Weekend Photo Fun 6-15-12-??

Man and after our day and a 5 hour ride, I thought I would start it at 6 AM  Ever the reliable one you are!!!

This CP GP9 engine has been parked on a siding behind the plant where I work for the past week.

It is amazing that this engine is 57 years old and still in service. They seem to be using it for track maintenance. (There has been some repair work going on further down the line.) All that it is hooked up to is this covered gondola car. It would make a realistic model train consist, all you need is a GP9 and a covered gondola, which are both very common in the toy train world.

BNSF PASSES THROUGH OUR CLUB LAYOUT.

SOME DARSTAED ON MY LAYOUT ON A DOOR

A WORKER IS DECAPITATED BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE. THAT'S PLASTIC PEOPLE FOR YOU.

Great one Dave.

Shakespeare doing some dirty work hauling coal

The GG1`s

Just bought some great plates on ebay.

James,

pleased to see you join the GG1 fan club. I have 7 of them now, they are great fun to run for sure. I see your PRR Premier streamliners, the Kinlet Hall, we have so many trains in common, quite amazing really.

Dave great minds etc.

James

An unexpected visitor from the Great White North prepares to enter New Jersey's Todd-Whitman Tunnels.

I really gotta get rid of that too-perfectly shaped conifer in the upper-right hand corner!!

- Mike

Small layout...Big dreams

Around the yard:

Jim

I caught the weathering bug. Here is a freshened up CSX U30-C  standing by on the lower level. Have a great Father's day weekend everyone!

"Full service!!!...ah, those were the days!"

Have a great weekend everyone...

Alan

Happy Father's Day fellas!

Here our new (to us) Santa Fe Warbonnet PA/PB.

Looking for another A unit dummy or powered - anyone have one?

A CLASSY VISITOR TO THE CHERELVALLEY RR

HEY ALAN LOOKING REAL GOOD

ALEX

A 2011 Christmas layout memory

- walt

I just bought this Williams B&O NW-2 switcher engine yesterday

Back to service after routine maintenance.

Reworked MTH store.

Before and after shots

This building looked odd with nothing inside

Painted base to match other buildings they made this one to dark

Following Alan's design (LeavingTracks), we started with 8 of the Disney World Stations and Mini-Muffin, shown here, has been weathering and assembling them..... Alan - how did you make those spires on top of yours?...

I've got to figure out where to put the bridge(s). I'm starting to think maybe just a dry rock river bed. I won't need to worry about feeding the fish!

Downtown is shaping up!  

Another view.... I used flash and it kinda canceled out all the lights inside the buildings.

A good view of the mountain with its new inhabitants.... the elk or deer.

A good shot down the street from the tracks.  I have a Frosty Shop going in at the end that arrives today!

The cows came home... and promptly got fenced in when my girlfriend commented on the fact they would get on the tracks and get hit.  

And for anyone interested in seeing the WHOLE layout and how incredibly HUGE it is, go to the "Weekend at the movies" or whatever that thread is and you can see my video of the ENTIRE LAYOUT!  Its truely getting massive!  (snicker snicker)

Don't know if this caboose was actually part of the Montour RR.  It's right next to the trail down in Imperial, PA.

With the warm weather here I thought that I would share some of my favorite outdoor pictures of TRAINS. These are not pictures that I took but are ones that I really like.

After a many years search, I finally landed, via Ebay, a Phantom IV locomotive to pull my Area 51/alien train.  I was hoping the green would match the cars and it does, while the sound are awsome.  Now my alien train is a show in itself!

If you've seen these previously, kick me; ...I'll try to get it together. (I've been dieting and exercising......maybe a little too strictly....)

...miscellaneous views around Moon Township...

Frank

Here’s another layout corner. My family would occasionally vacation in Cape May, NJ, where there is a lighthouse and a Coast Guard training facility.

TO EVERYONE JUST BEAUTIFUL PHOTO'S,  EXPERT WORK

THIS FORUM IS GREAT

HERE'S MINE        BUSY DAY AT THE DINER AND THE DEALERSHIP

Last week I had the opportunity to visit the Exporail railway museum in Saint Constant, Quebec just south of Montreal. If you get a chance and haven't already visited I highly recommend it. Many, many important engines and cars from Canada's railroad history are beautifully displayed. Also, a Mallard class locomotive from the U.K., The Dominion of Canada. It was brought over to the museum in 1967 during our centennial year and will be returning to the U.K. in September for a two year cosmetic restoration before returning to the museum. Great to see this streamlined locomotive.

Dayrl:
Nice Canadian Photos Eh!
Lionel did a Canadian National FPA-4 in their red, black and white colors. I wish someone would do an FA in CNs early passenger paint scheme.

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Thanks Richard. Here are a few more pics from the museum. Daryl

Jack

Great photos again everyone. 

Scott - I'm not an N&W fan, but those redbirds are pretty sharp. 

Fireman Chris - I really like the looks of your engine shed. 

My contribution to this weekend is a repaint job on a MTH Crane tender car. MTH never made a compliment to the Nickel Plate crane car, and even though there isn't a prototype per se, I've wanted a tender for a long time, so I decided to go ahead and make my own. 

I bought this from C.Sam last night on the for sale board.  It's a 1946 Lionel turbine (the first edition).  Can't wait to start working on it when it arrives

And I brought out all the current locomotives for a group photo last night.  When did I get so many?  

Found 2 more to make it up to 6 plates.

Does anyone know anything about the plates or the artist Ted Xaras or Hamilton collection made in the USA? James

Peter, we love the train!! 

James....I have around 8 to 12 of his railroad themed plates.  I believe there were several "series" of his railroad plates.  There is info on him online that may be helpful...

Alan