WEEKEND PHOTO FUN 5/16/14-??

Here are some more shots from the PIHR last run on PatrickH's layout back in March:

Andy

Action on the Seattle & Yakima RR

LCCA Santa Fe Black Bonnets

My newest addition. This one means a lot to me as I've seen, ridden and photographed this one many times. A very mint very nice Lionel loco......

Congratulations on your find Dave! That's a beautiful little engine. Our day at Cass was the highlight of our vacation to WVa a couple of years ago!

Gilly

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Alan

Scott, looks like white out conditions in VA today, get your drone back in the air just heard the sun has broken through.

Jack

  Morning at the waterfront

Such a shame. What a beautiful layout. It's too bad it had such a short life. Andy, does Patrick have any plans to rebuild?

Alan, great pics! I love those RI units.

Thanks Phil....those are MTH units.  At one time, I lived in the part of the country when you would see these and I just had to have them when they became available in model form!

Alan

Don't any of you have an imaginations? You actually want to see pictures? I uploaded those at 5:20 this morning. I had a 6:00  breakfast meeting with a pastor from Cuba. I'll reload them when I get back.

Scott Smith

Inside the VMT Layout

Back to the layout VMT layout; upon leaving the Bluefield section the two lower tracks enter a tunnel and the upper two track cross a gorge.

Scott Smith

Great photos Scott that is quite the layout.

And everyone posts such great variety each week.

Here are some shots from a small show that I attended and set up a few loops of track for the kids to run trains. Some circus, Thomas the Tank engine and a Coke train.

On a board I mounted the Lion Chief remotes for Thomas, Percy and James with a photo of each so kids and parents could see what they were running and labels for the controls. A couple of buttons to push to blow a loud whistle and fly Harold the Helicopter on the Lionel spinning tower, and a control for Cranky the Crane with sounds.

The other trains just ran in circles and I could hit the whistle and bell buttons from the transformers. Lots of the Animated Lionel / K-line cars on the trains and figure sets from kids movies riding the trains.

I was trying to kid proof the Lion Chief remotes. In the past the kids turn the dials back and forth when we handed them the handhelds and even though we say the trains are slow to respond (takes 4-5 seconds for an engine to start moving from when you turn the remote) the kids are just used to instant response of video games and RC vehicles and do not want to wait or understand to wait for the train to respond. They turn the dial back and forth rapidly and when they can not get the train to go or want to make it go faster they force it past the little stop in the electronics and break the controller so the dial breaks off and control wheel then just spins around and does not really control the train speed.

So this time I mounted the controls on the board and a few screws with a bracket for each to keep the speed control from being turned backwards or past the end stop for top speed this way I figured they could not break it.

But some how near the end of the 2nd day of the show some kid somehow managed to bend the bracket and turn the James wheel past the stop spin it right around and break off the control wheel again.

I now have had 4 of these broken at shows. Will build some stronger metal brackets perhaps add a second and some more screws to try to keep it from getting broken again.

It takes under an hour to take apart the remote and repair it with a$2 part, just a hassle. Will post some instructions when time. Would be nice if Lionel would build these  a bit stronger so the kids cannot break the remotes as easy. They are fine for your home layout but do not think the remotes are built strongly enough for kids to handle. They are still a great way to let kids run trains at a show without having to let them near a transformer.

I also run the 3 engines that are with remotes off one transformer and turn the throttle down so the power going to the tracks is less and they cannot run the engines to fast and run them off the track.

Also a couple of other shots of a G layout the old street scene with a Street car running and some HO layouts at the show.

Great photos everyone.

A 2013 Christmas layout memory

Sadly this curved trestle will probably never see the light of "layout day" again.  I built it for 27" curves and as I disgustingly discovered on my 2013 layout, neither of my new tin-plate trains can handle 27" curves.  Boo-Hoo trestle it was nice knowing you. 

- walt

Happy Friday! Picture Time -
A 602 Seaboard NW2 spots a flatcar w/ lumber load at the sawmill -

An MPC era Conrail E33 leads a consist of hoppers on the main line -

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A Lionel 8071 Virginian SD18 leads a consist of MPC era cars on the main line -

Late 50's action on the layout -

running some trains -

Out at the Amtrak station watching some NS trains on National train day -

A shot from the NEC when I was back in Jersey last month -

At the Cat Dealership and refinery.

Happy Friday guys.

The Local coal switcher waits in the siding for track clearance for its next delivery.

LIRR...

jhainer:

I found a multi-green color deep textured carpet at Lowes that does a good job in simulating grass.

I've been working on my layout modification all week.  Final cutting of lower level and trim installed then attached control panel in new location.  New Lionel Fastrack 072 is in place but not yet attached to Homosote.  Next week will be connecting wiring to control panel and I can operate trains again.

Steve, Lady and Tex

Last I heard, he was planning on a new one once he is in his new house.  Only time will tell, though.

Andy

Thanks for the response Andy. I hope he does build a new layout. He is very talented.

Well my 250.00 find nice way to start the hobby back up

Enjoy your weekend and be safe.

Joe B.

Made a coupler for one of my Rail King L-1 Mikado's to make a double header.

Amtrak Regional speeding around the layout.

Here are some photos that I took at the Virginia Transportation Museum in 2010.  The museum is much more than trains.  That is me standing next to a red 1967 Oldsmobile Cutlas Supreme.  This was my first car except that mine was silver.

The last photo is a Washington DC street car to the Glen Echo amusement park near DC.  I remember riding these cars when I was about 9 to and from the amusement park.

GREAT PHOTO'S THIS WEEK THANKS FOR POSTING

How about a few pics of the MTH traveling display layout from Trainfest 2013 in Milwaukee!

Two new cars i picked up from a forum member

I have the Lionel black version, too...

This is Mobile, Bascule over Three Mile Creek, Mobile river just downstream. TASD

MP-15 switching the Alabama State Docks yard to the left, out of sight.

 Other end of the state: Gadsden, Alabama:

 Tunnel Motors - long way from the SP: 

 

LIRR...

 

 

Beautiful weathering on the passenger stock

Thanks Rex

 Hey Scott,

I tried to grab some CSX for a shot. They all didn't make it in. Trying to help you out as I heard you're going thru TWS (train withdrawl syndrown). I'll try and choose another road for U soon.

 PS. let me know if you sell off any diesels!!

The late afternoon sun is apparent in this view of Longfellow PA on the STANDARD Railroad of the World...

Work continues on "Section 7" of my layout.  This is a stretch of 4 track PRR mainline squeezed between a hillside and the Juniata River just west of Duncannon PA: