WEEKEND PHOTO FUN 3-4-16-??

In honor of spring training games starting this week.

S.B.

My latest creation for METCA.

Stu

Have a great weekend everyone!  Here are a few shots of a Weaver Lehigh & New England 40' boxcar that I recently weathered...

I did the baseball thing last week. This week I was getting ready for this sunday's open house at the club. I brought down my Pennsy Reefer cars to test out with a RS-11.

Happy Friday!

Started working on the upper tunnel this week. - Should have it finished by this weekend

Picked up a postwar 746 & the cars to make set 2545W from 1959

2350 New Haven EP5 pulling some freight on the inside main -

The 746 running down the main w/ nice open throttle

Lorenzo wanted to run his Lionchief Polar Express & race the 746 

Lucia watching the race - ( The 746 won!)

Here's my favorite outfit when I was a kid....

And as a bonus, my grandson loves it too!!

Paul

Two of my favorite MTH protosound FM trainmasters.

franktrain

Pam Am action while walking our dog Maggie.

Neat old B&M covered hopper.

Eimskip containers heading into Portland.

Early morning discovery of two stowaways.

Just received my new Silk City Bridge, built by JohnS from my club the NJ-Hirailers. It is stunning !!!!! 

Culvert ditch project progressing.

Here are some of the photos from last weekend's Monroeville, PA Greenberg show.

More will come next week.

Andy

The crew heads out for an assignment on the high line for spraying the tall grass today.

How do I get one of these for a shed in my yard?

Joe

Some pictures of from the train Museum in Nurnburg,

For the last few weeks my posts have centered around things that I did on the layout in memory of my recently deceased sister (Last week: https://ogrforum.com/t...95#55771436684747995).

I'll show one of the main tributes, if that's the correct word, this week.  Keep in mind that I only have a small point-and-shoot camera so it was quite difficult to get a good image of the screen.

What I did was take existing still pictures that I had and transferred them to a DVD.  I would display an image for 2 minutes, then the next, and then the next, etc. each for 2 minutes.  All along I played, and obviously captured, Christmas music by her 2 favorite artists: Johnny Mathis and Andy Williams.  The whole thing took about 30 minutes to cycle thru so I repeated that 30 minutes 3 more times to fill the DVD.

The DVD was then used in a portable player that I've been using in years past for my drive-in scene.  It was a really big hit with the family during my annual family Train Party that I host (26 people this year).  A few tears were actually shed, including some from yours truly!

So here are some of what was shown:

- walt

This one is my favorite since it is a nice close-up of her:

another of just her:

This is her with my granddaughter:

Her, me, and her husband:

Me, my brother, her, my brother:

A group picture taken at the Train Party in 2014:

Here are pics of the turntable I'm installing.  Most tracks are wired up, just a little more to do trackwise.

walt rapp posted:

For the last few weeks my posts have centered around things that I did on the layout in memory of my recently deceased sister (Last week: https://ogrforum.com/t...95#55771436684747995).

I'll show one of the main tributes, if that's the correct word, this week.  Keep in mind that I only have a small point-and-shoot camera so it was quite difficult to get a good image of the screen.

What I did was take existing still pictures that I had and transferred them to a DVD.  I would display an image for 2 minutes, then the next, and then the next, etc. each for 2 minutes.  All along I played, and obviously captured, Christmas music by her 2 favorite artists: Johnny Mathis and Andy Williams.  The whole thing took about 30 minutes to cycle thru so I repeated that 30 minutes 3 more times to fill the DVD.

The DVD was then used in a portable player that I've been using in years past for my drive-in scene.  It was a really big hit with the family during my annual family Train Party that I host (26 people this year).  A few tears were actually shed, including some from yours truly!

So here are some of what was shown:

- walt

This one is my favorite since it is a nice close-up of her:

another of just her:

This is her with my granddaughter:

Her, me, and her husband:

Me, my brother, her, my brother:

A group picture taken at the Train Party in 2014:

 

 

Am great tribute, Walt.

Peter

Christopher2035 posted:

Happy Friday!

Started working on the upper tunnel this week. - Should have it finished by this weekend

 

Picked up a postwar 746 & the cars to make set 2545W from 1959

2350 New Haven EP5 pulling some freight on the inside main -

The 746 running down the main w/ nice open throttle

Lorenzo wanted to run his Lionchief Polar Express & race the 746 

Lucia watching the race - ( The 746 won!)

Christopher.......love the PostWar feel!

The kids are really growing up fast!

Peter

Fantastic pics, everyone!

Peter

A New York Central passenger and the New York Ontario & Western Mountainer meet. No.......this is not on the West Shore in Cornwall or Weehawken. They are meeting  at the apocryphal Bronx Central Station on my pike. In my world the south Bronx became a major commerical and business hub and the NYO&W crossed the Hudson on the New Haven's Poughkeepsie Bridge and travelled into the Bronx on the Harlem Division of the NYC.

 Peter

Alex,

     Nice bridge...........here is my video of my double headed K4s:

       Hope you like it.

JohnB

Serows1 posted:

Here's my favorite outfit when I was a kid....

And as a bonus, my grandson loves it too!!

Paul

Great photo.  That is the first set I ever had - still have it.  My dad worked for Coca-Cola in Philly, and it arrived under the Christmas tree one year.  Sometime in the mid-1970s.

Still working on the latest DTD build.  Added a few signs, some vents, front door, etc.  Still need to go take a photo of the actual pizza shop sign in Philly that I will be using on the front.  The fire escape for the side door is all set to go, but I will install that last.  I also added a brass lamp (on the side), made by Andre G, and added some LED strips on the interior.   Vents and AC unit tone added to the roof as well.   

I haven't run out of 2015 Christmas pics yet.... because I didn't post any at Christmas. Anyway it seems to make my Christmas last longer.

Serows1 posted:

Here's my favorite outfit when I was a kid....

And as a bonus, my grandson loves it too!!

Paul

Ha! This was my first freight set. Loved the Box cars. I would set this up every year around the Christmas tree.

Thanks for posting.

Long Island steam. MTH H10s and Lionel B6sb. As much as I like big articulated engines and Northerns, I think I like well executed small steam the most!

No trains in sight as a bright red 1964 1/2 Ford Mustang races west on PA Route 103.  The scene is taken in the hamlet of Longfellow, PA in the summer of 1966.  The house is a stock Lionel structure, but a later release that was extremely well detailed with mortar lines, downspouts, awnings, and much more.  They went for the bargain price (IMHO) of about $65.  I built mine up on a cinder block foundation with an integral garage, ala typical Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  The small bridge is entirely scratchbuilt, and is typical of those constructed from the 1930's through 1950's.  Many are still around today.  Note the typical PA Dept. of Highways cable guide rail (referred to as "guard rail" in the other 49 states in the union as far as I know!)  with the white I beam posts.

Just made this today. Happy weekend!

Scale General Models NW-2 - got it for 49 bucks! Complete! Woo-hoo!

1940's-50's, I guess, all die-cast body and "frame", brass and other metal details, dummy Hi-rail couplers (Selley and Keil-Line) - I may shorten the shanks. The front class lights even work - headlight is burned out.

But here's the most interesting part: Lionel trucks, rear plastic and front metal, a single little Pullmor motor of apparent MPC vintage, no E-unit and it runs only long-hood-forward. But, it runs smoothly and can run realistically (not cruise control-y) slowly.

I got to run trains in snow for the first time today!

No matter what anyone tells you there is no substitute for real snow on your layout. Here is the MTH G gauge hopper, than came in a lionel box advertising Lionel tinplate.

PRR - Neal, no trains needed on that scene.

Absolutely stunning! If I ever build another layout, part of it will be spacious like yours. Non-cluttered period modeling at its finest.

S.

But....I would have to add,  MOPAR or no car...

I need a drink!

BTW, I am liking this unit more and more!

Great photos as always! My photo fun weekend looks back on the visit March 1 and 2 to the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, DC. first, here's a selection of some of the trains.

Next, a special photo taken by Katrina of the DAR. She was watching as another Tracker launched missiles. She caught one just after launch passing over my UP freight. (Posted with her permission.)

mikey posted:

Some pictures of from the train Museum in Nurnburg,

Its a fantastic Museum. Went there often when I was stationed in Vilseck. 

SIRT posted:

S.B.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Load me up with 20 cases of Lemon Coolers.