Weekend Photo Fun 2-24-12-??

My latest addition to my Civil War stable of Iron Horses. An MTH Premier 4-4-0 in my beloved B&O.

Joe, that standard gauge Commodore Vanderbilt is sweet looking!

What?  A Hudson at the head of a Pennsy?  I just became the next custodian of this beautiful 773.  Thanks to its previous owner, Mr. Pierce, for taking such good care of it.  I will try to do the same!

Progress on the scrap yard.

Acela at South Station in Boston.

Alco FA passenger powers by Mikado freight...

-bruce

PTC Brian, Thank you for you comments. Alan Graziano has been busy working on the Coal Mine. He is close to finishing it.

I like your left side of the RH pictue with the Light house.

One slight correction:  There are no lodging accommodations on the Chateau Morrisette property.  I was a regular visitor there in the years I lived in Blacksburg.  A great assortment of excellent wines and a fine restaurant, but no hotel.

I highly recommend the Hotel Roanoke (originally built and owned by the N&W and now owned by Virginia Tech).  A grand hotel in the tradition of grand old hotels, and an excellent dining experience.  Walking distance from the O Winston Link Museum (a must see) and the Virginia Museum of Transportation.

MPC B&M double header.

Flying Yankee at the station.

New station progress.

UPW;

Just a little bit of trivia about the Panama Canal.  Those massive gate are perfectly balanced and powered by 7 hp motors.  When it was first constructed, it was considered the greatest feat of engineering in the modern world (1903).  And, those engines that help guide the ships through the locks of the canal are called mules.  When I was stationed there (a lifetime ago), those mules could go in either direction.

Sorry Allan,
my mistake but if your in the area it'll make an excellent day trip.
David

I wish Lionel would issue additional milkcars - these are great.... Of course, I still have the dreaded "reefer madness" as well....

Construction continues as a father and son admire the passing Aerotrain...

Marty:

Very nice picture of the Acela and your South Station complex. Love your control table.

I don't have any O gauge pics this weekend, but I did take a few on a friend's HO scale layout.

The first few are some German switching engines made by Rocco.  The way things are going at MTH, I wouldn't be surprised to see some of these appearing in O gauge someday (actually, the top one is already availalbe in O, but not in the US). 

The only US engine in the mix is this BNSF AC44.  It's truly amazing the variety and quality of motive power available in HO scale.  This Athern models look and runs very well, yet only costs about 80 dollars.  However, this is a basic model; an HO scale AC44 with working ditchlights, sound, DCC, etc, could easily cost over half of what the same engine would cost in O.

Love that Daylight GS4

My version of a N&W K2 4-8-2.

I received this new Weaver trailer on flatcar from Bob at AMHobbies this week.

Chris,

I love the guy carrying the headlight.

Joe

Thanks Joe. Here is one more with some more equipment added.

Pat, really like the night shots you have been posting. 

Here is overview of some of layout. One of my friends was right, I would never finish it.  Coming down for new venture.

looking in other direction

Yep----It's true, a picture is worth a thousand words.  Now, this is a great photo.

GTB

Seriously?  You're going to take down that masterpiece of modeling?  I can only hope that another equally stunning layout is planned to take its place.

A few shots of my layout and my latest purchase, RailKing 15 inch passenger cars in CP scheme. I am still waiting on the red CP E8 to come. They have been delayed since last summer, the schedule still says January, so who knows when they will come, for now I am pulling them with my older design F3s.

Today was a GG1 kind of day.  I took them out on this fine day for some air in preparation for an over due run this evening.

Gee Bill, looks like you're Marty's apprentice.

Took these this afternoon of work around the two foot gauge RR I work at. 

I don't have my layout up yet, but am staring with the benchwork here in a few days.  I think I have settled on a trackplan, but as we all know that could change as the layout is being built.

Here is a screenshot of my trackplan.  It will be built with Fastrack and be hi-rail.  I plan to do my layout in winter, have snow covered grounds and trees.   Let me know what you think of the plan.  

The whole left side of the layout is open to the basement and the top side and left side are against the wall.  The square near the top left corner is a access point.  The dark line along the back and down the left side represents a grade, as the track to the top and left of the line will go up about 3 inches.  I just was not sure how to do that with RR-Tracks.  

Great photo's everyone,and thanks to Scott Smith for doing

this every week

 HERE ARE SOME HARBOR PHOTO'S  THANKS,ALEX

we need some vitamim "c" today

Great weekend photos frome everybody.. Thanks for sharing!!