Weekend Photo Fun 5-21-21-??

It's planting time for those of us who like to garden, so I didn't get too much done on the layout this week. But I snapped this image on my phone of the sand enclosure at the Pennsylvania Glass Sand Plant (US Silica today) plant at Mapleton and noticed it bore a strong resemblance to a photo I took of the prototype just a few years ago:

A few weeks ago I posted pictures of a Lionel engine house that I modified to look like the structure in the background of the prototype shot because they were so similar which I think is pretty obvious when you compare this two photos.

Now here are a few of an excavator being used to move sand that has been dumped out of trucks into the bin where the sand is carried by conveyor belts into the plant for processing. There is a lot of work to be done as far as weathering the excavator, not to mention finding a figure to install in the cab. All of the conveyor belts have yet to be built. I was careful to add the tracks in the sand from the excavator as well as passing trucks:

And in more of an overall shot, an eastbound NS train including a BNSF unit in the consist can be seen heading east towards Enola Yard. I'm still trying to figure out what the use to move the sand hoppers in the plant, but today my son thinks it may be a trackmobile, so there you see mine sitting on on of the sand covered siding tracks:

Finally, when I searched for this week's edition, I saw the final post from last week had a question about this shot from last week showing some autos parked at the plant office:

I think they wanted to know where I got them. Except for the Kinsmart 68 Impala on the right which I found a few years ago at York in a large tray with them in three colors, the others are much older and I have no idea where I found them. The 68 impala should still be available and cost all of $8 as I recall. But I will say this...I try to find four door cars, or at least more typical cars such as this. No Corvettes, Porsches, or Mercedes on my layout depicting rural Pennsylvania. I also try to make them era appropriate, so only the Chevy in the center will make the final cut. I love the others, but they belong on other parts of the layout which depict different eras.

Now, back to planting flowers and doing yard work!

New York Central F-12 ten-wheeler #1232 is a recent Lionel Legacy model. The smokebox color should be graphite – not gray. Lionel shows one color in its catalog and then delivers another. Unsatisfactory in my opinion, but I decided to keep the model because it is otherwise very nice and runs well.

Locomotive #1232 was built by Alco Schenectady in October 1905 as F-2 #2098. It was superheated around 1917, renumbered to #819 in 1936 and to #1232 in 1948. The engine weight was 199,500 pounds and it produced 31,020 pounds of tractive force. NYC #1232 had inward-slanted cylinder-chests with the valve mechanism inside the frame. Prototype photos also show F-12 engines with upright cylinder-chests and outside valve gear, as they appear on the model. Ten-wheelers operated on the New York Central’s Putnam Division until September 1951. Engine #1232 was retired in July 1952.

MELGAR

Lionel. Centennial, NKP 765, and UP 4014.  Oh and of course the Enterprise.

I think Rich and Ed are waving to each other.

Great Lakes Central Railroad • Some Photo Fun from Michigan

▶︎ (50mm lens) vs (fisheye lens)

Filmed: May 14, 2021 • At Railroad Days, Durand Michigan

GLC Railroad locomotive #392 approaches the double diamond at 25 mph. (50mm lens)

We are now just past the midday sun at about 2 PM. This was shot with a fisheye lens at 220 degrees. This lens can max out at a full 360 degrees. This lens makes for a lot of photographic fun.

A close up of the double diamond. (50mm lens)

The GLC Engineer checks traffic at the crossover. (50mm lens)

This train is headed south on the main line to Lansing, Michigan. (50mm lens)

GLC Loco is passing Durand Union Depot. (fisheye lens)

Locos #392 & #382 passing the depot. Great Lakes Central Railroad is the largest regional railroad in the great state of Michigan, with 400 miles of track stretching through Central and Northern Michigan. EMD GP-35’s (fisheye lens)

This video was shot with a fisheye lens in the 360 degree mode. So hang onto your railroad hat.

If I am not out rail-fanning, I’m thinking about it. 😎 Have a great weekend. Hope to see you out rail-fanning. Gary 🚂

Here’s a few around the Layout

A 2020 Christmas Layout memory

continuing this week with the Christmas/Winter section of the plateau.

- walt

Wonderful photos and videos everyone!  Gary your blue skies and beautiful trains are very happy photos!  Scott thanks for hosting this thread each week!

For this fine weekend, a potpourri of photos taken by the company photographer.  Have a wonderful weekend everyone!  Be safe = Be well!  

Night trains.

A work train crew  gets the job done.

In the early morning as the sun's first rays peak through, a freight rolls by the tower with TOFC cars.

Brakeman Hank Wolfert on the job.

MOW workers are busy bees as a boy rides by and observes from his bike.

A glance across the yard.

The beehive of activity is evident as a 2065 Hudson eases its' train into the station.

Another temp 7’x9’ layout built out of boredom.  I’ve already shown images of the 1^st one (Easter) and decided I enjoyed that enough to do another.  This was built back in mid-February.  As I’ve mentioned before with my Easter temp layout, I have so many beautiful Christmas pieces that I could never use them all on my 11’x14’ Christmas layout and I dislike having them just sit in boxes where I don’t get to enjoy seeing them, so I did this temp Christmas layout

- walt

                               Hard to believe its a Railking...

Getting ready for tomorrow's show.....we all are very excited!

I detailed the factory with "air rights" over the ROW with smoke stains left over from the steam era......

Have a great and safe weekend, folks!

Peter

Last week Lionel had a custom building contest on Facebook. I submitted my tinplate skyscrapers and won a $25.00 gift certificate. Thanks Lionel

This week I have nearly completed the largest tin skyscraper at the club. This building is painted in Polar Express Colors and is 18 inches wide and 36 inches tall.

I have two more buildings to finish for my standard gauge downtown.

Scott Smith

Thanks Scott for putting on another great Photo Fun and congrats on your winning the gift from Lionel.  Some  really nice pictures everyone.  Steve I really like the job done on the Trainmaster and you are correct, it is hard to tell it is a Railking locomotive, I would have never guessed it.  Melgar, I liked your locomotive, too bad Lionel isn't better on their QC anymore, maybe Atlas will make them try a little harder.  I got the Lionel Legacy 4-6-0 in the Texas & Pacific road name and I'm very happy with the way it runs and I had forgotten that I had a set of  T&P heavy weight passenger cars to go behind it, I was tickled pink when I found them on the shelving unit, hopefully I'll have some picks of them for next weekends PF.  Have a good weekend everyone.   

Here's a couple of photos of the "almost finished" area of my small 2-rail layout(top level). The lower level is an extension of the larger 3-rail layout in the adjacent bonus room over the garage. As you can see the railroad is in the process of installing new crossbucks.

Dave

@luvindemtrains posted:

Here's a couple of photos of the "almost finished" area of my small 2-rail layout(top level). The lower level is an extension of the larger 3-rail layout in the adjacent bonus room over the garage. As you can see the railroad is in the process of installing new crossbucks.

Dave

Very nice looking layout Dave! Excellent scenery.

Thank you kindly Mr. Schorr!

Dave

Set up pictures......

Big train weekend starting soon!

Peter

Great photos, everyone! I decided it was too nice a day to work on the layout(s) in the basement, so I took a video of the outdoor layout. I’m waiting to receive a new S4 from Charles Ro with more pulling power than the little 0-6-0.

@scott.smith posted:

Last week Lionel had a custom building contest on Facebook. I submitted my tinplate skyscrapers and won a $25.00 gift certificate. Thanks Lione

This week I have nearly completed the largest tin skyscraper at the club. This building is painted in Polar Express Colors and is 18 inches wide and 36 inches tall.

I have two more buildings to finish for my standard gauge downtown.

Scott Smith

Outstanding video, Scott. Simply outstanding.  Makes me want to set up my Christmas tinplate layout right now.

Flew over Steam town at 3,000' this morning.

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The city park under a blanket of snow.

Construction is underway.

The parade at the Disney Park.

A busy city street.

At the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL, tonight for a rare nighttime operation event. They were running the #5 J.Neils Lumber Company shay by itself tonight for photo runbys. Nice to hear the whistle echo across the farm fields after sunset.

Tom

@corsair29 posted:

Flew over Steam town at 3,000' this morning.

Now that is a picture. Oh I have been missing Steamtown. Haven't been up there since Labor Day Weekend 2019. Not sure when I'll be back up there, maybe next year, who can say.

Picked up a second-hand MTH 4-4-0 today, so had a little photo session (with background replacement).  Finally a steamer that's a little closer to the era of my diorama!

Probably will eventually seek out a local re-painter to re-roadname the tender from 'B&O' to 'Canadian Northern' someday

@Putnam Division and @Gilly@N&W at River City 3 Railers open house held in conjunction with Virginia Train Collectors swap meet in Midlothian VA earlier today:

@Pingman posted:

@Putnam Division and @Gilly@N&W at River City 3 Railers open house held in conjunction with Virginia Train Collectors swap meet in Midlothian VA earlier today:

Carl.....thank you for coming.....it was great to meet you in person and I look forward to catching up again!

The show was a blast with loads of people till after 3PM..........still one more day today, 9-3.  It's 0530 and after a quick trip to the grocery store, I'll be there by 0700 to get trains running for the early arriving vendors.

Peter

Show pictures....

Peter

A video from the Virginia Train Collectors show......the Virginian Electric is owned by OGR Forum member Kanawha....

Peter

Another video......the Big Boy is owned by OGR Forum member RickS.....

Have a great and safe day, folks!

Peter

                                                      Goat mode...

Looking for a by-pass circuit to operate car without the MTH track.