WEEKEND PHOTO FUN 6/6/14-??

Action on the Seattle & Yakima RR,   rail security at the nuclear facility.

good-morning guys, hears some pitchers of things I did today and yesterday of my dock with rotten and weathered wood for my passengers station and skirting around my layout and a couple docs I painted and a couple tanks and my chummy for the station. Have a good day ! - Matt

Flat cars with loads Id like to get.

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A project I just finished.  Atlas o 40'  Hy-cube.  Nick

Downtown at night.

Andre.

It's Lemonade season!!

Pull up a chair and join the

Porch sitters Union!!

http://www.porchsittingunionofamerica.org/

Here are a couple of Army tanks just mounted on a custom built flat car. With memorial day just passed would be nice to see a  military theme this week

WAHOO!!!

It's Friday. and its train time at my house.

Hey Nate is that you in the picture?

I see some semblance.

Another Lionel scale "Green" water tower weathered for a happy customer...I actually like doing these.

Getting ready to start the day at the Cat Dealership.

Andre:

This is one of the best photos posted this year.

A 2013 Christmas layout memory

Following up on recent drive-in pictures.  Here's 2 more.

- walt

Scott, you seem to be spending a lot of time at the VA Museum of Trans lately.  Did you get booted out of Disney World?  But, thanks for the pix.

Rick

Brian - I really like that view of your CAT dealer.  Makes me think of the big CAT manufacturing plant in Montgomery, IL.

Art

Nice photo's everyone.  Like the outdoor movie theater Walt. Here is a pic on the south side of the layout of a UP ACe and UP SW15 running a route on the BNSF lines.  Their is also a set of BNSF SD40-2s and a Santa Fe U30 waiting for the green.  By next month this layout will be torn down making way for new grounds.  Nick  

Scott, you seem to be spending a lot of time at the VA Museum of Trans lately.  Did you get booted out of Disney World?  But, thanks for the pix.

 

Rick, They changed the policy on autism kids and have made the whole Disney experience a whole lot harder for those with special needs kids. as far as the museum goes we are trying to repair and fix up the layout. Since I have a church mens group that meets at 6:00 AM on Wednesday mornings and my wife has choir Wednesday nights I have been working on the layout rather than working Wednesdays.

This past Wednesday we pulled up track on the upper level.

Gargraves has donated new track to replace the old track we are removing.

I also spent some time doing plaster repair.

Sometimes I think I am too old to be crawling on and off of a layout. Please note clumsy volunteer on layout is not too scale.

Scott Smith

A 25 car freight train this week.

Happy Friday!

Some shots from the Spencer event last week -

Since the I-495 bridge is out for a while in Wilmington, here's a sample of what you are missing along the Delaware.

I hope hope they get the bridge fixed soon. Thank God it was noticed before the bridge collapsed....with cars/trucks on it!

Peter

J Daddy, that is some beautiful work!  Bo

Everyone needs a helping hand once in awhile.  Here one hobo helps another as they catch a Mid-Atlantic Railway System train "on the fly" as it passes through town. 

Hoping your weekend is a good one!  Bo

Now all I need to do is learn to weather my boxcars, especially the interiors like Steve and t8afo! 

J Daddy, "What Bo said!" >>>>>>  Beautiful work!!!

Malcolm

My father drove for St. Johnsbury Trucking for many years, but I wasn't having any luck finding a St. J die cast truck to put on the layout. So I bought a Corgi Major Mack truck on the bay and re-painted it. I had to drill out the rivets and completely disassemble the entire vehicle. For a trailer I used a Lionel CP trailer, which is on the smallish side but it works for now. I re-painted it and used 1/64th scale decals from modeltruckin.com to complete the unit.

Here is brief video that I had on the scenery forum. It is a Lionel lighthouse that forum member Eddiem put in a better led system.

Have a great weekend Everyone!

A few pictures posted earlier of my new approach bridge supports and scene below the main part of the city and in front of the harbor area...

Alan

Popi,

I love it!!  I checked out the Web site.  I need to join!

Scott,

I'm glad you are making progress refurbishing the Museum layout.  The GarGraves donation is a nice gesture.

We have friends at Church with an autistic child from Russia they adopted as a baby.  He is now moving to junior high, but it is hard getting him to feel comfortable at church and school.  It is sad about Disney's policy.  I hope you find places that will accommodate.

Enjoy your weekend and be safe.

Joe B.

Spencer City Council is meeting on whether to install parking meters in the downtown area.  Merchants want street lights first as they want to start being open in the evening, especially on Friday nights.

Art

Art,

I suspect the city council says they need the parking meters to pay for the street lights. 

Very nice Main Street scene.

NS northbound local, north of Mobile:

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TVRM, Chattanooga, and environs; 2 or 3 years ago:

1930's Fiat railcar (note "rod and fasces" emblem) -

A friend and an old steamy friend:

And for you Ford fans, there's nothing more romantic than an Edsel ('59?) in the rain, I

suppose (at least it's not yet another '64 Mustang!); from the excursion train window -

 A couple of shots looking through the rear windows of the roundhouse.

The 611J at the station. Boston Metro Hi-Railers 

C&O "Baby Hudson" #305 is all steamed up and waiting for signals at the depot. Bridge painting continues on the upper level.

Here is a better picture of my atlas chessie system gp15T engine and ups truck i bought today. 

JUST FOR FUN !