Weekend Photo Fun 2/12/21-??

A few shots of PWC Southern 2356...

                                                       Another delivery...

Gettin' ready for a run along The Put:

Arnold

The joy of letting them run!

Have a great and safe weekend folks.....from all reports on the Weather Channel, it seems like this is a great weekend for staying home and running trains throughout much of the US! I was scheduled to volunteer at a Vaccination Clinic today, but locally, all are cancelled. Let's run some trains! Let's see your pictures and videos!

Peter

My project for the past few months: The West Platform at Princeton Junction, ca 1955:

I tried to capture the look of the station area, including the four track signal bridge, the station with its stucco wall but exposed brick framing around the windows:

High Speed action along the four track main while The "Dinky"  goes on the branch line to Princeton:

(Note the joint PRR/Princeton University Herald on the MP 54)

The Typical PRR Station Lamp Posts and fencing:

And issues of the New York Times and Daily Princetonian showing the date is April 19, 1955:

My granddaughter’s first birthday party. She is holding a Thomas The Train Cellphone and running the Lionel Trains with her two brothers. 🚂

My train crew Adam, Abigail & Noah. On the Detroit & Mackinac Railway.

Have a great weekend: Gary from Michigan 😎

Photos and video show Conrail MP-15DC #9624, a smooth-running model by Atlas O, on my 10’-by-5’ layout. Nothing on the layout is intended to look more recent than the 1950s. I included multiple types of structures and scenic elements to make the layout interesting despite its small size and single oval of track. I prefer to watch and hear an engine pulling a few cars and a caboose past realistic scenery – same as what I used to see from trackside. Three-mph switching operations aren’t as interesting to me.

MELGAR

Here's a few "grab shots" from my cell phone...

First, here's the view from the bridge over Tuscarora Creek just east of Port Royal. This is what the passengers on a PRR train would have seen as they rolled east from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg. This scene exemplifies everything about the beauty of central Pennsylvania that I've tried to capture on the layout. Since there is no sign of the railroad in the photo, I took a second shot from a bit further back where you can see the bridge and tracks:

And here's a scene a few miles to the west in Mifflin showing the LCL loading ramp. A very easy structure to make using some strip wood and wooden coffee stirrers. The box car is an Atlas Trainman car, weathered with chalks. It's a tiny scene, but one of the most popular on the layout:

I am trying to chug through a few projects that have been laying around in the shop. Here’s a couple Lionel ‘3RSable’ cars I just finished, an N5b caboose and a GLa hopper:

@Norm Charbonneau posted:

I am trying to chug through a few projects that have been laying around in the shop. Here’s a couple Lionel ‘3RSable’ cars I just finished, an N5b caboose and a GLa hopper:

Nice cabin car.

Ron

Thanks Ron - I need to fix that sagging platform though! Looks like it has seen a hard coupling or two.

@PRRMiddleDivision posted:

Marvelous job making the transition from 3D to 2D scenery!  Would you be kind enough to provide some details about the technique and perhaps another shot or two from other angles?

@Norm Charbonneau posted:

Thanks Ron - I need to fix that sagging platform though! Looks like it has seen a hard coupling or two.

Now I thought that was just part of the look you wanted.

Ron

A 2020 Christmas Layout memory

Continuing with the back middle:

OVERVIEW AGAIN:

2 closeups.  This camp scene is an embarrassment!!!!!!!!!!!

I have swans for the lake but forgot to use them.  Dummy!

Walt

@palallin posted:

Marvelous job making the transition from 3D to 2D scenery!  Would you be kind enough to provide some details about the technique and perhaps another shot or two from other angles?

Thank you! I will take some more and post them when I get a chance.

@Norm Charbonneau posted:

I am trying to chug through a few projects that have been laying around in the shop. Here’s a couple Lionel ‘3RSable’ cars I just finished, an N5b caboose and a GLa hopper:

Beautiful work Norm! What's the issue with the caboose...I must be missing something.  It looks great to me. Like your concrete as well.  I love those Lionel N5's. Have a bunch of them.

Thanks Neal! The rear platform had a bit of a sag. Here’s the car shop crew figuring out how they are going to fix it after getting the gantry crane set up:

Norm. Nice shot!

Wow some really impressive modeling, weathering, scenes this week - great work everyone.

Just finished another scratch built scale caboose built from original scale drawings for the local railway. Here are some pics with the spring flowers now out and models with the real caboose.

And running a long 30 car train on the ceiling loop around the back room. Outside loop is 2 rail Atlas track on the roadbed can run a long train with little noise with this set up. A couple of Weaver SD-40-2 powered engines pulling a custom painted Atlas dummy in local CP paint scheme and 30 freight cars 1/4 of them are my custom paints.

Great photos and videos everyone!!   My fun photos for this weekend were taken by the company photographer.  Have a fine weekend everyone!  Be safe = Be well!

Siblings Mertle and Alice wait for the train to take them to visit their cousin Ida.  

The gang of retireess sit on crates as they watch Western Maryland Railway action.

B&O switch crew at work.

Commuters wait on the platform as a set of Pennsy MU cars whiz by on the EL.

N&W Y6b mallet smokes it up as it heads toward Butler Junction.

The yard yesterday early afternoon.

B&O RDC having discharged passengers departs  the commuter platform.

Nothing like a good hot dog!  My 4 legged friend Barney, lying on the ground, eyes a hot dog that dangles before him on a stick.

A few quick videos of the Niagara......

Enjoy and be careful out there in the snow/freezing rain/ice.

Peter

Great pics. I went down toy local train store to pick up my Santa Fe Northern and finally put in my preorder for the 2021 Lionel catalog. Order wasn't much, but that's okay. Getting a few Mohawks including the New Haven Mountain. I told Tony that there was no New Haven Cabooses in the catalog which surprised me. I told him I'd have to pick one up from him at some point in time.

While I was on my way there I noticed that the main rail line that runs through the area had been holding. One thing I haven't seen(not pictured though) was an engine near the end of the train, about 10 cars or so from the end. I snapped a few while in the parking lot, the cars sitting on the bridge.

I really need to get back into the swing of things as well. I had started cleaning out the back bedroom to finalize things, double check measurements and such so what I have planned will actually be accurate. I'll have to pop my proposed design here after a bit. Working on some other stuff as of right now.

Here is the space, which is very tiny. About 10 feet 7 or 8 inches by 8 feet 7 or 8 inches. Not completely sure as this is an old house. It has been quite a bit of a storeroom and still needs big time cleaning. I have cleared quite some of the stuff as the second picture used to be blocked up a bit more with boxes.

Here is the design I had worked on in Anyrail, this is approximately 126" x 98" I believe. I do have to figure out exactly how far the back wall(bottom of the screen) is as I believe there was a few inches of play or so. It would be a duck under around the walls layout, and made up of several small tables ranging in size(you can see the outlines of each table). I intend to use all Ross track and switches. The structures and trees I just threw in to give some sort of perspective. I do have some buildings, not sure how much room they would take up as some aren't built yet, and since I'm still in the design phase, best to not get too crazy on buildings that won't fit.

On February 6th, 2021 a CN intermodal container in well car train passed through Vicksburg, Michigan on the Grand Trunk Western  railroad. At the end of the Westbound train was CNIS 412040, a CN SAFETY INSPECTION box car.

Andrew

Falcon Service

Melgar, love that Conrail. Beautiful engine.

Not sure if I ever posted these photos of the Red Lion Model Railroaders layout in Red Lion, PA.  I took them while attending the April 2018 York.  Really nice layout with an attached museum.

Ron that's quite a layout.

             Got Milk?  #1950...

After a few weekends of modern trains, here's a Postwar video for today. Lionel General up top and Erie AA Alco Set on the lower level.

Going through my files, I found this video.......I wonder what I was thinking!

I guess the Pennsy Decapod could be making a delivery of new units to the Red Caboose Motel in Strasburg....

Enjoy and stay safe and well in the snow/sleet/rain this weekend, folks.....

Peter

@John Sethian posted:

My project for the past few months: The West Platform at Princeton Junction, ca 1955:

I tried to capture the look of the station area, including the four track signal bridge, the station with its stucco wall but exposed brick framing around the windows:

High Speed action along the four track main while The "Dinky"  goes on the branch line to Princeton:

(Note the joint PRR/Princeton University Herald on the MP 54)

The Typical PRR Station Lamp Posts and fencing:

And issues of the New York Times and Daily Princetonian showing the date is April 19, 1955:

Outstanding!

Hi Guys & Gals

Thanks to those that posted photos this week .  Lots of great Shots !  & Videos ! 

I just bought this Mth Railking set .   Nice set !  It ran good ! 

@John Sethian posted:

My project for the past few months: The West Platform at Princeton Junction, ca 1955:

I tried to capture the look of the station area, including the four track signal bridge, the station with its stucco wall but exposed brick framing around the windows:

High Speed action along the four track main while The "Dinky"  goes on the branch line to Princeton:

(Note the joint PRR/Princeton University Herald on the MP 54)

The Typical PRR Station Lamp Posts and fencing:

And issues of the New York Times and Daily Princetonian showing the date is April 19, 1955:

John,

That is truly spectacular modeling! I'd love to come down and see your layout again. And I always think about your work when I use my motorized hatch that you inspired!

@frizzinbee posted:

HA!

I caught that double entendre!

'Ya gotta' like a guy that can poke fun at his own hobby!

That was excellent. Thanks for the chuckle!

Andre

One of the Rock Island's SD40-2's pulls a short grain train through Winear Junction.

Lionel traditional O gauge FRISCO St. Louis-San Francisco two-tier auto carrier on a TRAILER TRAIN flat car loaded with Mattel HOT WHEELS Ford and Mercury automobile models.

Andrew

Falcon Service

Winchester and Western switching the local industries in the town of Sleepy Hollow.