WEEKEND PHOTO FUN 5-29-15-??

On the RR. Ray's was seen on Frank 53's RR, then part of Eliot Scher's Munoz Lines and now has a permanent home in Schenectady.

Don:

I guess Frank 53 built more than one Ray's Music Exchange.

Neal Jeter

In 1977, the Friends of the GG1 and Amtrak repainted GG1 4935 into the PRR Brunswick Green and pin stripe scheme. The dark green locomotive enamel was almost black, and some have named the unit the "Black Jack GG1." I searched the internet and found a photo of it hauling Amfleet coaches here.

When I saw one (K-Line) on the forum for sale section, I jumped at the chance to get it. It arrived this week and is now in service, hauling Amfleet, of course.  What a great locomotive! May be the smoothest operating GG1 I have.  Thanks again, Nick!

The original is now preserved at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.

Wow....great so far....I haven't done a thing all week....day 8 of an 8 day stretch at work....I did like this picture/dramatization from the Conrail website......I do miss Big Blue!

Peter

My first attempt at painting and lettering a brass car. Not to mention doing some light repairs. The load is a developmental nuclear fusion reactor chamber.  In real life it is an oil mist eliminator with some bridal veil, styrene I beams and a few other odds and ends

Vending machines around the layout.

I brought my GoPro to the club this week with two dead batteries.  Oh well! I guess I have to go into my photo archive and bring out these pics of double headed Pennsy steam pulling a long string of Atlas reefers.

Small building, (Carpenter's shack/supply)

Roxy and Bambi taking the train in order to get to work.  Now that school is out for the semester they have to earn enough money for the fall quarter and get those degrees.

Lincoln Park Shops

Check out my post the O Scale Motor Vehicle Chronicle.

Nice Pictures everyone.

Here is my contribution for this weekend.

Great start this week everyone,  love the Ray's Music Exchange.

Loving playing musical trains with my Grandson, I can never get tired of running Thomas!!

Still running the Williams Hudson I converted the smoke unit on....

And I spent a little time on scenery this past week.....

I still have to apply static grass and a few more details but otherwise this area is finished.

Paul

Testing out the limit of my 180-watt powerhouse!!!

...dispatcher...this is General Electric 2010 here..my fuel is full...can I get the green? 

Naty BO anyone?

National Bohemian Beer is the beer supplier for Bada Bing?

Sad the car impede the entrance view!

AG.

Trolley action on the Seattle & Yakima RR

Week four of the Observation Car series. This time it is a beautiful Lionel Texas Special Lightweight.

The big news this week was the 611 took to the rails again!
I took off of work last Thursday & chased it w/ my daughter -

It did a round trip run from Spencer - Greensboro, NC. The weather was awful (figures!) but it was still awesome to see & hear her!

these are from Thomasville, NC -

I took my whole family to the NCTM a few days later so we could all see 611

and when we got home - guess what Lucia asked to run

I'll be chasing her tomorrow when she heads back to Roanoke In all the 611 fever, I broke down & ordered the MTH imperial 611 & passenger cars ( my first MTH engine in like 6 years). I thought it would be a nice memory to share with Lucia - she was so excited by the real one

John Sethian WOW!!!!! what a fantastic load. you keep setting the bar higher all the time!!!

Sorry ANDRE, I'll try and get a few pics of the entrance for you, but then again I might get my fingers broken or a pair of cement shoes?

In Gothenberg Sweden - Stopped by Hobbycenter, the last full line train shop in Western Sweden.

Owner said that business is booming. With the Euro and Swedish Kroner near alltime lows, prices were quite reasonable to an American.

No 3 rail O, but lots of new Lenz and Brawa European 2-rail O.

He also said the new Marklin starter sets that can be controlled by a tablet or smartphone are flying off the shelves. Kids and parents love them and they are bringing lots of young families into the hobby.

Wish someone would make the Nostalgi Tram (or any other Gothenberg Tram) in 3 rail O.

Go BOH!

Always at the head of the train....

Actually been quiet around town this coming weekend.

#978

A 2014 Christmas Layout Memory

Looks like the township needs another stop sign!

- walt

At the Hi-Rail Train Club in Griffith, IN this industrial supplier looks ready for just everything.  I really like how realistic they make all their scenes.

Art

Excellent photos everyone!!

SIRT,

your gondola load looks like you cleaned up my driveway where my wife parks her '04 van!  

Before anyone gets on my case, I would like getting her something better to drive.  However, since the van originally belonged to her now deceased father, she will drive it until we can't afford to keep it on the road.

Nice additions, these might be hard to purchase from maybe?

Great images from everyone, thanks for sharing with us!!

MTH shipped these a week ago.  Probably not many made, get them while there hot.

They are almost prototypical and look great.

Dan

Over the years of collecting and running trains, I tended to favor brightly colored passenger and freight trains. Road names wasn't important, as long as the trains were colorful.  While the TMB 2 club was operational, I ran the following F3 MTH special 25th Anniversary passenger set;

Daylight Express going by the local;

It came from the "American Graffiti" series of cars.

MotorMax American Graffiti 1955 Bel Air? 2 avail on you know where.

Here are some photo's from my home layout. Great pictures this week!!  thanks for sharing

Here are a couple of pictures posted from the Valencia, Pennsylvania Historical Society.  I grew up a half mile from where the photo was taken, my elderly parents still live there.    The double track is the B&O Pittsburgh and Western Line On the west approach to Bakerstown Hill.  The B&O station is on the right.  The photographer is facing the summit, and Mars is to the photographer's back.  My maternal grandfather was a fireman on this route before he was disabled in World War I In 1918.  The other track is the Pittsburgh and Butler Short Line which ran until 1931.  The Buffalo and Pittsburgh still operated on a single track former B&O mainline now.

Oh yes, Valencia is pronounced (Vuh-len-cha) not the Spanish way.  ;-)

Happy Friday Everyone!!! 

Add the numbers...4 plus 9 plus 3 plus 5...21...BLACKJACK...not because of blackish color!

Blackjack????  Ron, you are kidding? I never knew that!!!!!