It's time for WEEKEND PHOTO FUN!!
Open House this Weekend at the Roanoke Valley Model Railroad Club. We will be there this Saturday 10-4 and Sunday 12-4 and have 8 layouts on display including mine in the video below. We are located in the basement of the Virginia Museum of Transportation (entrance is in the back). There is no charge for visiting the club.
Earlier this week I set up the Christmas layout at the Virginia Museum of Transportation.
Let's see your pictures.
Scott Smith
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From the steam era section of my layout...
A PRR Class J Texas races an M1a across the bridge carrying the Middle Division over Tuscarora Creek:
While seemingly unaware of what is going on high above them, canoeists paddle their way down the creek towards the Juniata River:
The Tri-Polar ( Polar Express Bi-Polar) makes an advanced appearance at Kodiak Junction to ready the way for the Polar Express Berkshire Christmas Eve run. The Bi-Polar is hauling coal, reindeer food, presents and Hot Chocolate and Cookies!
@MartyE posted:The Tri-Polar ( Polar Express Bi-Polar) makes an advanced appearance at Kodiak Junction to ready the way for the Polar Express Berkshire Christmas Eve run. The Bi-Polar is hauling coal, reindeer food, presents and Hot Chocolate and Cookies!
Really nice!
Peter
@scott.smith posted:It's time for WEEKEND PHOTO FUN!!
Open House this Weekend at the Roanoke Valley Model Railroad Club. We will be there this Saturday 10-4 and Sunday 12-4 and have 8 layouts on display including mine in the video below. We are located in the basement of the Virginia Museum of Transportation (entrance is in the back). There is no charge for visiting the club.
Earlier this week I set up the Christmas layout at the Virginia Museum of Transportation.
Let's see your pictures.
Scott Smith
Great job, Scott!
Peter
@PRRMiddleDivision posted:From the steam era section of my layout...
A PRR Class J Texas races an M1a across the bridge carrying the Middle Division over Tuscarora Creek:
While seemingly unaware of what is going on high above them, canoeists paddle their way down the creek towards the Juniata River:
Gorgeous scene, Neal....congrats on your article in Great Model Railroads 2022.....
Peter
Nighttime arrival in Richmond of Train 195, the Northeast Regional.....
Have a great and safe weekend, folks!
Peter
A short (25sec) Christmas train video......the Reindeer Train is mine and the sleek Christmas Passenger belongs to my modular colleague PeterM. This is on our 12x15 layout which features "Menardsville" at last weekend's annual Science Museum of Virginia show......
Peter
Lionel Legacy Long Island Rail Road G-54sa Camelback 4-6-0 #18 on my 12’-by-8’ model railroad - pulling two LIRR wood-sided passenger cars as it might have done during the early years of the twentieth century.
MELGAR
Have a great weekend y’all
@Putnam Division posted:Gorgeous scene, Neal....congrats on your article in Great Model Railroads 2022.....
Peter
Peter,
Thank you for your comments. I am enjoying your posts as well!
Great photos and videos everyone!!
Scott - thanks for getting us started today!! Here are my photos of the fun kind for this fine weekend! I'll title this string of six photos " Town and Country and a smattering of holiday cheer!" Have a terrific weekend everyone!!
Lower Patsburg is a busy place.
Three levels of three rails with three trains. ( well I guess we can count a trolly as a train. :-) 
A hikers view thru the brush. 
Hiking up the steep hill I discovered this old junk car and more importantly a WM Consolidation taking on water at the tank. 
Circa 1950. 
Spotted in the yard this morning ... the Candy Cane Express ... is ready for its' Saturday run delivering toys and goodies to the children of Patsburg and surrounding area. 
Shameless self-promotion, but graphics I prepared for marketing of Sunset P42s. The line drawings were prepared in AutoCAD while I used Photoshop for the graphics work. I have three more to wrap up before I move onto researching ALCo FAs. This is more or less how I am enjoying my hobby these days as my personal trains have taken a bit of a backseat. Great photos everyone!
A Lionel 2034 recently purchased at the local antique mall for five bucks and refurbished:
It killed me paying $13.50 for the tender, lol.
PD
Ran a lot of my steam locomotives this week and put them together in a video for YouTube. Go check it out:
Here's two more images from the area of my layout that portrays Conrail in the mid 1980's. Here a Atlas MP15 switches a string of two bay covered hoppers in and out of the siding serving Pennsylvania Glass Sand (US Silica today):
Scott,
I am glad that you are okay. A couple of weeks ago, I saw a photograph on this forum of you carrying a box of trains into a run down looking house, with a woman sitting on the stairs pointing a gun at you. That woman should be locked up. Please avoid that woman and stay safe!!
Erol
Added a missing part of two rail collection courtesy of forum member Taycotrains this week. This is a Samhongsa produced Sunset model. Thanks Bob!!!
At 3PM, our signature event, our 7 week run at the Great Big Green House opens.....here are set up pictures....
Let the trains begin!
Peter
A fellow traveler is heading down the tracks for a Friday night cookout, some tune playing, and tall tales at the track-side hobo camp.
Another graphic completed. Bonus points for knowing which locomotive this is. Hint - the image title lies! 
And now for something completely different, my newest acquisition for my Christmas Tree layout. I set the train up tomorrow! It is an original #8 but has replacement wheels which is perfect for me. I want a runner, not a shelf queen.
Another picture from 1955 showing my layout with my three trains. My first train a #312 Penna steamer from 1948. My second train from 1954 a #374-375 Texas and Pacific diesel. Last but not least from 1955 my #474-475 Rocket passenger set. Thanks Mom and Dad.
Running light.
Ken
The Maine 3 Railers setting up today, for a weekend run at a hobby shop just north of Portland, Maine.
Great pics and video, everyone!
Peter
@PRRMiddleDivision posted:From the steam era section of my layout...
A PRR Class J Texas races an M1a across the bridge carrying the Middle Division over Tuscarora Creek:
While seemingly unaware of what is going on high above them, canoeists paddle their way down the creek towards the Juniata River:
Fabulous
Three Chessie System SAFETY cabooses from Atlas O.
Andrew
Falcon Service
@Putnam Division posted:At 3PM, our signature event, our 7 week run at the Great Big Green House opens.....here are set up pictures....
Let the trains begin!
Peter
Peter, it looks great! Who did the module with the Davenhar building? I believe that's an old Harry Hieke kit. Hoping to see you soon.
Greg
@SIRT posted:
MTH Trolley for my Grandson.
Test run photos. Signs from the internet were made on the PC and printed out.
SIRT,
Excellent work...very eye catching!
Still working this weekend, but enjoying the work.
The Tri-Polar has a caboose!
@PRRMiddleDivision posted:SIRT,
Excellent work...very eye catching!
Thanks Neal. When my grand kids were here at T.G. we we visited a large layout and they were excited watching an MTH trolley. I just had to buy one and see. Think I might get a few more next year just to have? I'm bringing this one to one of them as a birthday gift soon.
This was my fathers first train and my first train and reminds me of my father every time I look at it. 
What a difference a week makes. Last week-end our club layout was set-up at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach (Pungo) VA beneath the wing of a WWII USN PBY in its usual configuration: 43' X 16'.
This Saturday (and the next two Saturdays), we are running at Lee Hall Depot, a handsomely restored 1881 C&O station in north Newport News VA in a drastically reduced configuration of 33' X 14' in the depot's freight room. While the layout's modular construction anticipated such modifications, this was a first, so to make it work required the cutting of many pieces of GarGraves phantom tinplate track for bridge pieces to connect the modules' three mainlines.
In an homage to the C&O depot's heritage, members brought plenty of C&O/CSX power and rolling stock.
And a 4 engined CSX train of empties was spotted outside the back door early in the day.
Be safe.
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