Weekend Photo Fun 3-27-20-??

Scott Smith

The New York Central and Delaware & Hudson......2 of my favorite railroads.....here they are together.....

The New York Central E8 and Delaware & Hudson SD-45 are MTH PS3 engines. The New York Central F3 is the 1983 MPC 20th Century Ltd.....upgraded with traction tires and ERR command control and RailSounds.

Peter

I'm finally getting motivated on working on the layout room. 

 I finished painting the ceiling joists black and have installed the ceiling panels (rafter vent panels) on half of the 12x24' basement room. 

Stay safe friends.

Great photos and videos everyone!  Here's my photo fun for this fine weekend! Wishing everyone good health!  

UP oil train on the S&Y RR

                                            LIRR operation this weekend...

here's a few. I just successfully R&R the shell to tighten up the truck screws on the little Milwaukee.  Pretty snug fit for the wires. 

 Rutland Milk Train. Powered by a Pacific. Re lettered Weaver diecast with Lionel Railsounds 5.

Thought I'd share some of out military cars:

A 2019 Christmas layout memory

night life in the business district in Waltburg

- walt

for those that helped me with some issues with my first ferris wheel, and for (I think) Stephen for finding me another one on e-###, and to the customer service person at Home Depot on her own arranged for me to get a new one, THANKS, and here's my "collection".  Sorry about the commentarty - i shot it for me kids to see and listen to.

- walt

Under the tracks.

It is late 1949, and the PRR management's decision in 1945 to dieselize is finally paying off.  Due to the availability of cheap coal, the Pennsy was one of the last class 1 railroads is embrace diesels.  That put them behind other roads in line for some of the new diesels coming off the assembly line.  Pennsy's first road diesel was an EMD E7 AA set, #5900/5901.  Below is one of #5900's siblings pulling a P70 coach train through Maryland.

The E7s are Lionel, the brass P70 is 3rd Rail.

Well, I'm sort of joining in this weekend. I say that because some months back I had an idea(and should have gotten what I needed then, but time was short). I had an idea to make my own coal loads for my Lionscale B&M Hoppers.

At work, one of our vendors is always sending in this foam as packing with their stuff and I thought this would be great to pop as a base for making carloads. I figured to cut it to size, shape it, spray paint it, then work on gluing the coal to it. I had also thought of making a jig to pop the foam in when gluing the coal in so I would have control of a potential mess. I have to wait until I can get stuff. Any thoughts on how to make this work great?

Trainbros89 posted:

Thought I'd share some of out military cars:

The Cars Look Great,what length cars do you use,I am going to post some of Mine later today.

Mikey

Charles Schulz Museum 3/13

The Commodore Standing Guard GCT  January 2009

Monon passes Gramp's chickens and the Hobo camp

sidehack posted:

Monon passes Gramp's chickens and the Hobo camp

I like both of these scenes Ray. Mainly because when I was real little, my grandfather had a rooster in his barn. That bugger would stand up on top of the drum grandpop had where he would out feed out. The rooster would keep an eye on the cows and pigs like they were going to attack.

As for the hobo scene, that reminds me of my mom. This is because of the Harvey movie poster on the wall. Mom used to talk about that movie when I was real little. Makes me laugh as she would say, "Harvey did it."

mikey posted:

Trainbros89 posted:

Thought I'd share some of out military cars:

The Cars Look Great,what length cars do you use,I am going to post some of Mine later today.

Mikey

Thank you. I am looking forward to seeing yours. In regards to length, all I can tell you is that they are all scale cars. I do not know lengths, sorry.

Regards,

Greg

Trainbros89 posted:

mikey posted:

Trainbros89 posted:

Thought I'd share some of out military cars:

The Cars Look Great,what length cars do you use,I am going to post some of Mine later today.

Mikey

Thank you. I am looking forward to seeing yours. In regards to length, all I can tell you is that they are all scale cars. I do not know lengths, sorry.

 

Regards,

Greg

That shouldn't be too hard to figure out. In this picture I looked at the rail ties, there are 12 and it looks like MTH Realtracks. So, all you have to do is know how what length that is and just estimate what the distance each car covers the railroad ties. Since this one is split over the tracks, it may be harder to figure out, but I would imagine that it would be approximately 10 inches or so if that works out right for the track.

Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:

sidehack posted:

Monon passes Gramp's chickens and the Hobo camp

 

I like both of these scenes Ray. Mainly because when I was real little, my grandfather had a rooster in his barn. That bugger would stand up on top of the drum grandpop had where he would out feed out. The rooster would keep an eye on the cows and pigs like they were going to attack.

As for the hobo scene, that reminds me of my mom. This is because of the Harvey movie poster on the wall. Mom used to talk about that movie when I was real little. Makes me laugh as she would say, "Harvey did it."

Thanks Dave, glad it brings back those good memories

Here are some pictures of my military cars.

mikey posted:

Here are some pictures of my military cars.

These look amazing! Great work.

Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:

Well, I'm sort of joining in this weekend. I say that because some months back I had an idea(and should have gotten what I needed then, but time was short). I had an idea to make my own coal loads for my Lionscale B&M Hoppers.

At work, one of our vendors is always sending in this foam as packing with their stuff and I thought this would be great to pop as a base for making carloads. I figured to cut it to size, shape it, spray paint it, then work on gluing the coal to it. I had also thought of making a jig to pop the foam in when gluing the coal in so I would have control of a potential mess. I have to wait until I can get stuff. Any thoughts on how to make this work great?

Depending on the style of coal load, you can use my method of whatever material you choose, (real coal, Black Beauty sand blast grit, or whatever other material you deem suitable, and get a cheap plant mister bottle, and a quart of water base urethane finish. You will need some way to keep the foam flat once you've cut it to size. Spray the foam with urethane, then sprinkle a layer of the coal material, starting around the border, then fill the inside. Spray again with urethane, and begin building the middle up. Some prefer individual piles, a mounded load, or a continuous pile, or humped load. Repeat until you have the desired profile, and let dry for a few days. After the load is dry, use a file in a downward motion to remove any material that may protrude beyond the surface, and test fit. I posted a video quite some time ago showing how I make my loads under my screen name "rail". If you can't find it do a youtube search under Don Kane Jr "making A Coal Load. Just use caution when inserting and removing the loads, as the foam is flexible, and could damage the load. I use 1/4" luan plywood, and legs at the ends as needed. Each hopper is different, and requires different means to fit the car.

A pair of Rock Island Geeps pull a short freight on the Winear Junction Rail Road

jlm1973,

These look great! My railroad has nothing to do with the "Rock" but I still have a few units because this is my favorite color scheme on a diesel. I'm not familiar with the paint scheme on the second unit. When was this used?

Dave

Great photos this morning guys, thanks for posting them.   Ok sorry if I missed it but what scale are the military vehicles?  Are they kit built or die-cast or what, I really like them.  I'm guessing those are Menards flat cars, anyway, they all looked great and would make up a really nice long train for someone who has the size layout to be able to put them all together and be able pull them.  That would be very impressive.  Thanks guys, started my day off on the right foot, now I need to feed my dog and then go paint (my least favorite thing to do).

J. Motts posted:

Great photos this morning guys, thanks for posting them.   Ok sorry if I missed it but what scale are the military vehicles?  Are they kit built or die-cast or what, I really like them.  I'm guessing those are Menards flat cars, anyway, they all looked great and would make up a really nice long train for someone who has the size layout to be able to put them all together and be able pull them.  That would be very impressive.  Thanks guys, started my day off on the right foot, now I need to feed my dog and then go paint (my least favorite thing to do).

Hello J.Motts,

I am not sure if you’re talking about my flat cars, or the other guys , but I’ll happily tell you the specs of mine. In regards to the cars themselves, they are a mix of: mth premier, Lionel, weaver, and kit/scratch cars. In regards to the tanks, they are a mix of kits (mostly Tamiya, some bandi) and corgi die cast. If you have any more questions, let me know.

Regards,

Greg 

luvindemtrains posted:

jlm1973,

These look great! My railroad has nothing to do with the "Rock" but I still have a few units because this is my favorite color scheme on a diesel. I'm not familiar with the paint scheme on the second unit. When was this used?

Dave

Dave

The Rock traded a group of F units to the Rio Grande for 10 GP7’s in the early 70’s. These stayed on Rio Grande paint until they were rebuilt. The second until is a Lionel Rio Grande GP7 dummy I modified to look like one.

James

Some of my military train in the staging area under the main TMB club layout;

B&A passes hobo camp 

grade crossing

past the switch tower and Gramp's chickens 

J. Motts posted:

Great photos this morning guys, thanks for posting them.   Ok sorry if I missed it but what scale are the military vehicles?  Are they kit built or die-cast or what, I really like them.  I'm guessing those are Menards flat cars, anyway, they all looked great and would make up a really nice long train for someone who has the size layout to be able to put them all together and be able pull them.  That would be very impressive.  Thanks guys, started my day off on the right foot, now I need to feed my dog and then go paint (my least favorite thing to do).

The only non diecast item on my military train is the kit built 8 inch Howitzer and all of the flat Cars are Lionel,MTH,Weaver and Pola and 41 ft long,typical of WWII.The vehicles are 1/50 Scale and the howitzer is 1/48.

Mikey

New Haven Railroad SW1200 #649 by Atlas O on the bridges of my 12’-by-8’ layout.

MELGAR

mikey posted:

J. Motts posted:

 Are they kit built or die-cast or what, I really like them.  I'm guessing those are Menards flat cars, anyway, they all looked great and would make up a really nice long train for someone who has the size layout to be able to put them all together and be able pull them.  That would be very impressive.  

The only non diecast item on my military train is the kit built 8 inch Howitzer and all of the flat Cars are Lionel,MTH,Weaver and Pola and 41 ft long,typical of WWII.The vehicles are 1/50 Scale and the howitzer is 1/48.

Mikey

Most of my military cars are homemade with Weaver flats painted olive drab. Each car has Solido military models along with Woodland crates.  Other flats cars are MTH with trucks, tanks and howitzers.  Passenger cars are MTH Premier Heavyweights and K Line Heavyweights

I make this mistake myself sometimes. But when you quote a post please don’t also quote the photos. That way we can avoid having the same photo or groups of photos being posted multiple times.