WEEKEND PHOTO FUN begins now!
Last week I picked up my Weaver N&W Class W from JDS Limited Productions. It now has been upgraded to DCS.
I also finished my repair work on my Interstate RS-3
Since I had already replaced the locomotive with a new one I repaired the damage and changed the number
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Interstate had some RS-3's with the orange roofs and some with black. Changing the number to 37 after the repair kept it like the prototype. 
Let's see your pictures.
Scott Smith
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Nice work repair work on the engine Scott! and looking forward to seeing some great photos this week. Always a highlight of the week seeing everyone's hard work and creativity.
Some new MTH trains from the Canadian Toy Train Association special run cars; ( you can click on the images of each special run car for more detail and larger photos)
http://www.canadiantoytrains.org/canada-club-cars
E&N nice little 36 foot colorful car.
And a Pacific Great Eastern Caboose.
These will add some color to my trains. We have run a few PGE cars now and may do an engine in the future to match. I also custom painted several cars for a nice long train.
It would be nice to do a run of the PGE RS3 that currently is in operational condition at the West Coast Railway Association park.
www.wcra.org here are some photos of it; http://www.rrpicturearchives.n...icture.aspx?id=75536
Our Railway museum hosted the Thomas the Tank engine event over 5 days with several sold out trains.
I brought along a little 12x12 display with lots of trains for the kids to run. I have 8 sections of fencing made from 2x4 frames with white plastic fence zip strapped to the frames they screw together quickly and are just the right height to keep most little kids out. Had a couple manage to climb the fence with parents reacting in time. Makes for a 16 x 16 frame just enough working room inside the fence. I laid out 2 rolls of 6 foot wide green outdoor carpet and a couple of loops of K-Line Super Snap track around the outside. A 4x5 treed layout made from stacked foam sheets, 4x5 foam board with 4 loops of the 0-27 track, and a couple of more loops of track. Circus theme so added some Lemax carnival rides. The controls are mounted on the fencing for the kids to blow whistles, make things move and the Lion Chief controls are mounted to panels for the control of the trains. They only run in forward and have the sound buttons covered up. (drives you nuts when they get bells on all 7 engines chiming together).
Most all the freight and passenger cars were circus theme. On the outside loop a Williams GG-1 pulling a long string of box cars, K-Line flats and Circus wagons and K-Line passenger/animal cars. 2nd loop had a PA set of Williams Santa Fe engines with matching hopper and caboose, followed by a long string of Lionel 0-27 flats with various Circus wagons attached. Most all the other trains were the Thomas characters pulling Circus and animated cars where possible. All but one of the engine lasted the long days of running burnt one motor out. At the back on the table was a large K'Nex roller coaster that the kids love.
The fence with controls held off the pint sized Thomas fans, most of the day saw 20-40 kids packed around the layout running the trains all very excited.
Click on photos for a larger view, enjoy.
Not much this week.......busy at work. I did take a pick of our new trailer parked outside Gilly@N&W's house while I was on a bike ride.
Tomorrow we transfer the modules from the old trailer into the new one.
Should be fun in the 99 degree heat!
Peter
Built by the consortium of ALCo, General Electric and Ingersoll-Rand, the Central Railroad of New Jersey 1000 is generally regarded as the first commercially successful diesel locomotive. Here is MTH's model of this pioneer hard at work in my railroad's freight yard.
Bob
CNJ 3676 posted:Built by the consortium of ALCo, General Electric and Ingersoll-Rand, the Central Railroad of New Jersey 1000 is generally regarded as the first commercially successful diesel locomotive. Here is MTH's model of this pioneer hard at work in my railroad's freight yard.
Bob
I love your mix of tubular track and modern engines.
After a couple years of train watching walks. My dog Maggie, finally seems interested in trains.
RaritanRiverRailroadFan4 posted:
I love your mix of tubular track and modern engines.
Thanks. After many years in the hobby, I think I became so accustomed to tubular track I never felt the need to replace it with a different system.
Thanks again,
Bob
3 photos that my dear friend Alan Arnold took of my roundhouse. I love these shots that he took while he was here.
HONEY, I shrunk the Diesel!
A 2015 Christmas Layout memory 
- walt
Have a great weekend everyone! Here are a few shots of a CNJ local crew spotting a cement hopper on the siding while the SW1 yard switcher shifts a loaded gon on the adjacent track...
This week try weathered old Lionel PRR covered hopper #9263.
Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTcd03o7yvA
CNJ #1601 posted:Have a great weekend everyone! Here are a few shots of a CNJ local crew spotting a cement hopper on the siding while the SW1 yard switcher shifts a loaded gon on the adjacent track...
Joe A. Really, really nice weathering job. Also nice figures.
-Johan
Thank you, Johan...I appreciate the kind words. You did a really nice job as well making that "traditional" Pennsy covered hopper look much more scale-like and realistic!
I am still looking for Postwar Lionel train items, like the ones from my youth. Here is one of those that I just received. It is missing a couple of parts that I have ordered replacements of to make this car in great condition.
CNJ #1601 posted:Thank you, Johan...I appreciate the kind words. You did a really nice job as well making that "traditional" Pennsy covered hopper look much more scale-like and realistic!
Joe A. Thanks.
-Johan
I posted this on B&O Bill's Celebrate Fairfax topic, and thought I'd do it here too. We should have some great pics of the layout and visitors by weekend's end.
Delaware Coast Line Railroad T-6 #19 at Baker Petroleum in Milton, Delaware this wednesday.
Beautiful General Light and Power, I just finished for someone.
Fantastic and interesting photos everyone!! Here is my contribution for this week. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!
Awesome job Alex.Well done.
I visited the Colorado State Railroad Museum outside Denver last week. This is a must see for rail fans visiting Colorado. They also have a wonderful HO layout depicting Colorado railroading in the museum's basement. The scenery is among the best that I have ever seen on any layout.
NH Joe
Great pictures this week. I dug out mt Williams Hudson and added a Pullman passenger set and my 4 Weaver Troop Carriers.
BAR GP7 #63:
This hopper - that you weathered - who needs fancy or even many details when you have the eye and the talent? And, even more importantly, just sit down and actually do it. Impressive - partly because the car is just so...MPC with the Allied trucks.
Pat, looks great. Your Williams Hudson has been overlooked by many. That locomotive has it all. The look of postwar and the dependability of modern locomotives.
CNJ 3676 posted:Built by the consortium of ALCo, General Electric and Ingersoll-Rand, the Central Railroad of New Jersey 1000 is generally regarded as the first commercially successful diesel locomotive. Here is MTH's model of this pioneer hard at work in my railroad's freight yard.
Bob
I wish MTH would re-issue these. CNW had a couple and I'd like another one. Thinking about changing the color pattern on this one (see the last photo) and redoing the pilots with Kadees and replacement pilot beams.
D500 posted:BAR GP7 #63:
This hopper - who needs fancy or even many details when you have the eye and the talent? And, even more importantly, just sit down and actually do it. Impressive - partly because the car is just so...MPC with the Allied trucks.
D500. Thank you. I really appreciate your kind words. Now that lightweight car is also little heavier and runs much better, i glued little sand inside the car.
-Johan
Peter, you need to have someone paint an NH EP-5 on the side.
Angie Houser, President of Hazleton Camera Club, is also Administrative Assistant at our church: Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Nuremberg, PA. She "stitched together" two photos that I took recently of clouds along the mountains here. This may inspire some ideas for scenery, so I'll post it.
ReadingFan posted:Angie Houser, President of Hazleton Camera Club, is also Administrative Assistant at our church: Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Nuremberg, PA. She "stitched together" two photos that I took recently of clouds along the mountains here. This may inspire some ideas for scenery, so I'll post it.
Nuremburg is such a great little town; all those hamlets around it are neat too! I remember when I was about 18, there was a hardware store there with an original Thomas Alva Edison bulb that had been burning since the turn of the century; this was in the 70's!
Don
Wow! There is some amazing work on display this week!
When MTH pushed the envelope, I miss that.
Alex M posted:Beautiful General Light and Power, I just finished for someone.
Fabulous work Alex!!!! Bravo!!!!
BAR GP7 #63 posted:This week try weathered old Lionel PRR covered hopper #9263.
Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTcd03o7yvA
BAR GP7 #3 - Wow!!!! Your weathering skills are amazing!!! Who would think an old Lionel covered hopper could ever look this great!!!
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