WEEKEND PHOTO FUN 5-27-16-??

The NS executive train came through town on Friday.

boin106 posted:

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

Hi Edward M. Forster, I like your idea of having a foundation/floor elevating the hut. I had not thought of that. I assume you know what you are talking about there and saw that feature in real-life, so Thanks for the idea and sharing how good it can look. I see you believe in weathering these huts, also.

FrankM.

Here's a little effort I enjoyed doing.

Los Angeles Live Steamers is celebrating their 60th anniversary this year, here is some spring meet pics. Jay Leno in the flesh was there and he had a cool car.

https://youtu.be/Y0vU9Pm5X2U here is a link to my YouTube account, there is 2 videos from yesterday, feel free to explore my other videos on my Account 

Part of 2 

Ok I followed last weekend and there was a lot of great photos, Just never got around to comment. Hectic Weekend!!!!!! Life of a Soccer Dad

This weekend as usual a lot of great stuff posted.  I  am finally going through it now and yes my finger hurts and need more coffee!!!!!

Scott this thread always rocks. 

J Daddy finally did it and turned back into a kid or at least showing his true self with his Mini Me.

TrumpTrain: Geep looks good but have a question. Third pic, Doesn't the guy pushing the create realize that it would help move the overgrown chalk block first on that flat car?  

SIRT: As usual shows how its done. The first photo of the cattle car , not sure if there was a statement there but would have been funny if one of those workers was standing underneath. Ok, sick humor. 

Walt once again takes us through memory lane with a bit of self promotion. 

PennsyPride94 nice video.

PAT KN Nice tribute video.  Thanks!!!

Last week (or was it the week before), we saw the return of MOONSON and photos from is past( Layout). I noticed frank was standing by the door with his dog taking in the activities going on.( Third and fourth pics ).

boin106  The Quonset Hut came out real nice. Nice enough that frank  returned  and revisited memories of his youth. ( Photo in his reply) 

Ok here is mine: A little GN and NP action  Ok maybe I need more coffee.

suzukovich posted:

Ok I followed last weekend and there was a lot of great photos...

Last week (or was it the week before), we saw the return of MOONSON and photos from is past( Layout). I noticed frank was standing by the door with his dog taking in the activities going on.

It must have been the potbelly that gave me away, huh.

Walkersville Southern Railroad, just about an hour from Washington DC and Baltimore, is running STEAM! 1930 built Lehigh Valley Coal Company 126, an 0-6-0 Vulcan built, owned by the Gramling Family of Ashley, Indiana is pulling the usually diesel-hauled trips from Walkersville, MD to Frederick, MD and return. Steam will run tomorrow, Memorial Day and next Saturday and Sunday ONLY! #126 will be loaded on a truck and it will be off to the next stop (Delaware in this case). Outside of the 611 running out of Manassas, VA next weekend, #126 is the ONLY steam operating in the DC/Baltimore region this year as it appears WMSR won't have their #1309 operating this year and the B&O Museum in Baltimore also won't be running steam this year, unlike the past several years. 

Until last summer, I was a volunteer with WSRR and had the extreme pleasure to fire #126 on several trips. Hard, dirty work but a LOT of fun. I learned a TON about steam doing that!

Big step into the future for Walkersville Southern - a newly rebuilt crossing with welded rail and crossing signals! Once the signals are active, hand flagging the crossing will (for the most part) be a thing of the past! Signals are also coming for other crossings in the future. 

I noted several coaches repainted, holes patched and nice logos applied. They looked great!

Former Pennsy 44 ton switcher is looking nice...this loco is privately owned. Other locos at WSRR include 2 Davenport 0-4-0 switchers (including one with side rods), a Plymouth Switcher, 2 Pennsy 44 ton switchers, a 45 ton switcher and an EMD Model 40 center cab 40 ton switcher. 

Also freshly repainted was this NKP caboose. It really looks great!

ROGERW posted:

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.

Your permanent record has been awarded ten merits for use of Southern E8A units only -- without E8B units (of which Southern had none) on your passenger train.

Number 90 posted:

R

 

Your permanent record has been awarded ten merits for use of Southern E8A units only -- without E8B units (of which Southern had none) on your passenger train.

Tom true no E8 or E7 B-units.  But Southern did have four E6 B-units that were rebuilt to E8 rating etc. in the early mid-50's.  They were retired Aug/Sep 67.

Ron

SDIV Tim posted:

Los Angeles Live Steamers is celebrating their 60th anniversary this year, here is some spring meet pics. Jay Leno in the flesh was there and he had a cool car.

https://youtu.be/Y0vU9Pm5X2U here is a link to my YouTube account, there is 2 videos from yesterday, feel free to explore my other videos on my Account 

Thanks for posting, Tim.  Decades ago, I used to visit the L.A. Live Steamers.  They have really improved their facility since then.  Very interesting stuff.  Thanks.

My brother and I took some of our kids to the Illinois Railway Museum today. We got real lucky when they decided to take the Nebraska Zephyr out and run her!!!! What a great deal...where else can you ride a legendary train like this for the same price as a cheeseburger in the city??!!!

At the AGHR open house a couple weeks ago, my daughter ran her train:

More recently, the boys and I built some wooden trackage:

...and yesterday at the Club, I ran my legacy Berk with some pup trailers.

-Dustin

I love the pink train, Dustin. 

O the humanities! a pink GG1 running on the AGHR layout.  O well it is southern Cal. 

My Memorial Day train

suzukovich posted:

 

TrumpTrain: Geep looks good but have a question. Third pic, Doesn't the guy pushing the create realize that it would help move the overgrown chalk block first on that flat car?  

 

Ok here is mine: A little GN and NP action  Ok maybe I need more coffee.

 

 

Suzukovich - I love your commentary and humor!!  What the third photo ( you refer to )  does not tell ... is the fellow pushing the box had been out all night at a bar and came directly to work the day the photo was taken.  He obviously had no coffee before work that morning!!

I really like your  photos of GN NP!!

Hello All, These photos are for clarification on the MTH-Premier Southern E-8 Diesel engine. The engines from left to right are:

MTH-Premier Southern E-8 (2002) Left

MTH-Premier Southern E-8 (2010) Middle

MTH-Premier Southern E-8 (2016) Right

There is also 2 pictures showing Southern E-8 Engine# 6900 with ditch lights....................RogerW.

John Pignatelli JR. posted:

O the humanities! a pink GG1 running on the AGHR layout.  O well it is southern Cal. 

Last fall at Strasburg I observed a female fireman on the steam engine, and now a pink GG1!

It's the end of times gentlemen, the end of times indeed!!!

Richard

Contemporary trio survivors of the days gone by!

Ron

NC&StL Locomotive 576 – Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee
Visited on Sunday while on our family reunion.

Timothy,

Thanks for posting the pictures. 

I read recently that there is an effort in Nashville to restore NC&STL 576 to operational condition and put it in excursion service on the Tennessee Central RR.   

Also the folks who run Centenial Park would like to have 576 moved out of the park.

Richard

John Pignatelli JR. posted:

O the humanities! a pink GG1 running on the AGHR layout.  O well it is southern Cal. 

Don't worry John, our pink (or is that BPLE?) GG-1 will be headed away from AGHR later this year, out to DC!  I'm sure there are more Pennsy fans out there who can truly appreciate this command controlled, rivet counter's nightmare

frizzinbee posted:

John Pignatelli JR. posted:

O the humanities! a pink GG1 running on the AGHR layout.  O well it is southern Cal. 

Don't worry John, our pink (or is that BPLE?) GG-1 will be headed away from AGHR later this year, out to DC!  I'm sure there are more Pennsy fans out there who can truly appreciate this command controlled, rivet counter's nightmare

Yes Jeff and Matt told me you were heading to DC. I live in the Stafford area, Look me up when you get there. I am working at DC also for the next few months before retiring. Ya me!

I may even let you run that pinko GG1 at my layout.

My sincere Thank you to the voices who sent me "likes" for the plant nursery/landscaping business I modeled: BAR GP7#63; rail; Roger Wasson; GEF; Alibatwomble; PRRronbh; Joe B; trainroomgary; N5C Jonny; chessie1971; Frdige56Vet; DohertyNJ; Pat Kn; trumptrain; bigtruckpete; brwebster; Rustykamel; JDaddy; PutnamDivision; Mike McCutcheon; SouthernMike; paul\matt; rex desilets; paul2; Suzukovich; wmwalker; Todd Knoll; Mark Boyce; Number90; Alex M; BobbyD; Walt Rapp.

Thank you - that's a lot of Likes!!!! And that feels great.

FrankM.