Weekend Photo Fun 6-23-23-??

Boston & Maine K-7c Class 2-8-0 #2403 was built by Alco Schenectady in May 1910. It remained in passenger service around Boston until at least September 1954 and was the last 2-8-0 to be retired by the B&M. It was scrapped in June 1955.

My die-cast model of Boston & Maine Consolidation #2403 was made by Weaver and is shown running conventionally on my 12’-by-8’ layout.

MELGAR

Just in from GGD.

Greg P

www.youtube.com/trainbros89

A 2022 Christmas Layout memory

My daughter's wedding anniversary was 12/24 marking 19 years.  I don't often incorporate a wedding scene on my Christmas layout but decided to in 2022.

walt

Mel, is that a reefer just in front of the caboose?

Progress has started on the first mountain, beginning with covering the gaps between tracks on the lower portion using cardboard supports and crumped construction paper attached with hot glue. Next will be to begin the plywood support/skeleton structure of the main portion of the mountain. Later I will cover the paper in plaster cloth. Then Rock molds. Then paint. Then ground cover/trees.

- Jason

Just finished painting some bare MTH RDC shells for a friend, and the real engine at the rail museum. Interesting markings on the inside of the shells. Masking to get the correct line of the stripes on the nose was a real challenge.

And a O British Club was set up at our train club recently. Nice little switching layout.

Enjoy seeing everyone's photos each week.

Thanks Scott for getting us rolling!   Here are my photos for this fine weekend!!  

MOW crew loads a few crates onto the work caboose.

TGIF - After unloading two boxcars these fellers  are about to call it a day as the  last crate is being hauled away by the tow motor.  Rufus Klang, sitting on the boxcar door sill, and Pops Flanagan are talking about stopping off at Willy's Watering Hole for a cold brew on their way home.  As soon as  G Jay Waters delivers the crate to an awaiting truck and parks his fork lift for the weekend, Pops and Rufus will clue him in to their plans. Knowing how G Jay loves him a cold Bass Ale,  they are sure G Jay will be agreeable!  

@kj356 great paint job on the shells and the 1:1.
@jdstucks nice prep job looking forward to see the completion.
@Waltwalt rapp congrats to your daughter. You gave me an idea for my granddaughters upcoming wedding.

@MELGAR nice looking engine

@trumpettrain your scenes and narrative are great.

@coach joe posted:

Mel, is that a reefer just in front of the caboose?

Joe,

It is an Atlas O refrigerator car. As you can see, it was used by the Boston & Maine Railroad to store ice for use in its air conditioned coaches. I have never seen or looked for information on this car but I am a member of the B&MRR Historical Society and shall see what I can find.

MELGAR

@MELGAR posted:

Joe,

It is an Atlas O refrigerator car. As you can see, it was used by the Boston & Maine Railroad to store ice for use in its air conditioned coaches. I have never seen or looked for information on this car but I am a member of the B&MRR Historical Society and shall see what I can find.

MELGAR

Very Interesting, I would like to see more about it.

Even in the cold of winter, the Disney Park is hopping with activity and fun.

A freight train rumbles over the trestle.

As a prelude to the Christmas Midnight Mass at the Cathedral of Saint Whatshisface, the choir sings on the front steps accompanied by the chamber orchestra that finds themselves performing with a guest tuba player that has just escaped from the Christopolis City Zoo over the stone wall to the left.

Yesterday, the modular group (River City 3 Railers), entertained a group from a local nursing home/assisted living facility.......a great time was had by all.....

....sometimes you never know who is going to be at the station!

A big Saturday coming up.....a group business meeting at 0800.

An Open House from 10-2.....if you are in the area, come join us!

Then, take down of our 21x47 and 6x15 modular layouts......in two weeks we will load them onto our trailer and take them to the Keystone Tractor Museum in Colonial Height (along I-95 between Richmond and Petersburg) for a two weekend show.

(the 6x15 has a Lionel Display Layout D-27 simulation)

www.keystone tractorworks.com

Have a great and safe weekend, folks!

Peter

Lionel K4s and GGD, Weaver, and Atlas cars

@CAPPilot posted:

Lionel K4s and GGD, Weaver, and Atlas cars

Very nice, Ron! You are a Pennsy guy through and through!

Peter

New RS-11's from MTH came out nice!

@MichRR714 posted:

New RS-11's from MTH came out nice!

Yes, they did!!!!!

Very sharp!

Peter

Nice work.

Thanks for the picture Mel.  I couldn't get a good look at it in the videos.  Very unique.

Peter, since we moved to Myrtle Beach we driven up and down I95 numerous times and I would love to stop at that museum.  The timing just never worked out yet.

Received my Chessie passenger set from 3RD Rail yesterday. Unfortunately one car has a short that I'm going to have to find. I really wondered how the full width diaphragms were going to work and I'm happy to say they do seem to work although they really look goofy on curves.

The end steps come packaged separately and will take quite a while to install. The interiors are very well detailed. I see a real opportunity to add more detail and passengers to the interior.

Ken

                                         Sunset Salvage... 1-800 - Got Junk?

SIRT, you sure that's not Gershow?

@coach joe posted:

SIRT, you sure that's not Gershow?

Had to look that one up.

Lots still to decorate. No autos, just light scrap. Autos in O take up too much real-estate. Had a little spot to fill. 2nd Ave Brooklyn building will be behind it over the curve track planned for next year.

Inspired by CSX Al's yard from years ago...

Here's my new MTH UP bay window caboose that arrived this week from TrainWorld, now at home on the layout and the work crew getting ready for another hard day. Makes me feel glad I'm retired, LOL!

Late post this week…

… here’s a quartet of 5 stripe PRR, sharks hauling an eastbound coal drag towards Enola yard:

@PRRMiddleDivision posted:

Late post this week…

… here’s a quartet of 5 stripe PRR, sharks hauling an eastbound coal drag towards Enola yard:

Neal, Always great shots of a fantastic layout.  Are all four units powered?

@CAPPilot posted:

Neal, Always great shots of a fantastic layout.  Are all four units powered?

Thanks Ron. The A unit at the nose of the train and the B unit right behind are both powered the other two units are non-powered. I had a very hectic Thursday and Friday and could not get a post up sooner. I’ll post more information about them next week, because I did some upgrades and other work on them that might be of interest to those who check out weekend photo fun.

Neal,

Looking forward to seeing your upgrades.  Those Sharks look like Lionel's Legacy units.  Mine are the Centry Club TMCC units, but it looks like Lionel used the exact same shells on both.  Since I am pre-1950 I am looking at making mine a truer BF-15 by taking off the nose ladder, replacing the horn, and sanding off the front/pilot mounted sand filler (for some reason they put both pre-1950 and post-1950 front sand fillers on it).  Unfortunately, nothing I can do about the vents.  Just not sure I can match the paint.

Here are mine.  I do need a B-unit and was wondering if the Legacy B would run well with my TMCC AA.  At least mine have the as-built 1949 paint scheme.  Not sure when Pennsy went to the smaller letters, probably starting in late 1952 after the vents were installed.  An issue I am not going to worry about is it has a BF-16 cab #.