Weekend Photo Fun 12-22-17-??

To All a MERRY CHRISTMAS !

And let me add I hope it was a HAPPY CHANUKAH too!

Finally started!

In the beginning - the empty room.

First sections of the framing.

Now adding in the middle stringers and cross braces.

First plywood sheet goes down.

Aisle entry "gate" which will be the lift bridge feature.

More to come...

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!

Tom

Last week I posted a photo of an MTH building that I had reworked to make it look more realistic. This past week, I worked on a Lionel building to make it appear similar to the Hotel Royal in Port Royal PA. The real hotel was built in 1902 and operated as a hotel until sometime in the 1930's. Thereafter, it was used as an apartment and to house a business. 

The model started out as a Lionel "O'Grady's Tavern."  In order to upgrade it, I repainted the whole structure with an appropriate brick color, removed the toy like awnings with a porch like the prototype, and replaced that godawful cornice that comes with the building. I also added window sills and lintels. Finally, it was weathered with an wash of India ink diluted in alcohol. 

Below are photos of the original model, the reworked structure, and a photo of it taken in 2016. The real structure was torn down earlier this year. 

Progress pictures of the Pam Am building 

I went to visit my good friend Alan Grazanio yesterday and we talked structures and models. Here's a few he's currently working on 

Ok, layout update pics.  I did a good bit this week for a change.   

ALEXM....some GREAT project there!!!!! 

NYO&W Camelback 249 drifts into town with a coal train.

Chris

LVHR

AMCDave posted:

ALEXM....some GREAT project there!!!!! 

Thank you Dave !

The Pam Am building will start taking shape this coming week, there's a lot more in store for it

Alex

Alex M posted:

AMCDave posted:

ALEXM....some GREAT project there!!!!! 

Thank you Dave !

The Pam Am building will start taking shape this coming week, there's a lot more in store for it

Alex

Do you cut any parts on a laser?? That much cutting makes my hands hurt!!! 

Nice pictures everyone.

I hope everyone has a very merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.

  went up to see Clem, ran some trains    on the way home, grabbed some pictures...

             train bridge on 223 in Blissfeild, Mi

          daylight photo...

              a while ago...

                           some pictures, down at the station, for the " dinner train "

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                                          Merry Christmas...  O, O , O...

                                                                  everyone !!!

Some wildlife pictures from National Capital Trackers layout at Kids Fairfax back in October.

Rich Battista posted:

Hmmm ???

I missed this one!

Added a inside O27 loop for MPC Cannonball races.

Train Layout at a famous outdoor retailer located in Freeport, Maine.

Cappilot. What is used for the grass in that first pic near the lake? Looks awesome.

A 2016 Christmas Layout memory

-walt

I hope everyone has a Happy Holiday & gets to run a lot of trains!!! 

One thing about trains: It doesn't matter where they're goin'. What matters is, deciding to get on












Pandora decided to make the engineer cap her bed 


Lucia enjoying some train time 



NS ES44DC 7501 leads a westbound manifest past the replacement signals at Capels, WV 


A pair of NS SD40E helpers drift downgrade as they pass the brickyard crossing in Altoona, PA at sunset 


NS Dash-9 9646 leads Jersey bound 290 past the former Southern depot in Danville, VA 


An ex Conrail Dash-8 leads 201 past one of the few remaining N&W signals at Radford, VA

Here's a little bit of red & green in the spirit of Christmas.  Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!!

E-UNIT-79 posted:

Cappilot. What is used for the grass in that first pic near the lake? Looks awesome.

I think I bought it from Scenic Express a long time ago.  The box has SILFLOR on it but no other manufacturer markings.   I like it for my module because I can push the deer into it and it will hold them.

Lionel NKP #779 makes a few laps on the club layout

          Merry Christmas!

Vision line Hudson on the Green Line at the NJ Highrailers

Steve,  Beautiful shots of the Budd Cars !  Merry Christmas

 Marty

Just a few shots around my layout before year end....and also a photo of the FRISCO footbridge here in Springfield.

Merry Christmas to you all.

PRRMiddleDivision posted:

Last week I posted a photo of an MTH building that I had reworked to make it look more realistic. This past week, I worked on a Lionel building to make it appear similar to the Hotel Royal in Port Royal PA. The real hotel was built in 1902 and operated as a hotel until sometime in the 1930's. Thereafter, it was used as an apartment and to house a business. 

The model started out as a Lionel "O'Grady's Tavern."  In order to upgrade it, I repainted the whole structure with an appropriate brick color, removed the toy like awnings with a porch like the prototype, and replaced that godawful cornice that comes with the building. I also added window sills and lintels. Finally, it was weathered with an wash of India ink diluted in alcohol. 

Below are photos of the original model, the reworked structure, and a photo of it taken in 2016. The real structure was torn down earlier this year. 

Nice job

Sam, gotta love that 779

Super pics as always guys.

Out and about the last couple of days.

Here’s a pic of a Class 66. Mason and I saw on our way into London.

Unusual as it was hauling a mixed freight and a new passenger train.

Nick

So here is a car I've been putting together for my 3 year old son. At this point he is still far more interested in his Thomas Wooden Railway, but he has recently started asking me more about my trains, and running my trains. We had already made some decisions on Christmas gifts but, I decided to go ahead and give him his first O Gauge car which would combine two of his favorite things - trains, and tractors. 

This is just a basic flat from Menard's, and Athern 1:50 John Deere tractors I picked up. I weathered the deck, added some chains and wheel chocks. 

As always really enjoy the images fellas!

AMCDave posted:

Alex M posted:

AMCDave posted:

ALEXM....some GREAT project there!!!!! 

Thank you Dave !

The Pam Am building will start taking shape this coming week, there's a lot more in store for it

Alex

Do you cut any parts on a laser?? That much cutting makes my hands hurt!!! 

Hi Dave 

As for the rip cuts I do those on a Micro Mark table saw with a carbide blade. All cross cuts are done by hand. It's a lot of work and my hands hurt too LOL 

Alex 

A few updates from my layout in progress:

Unboxed the Lionel Santa Fe F3s today - the Virginian train is in honor of my in-laws who are in town from Charlottesville

Temporary Display Setup in our hall closet. The ATSF 2-10-4 and BN SD45 are new to me

This time last year the wife and I were on the Amtrak Crescent on our way up to NYC, so I've got the Amtrak on the layout in honor of the experience. I need to find a Phase V Amtrak Genesis and some Amfleet cars! The Freight train on track 2 is the wife's train (led by the Virginian Rectifier) - she likes animal cars :-)

Passenger service parked on 3 tracks ready to roll.  (as soon as that caboose gets out of the way).

Bethlehem Steel Works as depicted on the Dundalk Historic Society train garden. 

New Lionel Legacy light Mikado arrived today, tomorrow I'll head over to my LHS to pick up my new Lionel Lines LionChief Plus Berkshire!