Weekend Photo Fun 5-25-18---??

Two structures in progress 

Korber General Light and Power 

K & P  J. Harry Jones Coal Co 

Happy Memorial Day weekend to all my forum friends.    Lots of action at the beach station.  The beach houses are occupied and the surf boards are waxed and ready.

Last week I attended the NMRA Mid-Central Regional Convention in Cincinnati. I had the pleasure of seeing Bob Bartizek's great PRR layout and Bill Bramlage's magnificent Tower City layout. Both were fantastic!

I also took a few photos of my own layout to share with friends attending the convention. In no particular order, here are a few of them. They include photos of a switching operation at Goodman's feedmill in Port Royal, a rural house at Longfellow, Mifflin Tower, the  turntable (finally weathered), and my Altoona Model Works boiler house along with the overhead steam line I built to carry steam to the roundhouse.

A few different units for me.

Two clean Indiana Harbor Belt units in different schemes GP40P-2 4014 and SD38-2 3861.

Two dirty Canadian Pacific AC44CW units, 9727 and 9611.

Fun for this weekend.

A pretty nice trestle near here

A view from a trestle.

And an early morning beverage...doesn't look like coffee to me.

Magooville auto show ramping up.

A 2017 Christmas Layout memory

My house (the one on the right in the 1st picture) and my sister's house that I made models of.  Part of "Waltburg".  BTW: obviously the tool shed for my house doesn't sit on top of the sun porch - I didn't have a place to set it so I just put it there since it's part of my property that I modeled.

- walt

Overall view of "waltburg" - the 2 houses above are shown here towards the back.

Finally picked up an MTH L1 Mikado. 2nd pic is the L1 and an MTH USRA Mikado double heading.  Third pic is my father's 2026.

Mayor Magoo posted:

Magooville auto show ramping up.

Nice scenes. We see the Lucas "Prince of Darkness" electrical system has failed again in the Jag?

Thanks BobbyD!  I should put that Jag up on cinder blocks or jacks to make it look more realistic.  At least that's the condition I'm used to seeing them.

Here are some shots from a Lehigh Valley Hi Railers display at Allentown.

Chris 

LVHR

I caught a CN Eastbound Intermodal while out for my morning coffee. I wish the morning light was better!!

Just received this ambulance the other day.

Took a photo from a side of the layout that has access but not usually viewed.  Not sure if I like the color or b&w version better.

batman to the rescue

Express train:

Ken

B&O Sharks 

Sharks runby:

I was browsing through the music and videos on my smartphone looking for something patriotic for this Memorial Day weekend.

After you play this video and song, I would love to know if it aroused passionate patriotic feelings in you like it surprisingly did for me.

The song is The Eagle and The Hawk written and sung by John Denver. Of course, the star of the video is the Postwar Lionel Rocket Launcher.

Arnold

Action on the Seattle & Yakima RR

 Bill T.

                                                               NKP # 1524...............

The girls of the Top Hat are taking in some sun. One of the girls turns on her elbows and notices several buildings down, a peeping Tom with binoculars aimed their way.

josef posted:

The girls of the Top Hat are taking in some sun. One of the girls turns on her elbows and notices several buildings down, a peeping Tom with binoculars aimed their way.

Clever and cute

Milk for Boston.

Hey, Scott

It was a pleasure talking with you.

Thanks

Pat

 

scott.smith posted:

It's time for WEEKEND PHOTO FUN!!

This past Monday I made a trip to Wheeling, W.V.. Of course if you are in the Wheeling area you have to make a stop at Patrick's Trains.

They have an amazing selection of trains and I really enjoyed my way too short visit.

Let's see your pictures.

Scott Smith

My MTH Union Pacific baggage car arrived this week!

It's 1953, and Engineer George Wiley has FT's 175L-175A-175B in dynamic braking, passing the Judie Oil Co. well No.3, as he slows the train in preparation for stopping at the crossovers at Mullen.  Wallace Smith has No.3, the erstwhile California Limited, but now just a maid of all work, accelerating westward toward Clovis, where brand new  E8m's 83L and 84A will be exchanged for a sturdy bobtail 300 Class rednose, more suitable for the long grades west of there.  Wallace will have time for a chicken fried steak and a helping of peach cobbler before he goes on duty to return to Caprock on No.4.

Happy memorial day to all. Hope everyone has an awessome weekend and keep the pullmor ozone in the air 

Here is one for Memorial Day with a few different looks...

Some Scouts, in uniform for the Memorial Day's parade, stop by the fire station to see the antique firetrucks being readied for the parade and get their picture taken with them for the local newspaper...

FrankM

With the layout still down for a remodeling project all I have is the real stuff. Hopefully I’ll continue to see this equipment now that Amtrak has cut off the private runs. 

Number 90 posted:

It's 1953, and Engineer George Wiley has FT's 175L-175A-175B in dynamic braking, passing the Judie Oil Co. well No.3, as he slows the train in preparation for stopping at the crossovers at Mullen.  Wallace Smith has No.3, the erstwhile California Limited, but now just a maid of all work, accelerating westward toward Clovis, where brand new  E8m's 83L and 84A will be exchanged for a sturdy bobtail 300 Class rednose, more suitable for the long grades west of there.  Wallace will have time for a chicken fried steak and a helping of peach cobbler before he goes on duty to return to Caprock on No.4.

LOL! I swear this pic mimics one that was printed in Greenberg's 1980's  book; "Model Railroading A Family Guide"

The layout I am referring to is the scale" Super O" One that used early 1970's Atlas cars!

Pics from our Saturday work session, including some trains donated to the group......looks like a re-paint of an early model PostWar GM switcher.

Peter

                                           a little Red, White & Blue...

                                      Happy Memorial Day weekend !!

There are lots of pictures that show support for our troops and veterans, and celebrate our country.  This is great.  However, I have only found one that remembers those American men and women who died while serving in our country's armed forces.  It specifically honors those fallen heroes from Massachusetts.

I personally will not be home on Monday BBQing and drinking beer.  I will be supporting our Civil Air Patrol cadets at the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, DC.

Semper Vigilans

America!

kanawha posted:

Express train:

 

Ken

I was expecting a passenger train. This is way cooler.