Weekend Photo Fun 4-14-17-??

Appliance car..........

The first photo on today's post is of a train set up by my son Steven to portray a Montour Railroad coal train which of course never saw service on PRR's Middle Division. It was inspired by a talk we heard by Gene Shaffer at the RPM (Railroad Prototype Modelers) East meeting held here in the Pittsburgh area about two weeks ago:

I'm cheating a bit on the second image which was I posted a few days ago on a thread dealing with Lionel's new Amtrak F40PH. I liked the photo so much, I'm posting it again here:

View my my bed.   Then a few shots from the station looking toward the intermodal yard.

Have a great weekend everyone!

New this week......again didn't need it.....but for well under $100 I could not pass it up......I have one in N&W paint so this one runs in a different era on the layout. Williams did a nice job on these. thx

I'm cheating a bit on the second image which was I posted a few days ago on a thread dealing with Lionel's new Amtrak F40PH. I liked the photo so much, I'm posting it again here:

Beautiful modeling and photo! The F40PH is my favorite Amtrak locomotive. The track looks outstanding too.

Malcolm

Here's a Altoona switch tower model , in progress  

Some more shots around the layout.

First day of spring break!

scott.smith posted:

It's time for Weekend Photo Fun!!

Here are some standard gauge tinplate pictures from my layout.

 

 

Let's see your pictures,

Scott Smith

 

 

Scott, "hamburger" logo hoppers?  Hope you not pulling these with a steam engine. 

All I've got is two little figures.... a girl and a fire hydrant that I've printed on my new 3d printer!  I'm working on many more things like people, mailbox, chair, table, phone booth, vending machines, etc....  The man on the right is an existing figure!  I didn't print him!  Just the girl and the hydrant.

The quality and strength of the printed items are much better than I expected.  The people are not as high quality as the nicer figures available for our layouts, but they are better than the cheap Chinese ones!  Plus, you can get many different people and not just a generic 10 you have to use over and over again.  

I know some of you will ask, so I'm going to write a review of it in another post.  Keep your eyes open for it if you are interested in 3d printing because you might just pull the trigger when you read my review... or you might realize you are not up for it!   

More progress on my D-105 Lionel Display Layout. Painting finally done and ready to run wire and hook up accessories. A shot of my #71 street lamps with power.

Will do a separate thread later showing my D-105 build.

tackindy posted:

All I've got is two little figures.... a girl and a fire hydrant that I've printed on my new 3d printer!  I'm working on many more things like people, mailbox, chair, table, phone booth, vending machines, etc.... 

The quality and strength of the printed items are much better than I expected.  The people are not as high quality as the nicer figures available for our layouts, but they are better than the cheap Chinese ones!  Plus, you can get many different people and not just a generic 10 you have to use over and over again.  

   

The figs look great!  In fact, I'll go so far as to speak what is heresy to some:  they look better than anything Artista ever turned out.

palallin posted:

tackindy posted:

All I've got is two little figures.... a girl and a fire hydrant that I've printed on my new 3d printer!  I'm working on many more things like people, mailbox, chair, table, phone booth, vending machines, etc.... 

 

The quality and strength of the printed items are much better than I expected.  The people are not as high quality as the nicer figures available for our layouts, but they are better than the cheap Chinese ones!  Plus, you can get many different people and not just a generic 10 you have to use over and over again.  

   

The figs look great!  In fact, I'll go so far as to speak what is heresy to some:  they look better than anything Artista ever turned out.

Just to clarify, I didn't print the guy on the right!  He is an existing figure used for reference.    

Happy Holidays and safe weekend.

Here another building ready.

N&W RR Depot based on the real one that was located in Norwood Ohio.

Great photos everyone!!  Here are some from my layout.  Have a great weekend!!

Here is updated picture's of my MTH Railking C&O Crane Tender Car.

One of our club members will shortly be relocating out of our area. So we decided to have a final Run Night for him. Gordon graciously volunteered to host the night. This was great as I always look forward to seeing the progress members have made on their layouts since our last visit. Gordon has been quite busy.

First up is a lift to allow access to hidden trackage.

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This is obviously a work in progress. Next up (literally) is his lift bridge. He came up with a novel way to index the bridge and make electrical connections at the same time.

Here is one of his control panels. That I could do as well!

His downtown area is progressing nicely. The buildings are all lit.

He also installed a camera system to monitor his hidden trackage. Nice!

Here is shot of the gathering.

Chris

LVHR

Lehigh Valley High Railers

Model the prototype?  Oh my! 

Round about the layout

Work in progress on newest DTD build.....

Old and New. Vicky and I loved riding this for two days. Don

Great stuff so far.  Have a great weekend everyone...and Happy Easter to those who celebrate it!

Men at work! Don

AMCDave, above:

"New this week......again didn't need it.....but for well under $100 I could not pass it up......I have one in N&W paint so this one runs in a different era on the layout. Williams did a nice job on these. thx"

Yeah - electrics - I like, and I like the Williams E33. And for under $100...score. I think that Williams did a very nice job on the body tooling on these; I bought an older MTH version a few years ago (CR also) - PS1, so not expensive - under $100? No - but just under $150. I was heading toward the Williams version when I spotted the MTH, which does do a bit better in the truck and handrail departments. 

Still, I see the Wms versions and get twitchy...

Good buy.

New to me this week. Lionel 6-31944 NYC with railsounds. My first talking train. Gently used,runs great.

scale rail posted:

Men at work! Don

Wow, amazing!

Just caught the Boston bound Amtrak downeaster on my evening walk.

jackiejr posted:

Round about the layout

Nice shot, jackiejr! I have a question for you. Would you please contact me at: Dennis@brennansmodelrr.com ?  

Dennis Brennan

Brennan's Model Railroading

With the nice weather we've been having this last couple of weeks, I haven't worked on the layout at all but there's always time to "play trains" .

Paul

A 2016 Christmas Layout memory

I used up all of my photos of 2 of the 4 seasons on the layout, so time to move on to the Summer part.  Here's one section of it.

- walt

TGIF! I hope all of you have a wonderful and blessed Easter weekend. May the Risen Christ bring joy to each and everyone of you. 

Here are some pictures of my railfan trip to see ex-CNJ #113 pull the Easter Bunny specials on the Reading & Northern. For more information on this story go to the "Real Trains" forum. 

And the video to boot:

SIRT posted:

Appliance car..........

 

 

 

Friends of ours owned a hardware store in Ashley PA, and they were a Frigidaire dealership. The appliances were delivered by rail. nice job as always.

Don

 

Very bucolic! I like! The father/son watching trains is a nice touch.

Chris

LVHR

I just finished making my wife's Easter Basket.....this has been our tradition since I acquired the die cast Penn Central/Conrail gondola in a pastel "Easter color" 

Peter

Early this morning down at the Depot.  So far #364 is running well. I almost enjoy listening to it idle as well as running it.

Short video from an old friend, taken last Saturday.

The 611 and the most unique mix of passenger cars I've ever seen, not sure if it is cool or ugly yet

Putnam Division posted:

I just finished making my wife's Easter Basket.....this has been our tradition since I acquired the die cast Penn Central/Conrail gondola in a pastel "Easter color" 

Peter

Now that is the most down right creative Easter basket I've ever seen Peter!!  SWEET!!!! and BRAVO!!!!

CincinnatiWestern posted:

Short video from an old friend, taken last Saturday.

The 611 and the most unique mix of passenger cars I've ever seen, not sure if it is cool or ugly yet

Maybe the are privately owned cars.