Weekend Photo Fun 5-26-23-??

@scott.smith posted:

Last week I visited Tim Pierce's layout which is still under construction.

Scott Smith

Thank you, Scott......for starting us up every week......LOVE that Korber Lionel Factory. Saw one for sale at York for $200.....but passed on it......worried about the walls being warped and brittle after 30+ years......

Peter

I have had my outer loop motorized with two of the power drops attached. I've been running conventional for the past few weeks......here are some pictures:

Have a great and safe Memorial Day weekend, folks!

Peter

In memory of our fallen Brothers and Sisters.

A group of bikers prepares to join the run to The Wall.

New York Central 2-8-0 #960 is a Lionel Legacy model (2231120, MSRP $749.99). The model’s prototype was a Union Pacific/Southern Pacific design. Although it is a good-looking model and runs well, it differs significantly from the real NYC #960 with respect to valve gear, steam and sand domes, bell location, and the engineer’s-side walkway. The real #960 ran on the NYC’s Michigan Central subsidiary and was built by Alco-Brooks in 1909 with 63-inch drivers and 23-by-32 cylinders. It was scrapped in 1954. Similar NYC 2-8-0s had a tractive effort of about 45,000 pounds.

The videos show it in operation on my 12’-by-8’ model railroad.

MELGAR

A 2022 Christmas Layout memory

- walt

                                  NEW ENGLAND morning Lash- up ...

                                                D&H Blue RS-3....??? Maybe? 

Western railroading is at its coolest! My MTH bobber caboose in a rural setting of Northern California.

LGB mogul with transformer car and woodside caboose

I posted in an earlier Weekend Photo Fun how I took two MTH "What Were you Inking"  buildings:

Cut them apart

And ended up with this

But I really did not like the MTH windows, as the frames and muntins are too thick (That is characteristic of the breed):

  So I substituted Grandt line windows.  These required a bit of cutting, new glass and new sills.

But in my opinion it looks a whole lot better

As you can see I added a few details.  Here is the night shot:

Yorktown is the name of my high school. The Fleur de Lis is its symbol

@John Sethian posted:

I posted in an earlier Weekend Photo Fun how I took two MTH "What Were you Inking"  buildings:

Cut it apart

And ended up with this

But I really did not like the MTH windows, as the frames and muntins are too thick (That is characteristic of the breed):

  So I substitued Grandt line windows.  These required a bit of cutting, new glass and new sills.

But in my opinion it looks a whole lot better

As you can see I added a few details.  Here is the night shot:

Yorktown is the name of my high school. The Fleur de Lis is its symbol

Cool gondola tool tray!

@rail posted:

Cool gondola tool tray!

It always amazes me how you guys find small things in photos that I never even paid attention to.   Love that you do it and mention it with the image.

thanks - walt

Downtown Utacolzona.
Learning to use my phone camera & cropping pictures.

Thanks for looking.       Dennis.

Utacolzona Railroad in On30 (built 2020 - 2022) Last Update 5/27/23

Just having fun.

I attended O Scale West yesterday, Friday, May 26, 20023.  You can see my OSW report at this link:  

https://ogrforum.com/...9#175145952083771689

NH Joe

This is a photo of a brass City of Los Angeles diesel set that was for sale.  I recall that it was priced at around $3,500.  I don't recall the manufacturer.

The Yosemite Short Line On30 sectional layout was on display.  It is truly awesome.  I posted photos on my other post and I am reposting them here.  Unfortunately, this may be one of the YSL's last shows after 20 years.  Both the layout's sections and its owners are getting old.  The owners no longer have the energy to maintain or show the layout.  Its future is uncertain.  

One side of the display.

The honeymoon cabin.

The saw mill.

The quarry.

The logging camp.

Google predictions of 12 million hot dogs to be consumed this W/E.
PRR running extra to fill the need.

Looks like the Extra has some liquid refreshment to wash down those dogs.

@coach joe posted:

Looks like the Extra has some liquid refreshment to wash down those dogs.

😂

Be sure to route it by my hometown station.

@Trainguy47 posted:

Be sure to route it by my hometown station.

Making flag stops.

Overnight trip on Amtrak to Philly visit my my son and his wife.

The retired HHP-8s await their fate in Wilmington Engine Yard....

A great meal in Center City.

Then, this morning, the Carolinian up close and personal for the return......I love 30th St Station!

Have a great weekend, folks!

Peter

An old FXE Ferromex corrugated gondola at the end of a CN freight train on the Grand Trunk Western railroad tracks in Michigan on Sunday.

Andrew

Falcon Service

A pair of new TTGX TTX flat car with NORFOLK SOUTHERN HOURGLASS auto racks built by TRINITY RAILCAR in an Eastbound CN freight train traveling over the Grand Trunk Western railroad tracks in Michigan on May 20th, 2023.

Plus a TTGX TTX flat car with a UNION PACIFIC auto rack.

Andrew

Falcon Service

Peter, looks like that Carolinian was coming in hot.

Andrew looks like you had some good railfanning.