WEEKEND PHOTO FUN 6/20/14-??

Some pictures from my Friday visit to Pennsylvania and Saturday morning running trains.

Corinth and Counce outside braced boxcar. 

 A quick visit to Enola yard

Trees always in the way 

My nephews came over on Thursday and got to see my Rock Island DL-109 take a trip around the bar top.

Zett - Is the loop on your bar top connected to your layout?

Art

Absolutely!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...YyX_1v9Hgp66DlEGzr-w

Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion!  From my region of Pennsylvania!

Your scenery is superb!  Thank you for sharing the photos!

My contribution for the weekend, looking thru the bridge back into the roundhouse on my layout. I love all the pictures this weekend.

Thanks for looking, by the way, if you right click on a picture and then click "open link in new window", you will get a full screen view.

Zett,

The boys look like they are enjoying it.  The one on the right is all smiles, and the one on the left looks mesmerized.  You may have two future O Gauge train nuts on your hands!!

I love the stained glass window.  My father-in-law was very good at making stained glass when he was still living.  We have a couple of hanging lights he made, and a stained glass window beside our front door, (the tall, two foot wide vertical window beside the door), that he made.  I saw your thread on the construction of the bar.  You really do nice work!

How did you make the guardrails?   Stunning scenery btw! 

--Greg

I spent yesterday chasing R&N #425 on her break-in run (she just got all new valves.)

Finally track work and wiring complete on the new switching layout.  Track is MTH Scaletrax with two O-54 switches and two O-72 switches all modified to prevent shorting.  In the midst of installing the fascia.  Will be applying a rust effect to the fascia once prep is complete.   Now taking a little break and running trains!

Alan, beautiful layout.  What are the overall dimensions.

Jack 

Another KM about to be delivered.

Love that KM loco....what great work!

Have to be happy with my two HO locos!

Enjoy your weekend and be safe.

Joe B

Last year, Alabama State Docks, Mobile: interesting A and 3 B units, former Central Michigan (now defunct?), probably bound for shipboard and export. These are all GE U-boats. Does that make the B-units "B-boats"? 

Thanks to all who commented on my photos. To answer the questions:

The catenary poles come from Model Memories

http://www.modelmemories.com/oprods.htm#cat

They are very sturdy, very nicely constructed, and pretty close visually and in scale those to used on the section of the mainline I am modeling. I will add corner angle braces (with rivets), make them look a bit wider, and add some more details to get the look I want. 

I got the idea for the post and cable guard rails from Neal Schorr. The posts are made from 3/16” diameter wood dowels.  They have nails in one end for planting. The eyelets in this photo are hand formed from 22 gauge wire.  But I am now using lifting eyes available from Precision Scale.  The cable is either elastic thread (Beadalon Elasticity JE0.5T-0025M,  0.032” diameter), painted silver, or  19 strand bead stringing wire (Beadalon JW17T-0, 0.24” diameter.  The former is easier to get taut, because of the elasticity, but looks a bit big.

The Trees are made from.... well, you have to wait for the upcoming OGR article for that one!

A Sunset Models B&O P-7e #5314 arrived Friday and all I can say is that it is stunning!  Bo

Beautiful photo's everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!

John, this is the best scenery I've ever seen. Simply amazing

Thanks,

Alex

Adding some interior details to the RH

John,

Those posts and cables are just what I remember growing up in Western Pennsylvania.  The photo is fantastic.  I'll look forward to your article on the trees.

Laidoffsick,  the roundhouse scene looks great. The figures, lights, and MTS details really make the scene come alive.

Also posted on another thread:  before and after pics of LionChief Plus with closer coupling between the loco and tender.   Lionel conveniently provides a second and closer mounting hole for the drawbar.

Latest acquisition. I've been searching for the scale-wheeled UP Heritage units. Picked this one up from a forum member who responded to my WTB post. Worked out well for both of us. It's brand new. Didn't get to spend much time at the club today, but I was able to get the rollers onto this one and do a quick test run in 3-rail mode after testing it in 2-rail mode. Got the couplers on it when I got home. Four down; three to go.

Came across a pair of MTH 2-rail trucks a couple of weeks ago and decided to put them on a CNW gondola. Turned out well and tracks perfectly. Got a couple of pairs of MTH 2-rail trucks (and a bunch of others) off the For Sale forum. 

WOW, that is looking good!

I spent Thursday night and all day Friday until about 2am photographing Train Expo 2014.  Here are just a few of my shots.   

Weekend Find - WOW - TONS OF STUFF...

This weekend, I finished my second display case to display my Freedom Train set, which has been in the box for almost 10 years. (Sorry for the glare)

Finally found a B&O steam engine after four years of hunting, the new lionchief plus pacific. looks just right to pull these 6 15" k-line heavyweights.

took it over to the club today to test it out.

Working on the "display" type layout.