We had somebody doing King Kong imitations this week
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Originally Posted by PRRMiddleDivision:
It's June of 1966, in the twilight years of "The Standard Railroad of the World" at a lonely rural grade crossing at Mattawana, Pa. A shined up Pontiac GTO sits at the tracks as the gates prepare to drop. The stop was actually known as McVeytown, located about a mile to the north across the Juniata River. Pa Route 103 is in the background, and the structures are BTS kits.
Hi Neal,
This has to be one of the best scene's I've ever looked at. Truly amazing,
and so realistic. Neal it would be great to see more of your layout, you should post a thread with lots of pictures of your layout. I'm sure everyone would agree
Thanks, Alex
Hotsie Totsie
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Originally Posted by pennsyk4:
Phil
The display case looks terrific and the recessed lighting is also very nice.
Thanks Charlie. Those lights are LEDs. I have 10 of them and they use 90 watts combined. The rest of the train room is fluorescent lighting. I wish I would have known way back when that LED lighting was going to be affordable I would have went with that instead for the entire room.
I'm reloading my pics of the North Central Rail Trial.....they weren't showing up on my Ipad....but they are showing up OK on my laptop.....maybe the reload will help.
Peter
I hope this solves the problem.
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I spent last weekend with my friend Doug Jackson in Atlanta playing trains. Here's a couple of photos taken before he tears it down before a move to a new home. Wish I had the room, but Florida homes don't give you a basement.
A couple videos from running on the Paradise and Pacific in Scottsdale a few weeks back. The AEM7 is more than adequate to pull the 11 car train consisting of K-Line, Golden Gate Depot, and one car of unknown origin from the 60's that heads back into the paint shop again soon :-). The NJT ALP44 is a recent acquisition and was simply being broken in. It is now on permanent assignment pulling comet cars on my home layout.
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Alex,
Thanks for your comments. I thought I'd repost one of the layout photos along with the prototype scene for comparison:
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Very nice!
I have been working on this project , made some interior details and some lite weathering.
Around the RR.
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Went to the flea market today and scored!
Found this Bemis & Call wrench with B&O RR markings:
This is my second Bemis & Call with B&O markings. Below is the new one side-by-side with one I found at a flea market a few years ago:
Based on my research and the markings on the tools, the wrench on the right may have been made prior to 1868, and the one on the left could be 1920's or 1930's era (although it is possible that it is also pre-1868).
Funny, I like PRR stuff, but I keep finding B&O stuff... I guess I'll take what I can get. 
Andy
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- Mike
"Small layout...Big dreams"
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Nice find Andy.
Originally Posted by bluelinec4:
We had somebody doing King Kong imitations this week
You know, if he had a Barbie doll clutched in his left hand, he'd be indistinguishable from the real thing! 
- Mike
Mike C., what make is the Reading Geep pictured in your post above? I've always liked that paint scene.
Hi Joe. The GP-35 is an Atlas. I think it was a Limited Edition run or something. I know it took me a long time to get one, as I missed the initial run.
- Mike
Here is a pic of my Weaver B&O 3 Bay Offset Coal Hopper. I just bought today off of www.modeltrainstuff.com for 28.19
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Back in 1978 when I was ready to buy my first car, my fathers reaction to me wanting a 1972 Chevelle for $1,100, was - "I was thinking more like a 55 or 57 Chevy for you".
My reaction to this was - "What?!? a car from the 1950s, people will make fun of me at school, those cars are OLD"!
Well, I wish I had listened to my dad and tried to find a 55 or 57 Chevy...I realized that 10 year later...in fact, I should have kept that old 1972 Chevelle as well...I saw one selling for $35,000 and it was not as nice as my $1,100 one!
Originally Posted by Casey10s:
Originally Posted by J Daddy:
Casey -the 57 Ford is a road champs car that came with a matching billboard!
Thanks for the info. I need to model this on my layout. I have one in 1/64 in this paint scheme but I keep looking for this color scheme in O Gauge. I may get the one you have so I have at least one on the layout.
Originally Posted by mike.caruso:
Originally Posted by bluelinec4:
We had somebody doing King Kong imitations this week
You know, if he had a Barbie doll clutched in his left hand, he'd be indistinguishable from the real thing!
-Those NJHR'ers like their big ugly monster, they attack that RR more then Godzilla attacks Tokyo.
John
Originally Posted by John Pignatelli JR.:
Originally Posted by mike.caruso:
Originally Posted by bluelinec4:
We had somebody doing King Kong imitations this week
You know, if he had a Barbie doll clutched in his left hand, he'd be indistinguishable from the real thing!
-Those NJHR'ers like their big ugly monster, they attack that RR more then Godzilla attacks Tokyo.
John
Could be worse. Could be Beerzilla attacking the Acme Brewery in Los Angeles 
We miss you out here, John.
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Quality control and operator error led to the derailment of this penn central train on my self layout... Operator was under the influence at the time off the accident.... Wasn't paying attention and a coupler failed and the gg1 made its way around and collided with the caboose... Luckily the boxcar didn't fall from the ceiling....
Lesson learned.. Don't truck MPC couplers...
Thoroughbred power
Eastern Railroading old and new.
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Latest additions to the WIHABL Railroad roster...MTH Premier ALCo RS-11 powered and non-powered units...
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My grandmother bought this new and it was passed on to me by my father. I have had this for over 15 years.
Originally Posted by chipset:
Back in 1978 when I was ready to buy my first car, my fathers reaction to me wanting a 1972 Chevelle for $1,100, was - "I was thinking more like a 55 or 57 Chevy for you".
My reaction to this was - "What?!? a car from the 1950s, people will make fun of me at school, those cars are OLD"!
Well, I wish I had listened to my dad and tried to find a 55 or 57 Chevy...I realized that 10 year later...in fact, I should have kept that old 1972 Chevelle as well...I saw one selling for $35,000 and it was not as nice as my $1,100 one!
Originally Posted by Casey10s:
Originally Posted by J Daddy:
Casey -the 57 Ford is a road champs car that came with a matching billboard!
Thanks for the info. I need to model this on my layout. I have one in 1/64 in this paint scheme but I keep looking for this color scheme in O Gauge. I may get the one you have so I have at least one on the layout.
I got my Lionel Chessie System S4 Switcher Engine back from BoxcarBill today. He put cruise m in it and put new cab on it and fixed smoke unit and got a new horn. He did a great job on it Kudo's to Bill but got test run yet but sure be fine.
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Originally Posted by GG1 4877:
A couple videos from running on the Paradise and Pacific in Scottsdale a few weeks back. The AEM7 is more than adequate to pull the 11 car train consisting of K-Line, Golden Gate Depot, and one car of unknown origin from the 60's that heads back into the paint shop again soon :-). The NJT ALP44 is a recent acquisition and was simply being broken in. It is now on permanent assignment pulling comet cars on my home layout.
I love the custom F-40, I followed your development chronolog. Seeing it in this picture, I must inquire about the disco strip. On the ALP-44 it goes top to bottom as you go to the right. on your f-40 it goes bottom to top. The colors are also reversed. Which is correct?
