawatha Passenger cars in a mystery box at the show... Also found a great new supplier - Scale City Design - will be saved as my bookmark on my laptop...(http://www.scalecitydesigns.co...TY-O-SCALE_c_11.html) They have some great products.

Four of the seven cars are 99 percent complete, the other 2 are close... the observation car will be the biggie!

Sorry about the subliminal Beer sign below, its making me thirsty now on a Friday.

Alex love your work.   What glue do you use when  gluing the wood reinforcements to the plastic/ resin parts?   

Norm Charbonneau posted:

This is the TMCC version of Lionel's S2 Turbine set up for running with some fairly minor tweaks. These recycled shots are from the 3RS forum thread I posted this week.

Norm,

What do you use for your ballast?   It looks very realistic.

Reading 5513 sits on a siding waiting for a train to clear the block so he can switch the New Holland dealer just down the line.

One of my pair of 3rd Rail CNW SD9's in an "Inventory Photo" pose. I've been so busy I haven't had time to put on the included Kadee pilots, but give me some time.

AGHRMatt posted:

One of my pair of 3rd Rail CNW SD9's in an "Inventory Photo" pose. I've been so busy I haven't had time to put on the included Kadee pilots, but give me some time.

Matt - I am not buying it.

I think you are spending all your time running that beauty!

Lots of cool trains set up on our layout and ready to run at our open house this weekend and next.

Dates/Times are as follows:

Friday December 2nd        8:00 - 10:00pm

Saturday December 3rd     1:00 - 4:00pm

Sunday December 4th       1:00 - 4:00pm

Friday December 9th       8:00 - 10:00pm

Saturday December 10th   1:00 - 4:00pm

Sunday December 11th     1:00 - 4:00pm

As always, ADMISSION IS FREE! 

Please stop by and see the latest additions to our layout.

I stopped by the Hagerstown Roundhouse a few minutes ago.

Scott Smith

Winter is here, drive safe. Don

No layout for the last 4 months thanks to a flooded train room but these arrived this week and I'm really pleased with the end result after nearly a year of work by the design team.  Excuse the crappy cell phone pics!

3rd Rail PRR SD9 in 2 rail.

Demonstrator SD7 in 3 rail.

The festival of trees has begun on my Bellevue and Schenectady RR in the city of Schenectady. Merry Christmas everyone!

Have a great weekend!

As always, fabulous photos!!!  Here's my contribution from Patsburg,Md.  sip code 00000

Wonderful scene Don!

The lights effects are perfect!

Andre

Christopher2035 posted:

ope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Was so busy last week, never got around to posting anything. I made some time last weekend & was able to get the board up!!! Excuse the crappy cell phone pics

Lorenzo was also excited to get his Polar Express out




Giovanna gave me some help!






Ready to run some trains -







The plan this weekend is to wire the track & add the TMCC/DCS so I can get some stuff running


Also made another drive up to the Pokey for some shots -
NS AC44C6M 4001 leads helper set J57 westbound through Eckman, WV


NS 17M heads through Falls Mills, VA with a pair of EMD ACes for power-


NS 42N has a nice pair of standard cab Dash-9s up front as they grind eastbound through Bluestone, WV -


NS AC44C6M 4001 leads westbound helper set J57 over the Tug Fork River in Welch, WV-


A pair of helpers run light as they head through Bluefield, VA-


Also caught the CNJ Heritage unit leading 119 through Lowell, NC last Sunday -

If we could get Giovanna together with my pup Trinket we could have a contender for the cutest picture of the century.  This world needs a lot more cute.

AGHRMatt posted:

One of my pair of 3rd Rail CNW SD9's in an "Inventory Photo" pose. I've been so busy I haven't had time to put on the included Kadee pilots, but give me some time.

Matt,

I've been absent due to illness; but, I'm surprised to see you operating 3RS--thought you'd gone to 2RS?

Don,

I love that slush on the road.

Joe

Randy T, I am using Woodland Scenics fine cinders on top of sand for filler. Thanks!

JDaddy, I wanted that set of kits when they came out from Walthers so bad. They were just too long for me. Wish they had made them in 18 inch. I am surprised how many kits were bought but never made. I see them on E-bay every few months. It seemed like the last great O gauge kits Walthers made. Your doing a grand job with them. Don