Weekend Photo Fun 3-11-22-??

We had an Open House at the Modular Group last week......it was a huge success....about a 100 guests over 4 hrs.....

Have a great and safe weekend, folks!

Peter

Next, more progress on my building project.............TW TrainWorx's Rock Island Freight House kit.....

Peter

Lastly, a modeling puzzle......I spied something on the side of my factory building (on the modular layout).....

Are those bird droppings on the window? If they are, they are from someone else's module......because my birds are still in their packaging!

Peter

My new 3Rd Rail C&O Hudson with its custom built passenger train.

Ken

                                                           Tanks a lot...

@Putnam Division posted:

Are those bird droppings on the window? If they are, they are from someone else's module......because my birds are still in their packaging!

Peter,

They might be actual bird droppings. When we took down our display at the Great Big Greenhouse, I found one of my buildings had been bombed by a bird!

Ken

@kanawha posted:

My new 3Rd Rail C&O Hudson with its custom built passenger train.

Ken

Magnificent, Ken.......looking forward to seeing it in person!

Peter

Ken;

"My new 3Rd Rail C&O Hudson with its custom built passenger train."

Streamline and Heavyweight cars, really nice mix on the passenger cars.  Did you do the custom painting?

FrankRazz

Back home for a few days is giving me an opportunity to run my new (to me) Lionel Southern SD40.

A pair of Chessie U23b's handle a TOFC train.

@FrankRazz posted:

Ken;

"My new 3Rd Rail C&O Hudson with its custom built passenger train."

Streamline and Heavyweight cars, really nice mix on the passenger cars.  Did you do the custom painting?

FrankRazz

I've always wanted a prototypical, scale C&O passenger train. Since no manufacturer has ever produced these cars I've spent many years building the train.

RPO- stock Atlas

Express cars- modified Lionel baggage cars

Diner - repainted and detailed GGD

Lightweight cars - Old American Lightweight Car Company kits with scratch built interiors. The two cars with skirts have Union Station Products car sides.

I did the painting.

Ken

First run on the newly expanded club garden railway. Had just finished laying a loop of G scale narrow gauge track which is O scale width so as the sun was setting got a Weaver scale Hudson Empress Canadian Pacific engine and some CP Golden Gate passenger cars out for a test lap.

Fine details on the project and club and bridge here;

https://ogrforum.com/...vated-garden-railway

A 2021 Christmas Layout memory

Staying again this week with one of the 9 mini-scenes on the plateau.

For perspective:

@scott.smith posted:

I set-up the Easter train this week at the museum.

Scott Smith

Scott,  You do a great job at the museum!  

I visited it many years ago and I recall seeing your displays.  Thank you for all that you do.   NH Joe

@kanawha posted:

My new 3Rd Rail C&O Hudson with its custom built passenger train.

Ken

Nice Ken. Is that the Orange striped one?

Thanks Scott for starting us off!  Photos of the fun kind for this fine weekend!  Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!

Action down near the tower.

@BobbyD posted:

Nice Ken. Is that the Orange striped one?

Yes. 3rd Rail did a great job getting the shade of orange right.

Ken

The Menards Metropolis Theater.  More photos in the original Menards thread.

While the PRR's Torpedo was their most famous streamlined engine, the Pennsy did have four other K4s streamlined (well, actually five but that is another story).  The streamlining on these four engines, added in 1940 and 1941, was simpler then that of the Torpedo and left areas that needed high maintenance accessible. These engines pulled The South Wind and The Jeffersonian.  They were also seen on The Broadway Limited, Liberty Limited, and The Trail Blazer.  The streamline shrouding was removed sometime after 1950. Here is an older video of my Williams streamlined K4.

@Putnam Division posted:

We had an Open House at the Modular Group last week......it was a huge success....about a 100 guests over 4 hrs.....

Have a great and safe weekend, folks!

Peter

trains and a keurig ,whom could ask for anything more !

@CAPPilot posted:

While the PRR's Torpedo was their most famous streamlined engine, the Pennsy did have four other K4s streamlined (well, actually five but that is another story).  The streamlining on these four engines, added in 1940 and 1941, was simpler then that of the Torpedo and left areas that needed high maintenance accessible. These engines pulled The South Wind and The Jeffersonian.  They were also seen on The Broadway Limited, Liberty Limited, and The Trail Blazer.  The streamline shrouding was removed sometime after 1950. Here is an older video of my Williams streamlined K4.

best looking k4 ever,i would believe thats a williams,which i have and love it,thanks

@terry hudon posted:

best looking k4 ever,...

Reading many articles and different forum posts over the years, most folks agree with you.  Including me.

Happy Weekend. Trains somewhere in Maine.

Atlas Trainman O scale ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF  Pullman-Standard PS-2-CD 4750  3-bay covered hopper.

Andrew

Atlas Master Series O Scale  Chessie System C&O   ACF 6-bay cylindrical hopper in front of the grain terminal silos.

Andrew

Atlas Master Series O scale Burlington Northern bulkhead flat car with pipe load.

Andrew

                                              Someone got some new rides!

       New MTH EL Flat with GOOD YEAR TIRES  PUP VANS & BATTERY BOX LOADS!

                                             Weathered items #2169 & 2170

Great job guys, Peter, your open house looks like it would have been a lot of fun.  Excellent photos and videos, this was a great start to my morning.  Have a great weekend everyone.

@kanawha posted:

I've always wanted a prototypical, scale C&O passenger train. Since no manufacturer has ever produced these cars I've spent many years building the train.

RPO- stock Atlas

Express cars- modified Lionel baggage cars

Diner - repainted and detailed GGD

Lightweight cars - Old American Lightweight Car Company kits with scratch built interiors. The two cars with skirts have Union Station Products car sides.

I did the painting.

Ken

Ken, is there a thread on this wonderful project?  If so, please provide a link.  If not, it'd be a terrific one.

In any case, please post some still photos.

Congratulations on achieving your goal. 

Last week had a run session with a fellow forum member.

Hi Everyone,

I haven't contributed in several weeks but here's my entry. This is an area I have recently worked on and this particular view has quickly become one of my favorite.

Dave

@luvindemtrains posted:

Hi Everyone,

I haven't contributed in several weeks but here's my entry. This is an area I have recently worked on and this particular view has quickly become one of my favorite.

Dave

Dave,

Looks awesome.

Johan

Thanks Johan!