WEEKEND PHOTO FUN 3-18-16-??

Modified Lionel Cabin car.  See my post on the 2 rail forum for more details:

https://ogrforum.com/t...5b-cabin-car-caboose

Over the past few weeks, I've been posting all kinds of photos of rural modeling, and mostly of the farm scene I was building just east of Port Royal  Well, here is something different...Duncannon in the 1940's...

And I THINK the lower photo was set up and taken by my son Steven who by now, most of you know.

And  by the way, great caboose photo John! I like the cinder shoulder along the right of way.  As we like to say around here, often seen, seldom modeled!

A pair of 10 Wheelers at the station and a little discussion out in front of the no-tell hotel

Wow.....it's early for this......oh no, I'm in Arizona at a meeting .  

Great pics......Scott, fantastic work.

John, Neal.....I am a big fan of your Pennsy work.

Last week, I came across some early shots from my old attic layout:

The scans aren't that great. But you can see the old 2 story K-Line buildings and my feeble attempt using to Kenner Girder & Panel sets to show a high rise being constructed. I would say this is about 1993-94.

Then, Myron came out with the Buildings Unlimited line, Walthers started making to O scale kits and the Downtown went through urban renewal:

This is September 2002. The sign on the dinner went up after Lionel announced their plans to move production to China....

Peter

I've been lazy on the building the layout. So just a few intermodal shots.  The empty center beams are travelling north, back to New Brunswick Canada. The train has just left Pam Am Railways Rigby Yard in South Portland, Maine.

Two weeks ago, I posted the following photo on Weekend Photo Fun.  I got a bunch of nice comments on it, most of which I did not see until the following week.  Posters included SIRT, Number 90, and a few others.  Just wanted to say thank you!

PRRMiddleDivision posted:

Over the past few weeks, I've been posting all kinds of photos of rural modeling, and mostly of the farm scene I was building just east of Port Royal  Well, here is something different...Duncannon in the 1940's...

And I THINK the lower photo was set up and taken by my son Steven who by now, most of you know.

From a place I have been to countless times, both photos really do it justice! 

Looks like this wedding is off to a good start  

Joe 

PRRMiddleDivision posted:

Two weeks ago, I posted the following photo on Weekend Photo Fun.  I got a bunch of nice comments on it, most of which I did not see until the following week.  Posters included SIRT, Number 90, and a few others.  Just wanted to say thank you!

Add me to the list of admirers.  You did a very nice job of maintaining the perspective:  The tracks, road, fence, and even utility wires harmoniously guide the eye around the curve

Started working on the mountain/tunnel for the lower level

Was able to get the plaster done & painted

Also went to a train show on Saturday & picked up a few goodies
Got a few more construction equipment flatcars for Lorenzo, so we now have enough for a whole train. He loves them - his 2 favorite things - trains & construction trucks!

Another show find was this 2028 (I added the fuel tank) & a few cars to make set 1529 from 55 -

Running the Skylark from 54 -

The kids enjoying the trains -

On the way back from the show, I got lucky & caught A trio of NS widecab GEs leading 76M through Blythewood, SC on the R Line

With NS sending their B32-8s into storage & scrap, thought I would dig through the old photo archives & find a pic to post. When I lived in Chicago, they were pretty common on a few trains out there. Here's NS B32-8 3561 leading eastbound 34J through Otis on 10/25/08

NS Dash-9 9369 leads 21J out of Altoona w/ a bit of Fall color still hanging on the trees - 11/7/15

NS Dash-9 9456 leads 21M past Altoona Pipe & Steel in downtown Altoona - 11/8/15

My railroad friends were passing this photo around on FB recently.  After searching the forum, I can't find where this has been posted previously.

It is a 1962 GMC railroad hauler.  Only 6 were made. 

Seeing this reminds me of the time the Frisco OKC yard got a new station wagon for hauling crews around.  It was painted white and had a beige interior.  When the car arrived from the dealership the yardmaster enforced a new rule on us stating, "take your filthy gloves out of your back pocket before you sit down in our new car!! " 

I don't know whom to credit for this photo.

Wow those are great pics the old and new standing next to eachother look beautiful

Have a great weekend everyone!  Here's a Weaver B&O "Sentinel Fast Freight Service" 40' Boxcar that I weathered last week...

Nice Pictures so far. Here are my P5a Boxcab and P5a Modified pulling a string of Pennsy Fleet of Modernism cars.

Here's the last batch of pix from the February Monroeville, PA Greenberg show:

Andy

Train we took to and from Sydney, Australia to Dave Allen's "Bush," aka country, home.

This "road train" is 53 meters long (180ft)

..................................................Time to run the coal train again...............................

#1120, moving out soon!

Rob Leese posted:

My railroad friends were passing this photo around on FB recently.  After searching the forum, I can't find where this has been posted previously.

It is a 1962 GMC railroad hauler.  Only 6 were made. 

Seeing this reminds me of the time the Frisco OKC yard got a new station wagon for hauling crews around.  It was painted white and had a beige interior.  When the car arrived from the dealership the yardmaster enforced a new rule on us stating, "take your filthy gloves out of your back pocket before you sit down in our new car!! " 

I don't know whom to credit for this photo.

Lots of links on Google

Can't tell you that the bank and the turreted buildings are exact matches for the prototype, but here you can see the two structures that were the inspiration for the buildings on the layout.  Couldn't find them earlier when I first posted the picture.

A 2015 Christmas layout memory

For the last 3 or 4 weeks in photo fun I've been posting pictures of things that I've included on my 2015 layout as a kind of tribute to my recently passed sister.  This is another, and last one, that I have.

I originally had no intentions of including a Halloween scene in 2015 but like the rest of the layout, I changed just about everything after she passed away.  I wanted to include the Halloween scene because the Halloween tree shown here was a gift from her.

Miss you Sis

- walt

....stay off the tracks when the train is rolling through....

Happy Weekend folks! 

Alex M posted:

Alex,

Great photos bud....that grey articulated steamer in the back-ground looks awfully familiar!!!  

Best,

Michael

From a garage....somewhere near the swamps of Jersey.

At Foley, Alabama (near Gulf Shores/Orange Beach) train show March 12 - 13:

A friend's On30 modular; that's a little bashed diesel, I believe:

N-scale modular; nice modeling:

N-scalers - those crazy kids and their strange decals:

Here's a little different flavor for Weekend Photo Fun:

This a Faller e-train...imported by Model Power in the 1980's. Not sure if it's O-Scale or Narrow Gauge G, but these trains bring back fond memories. My dad had this set and a steam passenger set that only came out at Christmas when I was a kid. We were rough on them and they didn't make it. Low and behold my Uncle had a near mint set in the attic that he gave to my son this past Christmas. Awesome.

Added more scale-looking wheels to my M1a.  I like the look much better.

Sometimes I just can't help it, and want to wax poetical about model trains. This video is a brief poem (every other line rhymes!) on the joy I find in model railroading. It's not Shakespeare, but it's heartfelt. This is video #38 in my LCJ&I Lines series.

https://youtu.be/3r8XODbm_CU

+Bob Andersen the video is private

Fixed. I forgot to "publish" the public version. Thanks.

 Ordered Lionel's Legacy B&A Bershire years ago. My first Legacy engine. There were a few other roadnames offered and the Michigan Central caught my eye. Had the Rd. #1420. I could add another Berkshire to my B&A railroad with a quick re lettering job. The hard part was already done. The headlight. Kadee couplers were added. Even a working front one for double heading. Engine was weathered with Scalecoat Paint and Bragdon Powders.

In keeping with my recent plan of reducing my command control collection of PS2 and PS3 engines and going conventional, I sold my nearly brand new MTH Imperial PS3 CSX ES44 and just purchased a Williams/Bachmann CSX SD90 from Mario. As of now, I plan to keep 4 (maybe, maybe, maybe 5) command control engines. One, the ES44 has been sold. Another, an MTH PS2 F3 is at my tech for conversion to Williams True Blast Plus electronics and sound. Another MTH PS2 steamer will likely follow. 

Rob Leese posted:

My railroad friends were passing this photo around on FB recently.  After searching the forum, I can't find where this has been posted previously.

It is a 1962 GMC railroad hauler.  Only 6 were made. 

Seeing this reminds me of the time the Frisco OKC yard got a new station wagon for hauling crews around.  It was painted white and had a beige interior.  When the car arrived from the dealership the yardmaster enforced a new rule on us stating, "take your filthy gloves out of your back pocket before you sit down in our new car!! " 

I don't know whom to credit for this photo.

Sweet! Too bad Pickup trucks don't still look that cool. Even for a four door!

A few days late, but here's some 3/16" on 3/16/16. March 16th is a good a day as any to break out the Marx 3/16" scale tin!

I came across this in Mt. Airy, MD a month ago. I never realized MTH actually made this item until I saw one for sale.

Scott Smith

Looks like some new 1968 Mustang GTs are headed to the local Ford dealer.  The auto loading/unloading ramp is scratch built by Stu Gralnik.  

Neal Jeter

Around the RR.