Weekend Photo Fun 7/1/16 HONGZ HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

A very happy 4th of July weekend to all. What better way to celebrate our patriotism than with America's passenger railroad. Here we have N scale models of Amtrak's HHP-8 and an Acela power car from Bachmann.

Bob

A couple of photos from last Friday when the Spokane Southern arranged for a trial of a Southern Pacific H-24-66 on the Spokane Southern's rails. 

Spokane Southern management was so impressed that we are hoping to arrange with Fairbanks Morse and extended field trial of a pair of H-24-66 locomotives.  We will also arrange to have a Northern Pacific dynamometer car available to conduct a fully instrumented test. *

*  Translation to reality - I'd really like to purchase a pair of Atlas H-24-66 HO scale locomotives in the Fairbanks Morse demonstrator scheme.  These were issues in four numbers, TM1 an 2 were the gold series, TM3 and 4 were the silver series.  If anybody can point me in the direction of these, I'd be most appreciative.   I am also looking for the brass model of the NP dynamometer car (I think W&R did them). 

Regards,

Jerry  

Happy 4th to all you Americans! Even with all our issues as a Nation, I'm SO GLAD I live in this country!

Onto the trains...

Received my Bachmann "new tooling" ("NT") Santa Fe 4-4-0 and it runs great. Also received my Bachmann NT UP 4-4-0 and it likewise runs great!

Never content to leave things alone, I've already experimented with different smoke stacks to see which I like better.  Stock, they come with these stacks:

The UP #119 got two experiments. One was a diamond stack:

And also a funnel stack from a Mantua "General":

The Santa Fe got a Congdon stack:

In all, I think I like the diamond stack best on the UP #119, and I think the Congdon stack is a keeper on the Santa Fe.

In addition to the above engines that were received recently, two more Bachmann 4-4-0's are being shipped as I type: Another Santa Fe and a Western & Atlantic RR non-DCC version.  The duplicate Santa Fe is the reason for the stack change on the one above. That way, one will retain its box stock funnel stack, the one above will keep the Congdon stack. (I like variety.)  The non-DCC W&A engine will get likely get a Tsunami2 DCC/Sound decoder in good time.

All fer now!

Andre

Happy 4th of July everyone! Great pictures guys.This is an old photo of Virginian FM.

Running the LGB trains this weekend. 

 https://youtu.be/l5cysgqdGTw

https://youtu.be/brOu2W9k6lo

I found another one for the collection. I'm truly hoping that MTH makes another modern diesel!

Wow, Starting out to be a Great weekend, Great photo's Guys.

I ran over to M.A. Today just got back to pickup a used SD-70 from Craigs list and decide to go all to way out

to one of our web sites sponsors store Charles Ro. What a place I was in Heaven.

I picked up a few more CSX dark blue GP-38s as if I needed anymore to add to my collection but couldn't help

myself, and bought some new trucks for the SD-70 as some one put Aristo's on it.

I also had a chance to Edit up some video's of my PCC Car and Autoracks and D-9s with USA Trains trucks from

last weekend, Enjoy.

All Trains Ran great, DCC/QSI and ran a old style TE as well. cant wait to get going for this weekend but need to

cut grass and clean up BBQ for cookout 1st.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE................ Need to get some Fireworks now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey, I want to hear the clang clang bell and horn!

Greg

Today I had a run with my Gauge 1 live steam Daylight:

Regards

Fred

Model Railroad "week plus" started officially for me on Thursday evening, and will run thru 11-Jul-16.  Thursday and Friday evening I started organizing all of my car cards and trains for my first "official" operating session scheduled for my Rail Group Chicago friends on 29-Jul.  This has been a long put off activity, since I did not want to start this until I had my mainline back in service.  Needed to spread out my car cards and start organizing them.  None of my waybills match up with my new operating scheme post layout expansion, so I have a LOT of writing to do after I get the trains staged.  Making up cards for all locomotives and cabooses too, which is an activity that I did not have done before. 

I also made a sizeable purchase of MicroMark car card holders, and have them up in all of my towns and for my staging.  The five slot holder on the right is for West Worley, and each slot will be labeled for "Pick Up", "Set out", "Hold", "Off spot", and then the last slot will hold the small two way radios that I purchased for use on the railroad to talk to the operators and dispatcher.  The eight slot holder on the right will hold all of my staged trains in Butte, Montana on the west end of the railroad. 

On Saturday, my friend Allen and I went to operate on two railroads in Champaign / Urbana for the start of the NMRA 2016 National Convention.  

Rick Schroede'rs wonderful Danville and Western Railroad was first up at 11:00 AM, and we operated for 3 hours until 2 PM.  I drew the assignment for the Grape Creek turn, and my power was two ALCo C-424s.  Here they were waiting for me at the shop track.

Tied on to the train and doing my air test. 

Pulling in to the town of Grape Creek.

Rick has a neat way of providing instructions for the crews on their trains.  He purchased these plastic pockets for holding the car cards, and the pocket had a card for the locomotive consist, and the train instructions. 

Here is a link to Rick's web site, with great photos of his railroad, and a description. 

http://schroederfamily.info/Trains.htm

Next up and 3:00 PM was Mike Lehman's fantastic Denver and Rio Grande Panoramic Division.  I operated Train 461 / 462, which was a 2nd class passenger train from RGS junction (Telluride in staging), all the way up to a town north of Silverton CO which I can't recall.  Mike runs his railroad under Timetable and train order, on a 6:1 fast clock.  

I did not take any photos at Mike's (too darn busy watching the schedule, and the clock ), but here is a link to a bunch of his wonderful photos and info on his railroad.   

https://imageshack.com/a/niyM/1 

I am forever impressed at how friendly and accommodating people are for opening up their homes to operate on their model railroads.  Both Rick and Mike were most gracious hosts, and both Allen and I had a wonderful time. 

Regards,

Jerry

gnnpnut posted:

Model Railroad "week plus" started officially for me on Thursday evening, and will run thru 11-Jul-16.  Thursday and Friday evening I started organizing all of my car cards and trains for my first "official" operating session scheduled for my Rail Group Chicago friends on 29-Jul.  This has been a long put off activity, since I did not want to start this until I had my mainline back in service.  Needed to spread out my car cards and start organizing them.  None of my waybills match up with my new operating scheme post layout expansion, so I have a LOT of writing to do after I get the trains staged.  Making up cards for all locomotives and cabooses too, which is an activity that I did not have done before. 

I also made a sizeable purchase of MicroMark car card holders, and have them up in all of my towns and for my staging.  The five slot holder on the right is for West Worley, and each slot will be labeled for "Pick Up", "Set out", "Hold", "Off spot", and then the last slot will hold the small two way radios that I purchased for use on the railroad to talk to the operators and dispatcher.  The eight slot holder on the right will hold all of my staged trains in Butte, Montana on the west end of the railroad. 

 

On Saturday, my friend Allen and I went to operate on two railroads in Champaign / Urbana for the start of the NMRA 2016 National Convention.  

Rick Schroede'rs wonderful Danville and Western Railroad was first up at 11:00 AM, and we operated for 3 hours until 2 PM.  I drew the assignment for the Grape Creek turn, and my power was two ALCo C-424s.  Here they were waiting for me at the shop track.

Tied on to the train and doing my air test. 

Pulling in to the town of Grape Creek.

Rick has a neat way of providing instructions for the crews on their trains.  He purchased these plastic pockets for holding the car cards, and the pocket had a card for the locomotive consist, and the train instructions. 

Here is a link to Rick's web site, with great photos of his railroad, and a description. 

http://schroederfamily.info/Trains.htm

Next up and 3:00 PM was Mike Lehman's fantastic Denver and Rio Grande Panoramic Division.  I operated Train 461 / 462, which was a 2nd class passenger train from RGS junction (Telluride in staging), all the way up to a town north of Silverton CO which I can't recall.  Mike runs his railroad under Timetable and train order, on a 6:1 fast clock.  

I did not take any photos at Mike's (too darn busy watching the schedule, and the clock ), but here is a link to a bunch of his wonderful photos and info on his railroad.   

https://imageshack.com/a/niyM/1 

I am forever impressed at how friendly and accommodating people are for opening up their homes to operate on their model railroads.  Both Rick and Mike were most gracious hosts, and both Allen and I had a wonderful time. 

Regards,

Jerry

 

 

Nice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's what Modeling is all about.

A great day to run Trains.

Some Tanker Action.

Selling stuff on tyco forums to buy this...

Broadway Limited Imports Milwaukee Road #261

That looks cool, HO ?

Yes, the dark side.....

Nick. Awesome picture.  You and my taste are the same.