Weekend Photo Fun 5-24-13-??

My new flying salami arrived this week & boy its big,longer than 2 scale GG1`s.

Work continued this week on the new train station complex. We added trees, gooseneck street lights, fountains and accessories. We are finally getting near the end of a three month project to give the layout a bit of a facelift. Click on the photo to get a full view.

In and around the big city:

Jim

Alibatwomble, 

Seeing that ur in the U.K>  I still like the looks of the ballast,

and it appears, may be easily applied,  Reckon that vendor is

available in the U.S.---  Looks good

thanks

A 2012 Christmas layout memory

I haven't shown an overview so I thought I would.

- walt

Have a great weekend everyone!....

Alan

"Sunset downtown"...(right click on picture, then click "open link in new window")

We weathered the track at the club layout this week for a vast improvement in appearance

We need to top-dress the old ballast this week

Happy Memorial Day Weekend everyone!

Hope everyone will fire up the grill this weekend.

And just one more cause it is the long weekend!

Run those trains!

Jim,

sure would like more Viaduct, pic, #3

how long is it, what is it made of

thanks

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Some nice layout photos great detail!

Some photos of the Montana Rail link passenger train. They are thinking of running this from Spokane, WA  to Billlings Montana. A nice scenic part of the trip that Amtrak only does at night. It is currently sitting on the old BC Hydro railway line in B.C. just north of the border and ran a trip a week or so back to the valley. MRL runs this line known as the SRY short line Check out the Trains Magazine from June 2013 for an article on MRL. The rail cars have been getting rebuilt locally. Note the Ex Southern Pacific car with the shared common truck between cars.

The elevated rail line in a couple of shots is the BNSF mainline from Seattle to Vancouver where Amtrak runs just south of the Fraser River bridge, so you would see this train from Amtrak if coming into town.

 Looks like a pretty sharp trainset, this would make a nice short train to model in O with a MRL loco, MTH has done a few of these;

http://www.mthtrains.com/content/20-20099-1

Click on photos for a larger view.

Here are some photos of a spare bedroom with a train make over. Added a loop of track around the ceiling. Thomas works well here for the kids can walk around the room with his remote. Have to add some trim along the edges then some plastic strips to keep trains from falling off in an accident. So can lay in bed and run the trains!

Perfect for smaller vistors or the kids at heart!

I used some old train boards cut for other projects. One part had white foam board glued to the plywood, and a loop of gargraves glued with ballast to this. The other sections I used carpet underlay bits on the plywood and the 2nd loop behind or outside track I added a layer of carpet bits on top to give it a slight bit of extra height to be better visible from below.

When the trains run on the carpet or underlay very very quiet, noisy when the front track hits the short section of foam. May have to change this out.

A few from this week of one of my usual trust steeds. 

At work now, and not a lot of pics here to choose from today...here's one taken on my cell phone of a lonely stretch of track in a rural area just west of Mifflintown on Middle Division of the famed "Standard Railroad of the World".  In the distance a work train sits on a siding.  Note the rock work that portrays a limestone shelf hanging over a layer of soft weathered shale.  "Often seen, seldom modeled"...

Unloading in Kittery.

Who makes this little truck....I would love to have one of these for my layout.

Everyday is a busy day on the railroad.

Lemonade from lemons.

Marty, I see the superintendent was on the scene. 

Rick

Roger....that REA truck I believe is an Ertl product.  It was made in several different REA paint schemes.  I have one with different graphics...

Alan

Latest weathering. Not a lot of separate detailing.

Ray Marion

Great pix, everyone!

Dr. Schorr: Wow.....you nailed Central Pa. as well as I've seen it done! BRAVO!!  Tom

Terry It`s all woodland scenic stuff & PVA white glue and as you say easy.

Walt You amaze me with all that hard work & effort every year.

Keep up the good work I really look forward to your Christmas`s.James

my new city block still in the making...

I know this not much. I bought a new MTH O scale B&O style signal this week.  

Looks like the best Photo Fun ever!

You Guys are awesome!

Got some customer items in today, I’ll post my new MTH GP-35 B&O’s during the weekend when I can finish them.

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  PK4, Neal, Ray! 

My new UP Veranda, before and after.

Rich

www.toytrainsontracks.com

Since Steve Eastman has gotten me way too far into tinplate I thought I would post a little video that I sent to him of my newly acquired 256. It is so big that it almost looks like a narrow gauge standard gauge engine with it running on part of my Fastrack layout.

Rick, who is better qualified to check catenary than a cat?  Good pickup, I was wondering if anyone would catch that. 

Marty nice job. I have the "Grand" kit I'm just starting and the round corner building that goes with it. I wish B/J Traction was still in business.

Here's a little Red, White and Blue. Don 

Canadian Pacific 2317 on a muggy July day in Scranton...

Don, I could not take the fiber optics that came with the kit.  I drilled 105 holes and have two LED circuits that flask on and off looking like chase lights.

Yea, Marty I'm going to do something like that myself. Maybe use Miller's Neon. I wish Miller would make a "Grand" neon. Don