Weekend Photo Fun 3-12-21-??

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Making trees for Jack's Narrows...

I was down at the club this week and ran a brand new never been out of the box MTH SP AC-6 Cab Forward.  Nice runner but I don't care for the DCS controller in the least bit, nowhere's near a Legacy controller.  Anywho, here is a short video of it pulling a short train on the Lone Star High-Railers club layout in Grapevine, TX.

Have a great weekend.

A 2020 Christmas Layout memory

Staying with the back section for another week, this is the back right section.

- walt

Another week showing the temp 7'x8' Easter layout that I set up out of boredom being stuck inside.  A secondary reason is that I have so much nice layout stuff for Easter that I could never use it all on my 11'x14' Christmas layout and I dislike having to pick and choose which items to use for the years that I have an Easter section on it.  So I wanted a chance to see all of the items used.

Here's a reminder of what it looks like to give perspective to the closeups below:

These closeups are the upper left section shown above. I call it the 'food section' even tho' it's not obvious why in these pictures.

walt

@walt rapp posted:

Another week showing the temp 7'x8' Easter layout that I set up out of boredom being stuck inside.  A secondary reason is that I have so much nice layout stuff for Easter that I could never use it all on my 11'x14' Christmas layout and I dislike having to pick and choose which items to use for the years that I have an Easter section on it.  So I wanted a chance to see all of the items used.

Here's a reminder of what it looks like to give perspective to the closeups below:

These closeups are the upper left section shown above. I call it the 'food section' even tho' it's not obvious why in these pictures.

walt

I really love your Easter Layout.

Scott Smith

Great pics everyone!!  Today my photos of the fun kind are from the company photographer as she was out and about the Free State Junction Railway this week.  Have a wonderful weekend everyone! Be safe = Be well

Monday morning switch job.

B&O Big Blue.

The yard ... busy as usual.

Passengers enjoy the view through the large windows of Pennsy Business Car 120.

The engine terminal.

Open country road .... ahh the smell of the country side!

Early morning freight through Patsburg.

Edna and Herbert sitting on their bench in front of Dons Barber Shop as the sun comes up.

Keeping with my monthly theme of the New York Ontario & Western is my collection of O&W paper....

Isn't it amazing what was achieved without computer? It is humbling to think of all the precision work that was done with pen/paper and a simple typewriter before the computer age.....

Peter

More NYO&W from the layout.....

....and a short video......

Have a great and safe weekend, folks....

Peter

@Putnam Division posted:

More NYO&W from the layout.....

....and a short video......

Have a great and safe weekend, folks....

Peter

Peter, how come you are not running the 4-6-6T much?

Ron

One of the ways I enjoy the hobby is putting together sets, often one car at a time. My area of interest is Postwar with some MPC thrown in. Here's my latest, the MPC era Mid-Atlantic Set.

This is a very colorful six car set. I especially like the Sinclair tank car and the unusual 16-wheel generator deep well flat.

@PRRronbh posted:

Peter, how come you are not running the 4-6-6T much?

Ron

soon.....need to download them......

Peter

@SIRT posted:

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Nice work as usual, SIRT. Its not overweathered,  just well done.  Did you manufacture or purchase the end chains? If purchased, where did you get them? I've been looking for a source for my railking fleet.

Run this AM on the 12x15 modular layout.......

Enjoy.....it's a great little engine.....and a real head-turner....

Peter

@Putnam Division posted:

Run this AM on the 12x15 modular layout.......

Enjoy.....it's a great little engine.....and a real head-turner....

Peter

I am anxiously awaiting the call that mine is repaired and can go down to Concord a retrieve it!!!

Ron

Happy Weekend. Boston & Maine BL2 #1553 & mixed freight.

My weekend friends

BAR GP7 #63,

Really nice scene!

Dave

@BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Happy Weekend. Boston & Maine BL2 #1553 & mixed freight.

Beautiful photos!

@luvindemtrains posted:

BAR GP7 #63,

Really nice scene!

Dave

Dave. Thank you.

Johan

@PRRMiddleDivision posted:

Beautiful photos!

Neal. Thank you. These photos is taken from my new Somewhere in Maine layout.

Johan

It is late 1949 and my favorite photographer caught some one year old PRR F3s pulling a long freight.  These EF-15s, referred to as Phase 2 Late by railfans, were the first F3s with the low pan tops.  The Pennsy bought these in ABBA sets thinking 6,000hp was needed for most routes.  They soon realized that ABA consists, having 4,500hp, was adequate for most operations.

The above photos of 3rd Rail's F3s show them pushed close together.  Unfortunately the Lionel style couplers when couple correctly leave a very wide gap between the units.

These will probably be my first Kadee conversions.

Ron have Lionel F units which have shorter couplers then the ones in your picture. When they are coupled there is about 1/4" between the units. Probably not as close as a Kadee conversion. The part number for the Lionel coil coupler is 6208447550.

The new Lionel O scale Santa Fe Pullman-Standard 60' box cars arrived.

Andrew

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More NY Ontario & Western for Peter, this time a 44 Ton Center Cab Diesel:

Arnold

Ron these are a Lionel set from years back.  They are a little closer but not a much as I would like.

Following the subway theme started by @SIRT

Followed by a little storm in our otherwise sunny PA Saturday...

@falconservice posted:

The new Lionel O scale Santa Fe Pullman-Standard 60' box cars arrived.

Andrew

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Andrew,

How is the red? Lionel really goofed with an almost orange shade on the recent “beer” insulated box cars, so much so I’m thinking about repainting them myself. I have an older model of the 60’ auto parts car, which is appropriately dark red and wondered about the color of this latest release. Thanks.

RM

@Gweedo posted:

Ron have Lionel F units which have shorter couplers then the ones in your picture. When they are coupled there is about 1/4" between the units. Probably not as close as a Kadee conversion. The part number for the Lionel coil coupler is 6208447550.

What diameter track will these F-units operate on?

Just went down and checked. Found a Lionel 031 switch and the F-units went through OK.  These are Lionel Burlington F3 Or F7's ABBA's can't remember which from about 5 or so years ago.

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

More NY Ontario & Western for Peter, this time a 44 Ton Center Cab Diesel:

Arnold

I love that little 44 tonner....thank you!

Peter

Southeastern Michigan - ignore the highly detailed background - JK  - OR picture in your mind cornfields and cows grazing off in the distance or really gritty industry with a lot of decay, rust and pollution, your choice.

The shade of red on the LIONEL Santa Fe P=S single-door 60' box cars does match the Santa Fe P-S double-door 60' box car.

I can take a photo of it tomorrow.

The Santa Fe beer car looks like a car that was painted in the 1970's and the red faded for 25 years, making it more appropriate for 1995-2000 era freight trains.

Andrew

Watched the first Avengers movie over the weekend and look what appears in the very beginning of the movie

@falconservice posted:

The shade of red on the LIONEL Santa Fe P=S single-door 60' box cars does match the Santa Fe P-S double-door 60' box car.

I can take a photo of it tomorrow.

The Santa Fe beer car looks like a car that was painted in the 1970's and the red faded for 25 years, making it more appropriate for 1995-2000 era freight trains.

Andrew

Andrew,

Thanks. I'd overlooked that these are single-door unlike the double car Santa Fe car from about ten years ago.

Myself, I can't accept the "beer" cars' color as fading. The 70s era Santa Fe "Indian Red" always seemed to weather to a dark, almost brown, shade, rather than fade to a lighter color. Some of the mineral box car red repaints seemed to fade, but to something akin to a red primer color. The almost orange color on the beer cars just doesn't look to me like any aged paint I've ever seen on Santa Fe's box cars. Maybe Lionel will get it right next time.

RM

Here is a comparison of the Santa Fe Pullman-Standard 60' box cars.

In front is the double-door 60' box car.

In back are the two single-door 60' box cars.

Andrew

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Thanks for the comparison Andrew, that’s very helpful.

RM