WEEKEND PHOTO FUN 3-4-16-??

This new Lionel B&O Chessie System auto rack on a Trailer Train 89' flat car came with a bonus B&O sign-plate.

Andrew

JohnB posted:

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

JohnB

I watched it twice.  

jcovert posted:

Superb!

Happy weekend everyone! My dad and I are just about done with Section 7, which means it is now possible to take pictures from Mattawanna without any plywood in the background.  I finally got out my Amfleet cars and set up the Pennsylvanian.Between 1993 and 2004 Amtrak was carrying mail on their passenger trains for UPS. We have Bowser RoadRailers to model this with, but the Coupler Mates they come with do not have the handrails that Amtrak used on theirs. I made my own out of styrene and brass rod. The styrene size was "HO Scale 6x6" (didn't have dimensions on the package), and while I actually don't know what the diameter of the brass rod was, I can tell you that the smallest hole it would fit through was drilled with a #74 drill bit.

Isn't this an excellent and picturesque looking community, one worth trying to model or, at least, using as an inspiration? These were taken in the Homer - Cortland area of New York state. There is , literally,

...a railroad track running right behind these buildings, parallel to the streets seen here.

And the people are as genuine and welcoming as this architecture. I have vacationed here since 1972.

FrankM.

Alex M posted:

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

Alex

I hope you know that your supposed to put the tracks through the bridge!!!!!

jcovert posted:

Still working on the latest DTD build.  ...

Fabulous! It would fit right into the community (Homer, NY) I just posted in this thread. Authentic, including the flower-box at the window upstairs!

FrankM.

Here are a few pictures from Patsburg.

SIRT does terrific work. Alex, how long is that bridge? Just gorgeous. 

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood......

Been on a Postwar binge lately. The new stuff is too expensive and I love working on these.

Worked on this 224 I just received tonight. Trying to put together the set in the flyer from 1945. Well used but in very good shape. Tore the engine down for a good cleaning. Runs like a charm. Tender is next. 

Then disappointment hits, one cross head crumbles in my hand. Oh well. I'll find a repro.

Christopher 2035 - GREAT SHOT!

Moonson posted:

Isn't this an excellent and picturesque looking community, one worth trying to model or, at least, using as an inspiration? These were taken in the Homer - Cortland area of New York state. There is , literally,

...a railroad track running right behind these buildings, parallel to the streets seen here.

And the people are as genuine and welcoming as this architecture. I have vacationed here since 1972.

FrankM.

Great photos.  Reminds me of small towns I have seen in central PA (i.e. Bedford0, and out west in Colorado.

With Dave Allen at a railroad museum in Austrailia.  Just figured out how to post pictures using my tablet, :-) 

Another good shot...

Christopher2035 posted:

Happy Friday!

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

 

Christopher:

Would you please post of photo of the time machine that you've developed that allows you to get all this done?

I.e., the time machine that allows you to be the father of two small children with another on the way, renovating space in your house to make new layouts, and building the new layouts, and working at a job all at the same time?

Thanks in advance for your help on this.  

Steven J. Serenska

Spring Training has started and the baseball season is upon us. Two box cars from my favorite team.

Hoping for a better finish in 2016! 

Cooperstown Collection Senators car from the old days.

bluelinec4 posted:

Alex M posted:

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

Alex

I hope you know that your supposed to put the tracks through the bridge!!!!!

Hi Buddy, yes i know the tracks are suppose to go through the bridge, i wish it was that easy just to place the bridge in place. Come over and help me install it, it's going to be a huge task. I have to relocate a lot of framing then build a harbor scene.

Alex

MrMuffin'sTrains posted:

SIRT does terrific work. Alex, how long is that bridge? Just gorgeous. 

Hi Steve, it's pretty massive !  footprint is 48 inches long by 13 inches wide , by 12 inches high.

Alex

My modest attempt at building a mini wooden truss bridge out of skewers. Ha. 

With the layout down and trains packed away for the indefinite future, thought it was worth combing through some old photos. Steam, diesel and electric in the fictional town of Hendersonville.  Looking forward to the next layout!

Didn't buy any trains at the last train show (not that I didn't look), but I was more than a little excited to find these 1:43 beauties :

They are all GreenLight models.  Even for those who are not fans of the show Supernatural, 4-door cars seem to be a rarity, so here is an opporunity for one.

And according to the web site, the Blues-Mobile with the speaker is due later this year, along with the National Lampoon's Vacation station wagon! 

Andy

PRRMiddleDivision posted:

No trains in sight as a bright red 1964 1/2 Ford Mustang races west on PA Route 103. 

 

 

The tires on the Mustang hiss on the hot asphalt as it recedes into the distance; the hum of cicadas in the trees is constant; the aroma of creosote arises as the ties bake in the sun; there's an occasional bark of a dog up there at the house. Another car passes occasionally, but the railroad is quiet. Very quiet. Too quiet.  Well, something must have happened and you'll surely be rewarded with a fleet of trains following on the block of the one ahead.  But the trains don't come.  You walk across the tracks, through the ditch, up the embankment and stow your camera gear in the car.  You pull out onto the highway, cross the bridge, wave to the lady up at the house, and tune the radio to a strong station.  Route 103 follows the track, and as you come out of a left curve where the tracks are in a cut, you are confronted, not with one headlight, but two! A T-1 with its white-capped Engineer leaning on the armrest is making the authorized speed (plus some) pulling a late mail train which displays green signals and is making up time, as it runs around a time freight with a 2-10-4 pulling hard and loudly on the point.  By the time you reach a location where you can cross the tracks on foot, two more trains are coming -- a limited with a pair of E7's and an E8 and a pair of RS3's with the second section of the mail train.  Before you can get your camera unpacked and focused, the engines have roared past you, but you grab a going-away shot that later turns out to be underexposed.  The sunlight is being blocked by trees as the day wanes.  More trains follow.  None of your photos are keepers, because of the angle of the sun, but you put the little yellow box of slides in a box with other rejects.  Years later Adobe will invent Photoshop, and you will scan these photos and give them new life with careful editing.  And you'll remember that day in the 60's when your hair was full and dark, your abs were flat, and you spent an afternoon along Route 103, savoring the rural sounds and smelling the creosote evaporating from the ties, waiting for trains that came late, running fast out of a time capsule from 1951.

Put the finishing touches on my Roswell crash scene. 

Try build a gantry crane, still a lot work left.

Who's ready for the looming strike?

FM's and a Hudson.

    BUD headed out .........

The Express arrives, right on time...

Lionelbill posted:

With Dave Allen at a railroad museum in Austrailia.  Just figured out how to post pictures using my tablet, :-) 

I would love to railfan Australia some time in my life. Pretty much the only foreign country who has railroads that I actually enjoy (a lot!).

Well, after 2 long years of construction my train room/ man cave is finally completed. This building dates back to the early 1850's and was completely renovated on both floors so I could finally have a room for my trains and my other Love/project..

John-

JC642 posted:

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

Joe

Woah, I thought they were only scrapping the cabs. What is the purpose of replacing part of the long hood?

The Hi Rail Modular Train Club in Griffith, Indiana has an amazing steel facility in addition to their huge layout. Check out the storage tracks!!

Christopher2035 posted:

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!)

 

I thought you might enjoy sharing "Little Chief Powhatan", "Little Pocahontas" and the N&W's children's menu with No. 746's Engineers, Lorenzo and Lucia, despite the historical inaccuracies, political incorrectness, insensitivity, etc, et al:

MTH CSX AC4400 Double Header Intermodal Train leaving the yard.

Hopefully Dustin (Frizzinbee) will chime in here, but he finished the background warehouse and did a brilliant job detailing it. As I said on the thread, he picked up the ball on the five yard line and ran it 95 yards for a touchdown.

On another note, Bernard brought by another one of his Baldwin builder's plates that he had cleaned off and mounted to a recycled cabinet door with photos of the locomotive it came from. He painted and aged the cabinet door and cut glass cover plates for the photos.

Very nice Bruce, can I ask where you got that adjutable square jig from. I plane on doing some old DPM kit structures also.

Thanks 

John

Seeing Chris' excellent layout on the weekend photos fuels my need for more. This one is high on my Postwar binge list!