Weekend Photo Fun 7-24-20-??

Some real train action this week.  It's been crazy busy at work, which means zero progress on the layout.

Mattawana was one of the very first scenes I modeled on my layout, and to this day, it remains the most popular among my visitors. People always seem to congregate right in this area. I don't know what it is...the working gates, or the curve with a radius of about 10 feet (i.e., "O-240"), but it is clearly their favorite. The town is very simple...just a two story frame house and the post office, seen here with a fellow drinking a coke and watching the trains roll by. This scene is supposed to represent the 1970's, a perfect match for early Conrail and this 1972 Dodge Coronet, one of my favorite vehicles on the layout (a four door family car, not a sports car or convertible!).

Lionel's recently released Conrail transition era GP-35's are a perfect fit for this area. They made three, the third being a former EL unit out of sight in the photo. The daze of Penn Central had recently come to an end, and all you saw in those days were patched out PC, RDG, and EL units. It was a great time to be a railfan, and I remember it well!

Enjoy!

Christopher,

Great picture! Amazing what you have done with tinplate equipment! The additional ballast on the Fasttrack makes it look really good as well.

For this fine weekend!  " Snapshots by "the roving rail photographer" in and around Patsburg.  Have a wonderful weekend everyone!  Be safe and be well!

Up on the Mountain Division a Ma & Pa boxcar is unloaded.

Big Hooker is brought to the scene to lend its muscle in unloading  these huge stationary diesel engines. 

It's 1950 and tractors, destined for the local farm equipment dealer, are being unloaded from an automobile boxcar.   Jasper Evans tips his hat for the photographer. 

Soon these passengers, waiting at the commuter station, will be surrounded by freight trains. 

The Mountain Division as the Bollman Bridge hosts a local logging train.  Boaters enjoy Lake Christopher below.

A 2019 Christmas Layout memory 

- walt

PRR Middle Division fan ! I remember seeing the black PENN CENTRAL F units staging at Shenango Yard in Greenville, Pa, at dusk, back in the late 60's. Talk about imposing looking units !! An almost Darth Vader presence, they were......

I visited Colorado's Georgetown Loop in May 2016.  The railroad was once part of the many mining trains that traversed Colorado.  It runs from Georgetown to Silver Plume.  The park has a mine that people can tour.  I didn't have time to visit the mine this trip.  The primary attraction is the loop itself.  The railroad loops over itself on a steel trestle.  The original trestle was wood.  NH Joe

Clear Creek

Under the trestle.

Top of the trestle.

Sliver Plume.  The railroad's shops are here.

This is the old Depot just a short walk from downtown Georgetown.  It was a restaurant in 2016.  The hamburgers were good.

Good Morning everyone. Here on the Russian River, summertime means fun--well, every year but this one. No virus on my layout, though, so picturing better days ahead. Stay safe.

NP and SP&S action on the S&Y RR.

Sunday running at the TMB.

Jasper's Rock: What's on the layout

Receiving the modern update of PostWar set 2527, the Super O Missile Launching Outfit was the realization of a childhood dream. I was very excited that it was going to be TMCC with RailSounds, too. The addition of the separate sale sound car was an additional plus. Here it is getting ready for a spin on my home layout.

My only downer is that it didn't have a more powerful motor with traction tires. On non-Lionel track this is about all she will pull....

How many have this set or the original?

Peter

For those that want to model the Washington Union Station as it looked in 2008, here are some photos for you.

@PRRMiddleDivision posted:

Christopher,

Great picture! Amazing what you have done with tinplate equipment! The additional ballast on the Fasttrack makes it look really good as well.

I agree with you Neil.

Christopher continually illustrates what can be done with traditional trains when one has two itches that need scratching. Said itches being: Traditional trains and realistic settings.

Andre

The weekend is here and it's time to run some trains!

Sunday running at the TMB

North Western’s Jordan spreader and Geep pushing fresh ballast to spread out and just pulled up the wing to across the switch stand light. 😉

All great stuff guys.