WEEKEND PHOTO FUN 3/21/14-??

Thanks for starting this Scott. (Senior moment Scott, sorry) Here is my contribution:

  Thanks for starting this Marty. Here is my contribution:

Marty? I have been called a lot of things but Marty is a new one.

Scott Smith

I guess he had a senior moment.

   Last weekend, No. 17, the YORK, commenced operations on the historic Northern Central Railway between New Freedom and Hanover Junction south of York, about 6 miles west of Exit 4 on I-83, under the auspices of Steam into History. President Lincoln changed trains at Hanover Junction on his way to deliver his Gettysburg Address during the dedication of the National Cemetery there.

   No. 17 rolled out of [David] Kloke Locomotive Works, Elgin, IL, in May, 2013! The Reader Railroad in Arkansas built a matching wooden combine and a coach last summer. Fallen trees and limbs during a snow/ice storm prevented operations on President's Day weekend and took 3 weeks to clear.

   This train would make a fine GENERAL set!

All Aboard at New Freedom

Hanover Junction. The remnant of the Gettysburg Branch curves away from the main

Last weekend the Pere Marquette 1225 was scheduled to make her 1st long excursion since her rebuild.  Unfortunately there were some issues with the paperwork on a bridge and she could only run a shortened excursion.   

I went up about 3pm to chase her running light from Owosso to Carland where she met her train and ran back to Owosso. 

I had a great time chasing her and here are some shots of that day.

A little P&LE custom work...

It's always tuff to post following SIRT but here goes anyway.

Let's see here now- A beer & wine truck, some seedy-looking fellows and a satchel full of cash....

Just finished painting and lettering this former Pennsy Heritage MTH ES44AC into NS. One of my favorite locos right now--

A tale of two X31s. Both built in 1934, but now it's 1956. One of them has gotten the brand new Shadow Keystone paint scheme, while the other has aged gracefully -the Pennsy still took pride in it's equipment back then! But it too will soon see the paint shop..

 The circle keystone one prior to 19 years of use:

And after. Still well kept, but showing its age:

Those are nice clips Pete!   Which steamer is the first one please?

Also like the GG1/D&H combination. Are both powered

Are these MTH RailKing cars? They do not appear to be painted chocolate brown like Lionel's.

My contribution for the start up of Spring.

A 2013 Christmas layout memory

- walt

More of The Little Giant.

Have a great weekend

jdevleerjr,

Awesome pics!  Same with yours, SIRT.  One is real trains and the other is model trains.  They both look like "back in the day."  Here is my one good "back in the day" photo of the SP 2472.  Matt

Are these MTH RailKing cars? They do not appear to be painted chocolate brown like Lionel's

Lima,

Those are both Lionel X31's I repainted, re-lettered, and converted to two rail. You are correct, the original Lionel's were (an un-Prototypical) chocolate brown

In any layout that specializes in passenger train service, you can never have enough taxis.

Have a great weekend Everyone!!

Alan

steam engine in first clip is a brass weaver models lackawanna pocono with DCS proto 2.0 with smoke installed.

williams GG1 and williams U33C are both powered pulling 16 williams 18" streamliner cars.

How nice are these Woodland Scenic houses?  Its twice as much as the MTH corner store I replaced, but its twice as big and so much more detail.  Check out the curtains and the weathering, and the different lighting.  This building is a winner.

Also received the UP B unit, passenger cars and replacement wheels.  All the engine wheels are hi-rail wheels now. The scale couplers mate up with the hi-rail couplers very nicely and have no problems if you use the longer #805 couplers. 

Rich

www.toytrainsontracks.com

Enjoy your weekend and be safe.

Joe B.

ya Marty(Scott) your doing a good job!

Action on the Seattle & Yakima RR

If you don't mind me asking. What is that bridge on the shelf above the train? Is it a kit, built up, or a scratch build. Either way I really like that bridge, it  really looks good.

Hi Folks,

My wife and I had a wonderful visit to Australia last month.  Here are some photos of "The Ghan" that I took in Alice Springs.  Alice Springs is in the center of Australia.  "The Ghan" runs from Adelaide in the south to Darwin in the north.  The distance is about 1,850 miles and the trip takes 2.5 days.  I would like to return to Australia someday to ride this train.

I intend to post more photos of Australian train adventures at some future date.

Joe 

This a view of the town called Alice from a hill overlooking the town.  You can see the rail yard in the far distance.

This is "The Ghan"

The Ghan is a very long train.  I believe that this picture is looking south toward Adelaide and the next picture is from the same spot looking north toward Darwin.  I may have the directions reversed.

From the same spot looking in the opposite direction.

The Ghan is what I call a passenger train!!!!

Brings back memories of when we had "real" passenger trains here.  How many cars long is it?  Great looking train!

Art

I am starting to work on a bridge for my layout that will be on the double-track mainline curve that comes out of my Union Station.  I want a Midwestern bridge that has a curved prototype.  The real bridge is in Minneapolis and crosses the Mississippi River and used to lead into St. Paul's passenger station.

I am starting by trying different cardboard templates or mockups to decide what I like the looks of the best.  Here are two pictures of the real bridge and one of my first cardboard template.

2 pickups for this week -

PWC 2352 -

and I changed out the parking lot next to my 132 station to add in a 128 newsstand.

Lucia & trains -

Rich B,

The pictures of scenes on your layout are absolutely breathtaking.

Alan Graziano

I'll let you guys decide on a caption...

Chris

LVHR

New PRR electrics under the road's new invisible catenary.

Great photos this week!!!

Alan

My daughter surprised me with this hand made ceramic picture. She took tile from my son-in-laws warehouse and broke it up to get the pieces that she needed.