Where did the week go? It's already time for WEEKEND PHOTO FUN!!
Last week I finally got around to testing my standard gauge track. I have a layout, however I do run trains 2 to 3 times a year at church so that is the reason for the extra track.
I was having an issue at the VMT with the Frozen window. The cotton batting kept getting caught in the locomotive wheels. So I used some 'bag snow".
Let's see your pictures.
Scott Smith
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Slow but steady progress on one of Andre's kits.
Just needs the signs and some "touch up".
Peter
No no toy trains this weekend but going for a ride out of Cass this morning on a photo charter - it's a Shay kinda day!
Connections tight....filler up!
Picked up a second set of these beauties....the best three-rail O scale freight cars ever made!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Working on some LGB G scale tank cars....
The white Olin was built by someone else with USA trucks
The CSX has LGB trucks and USA wheels
The Hooker has the new RB Kadee trucks on her
A consist of Peter Witt Trolleys.
Carnival at night with a MBTA commuter rail slowing moving into the beach station.
Nice to follow Andre with one of his buildings I just finished last night.
Bryan in Ohio posted:Nice to follow Andre with one of his buildings I just finished last night.
The other side of the track series!
Glad you like it!
AG.
I think this is the 4th one I have done and they always get lots of great comments. Keep up the great work Andre.
A 2015 Christmas layout memory 
Last week I showed a Lionel bill board that my nephews "enhanced" and gave it to me as a thank you for hosting my annual family train party (thanks back at you Dave and Eric!). It was "officially" but good-naturedly, labeled as self-promotion by a regular here 
Here's a bit more "self promotion" This one was given to me by one of those same nephews about 10 years ago as a thank you gift (thanks back at you Dave). By seeing both, it sorta explains the comment in the newer one above "Rebuilt and better than ever".
- walt
Something I look forward to on Fridays, and never disappointed!
scott.smith posted:Where did the week go? It's already time for WEEKEND PHOTO FUN!!
Last week I finally got around to testing my standard gauge track. I have a layout, however I do run trains 2 to 3 times a year at church so that is the reason for the extra track.
I was having an issue at the VMT with the Frozen window. The cotton batting kept getting caught in the locomotive wheels. So I used some 'bag snow".
Let's see your pictures.
Scott Smith
Hi Scott great pics and thanks for starting this every week. Love to start out Fridays with your topics. Blessings to you for this.
Putnam Division posted:Slow but steady progress on one of Andre's kits.
Just needs the signs and some "touch up".
Peter
Peter,
All the labels art are in my website
http://riverleafmodels.us/wp-c...s-Tavern-Signage.pdf
Andre.
Nice photos guys. Blue angel went down near my house, shook the neighborhood.
Nice job Fella's
Weathered reefer car. 
From a visit to a layout a few weeks back.
Last week, I posted some photos of some freight cars I had weathered. There were six altogether, and I promised that this week I would post images of the three boxcars that were in the group....so here they are!
First is an old Intermountain car (dies now owned by Atlas) Burlington boxcar that is only lightly weathered:
Next is a more heavily weathered double door SP boxcar (Pecos River Brass). Note the mild chalking of the letters and SP herald and how one door is darker than the other:
Next is a Lionel PRR round roof boxcar. These cars were produced in brown rather than the correct boxcar red. I tried to create more of a reddish hue by weathering it with rust colored chalks, it helped, but unfortunately when I airbrushed it with Dullcote to seal the chalk, the color sort of drifted back to brown. Note the image of the weathering process in progress showing part of the car untouched and part chalked:
Thanks SIRT and everyone else who made favorable comments about my efforts last week!
Here's a custom Ameri-Towne Theater with a custom interior and Miller engineering signs.
Thanks, Alex
Steam action on the layout! Frisco #4100 leads a passenger train...
American Flyer 303 on the elevated loop...
Have a great weekend.
Stopped by Berwyn's Toy and Hobby shop today and picked up this awesome machine. I missed out on the first run and have been patiently waiting!!!
John Sethian posted:
Your foliage looks amazing. 
Fabulous photos everyone!! BRAVO!!!! Here are a few Patsburg photos.
BAR GP7 #63 posted:Weathered reefer car.
In a word .... "AWESOME"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
trumptrain posted:BAR GP7 #63 posted:Weathered reefer car.
In a word .... "AWESOME"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Patrick W. Thanks.
-Johan
I got out my Lionel Centipede to try a fix to one of the fans that is making too much noise. This is the fan noise Lionel said was in acceptable limits and would not guarantee any repair. The others are fine, so I'll probably wind up just disconnecting this one. An absolutely great engine otherwise. Haven't tried the fix yet, but I did take some pictures. Its too long to get in one shot from where I took it.
BobbyD posted:
From a visit to a layout a few weeks back.
Missouri Pacific (and Texas & Pacific) Eagle colors always get my attention!
There was a slight derailment as the Grand Trunk Western SD40 diesel was about to push the Burlington Northern ACF Center Flow 3-bay covered hopper.
Andrew
The new MTH Premier Grand Trunk Western 40' reefers arrived to match the new Grand Trunk Western GP9 diesel-electric locomotives.
Andrew
It took several hours, but I modified my Millhouse River turntable to supplement it's center rail power using the overhead wire that usually just a cosmetic detail. The overhead wire connects to a brass pole, which is connected to center rail power under the layout.
-Eric Siegel
I do like the bake shop a lot, it's cool looking i want to make one in large scale thank for the ideal.
Eric,
Really like your layout; nice work
You have your engines in there pretty tight around the turntable. How many degrees apart are the engine tracks around the turntable? Thanks
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