WEEKEND PHOTO FUN 7-15-16-??

Here is updated pic's of my k-line die-cast hopper and added two more pic's loaded with coal

At the Whippany Railway Museum in Whippany, New Jersey, model trains are an key element in telling the story of New Jersey railroading down through the years. Much of the equipment on display is O scale.  In fact, a centerpiece in the space within the interior of the old freight house is an operating O gauge layout. 

Bob

One of the oldest sections of my layout (2007).  The arches are cut from pink foam insulation.  The station is kitbashed from four MTH banks.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Chessie1971 I think those K-line die-cast hoppers are great.

John that viaduct and bridge are fantastic.  I remember an article about using pink foam for a bridge ike that. Was the article Yours?

Joe A Nice weathering again.

Another MTH S-2 ALCO headed back to the rust belt...................

A 2015 Christmas layout memory.

- walt

coach joe posted:

John that viaduct and bridge are fantastic.  I remember an article about using pink foam for a bridge ike that. Was the article Yours?

Joe.  You have an impressive memory. Yes, that was my article.

Korber roundhouse in progress 

Warm summer sun reflects off the rocks in the Highlands...

Happy weekend everybody! 

Independence Day

Fixed the sound issue in the Atlas Southern GP35 that is for sale.  Taking it to small show at local toy train shop in the morning.  So took a quick pic before boxing it up.

I thought I would toss this photo out to you all today. Hope you have a great weekend.

Here are two videos of my new Lionel Legacy PRR GP9# 7048 leading two Legacy RS11s and one non powered RS11 pulling a mixed freight train. The new GP9 looks, sounds, smokes and runs great. Alex M just got finished working on one of the RS11s. Although not on the video the squealing brake sounds on these engines is terrific.

JohnB

A clean Texas Special F3 and a battered Santa Fe F3 round the bend. The Santa Fe unit has been with me since 1955, and obviously had a rough upbringing. 

Thanks Joe!

Have a great weekend.

The PRR in it's prime.

Enjoying all the various posts nice collection this week. Especially thanks for sharing the New Jersey Railway Museum collections, very well done display.

I do a number of shows each year with a kids theme of the model trains and am trying to simplify the set up process. I have had the controls mounted on the fence for the various Thomas LionChief engines. They have been pretty reliable for the many shows that I have done, the kids love being able to run the trains. I picked up some more LionChief sets from one of our forum sponsors on a clearance sale, was able get them a bit cheaper without the track.  I am going to swap on the Toby Toy body to the one engine and do a couple of other Thomas engines on the sets I picked up.  So now can have 10 different LionChief engines with controls on the fence for kids to run.  I have not liked the Lionel FasTrack for the noise. I picked up a couple of different lots of used MTH Realtrack, with the solid rails it has significantly less noise then the FasTrack is much stronger and is resistant to rusting as I plan to leave the track boards stored in the unheated garage between shows.

I did up two 4x8 foot track boards to be light weight can handle with one person if necessary and easy to slide out of the trailer just hook up the wires and be ready to run. Used Foam sheets, foam glue to hold the light weight green outdoor carpet nice grass look to it. Used 1/2 54 and 42 curves on the outside loop to get it fit the board, with the outside rails isolated from each other wired it so I can run scale 2 rail trains on the outside loops or with 3 rail trains. Middle loop 54/42/31 inch curves and inside the 31. Used #5; 1 inch screws they grip a bit through the carpet to hold the track in alignment. The set up is not to loud should make for more kids to be able to run trains at the show, the little kids love it.

Great photos everyone!!  Most enjoyable to see!  Here is an installment from Patsburg and the Free State Junction Railway.  Have a wonderful weekend!!

Getting closer to the finish....

Peter

Have a great weekend!

Here are a few shots and a short video of some of the things that we will be running today and tomorrow at the Monroeville, PA Greenberg show:

Andy

kj356 posted:

I did up two 4x8 foot track boards to be light weight can handle with one person if necessary and easy to slide out of the trailer just hook up the wires and be ready to run. Used Foam sheets, foam glue to hold the light weight green outdoor carpet nice grass look to it. Used 1/2 54 and 42 curves on the outside loop to get it fit the board, with the outside rails isolated from each other wired it so I can run scale 2 rail trains on the outside loops or with 3 rail trains. Middle loop 54/42/31 inch curves and inside the 31. Used #5; 1 inch screws they grip a bit through the carpet to hold the track in alignment. The set up is not to loud should make for more kids to be able to run trains at the show, the little kids love it.

 

 The "Hands on" approach, great job

Decided my tinplate railroad was missing something. Then it hit me: where is the army? Since I already had a (small) army base online, would make sense to have some cars for it. Only problem with that is that Lionel and Marx, the only companies that made tinplate military trains, made ones that were collectible. This put them outside of my budget. So yesterday I spent a fair bit of the afternoon designing a Troop Sleeper on the computer, then printed it on card stock and assembled it to mock up what the end result would be if I got it printed on sheet metal. I plan to use trucks on the actual ones instead of the Marx frame, but that was what I had on hand. What do y'all think?

The grandsons and I visited the North Carolina  Transportation Musem.

We saw a Russain Decapod and to my surprise I came across N&W 611.

Many of us have a Brrkshire Valley oil tank with pump on our layouts. Here is a real one.

Richard

Putnam Division posted:

Getting closer to the finish....

Peter

Peter,

The Woolworths store brings back so many memories.  You are doing a first rate job on a first rate River Leaf model!  Is that your back yard you are working in with the nice view of the lake?  We had a lake in our backyard at one time, but sold and moved to a lesser valued property to help us with tuition costs.   It was all good!

my MTH B&O 4-4-0 set came on this week and she is a beauty. I love the gold trim on the wheels and watching those big drivers turn slowly.

Its not a prototypical Royal Blue but I'll give MTH some artistic license here because she is a beauty.  I tried my hand at a pacing video using a flatcar and my iPhone - not exactly Speilburg's work but I hope you enjoy.

W.I.F #718 reefer car & hobo at Cape Shark Station.

Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTcd03o7yvA

Websites: http://porvoomodelrailroaders.com/

During the club Business meeting last week, I was sitting looking at this section of the layout and thought this would be a great shot. Pool hall and park by Chuck Sees. Movie theater by Dave O'Connor.

In response to a request from Engineer Joe for a trestle shot of my scale-wheeled big boy, I shot these Wednesday.

I've been buying PRR MoW equipment as part of my plan to build a work train.  They are the standard cars K-Line, MTH, Lionel and Weaver have produced over the years.  Most of them are yellow, a paint scheme not used until the mid-50s so I will need to paint them gray to fit in my late 40s era.  I've also been collecting images of PRR MoW cars to help me put together a realistic train.  Unfortunately, to make a truly realistic work train I made need to modify some cars or even scratch build some of them.  Here is what I mean.

great idea Cappilot. but man I hate to see the remains of a tender used like thta, knowing that the engine was probably gone already.came across this the other day...Southern steam riding out their last miles....

I have made several different MOW loads for gondolas, some were inspired by old photos, and some are my own interpretation. The railroads were very creative in adapting various rolling stock to their service needs. Post your progress, especially the scratch-built projects.

Don

Heavy-duty freelance 2-8-8-2; still PS1, but awaiting ERR Cruise Commander installation (I have it, but the mood must be right) and a decal or two:

This is one engine that will never run out of sand:

It's a re-scaled RK 2-8-8-2 - certain details removed or replaced with larger or enlarged (see cylinders and N&W J-style cab) versions:

CAPPilot posted:

I've been buying PRR MoW equipment as part of my plan to build a work train.  They are the standard cars K-Line, MTH, Lionel and Weaver have produced over the years.  Most of them are yellow, a paint scheme not used until the mid-50s so I will need to paint them gray to fit in my late 40s era.  I've also been collecting images of PRR MoW cars to help me put together a realistic train.  Unfortunately, to make a truly realistic work train I made need to modify some cars or even scratch build some of them.  Here is what I mean.

 

Wow! There is a prototype for Ace's double cupola caboose!

Here's a view of the train station in Alexandria VA that not many folks get to see (from the observation deck of the Masonic Memorial)