Weekend Photo Fun 5/27/16 HONGZ Memorial Day!

Here's a Life-Like N scale Conrail GP20. CR rostered only thirteen units of this type. All were originally purchased by the New York Central and subsequently became Penn Central property upon the NYC/PRR merger. Note the model is equipped with Rapido couplers as the Conrail unit was released before knuckle couplers became standard. 

Bob

This is an Arnold N scale reefer that was made in Germany and was slightly weathered many years ago.

Micro Trains U.S. Army tank car.

chessie1971 posted:

Nothing new this week. I may try to get this Kato n scale amtrak engine and some passenger cars. HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!!

Jeff:

The Kato P42 is an excellent model so go for it if you can. I have a few myself. I'll try to post pictures of them in a future photo thread. 

Bob

Thanks Bob for your input!

This arrived this week:

(HO scale, ad picture.)

Alas, though, it has a bit of a hitch in its get-along when running at slower speeds in reverse. I could very likely find/fix the issue... but tampering with it would void the ability to exchange it, so it is likely going back for exchange.

As for me and my hobby of trains, I'm in a "old time steam" mode and having fun with it.  I've been dutifully surfing eBay looking for engines/rolling stock for the era, and have been working up some track plan sketches to experiment with various main line arrangements for the steam layout that's to be in the new 16' x 20' out building.  SO FAR, the wife's been tolerant of the kitchen table looking like this:

As you can see, I'm still in the "Analog Age" when it comes to track planning. I LIKE sitting at a table and using hand-held tools to create with. I've tried CAD layout software and it just doesn't yield the same satisfaction. (Though the ability to save variations is nice.)

All fer now!

Andre

The year is 1976 and the Oak River Railroad's bicentennial unit (which looked suspiciously like SCL's unit) leads a freight towards Summit.

Rusty

Been dabbling with HO over the winter and picked up some Broadway limited AC 6000''s and a bunch of Kato stack cars I'm very impressed. also garden  is up and running a few custom painted GP-40's.

Athearn RTR Rio Grande SD45 and Broadway Limited NYC 4-8-4 Niagara

Wonderful picture's everyone!

Train6666 posted:

also garden  is up and running a few custom painted GP-40's.

Wow, we looking at G scale here?   I don't know what this is, or who makes it, but I like it.    You definitely followed the first three principles of railroad construction, drainage, drainage, drainage.     An outdoor signal system?  

Regards,

Jerry

A little Holiday action from the Garden G layout.  SWEET.......... Our motto has always been, go big or go home..

Nick nice G scale! 

Thank you, we do have fun.

Your welcome Nick!

that's Awesome!

I'm running a different train today....

More BNSF Action before the rain.