Weekend Photo Fun 12-21-18-??

Fun at the Modular Layout last evening.....

This young man's face says it all!

Peter

A few items from a recent donation.....

The rest of the items are here.....

https://ogrforum.com/...r-group-news?page=15

Peter

Here is a Christmas idea......my Christmas disconnect cars in a Christmas carrying case!

Peter

Farmer_Bill posted:

Hey Walt, you mean to tell me after all these years you still don't have the companion cars?  You know, the letters SC and LE?   

I remember Bill the first time that you posted something similar and I couldn't for the life of me figure it out!  Then of all times it came to me in a dream.  A Ripley's believe it or not moment!

thanks for the reminder.

Next time I'm at the museum I'll consider it if only for a quick picture.

While not Christmas looking, my sister brought some old layout pictures she found of my dad and uncles layout from about 1980.

Johan, nice idea turning a boxcar into an extra deep hopper.  Is it filled with wood chips?

Joe: Thank you. Yes, that is a woodchip hopper. I glued in side the car piece of foam & woodchip. The whole idea came from Bangor & Aroostook R.R.

Johan

Sam Jumper posted:

While not Christmas looking, my sister brought some old layout pictures she found of my dad and uncles layout from about 1980.

 

 

Now that's a MOUNTAIN!!! Cool looking layout. 

Tis the Holiday travel season and the platforms at Union Station are filled with travelers heading to and from their trains.

FARMER BILL , thanks for the subway pic of a   nights of neee! Lol. 

"Bring me a shrubbery"

Passengers are beginning to arrive at Union Station to head home for the holidays. Below ground El Capitan, The Chief, and The Golden State begin loading luggage. 

PETERA, Outstanding below-ground station modeling!!! Fabulous.

FrankM

My Layout

Wow, many beautiful pictures. So many creative ideas...‘Tis the Season to be Jolly, Enjoy the Season, Merry Christmas Everyone...

Those were some wonderful pictures everyone, thanks for the memories and inspirations, they sure hit home on a number of occasions.  I liked the videos too, great job guys.   Here's wishing everyone and their families a Joyous and Wonderful Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year.

Putnam Division posted:

Patrick......I absolutely LOVE this picture......

One of my earliest Christmas memories (late 50s) is going with my Dad and uncles to a small New Haven freight yard in the central Bronx, along East Tremont Avenue, north of Parkchester.......where the Bronx DMV eventually stood years later.....

We bought our trees right off the box cars. I can remember the cold winter nights, with Christmas lights strung up along 2x4s set up around the box car, with a roaring fire in a 55 gallon drum.

Peter

Peter - I'm elated to hear that this photo sparked such a wonderful and special memory for you!  Merry Christmas! 

Cutout Christmas tree for my Hallmark trains. Unfortunately, Hallmark seldom placed the hangers at the centers of gravity...
and..I can't get the photo in right way up

Grand Canyon Railroad. 

FPA-4 Alco

South Kiabab trail, Skeleton point.  Phantom Ranch visible lower right of center, green area.  Colorado River, left of center. 

Mule train bridge. Black bridge, dates to the beginning of the Grand Canyon National Park.  There are two bridges, this one can support the mules. 

 Retired Grand Canyon locomotive.  X-Lake Superior & Ishpeming RR , iron ore railroad, converted to oil.   Another LS&I locomotive saw new life with the Western Maryland Scenic RR.  

Weaver had done a model of #29, though not a great model. 

Last trip to the Canyon was 2015, Railroad power was F40FH. There are two. 

Out in Alliance for a few days. Here are some local pics including my favorite C-30-7 forgotten on a side line for years.  Nick T. 

 The doors in our train riom. Given to us, not stolen  

I really like unique paint schemes here are 3 of them.

I found these a work this week they are inserts from u-bend fluorescent lights.  Obviously they are tunnel portals.

Rob Leese posted:

Fresh from the QA&P paint shops. 

Rob, your personal record has been awarded ten merits for unwavering home road loyalty, as well as excellent modeling of rare railroad rolling stock.

Moonson posted:

In our home, no trains are around our Christmas tree on the main floor, nor on the floor anywhere. However, Christmas decorations get applied onto

the layout, for the Seasonal celebration...

Here is the only place on the First Floor where "trains" are featured among the decorations...

FrankM, having a good ol' time of it all.

Frank, your personal record has been awarded ten merits for adding realistic and not overdone Christmas decorations to your town.

CNW snow plow being pushed by SOO LINE RS-27 diesel-electric locomotive from M.T.H.

Abominable snow monster, Hermey elf, Clarice,  Rudolph, Santa Claus from the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer special.

Andrew

Falcon Service

falconservice posted:

CNW snow plow being pushed by SOO LINE RS-27 diesel-electric locomotive from M.T.H.

Abominable snow monster, Hermey elf, Clarice,  Rudolph, Santa Claus from the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer special.

 

Andrew

Falcon Service

Love the whimsey!

Peter

rex desilets posted:

Cutout Christmas tree for my Hallmark trains. Unfortunately, Hallmark seldom placed the hangers at the centers of gravity...
and..I can't get the photo in right way up

                                         a really cool tree

C&NW territory

My first Lionel in 1954. The next year my brother got a Texas Special passenger set and we got a ZW so we could run 2 trains. Thanks Dad!

Time for some MPC under the tree. 

See it in action: 

https://youtu.be/4xwmEkFnwHs

The locomotive, the covered hoppers, the Sabine River & Northern boxcar, and the TP&W boxcar are mine from my youth.  They were mishmashed with postwar cars back in the day.  This year I added more cars and a caboose to make a legit MPC set.

I also bought a Delaware & Hudson MPC U36C and matching bay window caboose (from Christopher2035) and will post those here tomorrow.

Our 12 foot Douglas fir.

And one of the many ornaments. The Texas Special F unit from Hallmark (new for 2018).

MERRY CHRISTMAS to All and to All a good night.

Ron

You say "Take me to your leader." I say "Time for lunch:"

"Mmmm, good!"

Arnold! Must be a momentary exploratory landing  scene from the taconic  parkway lights!

Great sphere lighting and what a familiar robotic creature! I have seen them on my layout too, Then they magically disappeared without a trace! 

For the first time in at least a month got to put some time in today on the layout, some newly installed lights, buildings, did some wiring and actually got to run some trains!