Weekend Photo Fun 2-5-2016-??

Here's a Ameri-Towne structure in progress. It will also have a full interior. 

SIRT posted:

How about some more photos for..... PHOTO FUN?

 

 YOU DON'T LIKE SEEING YOUR HANDIWORK IN ACTION?

Some random stuff this morning.

Lion Chief Plus NW-2 Switcher. These are the bomb and are great little runners. Just a grand slam for Lionel as Lion Chief Plus continues to impress and grow the line with every new catalog. 

Picked up my first Menards rolling stock. Wow, very nice and a great price!

Here are a C&O livery and a beautiful B&O Sentinel Service box car.

Lot of great photos.

Operations continue in Winterton even to the unhappiness of the CB&Q crews when the big man shows up for un expected training.

 You want me to train who?  You do know there is a reason why he is not allowed near 1225 right?

Here some video action

Menards Hoppers and a situation involving the new autos from LCCA

Hello Everyone. These photos wear taken  2-2-16.  Temp 38 degrees   

bluelinec4 posted:

Some of the layouts at the Big E

Hi Ben, The sign above the display says this is a "new limited run kit." Did you happen to take note of whether that meant that whole block is one kit ? Who is offering it for sale?

Thanks for posting all those photos, too.

FrankM. (Layout Refinements)

If that is all one kit, I want one! Anyone know anything about it?

Some Alaska Railroad items.

Little moments at some rural spots...

FrankM

...and my sincere Thanks  to these voices who sent me "Likes" for what I posted for Weekend Photo Fun of [1-29-16] about kids in scenes:

paul\matt; BobbyD; PRRronbh; Mike McCutcheon; BANDOB; Pat Kn; JoeB; Suzukovich; Serows1; paul2; Mark Boyce; Rex desilets; Dr. Jack; L.I.TRAIN; bigtruckpete; BAR GP7#63; Fridge56Vet; Number90; rail; CP BOB; walt rapp; Rustykamel; wmtrainnut09; Andy Hummell; N5C Jonny; trumptrain.

And Thank you, BOBBY D, for the comment.

Above are the decal sheets for the rolling stock I am painting for the VMT.

Yes, Olaf is on the layout;

Scott Smith

D500 posted:

Southern Railway Ls-1 Mallet (a bashing job from several years ago and my first custom-built pilot)

Nice work, love to see modified locomotives/people building models.

http://fosscalemodels.com/prod...ted-run-ho-scale-kit

Good news it is "only" $345

Bad news it's HO scale.

more photos

Fabulous, for somebody. Thanx for that additional info, TOTRAINYARD.

Moonson posted:

Fabulous, for somebody. Thanx for that additional info, TOTRAINYARD.

Frank 

This would work great for adding depth to a layout.  Layering N scale for far away, HO for near term, S scale, and then O scale buildings. 

Andy Hummell posted:

My big find at the show - a custom built 2-rail O scale caboose (my brother and I have a camp near Tionesta, PA):

Andy

Now that is a very interesting find! My family has property up near Tionesta as well, and I have slowly been acquiring pictures of the TVRR with the intent of making a caboose. The Connecticut Antique Machinery Association restored an old TVRR caboose they acquired and now has it on display with their collection.

The G&O serves the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area where the Super Bowl will be played in a few hours.   Here are a few photos of the many special trains that the G&O had to run to bring the Bronco and Panther fans to the game.

A G&O special headed by a borrowed N&W Class A crosses the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco. The G&O had to borrow the Class A because of power shortage.

Extra 706 rounds the famous Coupler Curve and heads for the Super Bowl.

The G&O was so short of equipment that we had to take the Polar Express out of storage to handle the crowds.

Amtrak California was standing room only as it uses G&O rails to bring people to the Super Bowl.

Here is a line up of some of the many trains that have arrived at the G&O's Depot Station.  Depot Station is just 20 miles and a 1/2 hour drive from San Francisco 49ers Levis Stadium in Santa Clara.  

The crowds are on their way to the game.  Kickoff is just 3 1/2 hours away.  The temperature is 70 degrees and there isn't a cloud in the sky.  Root for your favorite team.  I am heading for the party and big screen TV at G&O headquarters in San Leandro.  Happy Super Bowl to all.

I have had the opportunity to run one of LCCA's specialty cars on my layout this week. It's been lots of fun!

My big find at the show - a custom built 2-rail O scale caboose (my brother and I have a camp near Tionesta, PA):

Andy..my Grandfather had a cabin near Tionesta. used to go there every summer.

This big MTH Great Northern 4-8-4 was an impressive presence at the National Capital Trackers display, Great Scale Train Show, Timonium, MD. Feb. 7, 2016.

Great pics, everyone.

Peter

always late to the party.

WestinghouseEMDdemoguy posted:

always late to the party.

 

Never to late. Glad you could make it.

The weekend may be over, but I have a few pictures from my most recent run at AGHR.

-Dustin

Really nice pictures this week all. 

Moonson posted:

...and my sincere Thanks  to these voices who sent me "Likes" for what I posted for Weekend Photo Fun of [1-29-16] about kids in scenes:

paul\matt; BobbyD; PRRronbh; Mike McCutcheon; BANDOB; Pat Kn; JoeB; Suzukovich; Serows1; paul2; Mark Boyce; Rex desilets; Dr. Jack; L.I.TRAIN; bigtruckpete; BAR GP7#63; Fridge56Vet; Number90; rail; CP BOB; walt rapp; Rustykamel; wmtrainnut09; Andy Hummell; N5C Jonny; trumptrain.

And Thank you, BOBBY D, for the comment.

 

Frank,

This is one of the best threads on the forum. It is our chance to view the fantastic work you and everyone else here can do. I'm sure many look forward to it each week as I do.

BobbyD posted:

Moonson posted:

...and my sincere Thanks  to these voices who sent me "Likes" for what I posted for Weekend Photo Fun of [1-29-16] about kids in scenes:

paul\matt; BobbyD; PRRronbh; Mike McCutcheon; BANDOB; Pat Kn; JoeB; Suzukovich; Serows1; paul2; Mark Boyce; Rex desilets; Dr. Jack; L.I.TRAIN; bigtruckpete; BAR GP7#63; Fridge56Vet; Number90; rail; CP BOB; walt rapp; Rustykamel; wmtrainnut09; Andy Hummell; N5C Jonny; trumptrain.

And Thank you, BOBBY D, for the comment.

Frank,

This is one of the best threads on the forum. It is our chance to view the fantastic work you and everyone else here can do. I'm sure many look forward to it each week as I do.

Well, BobbyD, I much appreciate your saying so and enjoy the positive feed-back. Thank you.

However, when I read, for the first time, last night, a thread started by Marty Fitzhenry on the "Forum Suggestion Box" in which he stated his opinion that there were posters "obsessed with liking everyone to get their community numbers down," and that some "like every post they can find," I got a bit bummed-out by the news (new to me) and the subsequent conversation (now closed) regarding such a practice.

You see, I've been enjoying every "Like" as sincere and had no idea whatsoever of "Likes" being posted, by some, for any self-serving reasons.

However, I will likely continue to post further photos of modeling that has given me joy to create as well as to share on OGR and will take folks at their word when they send me a "Like.". What's the point of getting turned-off by such a negative factor (not Marty's "whistle-blowing," but the phony Likes, yes.) ?

FrankM.

I'm in your camp FrankM: I only LIKE the ones that I actually LIKE, numbers be &&&&ed.  Like you, I never even thought of it that way.

One way that I use LIKE that might be unusual, but I hope the recipient gets my drift.  If someone offers a complimentary reply to something I posted, rather than post a "Thank You", which is OK, I just hit the LIKE option on the commenting reply.

- walt

Just so you know, though I never thought to put a"like", I love this thread every week and look forward to it, and I'm never disappointed! People do what people do for whatever reason but please don't let it discourage you from the weekly post! It would truly be a loss for the rest of us!!

Frank,

I think you have the right approach to likes. You can't let yourself get caught up in petty matters. Take the likes as genuine. You have a big following and that comes from people genuinely liking your posts. Sometimes people like a lot of posts to encourage the poster or to be friendly. Some may be doing it for themselves but it doesn't pay to dwell on the negative. Life is too short.

walt rapp posted:

I'm in your camp FrankM: I only LIKE the ones that I actually LIKE, numbers be &&&&ed.  Like you, I never even thought of it that way.

One way that I use LIKE that might be unusual, but I hope the recipient gets my drift.  If someone offers a complimentary reply to something I posted, rather than post a "Thank You", which is OK, I just hit the LIKE option on the commenting reply.

- walt

I "LIKE" it Walt! Now if only I had some idea of what is this numbers thing of which you all speak.

before the forum upgrade, there was a ranking system in place, the more posts and likes you made, the higher up you were. some were reported to do multiple likes to up their ranking, but that's all gone now.

CNJ 3676 posted:

At least weekend's Big Railroad Hobby Show sponsored by the Amherst Railway Society at West Springfield, MA, the Seashore Trolley Museum located in Kennebunkport, ME displayed an operating O scale traction layout.

Bob

While the Seashore museum was in attendance at Big 'E', the above layout was part of the Shore Line Trolley Museum's exhibit.

---PCJ

Steamer posted:

before the forum upgrade, there was a ranking system in place, the more posts and likes you made, the higher up you were. some were reported to do multiple likes to up their ranking, but that's all gone now.

Hi Steamer, The last entry on the Forum Suggestion Box, in response to Marty's initial posting, "Likes", was by PINGMAN, on [8/31/15] and two particularly pertinent replies to the topic were just above there , by ADRIATIC (on 9/4/15) and Jim Pastorius (on 8/31/15), before the topic was closed.

Are you saying, then, that my concerns are passe' ?

FrankM.

if those were the numbers that were referred to