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Catenary erection has begun
Here an eastbound passenger train passes a westbound freight led by a tuscan five striped FP-7 at the signal bridge just east of Port Royal PA. All I can say to John Sethian, thank goodness there was no catenary on the Middle Division. Not sure I would be up to installing all of that!
I think that these Lionel PRR PA's are one of the best models they ever made.
Please click on the picture to see a sharper and larger image:
A 2017 Christmas Layout memory 
A bit of another one that is special to me: the milk truck and man were a gift from my older brother.
- walt
Tried to make it part of my farm scene
Newly released MTH Chessie U30cs. So far I only filled the gaps above the trucks but will eventually weather them and post new photos on my website. Even though these trucks can fit 3-rail wheels, they are tucked in nicely, more than the typical MTH Proto 3-2 engine, so there is no need to modify them and move them in. I will also at some point put 2-rail wheels and scale couplers on all the coal cars. Sounds are awesome and they run smooth down to 2mph. MTH did a great job on this engine and its two thumbs up from me. I'm looking forward to the Chessie GP38-2 I ordered to go along with these engines. Have a great 4th everyone! Rich.
Rich, awesome pics! Do yourself a huge favor and replace those MTH freight car trucks with Atlas O 2-rail 100T trucks- I did that to my MTH coalporters and now they sit perfect height-wise, and the trucks are SO much nicer. You'll love the difference-- thanks-
Jeff78rr posted:Rich, awesome pics! Do yourself a huge favor and replace those MTH freight car trucks with Atlas O 2-rail 100T trucks- I did that to my MTH coalporters and now they sit perfect height-wise, and the trucks are SO much nicer. You'll love the difference-- thanks-
Jeff,
Thanks and I'm glad you mentioned that. I can't find enough MTH 2-rail trucks since they are sold out and they have not received their new shipment yet. I didn't even consider Atlas or know if they would work. I will take your advice!
Thanks, Rich
scott.smith posted:It's time for WEEKEND PHOTO FUN!!
We continued working on multi-gauge layout in the basement.
what a coincidence! Just last night I was re-reading some older CTT issues and your article on how you make the dual gauge tracks was in it.
- walt
KLine Ford Dealership animation......I was pleased and waxed nostalgic when I heard Nick Ladd's name being mentioned.....
Peter
Fun photos for this weekend! AND a story to go with the photos! Boys exploring the rail yard on their bikes as they ride between the tracks searching for the usual and unusual. Their expedition is punctuated by frequent stops to observe various railroad equipment and train movements. After a while they discover, what appears to be, an ancient pathway leading to the very bowls of an extremely old yard. With great anticipation they briskly pedal down the old semi - overgrown pathway, and to their astonishment an old steamer ( number 1666 ) comes into view! Their pulses quicken as a thousand questions flood their imaginations all at once! Overwhelmed by excitement, one boy gets off his bike for a closer look at the old tea kettle. After looking around for a while, he can't help but to climb up onto the rear tender deck. There seemed to be some words on the side of the tender, however, they were covered with brush. Hurriedly, the boys pulled back the bushes, that were covering the side of the tender, and their eyes feasted on the words which they were now seeing for the first time in perhaps over 80 years ..... LIONEL LINES!! These words rendered both boys speechless! After a long pause of silence one of the boys suddenly recalls reading an article in the local paper, The Patburgian Trumpeter, about a holiday train pulled by old number 1666, a 2 - 6 - 2 steam locomotive. The boy recalled the tile of the article as being " FSJR 1930s Holiday Trains and The Mystery of Old 1666". The article stated that no one, at the time it was written, could recall what ever happened to old 1666. The boys were overwhelmed with excitement and most eager to report their discovery to the local paper! They fantasized about how the community would react upon reading about their discovery and that perhaps, just perhaps, they would get their pictures in the paper too! As it turns out the FSJR used to run a 1:1 scale Lionel Lines steamer at the point of their annual Holiday Train way back in the 1930s! WOW!!!! What a great find!!! In the words of Paul Harvey ...." And now you know the rest of the story"
Now that the old 1666 has been discovered, or more precisely re-discoverd, perhaps she will run again?????? Time will tell! Free State Junction Railway management has authorized MOW to clear overgrown bushes from the old siding on which she is now resting and to repair any rails/roadbed in getting ready for old 1666 to be moved to the shops for mechanical assessment. ....... Stay tuned!
Have a wonderful and safe Independence Day Everyone!!!!!!!
Putnam Division posted:KLine Ford Dealership animation......I was pleased and waxed nostalgic when I heard Nick Ladd's name being mentioned.....
Peter
Really neat peter. Thought I also had this Ford dealership.
But checking have the Lionel Ford Dealership. I think the Lionel one looks more like the "Donnell" Ford Dealer from hometown where family bought our 1955 2-dr Fairlane new when 10 or so.
(Just had to correct Donnell spelling)
Ron
RR Pics from my recent trip to Cape Cod....
The old station in Chatham......now a seasonal RR Museum. This is where I start my bike ride to Orleans......I head west to Harwich; north to Brewster; and, east to Orleans.
Scenes from the Cape Cod Rail Trail in Harwich......
Long Pond.......along the border of Harwich and Brewster......
All that remains of the old station in Orleans.....
Snow's Department Store in Orleans. They maintain a train layout and modest train department all year round.
A continuation of the Rail Trail in Orleans......I stop (and get picked up by my wife) about a mile past here......the trip from Chatham to Orleans is about 18 miles.
Peter
Years ago I installed headlamps in an N scale pickup truck and that project was successful. So I figured that if I could do N scale why not try that on O scale. I decided to try to add some action with warning lights to a die-cast fire truck I had recently purchased. I ordered some LEDS from Evan Designs and did some drilling through the roof of the fire truck, used glue and other modifications were made to fit everything in neatly. Here is the result of my efforts
Took a mini vacation to Connecticut last week. This is the trolley and train from Lake Compounce amusement park in Bristol.
Some thrill trains. 
And Maggie the train loving dog.
Pics from the Turkey Creek modeling contests this past week, absolutely fabulous.
Picked this up last weekend from a friend of mine The Rail Yard in Roanoke.
Santa Fe action on the TMB.
I spent the morning making trees.
Cool!
Running my modern day train.
John Sethian posted:Catenary erection has begun
always interested in what you are doing. your wires are all oxidized copper, are you modeling a non steam era? in a steam era they were all black except for any new wire which was greenish.
may be late for the party, but how did you convert gg1 couplers?
Have a great weekend.
Planes, Trains, Trolleys and Fire Trucks
My grandsons were in town for a couple of weeks while in route to their dad’s new duty station in Florida.
A visit to my son’s Tennessee Air National Gaurd unit to see a C17
Running trains with Grandaddy
A ride on the Main Street Memphis Trolley
A visit to the Memphis Fire Museum
Thanks for looking at the pictures!
Richard
SIRT posted:
Around town 2 .......................................
THAT is a really good photo. The coloration and the elements remind me of an artists illustration in "The Big Book of Trains" or something like that.
Nicely done!
Andre
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