Weekend Photo Fun 4-5-19-??

Grandchildren came midweek to hang out in the train room.

April 2nd. to the 4th. 2019 • • We ran the new RailKing Big Boy 4014, Easter eggs, operating accessories, LionChief Plus locomotives & train cookies.

We came by grandma’s car. We like to read train magazines, my little brother is sleeping.

The rear lights on the Big Boy 4014.

We ran the 4014 from Cheyenne to Laramie, Wyoming.

Grandpa showed us how to run the Big Big 4014 with MTH DCS Wi-Fi App on an Apple iPhone 7 Plus.

We dumped the Easter Eggs with the Williams Remote at the Red Owl Grocery Story.

We each ran a LionChief Plus locomotive on the main lines.

We operated the Lionel Milk Car. “We Got Milk”

Wait there is more from the Train Room……….

We ran the Lionel Locomotive with Spinning Propeller, just like an airplane.

Taking Chucky Cheese for a ride on an Union Pacific Caboose.

 It was too cold to play outside, so grandma helped use make train cookies.

I made a red steam locomotive.

Grandpa says; thanks for the two blue locomotives & blue conductor.

Images shot with an iPhone 7 Plus and DSLR Canon T6i. Post production with Adobe Photoshop.

I photograph for the fun of model railroading & the joy of photography. • •  Gary: Have a great weekend.

A short video of the NYC and NH running passenger trains into the Bronx in the late 40s......

Peter

AT&SF action on the Seattle & Yakima RR

Did a little experimenting with the LEDs in the new Lionel Flag car. I used warm white LEDs , might be better with cool white. 

Scott, hoping mrs. scott is doing better!

Nice work all. Love the "Time Lapse" Scott! 

Some track rework coming

      some random shots from Marci this week in Maumee and Defiance this week...

                                and she couldn't leave out "Izzy" ...

Doing some maintenance. 

A 2018 Christmas Layout memory

Well, the residents of Rabbit Hole:

Need a source of income, so the they started this tourist attraction:

- walt

Scott and Josh -  Don't forget that model trains can be great therapy.  Be sure that your wife can perhaps speed her recovery with a nice daily dose of your trains.  I do hope all is well.

BobbyD posted:

Nice work all. Love the "Time Lapse" Scott! 

 

Thanks, Here is a view from the fourth level looking down at the first.
Scott Smith

NYCGreg68 posted:

Scott, hoping mrs. scott is doing better!

Thanks Greg. She has had stage two breast cancer and it came on fast and was very aggressive. She went through chemo and now they have removed the two problem parts. I hope this takes care of it.

Scott Smith

hold*on posted:

Scott and Josh -  Don't forget that model trains can be great therapy.  Be sure that your wife can perhaps speed her recovery with a nice daily dose of your trains.  I do hope all is well.

Thanks Howard

scott.smith posted:

NYCGreg68 posted:

Scott, hoping mrs. scott is doing better!

Thanks Greg. She has had stage two breast cancer and it came on fast and was very aggressive. She went through chemo and now they have removed the two problem parts. I hope this takes care of it.

Scott Smith

 

Scott........my sincere best wishes for your wife.....

Peter

Scott, just wanted to say best wishes to your wife. I hope she will have a complete recovery. 

I don’t normally get to post some US train action. But we are in the States doing Route 66. 

Here’s a UP freight we encountered near Victorville CA. Mason was standing up through the sunroof making the horn sign. A very cool Engineer responded.

Have a great weekend.

Nick & Mason 

Hudson J1e posted:

Scott, just wanted to say best wishes to your wife. I hope she will have a complete recovery. 

Ditto.  Prayers uplifted to that effect.

The Edison public library for my city of Schenectady on my Bellevue and Schenectady RR is complete !!!! Urban renewal continues in the Electric City. Done by TW trainworx. Its Traintastic!!

It's been a while since I posted any images of my current project, the town of Port Royal. Last month, I finally dropped the module with the core of the town in place, and now it's wired up.  So now I'm working on the foreground between Second Street and the tracks. This is where the station is located. It has a long way to go, but here are a few photos. The first is a color shot, the second is B&W, and the third is of the prototype taken from the same angle from atop the Route 75 bridge which spans the tracks.

Scott - I will keep your wife in my prayers.  Best wishes for a full recovery.

-Greg

Finally getting around to building the Atlas O ice house and icing platform that I've had for many snows. Started with the ice house first, because it looked easier for one. Plus there's not too much painting I wanted to do on it.

The biggest effect I wanted to achieve was to lightly airbush the stark white building with a fine spray of black grime / soot. This structure would be adjacent to the tracks during the steam-era, exposed to a stready stream of smoke and ash.

To finish this project off, I'm waiting on delivery of some led gooseneck lamps to install over the two doorways, and the Union Ice sign.

In the meantime, I've started on the icing platform. Yeah, that's going to be fun!

Tom

pennsy484 posted:

I sure wish a T1 had been saved from the Scrapper's Torch. This scrapyard in Aspinwall is where a long string of T1s ended. That's wee gazer and his big brother.

Lew

Scott we will keep your wife in our prayers and ask for a speedy cancer free recovery. 

Sc

Scott,

Best wishes for your wife. Cancer treatment has made great strides.

Mark

Nick & Mason, it looks like you two are creating some great memories on your Route 66 adventure! Great capture of the NS and CSX power in a UP sandwich! Have a great time visiting!

Rusty

Scott, know that your wife, yourself and family our in my thoughts and prayers, for her, and a speedy and healthy recovery!

Rusty

Wonder what these guys are doing in Virginia. 

Fun for this weekend ... " Views from around the layout."

Scott,

I hope your wife gets well soon. We're thinking about you guys. 

Scott, Hope your wife is on the mend. 

Best Regards 

Nick

Scott, we'll have your entire family in our prayers.

Atlas O Master Series Grand Trunk Western F3 Phase 2a diesel-electric locomotive #9006

I live near the Grand Trunk Western mainline, so I decided to get a 1950's era diesel-electric loco. 

Andrew

Farmer_Bill posted:

Wonder what these guys are doing in Virginia. 

Quite possibly, they were the successful bidders on maintenance of an industrial spur.  Those privately-owned tracks don't typically get the same level of inspection and maintenance as railroad-owned auxiliary tracks.  Things usually remain static until there's a track-caused derailment on the private spur, and then the railroad will typically require the owner to fix the track, usually meaning replacing a few ties or putting in some gauge rods.  Other industrial track maintenance might include repairing an inside (i.e., not connected to the common carrier railroad) switch or fixing problems with unsafe footing for railroad employees who set out and pick up cars there.

Private railroad contractors do this work at rates much lower than that charged by the railroad, and the owner of a private track is entitled to have the work done by any entity of its choice, as long as the result is satisfactory.

Good Morning Everyone. Scott there's one of the only things more important than trains...family! But I found you can join the two and it can be a source of joy and in this particular case healing as one has already stated. 

Here's a little snapshot I took of this new scene on the layout. Thought it was nice  how the morning sun glistened off of it and the birds were chirping, kind of serene. 

Dave