WEEKEND PHOTO FUN 5-27-16-??

Hey DAD! Can I run your new Lionel H-7?

Was a great time last Saturday morning...

Great pictures Scott! 

Since I am not sure of the color in the photos, did you repaint you passenger cars?  The "Mike" and SD look great.

J Daddy,

He looks like he is having a lot of fun!

J Daddy -  The little guy in your photos is totally enjoying the trains!  great to see!!   Scott - nice photos of the Virginian passenger cars!

Here's a few photos from Patsburg and the Free State Junction Railway.  Have a great Memorial Day Weekend everyone!

Around the pike....................

I put away the scenery projects for the summer and have been concentrating on freight car weathering...

First is a string of all the cars I recently finished,  aside from the caboose which was done previously:

Next is a close up of a Lionel NKP gondola:

Here is an Atlas Trainman EL covered cement hopper:

And here's that Weaver PRR flat car with the simulated wooden deck I posted a few weeks ago. Since then I've added some stakes and some rusty tie down chains:

And here's the whole string of them passing by a set of pristine Lionel PA's by the signal bridge just east of Port Royal:

There are three weathered box cars in the group as well.  I'll post images of them next week.

Wish I had the room for … S P A C I O U S as your layout promotes.

Always nice scenes and choice of weathered rolling stock to enjoy Neal! 

Wow!  The bar has been set high by the photos this week.

Thanks for celebrating the late - great - Virginian , Scott.  That's the way to bring up the young 'uns, J Daddy. TRUMP TRAIN, glad you survived the Canadian music festival and are once again posting photos of that good-looking B&O torpedo boat GP9, as well as several other good layout photos.  SIRT, there are never too many photos of the SIRT Alco-GE S2.  And PRRMIDDLEDIVISION, not only have you created realistic PRR scenes, but your weathering is perfect -- neither too much nor too little of it.  Mike McCutcheon, thanks for reminding us of railroading in New England.

A 2015 Christmas Layout memory.

This converted Lionel lited billboard was a gift from 2 of my nephews.  Love it!

- walt

From last Friday night's River City 3  Railers business meeting at Bill M's home. A fantastic layout room. Wish my camera could do better......

Peter

K-line MP15DC, with mods, done 10 -15 years ago, recent photos. Fixed pilots, relocated handrails, improved fuel tank, paint (all the stripes are paint) and a crude weathering job - indeed, the whole job is a cruder than I'd do today, I like to think, but I'm happy with it anyway. (No ERR...yet?)

I did this before Atlas and MTH brought out theirs, so I had no need of them...got to be quicker, guys; don't make me build one, even if yours are "better".

This models one of the MP15DC units used by the Alabama State Docks Railway in Mobile, though all but one now have a new paint scheme.

A real one - actually, it's an MP15AC (their others are MP15DC's, like the K-line model), but the paint (allowing for the AC's different radiator setup) and handrails are the same:

Here is my contribution for this week:

And a video for your enjoyment:

Excellent photos as always!  Here is an MTH caboose I waited a long time for.

Nice pictures this week, It's Memorial Day so Military Beeps and a tribute video.

I just finished adding three more floodlights to my Grand Central Terminal (two toward the roof and one on the left side). Also added five HO scale taxis as I felt they looked better than the over sized one I had before.

I wish I had some US Military type of trains on weekends like this, but I don't so my LCT 262E will have to do!

Have a great weekend...Rich

Switching action...

Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTcd03o7yvA

Pat,

 I like that Air Force Beep and the caboose.  I've seen that RMT Beep before but not the caboose.  IS that a custom paint job or did I just miss it when it came out?

Joe

Here is older picture of my lionel 4 of july boxcar. Close i have to memroial day car. 

coach joe posted:

Pat,

 I like that Air Force Beep and the caboose.  I've seen that RMT Beep before but not the caboose.  IS that a custom paint job or did I just miss it when it came out?

 

Joe

Joe,

Thanks. The caboose is a Railking.

Scenes on the new CNY Railroad:

Jim

Great stuff this week. I've been busy at work so I just have some real train photos and hobby shop layouts to share as of late. Here is New Orleans yesterday. Below that is the layout at Legacy Station outside Atlanta  

Can't get too much of this thread! Wonderful!

It's too bad that the Atlas O Masterline US Army troop cars didn't make it for Memorial Day.  

With its upgraded smoke unit, cruise control, and 4 chuffs per revolution, C&O Hudson #305 has become one of my favorite locomotives. It fits nicely on the tight confines of my home layout. Here, though, it is on the big line, National Capital Trackers layout at Beltsville, MD Day, May 15.

GEF - Those are some mighty close-up close-ups.  I like the camper.

Jim P - excellent scenery as usual.

A favorite (gratifying) layout modeling effort, inspired by a couple businesses... I saw along Rt.11, near Dalton, north of Clarks Summit, PA....

FrankM.

Have a great weekend.

BANDOB posted:

With its upgraded smoke unit, cruise control, and 4 chuffs per revolution, C&O Hudson #305 has become one of my favorite locomotives. It fits nicely on the tight confines of my home layout. Here, though, it is on the big line, National Capital Trackers layout at Beltsville, MD Day, May 15.

 

Always liked that engine.

Here is some pictures and video of my new MTH-Premier Southern E-8 Diesel Engine in a consist with 3 other Southern E-8 engines. These engines are from 3 different catalog runs (2002, 2010, & 2016). The engines are pulling 12 MTH-Premier Southern passenger cars.............rogerw.

You know you've been running the trains too much when......

Bruce

I just finished building a Quonset Hut from a old, simple Plasticville kit.  It has become the HQ for a small National Guard unit that is in my town.  Also...this posting is in reverence of Memorial Day.  Matt

I had to do a little homework for the Casey Jones High Railers today. We are in the process of wiring the new dog leg expansion. We did not have a work session today, but never the less some work was accomplished at home. I wired 6 six Jones Plug connectors for the jumper terminals on the modules.

I  have also been working on two old 53ft wood express reefers. These cars started live as 2 rail O scale wooden models. The NP car was missing trucks and a good bit of detail around the ice hatches. The car was also banged up and I had to mix and match some pant to touch it up. Steve at Muffin's Trains ordered me two sets of Atlas express trucks  for these cars. Here is the NP Car.

Here is the NP car with an Atlas 53ft Frisco wood reefer.

The Atlas car and the wooden NP are appear to match up ok. I may add passenger car stirrups form Scale City Designs to both of these cars

Here is a picture of the REA 53ft wood reefer. This car did have 2 rail O scale express trucks and scale couplers. I removed the two rail trucks /couplers and added a pair of the Atlas 3 rail express trucks. It looks as if I need to move the trucks closer to the end of the car, or re install the 2 rail trucks with 3 rail wheel sets. The original 2 rail trucks are very nice sprung trucks. I have some 3 rail fixed couplers (form Scale City Design / old Keil Line / old Walthers) that I could use on this car. Once I decide on which trucks to use I will start restoring this car and adding a few more detail parts.

Have save Memorial Day weekend.

Richard

GEF posted:

I love the scene with the snow plow. I'd like to see more of it. What is the mixer backing up to. What ground type are you modeling by the snow plow?