Thanks guys. I loved the old late 40's Lionel Catalogs. Many of the train sets were of night trains. Liked that feeling of traveling at night through the country. That's what I was trying to capture with this photo. Larry, there is a good book about biking and walking the old Milwaukee lines. Lot's of good pictures. Don
N5CJonny posted:This project has taken me about four days when completed. I still have four more lamp posts to wire up. When completed, there will be ten double lamp posts in the front and two on the side of the station (31 led light bulbs including building spot lamps). The wires at the bottom will be hidden when the project is complete. So far this project has gone very smoothly.
I really like the twin lamps and fences. Can you point me in the right direction to get some?
Thank you.
Ran some Postwar earlier....these are two of several Postwar engines in my collection.
Both are complete sets. The steam set is the #1515WS and the diesel is my newest, the #1467W. I purchased, and keep, both as complete sets. I mean complete - I have all of the paperwork on them, all of the boxes, the set boxes, original smoke pellets, tubes of grease, factory inspection slips, and more. They are in as good of condition as one will ever find.
Forty Rod posted:N5CJonny posted:This project has taken me about four days when completed. I still have four more lamp posts to wire up. When completed, there will be ten double lamp posts in the front and two on the side of the station (31 led light bulbs including building spot lamps). The wires at the bottom will be hidden when the project is complete. So far this project has gone very smoothly.
I really like the twin lamps and fences. Can you point me in the right direction to get some?
Thank you.
Both items were purchased from vendors on Ebay.
The fence was from a vendor named Everydaygoodz located in Hong Kong. I had once seen the same fence else where, but they wanted a lot more money for the same item. These guys had a great price.
The led lamps run on 3 volts DC only and they came from a vendor named Uptogethertek located in shenzhen, China. Their prices are super inexpensive, you get 50 lamps with free shipping for under $13.00. Even if a few lamps go bad, I have plenty of extra lamps on hand. The bad thing is the electric wires are thread like and are very delicate. Also the seller listed these items as being 1:100 scale (2.95" tall) They seem to go well with the small Lionel Grand Centra Terminal as that station looks close to HO scale to me. Keep in mind that the power supply must be DC current only and the amps have to be very low. I am using three battery packs containing two AA batteries each. Each battery pack of two AA batteries can power up to five double lamps with no problems.
PRRronbh posted:briansilvermustang posted:
eenie, meenie, miney, moe ??? what direction do I wanna go........
Where is this at?
Somewhere in Europe by the looks of the signals and overhead.
p51 posted:PRRronbh posted:briansilvermustang posted:
eenie, meenie, miney, moe ??? what direction do I wanna go........
Where is this at?
Somewhere in Europe by the looks of the signals and overhead.
Thanks Lee. Was wondering if that might be the case. But would be nice to know where.
i think it is at a train station in Zurich, Switzerland....still looking....maybe here....
Took this picture during a water break on my bike ride this AM.
I wonder if the owner knows the significance of this number to a PostWar Lionel fan?
Have a great weekend, everyone....
Peter
Putnam Division posted:Took this picture during a water break on my bike ride this AM.
I wonder if the owner knows the significance of this number to a PostWar Lionel fan?
Have a great weekend, everyone....
Peter
Sure do!
I have a photo somewhere of a mailbox with 4449 on it.
Started working on adding LED lighting to the display case my grandfather and I built several years ago. I like the look so far, though the photos make it look too bright and washed out, which isn't the case in person.
N5CJonny posted:Forty Rod posted:N5CJonny posted:This project has taken me about four days when completed. I still have four more lamp posts to wire up. When completed, there will be ten double lamp posts in the front and two on the side of the station (31 led light bulbs including building spot lamps). The wires at the bottom will be hidden when the project is complete. So far this project has gone very smoothly.
I really like the twin lamps and fences. Can you point me in the right direction to get some?
Thank you.
Both items were purchased from vendors on Ebay.
The fence was from a vendor named Everydaygoodz located in Hong Kong. I had once seen the same fence else where, but they wanted a lot more money for the same item. These guys had a great price.
The led lamps run on 3 volts DC only and they came from a vendor named Uptogethertek located in shenzhen, China. Their prices are super inexpensive, you get 50 lamps with free shipping for under $13.00. Even if a few lamps go bad, I have plenty of extra lamps on hand. The bad thing is the electric wires are thread like and are very delicate. Also the seller listed these items as being 1:100 scale (2.95" tall) They seem to go well with the small Lionel Grand Centra Terminal as that station looks close to HO scale to me. Keep in mind that the power supply must be DC current only and the amps have to be very low. I am using three battery packs containing two AA batteries each. Each battery pack of two AA batteries can power up to five double lamps with no problems.
Thanks, Jonny. Just what I needed.
BAR GP7 #63 posted:Some cars at lake Laha.
Your weathering has always looked great. It looks even better outside in the sunlight. The lake in the background is a nice touch.
scale rail posted:A slow uphill climb through the Cascades. Don
That is absolutely a great picture.
Seems like a rare thing, NS narrow cab leading
Steven Michael posted:I haven't been on here in quite a while. It's been a real busy summer. I have however made a good amount of progress on detailing (perhaps "fixing" would be a better word) this pair of Weaver U25Bs. These things were absolutely stripped of detail out of the box. Changes I've made include renumbering to the 2500 series in preparation for roof antennas, painting of the window frames and steps, the installation of grab irons, windshield wipers, miscellaneous piping, fuel fills, cutoffs and sight glasses, dummy MU receptacles, lights over the drop decks, cab signal boxes, and the drop decks themselves. That's quite a list! There are still a few more things to be done on these, I still have to install bells, cut levers and roof antennas, and I may redecal the number boards if I can find a more accurate font. The comparison photo at the end is about a week old, so even on the lower photo there are a few details seen on the other photos that are missing. Still a hire difference.
2R converted to 3R? If not were did you find the Weaver fixed pilots.
suzukovich posted:Steven Michael posted:I haven't been on here in quite a while. It's been a real busy summer. I have however made a good amount of progress on detailing (perhaps "fixing" would be a better word) this pair of Weaver U25Bs. These things were absolutely stripped of detail out of the box. Changes I've made include renumbering to the 2500 series in preparation for roof antennas, painting of the window frames and steps, the installation of grab irons, windshield wipers, miscellaneous piping, fuel fills, cutoffs and sight glasses, dummy MU receptacles, lights over the drop decks, cab signal boxes, and the drop decks themselves. That's quite a list! There are still a few more things to be done on these, I still have to install bells, cut levers and roof antennas, and I may redecal the number boards if I can find a more accurate font. The comparison photo at the end is about a week old, so even on the lower photo there are a few details seen on the other photos that are missing. Still a hire difference.
2R converted to 3R? If not were did you find the Weaver fixed pilots.
They're 3 rail with a 2 rail pilot and Kadee installed on the front of the first unit. My dad was given two of these pilots at a train show many years ago. I'm trying to track down one more so I can install them on both units' rear pilots to bring the pair closer together.
Little update on those U-boats. I installed all the trainphone equipment on the powered unit tonight. No gluing or painting will occur until the last of the needed detail parts arrive from PSC, as I will have to remove the antennas to avoid damage when the units are bottom side up in the cradle.
I bent all the brass rods into shape and also did a few things differently from what is stated in the instructions. The antenna kit includes four very small stanchions for where the antennas drop down the cab and into the nose of the locomotive - two for each side. This however is not correct, and I had to make my own parts for the connection on the engineer's side. This provided a pretty close match to the prototype.
I'll tag one other thing on the end here - does anyone know where I could buy the vertical window shades shown in the prototype photo? That's the only major detail that these will be missing once I'm done, and I truly couldn't find any available online. They appear to be glass so it's not something I can easily make myself.
suzukovich posted:BAR GP7 #63 posted:Some cars at lake Laha.
Your weathering has always looked great. It looks even better outside in the sunlight. The lake in the background is a nice touch.
SUZUKOVICH: Thank you very much. I think the sunlight is the best light.
Johan
Putnam Division posted:Took this picture during a water break on my bike ride this AM.
I wonder if the owner knows the significance of this number to a PostWar Lionel fan?
Have a great weekend, everyone....
Peter
I don't think the owner knows the significance of the number. If he or she did, the box would be painted blue on the top, orange on the sides with a blue stripe, and the lettering would be in a tasteful sans serif font. Perhaps you should be a good and helpful neighbor and slip a note and picture into the box during your next ride. 
Steven J. Serenska
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As usual a lot of great photos. Since I went through this last night my finger has had time to recover So since Gandydancer1950 posted something old I will continue with something new and something blue
SDIV Tim posted:Hey Scott, happy birthday here is a load I worked on this week
Thanks for the birthday greeting.
Scott Smith
SJC posted:Ran some Postwar earlier....these are two of several Postwar engines in my collection.
Both are complete sets. The steam set is the #1515WS and the diesel is my newest, the #1467W. I purchased, and keep, both as complete sets. I mean complete - I have all of the paperwork on them, all of the boxes, the set boxes, original smoke pellets, tubes of grease, factory inspection slips, and more. They are in as good of condition as one will ever find.
I have a 1515WS also. Got it for Christmas in 1954. My first Lionel train.
Very nice.
Lou N
suzukovich posted:As usual a lot of great photos. Since I went through this last night my finger has had time to recover So since Gandydancer1950 posted something old I will continue with something new and something blue
Nice!
SDIV Tim posted:
Really nice!
Steven Michael posted:
I'll tag one other thing on the end here - does anyone know where I could buy the vertical window shades shown in
the prototype photo? That's the only major detail that these will be missing once I'm done, and I truly couldn't
find any available online.
I believe you are having issues because you maybe using the wrong terminology. I think they are called wind deflectors.
https://pdhobbyshop.com/show_p...nishes&start=101
However Bill Davis calls them wind screens[ pg 4]
http://americanscalemodels.com/O?page=4
I hope this helps.
My weekend photo fun was anything but. After a brief trip to NJ for a high school reunion, this was my NJ Transit trip in images and words:
Picked up my train which is the one on the far left of the frame at Long Branch Saturday. Just south of the Hazlet stop the power went out and we came to a full stop. At first we were told it was a mechanical failure, so I assumed our ALP46 crapped out. Eventually we were informed that we had hit a car and it was a fatality. The car went around the gates. I did not feel the impact as I was four cars ahead of the locomotive and the train was 9 cars.
No one on the train was injured, the train did not derail, and power was restored for lights and HVAC within the hour. Since it was part of an active investigation, NJT kept us on the train for 3 hours until a rescue train coupled to the front of the cab car and we were able to transfer to another train to continue north. Power was still out in the cab car when everyone passed through and it smelled like there may have been a small electrical fire, but that is speculation. The total time of the closure between Hazlet and Long Branch was about 5 hours according to local news that evening.
All I can say, in spite of all the online chatter after this happened is that NJT was very professional and provided information as they had it and not sooner. They did not speculate, but simply provided information as they got it. They were professional and kept us on the train for safety. In talking with the conductor briefly, he stated that luckily the engineer did not see the crash. However the entire crew was obviously traumatized.
Here is a photo of the car from an online source.
I don't post these photos to be overly grim, however it is a strong reminder for all of us that a little patience is worth it. It is also a reminder that railroading is a serious business where safety is paramount. I simply want to commend NJT, the train crew, local police and fire, and everyone else who had to deal with this needless tragedy.
Very sad and grim reminder of all you say above. A painful warning and needlessly tragic event.
But, also Long Branch brings good memories. While in the USAF I was stationed close to Ft Monmouth adjacent to Long Branch. I lived Ocean Avenue in Belmar a few miles straight down Ocean Avenue from Long Branch. Back then the New York and Long Branch was running pullman green heavyweights behind black Penn Central E8/E9's? from Manhattan down the Jersey Shore - and GG1'sfrom Northern New Jersey thru the tunnel to Penn Station. Great way to go to and from Manhattan on weekends. Maybe make a visit to Madison Hardware and the other train stores while enjoying many other activities in the Big A. Like Bob Dylan at Madison Square Garden and Kris Kristofferson at Carnegie Hall.
So, which is more fun; seeing Bob Dylan live or riding behind a real live GG1 and talking to the GG1 engineer before the trip while they were changing from diesel to electric power in Northern New Jersey? You choose .
Good memories indeed. When I was 6 I road the NY&LB up to New York the year before it became Conrail. PC E7s, E8s and P70s along with several stainless coaches ruled the Pennsy side of the equation, while GP7Ps, GP40Ps and a combination of 1920's heavyweights from the Blue Comet era and western coaches in patched paint schemes were running for CNJ.
My concerts in the 1980s were Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, and a few others I don't remember. A different era, but not that different.
Yep, this was the early 70's and I was newly returned from Vietnam. I don't think I ever saw a stainless coach back then. I'd see those heavyweight commuter trains roll into Belmar and other Jersey Shore communities about the time I drove down from Eatontown in the evening. Beer cans lined up in the windows from the two hour commute down from the City. How about beer cans lined up in the windows for a modeling opportunity.
briansilvermustang posted:
eenie, meenie, miney, moe ??? what direction do I wanna go........
Not enough room for scenery! 
Thanks for the help Mark. For the P&D ones, what's the difference between the two part numbers? Also how may packs would I need to do both these units?
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