Weekend Photo Fun 7-31-20-??

Baby’s First Day In The Train Room

A Photo Album from the Motor City • July 26, 2020

 Dad in the train room giving a tour,  “Baby’s First Day In The Train Room”.

Baby watching the trains from the C and O for Progress Couch.

Baby trying on the same train hat that her Dad wore. The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.  Baby’s Grandma’s family is from Ouray, Colorado.  My wife for over 40 years.  Just north of Durango and Silverton on the Million Dollar Highway.

Thanks for taking a look & have a great weekend: Gary & Baby 🚂

Great photos everyone!  Trainroom Gary - I love the new addition to your family!  You know how to get kids involved with trains at a very young age!  

For this fine Weekend: " A Postwar Celebration with my first ever Lionel engine, the venerable 2065 Santa Fe type steamer as it journey's on my layout this past week.  Also Postwar Paradise as the 2065 is joined by FA 2 Santa Fe Lionel 218 and Virginian Train Master in tri - level shot.  
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!  Be safe and be well!  

              waiting on a train... "rail fanning" !

                cool surprise,   mid train helpers !

                   Marci's photos...      have a great weekend everyone !!

From my temporary layout...

Here's a project I've been working on for the past few weeks. It's a model of a footbridge over the PRR mainline just east of downtown Altoona. I used to railfan from it years ago, but it was torn down presumably to accommodate double stacks. It's not quite finished, and can't be until I get the ballast and surrounding scenery completed. At that point, I can glue the components together, but this will give you an idea of what it looks like. It is mostly scratchbuilt, but contains Plastruct stairs and railings. 

A 2019 Christmas layout memory 

- walt

Maersk / Santa Fe passing through on the Seattle & Yakima RR.

 

Patrick..... don't recall ever seeing an airplane in any of your previous photos. Anyways just wanted to mention, don't know what you're doing different now, your photos were good before always enjoy looking at your layout, but I'm seeing a different look ; new camera..lighting..composition..?  I'm liking it...SUPERB !!

Great stuff, everyone.....keep it coming!

Peter

Been working on track ballasting and scenery around the streamlined coaling dock.

Ken

I purchased an already built Carolina Craftsman Kits model of the Thomas, West Virginia engine house from a modeler who is changing scales.  Here it is sitting in another room Away from layout construction after I fixed a few glue joints that popped during shipping.  The doors are in the zip lock bag.

This is where it will go on the layout.  It will go well with the Thomas, West Virginia station kit I have also from Carolina Craftsman Kits.

Having grown up on Long Island, the MTH Premier model of Long Island Railroad G-5s ten-wheeler steam engine #21 is one of my favorites. Although the scenery on my 12’-by-8’ layout doesn’t look like Long Island, I keep this engine and its K-Line passenger cars on the layout at all times. These engines ran at speeds up to 80 miles-per-hour on runs to Montauk at the eastern end of Long Island and I enjoy listening to the sounds of this model at high speeds, as heard on the video, in which the train is running at about 53 miles-per-hour. This engine, with PS2 and a BCR, has been running on my layout for about 20 years. The first release by MTH was the PRR G-5s #5740 with PS1, which I also run frequently. The G-5s engines were built at Altoona by the PRR and 31 were delivered to the LIRR, which was owned by the PRR between 1900 and 1966.

MELGAR

@PRRMiddleDivision posted:

Here's a project I've been working on for the past few weeks. It's a model of a footbridge over the PRR mainline just east of downtown Altoona. I used to railfan from it years ago, but it was torn down presumably to accommodate double stacks. It's not quite finished, and can't be until I get the ballast and surrounding scenery completed. At that point, I can glue the components together, but this will give you an idea of what it looks like. It is mostly scratchbuilt, but contains Plastruct stairs and railings. 

Foot bridge looks great Neal, especially the supports. Looks like real concrete.

@Mark Boyce posted:

I purchased an already built Carolina Craftsman Kits model of the Thomas, West Virginia engine house from a modeler who is changing scales.  Here it is sitting in another room Away from layout construction after I fixed a few glue joints that popped during shipping.  The doors are in the zip lock bag.

This is where it will go on the layout.  It will go well with the Thomas, West Virginia station kit I have also from Carolina Craftsman Kits.

Mark, those steams look right at home in the engine house. What engines are they exactly, 4-6-0 I think the one is?

@MELGAR posted:

Having grown up on Long Island, the MTH Premier model of Long Island Railroad G-5s ten-wheeler steam engine #21 is one of my favorites. Although the scenery on my 12’-by-8’ layout doesn’t look like Long Island, I keep this engine and its K-Line passenger cars on the layout at all times. These engines ran at speeds up to 80 miles-per-hour on runs to Montauk at the eastern end of Long Island and I enjoy listening to the sounds of this model at high speeds, as heard on the video. This engine, with PS2 and a BCR, has been running on my layout for about 20 years. The first release by MTH was the PRR G-5s #5740 with PS1, which I also run frequently. The G-5s engines were built at Altoona by the PRR and 31 were delivered to the LIRR, which was owned by the PRR between 1900 and 1966.

MELGAR

Mel, that engine is going at a great clip. Looks good.

Dave, Thank you very much!  I was really pleased to be able to get the engine house.  Gary of Carolina Craftsman Kits only does small runs of these kits.  The engine on the left is an MTH Premier Western Maryland Shay #6.  Its prototype is at Cass Scenic Railroad.  The other is a Railking Western Maryland Pacific #204 that I have to pull either my set of Railking Western Maryland Heavyweights or my Railking Western Maryland Scenic Railroad Streamliners.  Of course the diesel is a Legacy GP7.  The Pacific and my three H9 Consolidations will just fit in the engine house with the coupler protruding.  With the building close to the to-be painted backdrop, I'm not concerned.

Jeep's are good Mark. Out of the few Diesel's I find pleasing to my eyes, they are among them.

night shots

December 2018 tree layout photos.

@MELGAR posted:

Having grown up on Long Island, the MTH Premier model of Long Island Railroad G-5s ten-wheeler steam engine #21 is one of my favorites. Although the scenery on my 12’-by-8’ layout doesn’t look like Long Island, I keep this engine and its K-Line passenger cars on the layout at all times. These engines ran at speeds up to 80 miles-per-hour on runs to Montauk at the eastern end of Long Island and I enjoy listening to the sounds of this model at high speeds, as heard on the video. This engine, with PS2 and a BCR, has been running on my layout for about 20 years. The first release by MTH was the PRR G-5s #5740 with PS1, which I also run frequently. The G-5s engines were built at Altoona by the PRR and 31 were delivered to the LIRR, which was owned by the PRR between 1900 and 1966.

MELGAR

I’ll bet that your LIRR consist runs better than the current day version  

And, with all due respect, it pales in comparison to all that beautiful NH equipment!!!

Your a good father Scott,

New M.T.H. Premier line O scale Union Carbide RAIX 8,000 Gallon tank cars arrived. 

I got them because they are a shade of Turquoise Blue instead of the typical black tank car. 

Andrew

Falcon Service

I wanted to add some cars to my 44 Mobile Missile Launcher  set, but it is challenged on Atlas track.......A New Haven Also came to the rescue......

Enjoy and have a nice weekend. Be safe, my friends.

Peter

Lately, I've been playing around with a battered Plasticville Factory.......Bob Buehler (member of the River City 3 Railers, TCA Eastern Division VP and owner of Bob's Trains 4U eBay store) gave me a box of Plasticville parts from collections he's purchased.......to see if I could rehab them.....

This is a 1st attempt using the paint and materials I had on hand....

I need to experiment with different colors.....but, I'm happy with the result.......growing up in the Bronx....everything was heavily weathered, naturally......and, I think I got that effect....

Peter

Scott, thanks for another great Weekend Photo Fun.  Guys, thanks for the great pics you all came up with, lots of inspiration with lots of wonderful material.  For the time being, I'm still in a pickle trying to figure out where I'm going to put all of my stuff from all of my way too many boxes in a much smaller home.

Have a terrific weekend,

@Putnam Division posted:

Lately, I've been playing around with a battered Plasticville Factory.......Bob Buehler (member of the River City 3 Railers, TCA Eastern Division VP and owner of Bob's Trains 4U eBay store) gave me a box of Plasticville parts from collections he's purchased.......to see if I could rehab them.....

This is a 1st attempt using the paint and materials I had on hand....

I need to experiment with different colors.....but, I'm happy with the result.......growing up in the Bronx....everything was heavily weathered, naturally......and, I think I got that effect....

Peter

Hi Peter, what product are you using to create the mortar effect?  Looks like you let it dry before wiping it off vs. paint that you wipe off while still wet.

Ron

SD45R 

@PRRronbh posted:

Hi Peter, what product are you using to create the mortar effect?  Looks like you let it dry before wiping it off vs. paint that you wipe off while still wet.

Ron

I love this stuff.......it’s my “go to” mortar product. Mr Muffin carries it.

Peter

@J. Motts posted:

Scott, thanks for another great Weekend Photo Fun.  Guys, thanks for the great pics you all came up with, lots of inspiration with lots of wonderful material.  For the time being, I'm still in a pickle trying to figure out where I'm going to put all of my stuff from all of my way too many boxes in a much smaller home.

Have a terrific weekend,

I know the problems with fitting trains, layout, and boxes I want to save in a small house.  I wish you well!

Here's me and my beautiful bride on the real Virginia & Truckee.

I'm blessed to have a wife that goes along with my love of trains-real and model.

By the way Peter-love your work on the Lionel factory. That has always been one of my favorite Plasticville structures and looks pretty good right out of the box as well!

Maine Power.

@Mark Boyce posted:

All:

Good pics again this week.

Mark:

'Ya done good on the engine house, real good!

Andre

Andre, Thank you!!!

Cut section of railroad track at Vicksburg, Michigan.

Andrew

Well, I went out and about today down to my local train store to pick up a few things that were almost lost to me from the 2017 V2 catalog. They are some of the PRR baggage cars and pack 2 of the coaches. What had happened was my LTS had two distributors, and would split orders between them. Well, the one distributors had some issues and wasn't ordering things at all. By some small miracle my cars got ordered. The distributor however managed to mess things up for himself putting himself out of business. Through the grace of my LTS they talked with the head of the distributor's warehouse and he had my cars.

Also, I drove past the BR&W today, and things are still quiet there as well. I know like most other small Railroad's they have been doing freight service as that is really the lifeblood of most small railroads. I wanted to pop in to get pictures around the station and parking lot, but I don't think that would be a good idea with things going on and don't want to cause alarm for the railroad. Before all this it was no problem, but I definitely don't want to cause a possible police incident. So, a quick flash from the road. I do kind of wonder if they are able to work on restoration of some of the coaches they had been working on or if that is on indefinite hold.

Here are some of my favorite new pictures:

Hope everyone has a good weekend. 

Photos of my friend Tex Copsetta's HO Southern Pacific Shasta Route layout. It has been featured in Kalmbach's Great Model Railroads. Enjoy!

@jackiejr posted:

 

Patrick..... don't recall ever seeing an airplane in any of your previous photos. Anyways just wanted to mention, don't know what you're doing different now, your photos were good before always enjoy looking at your layout, but I'm seeing a different look ; new camera..lighting..composition..?  I'm liking it...SUPERB !!

Thank you so very much Jackiejr!!  I really appreciate your compliment and for taking time to comment.  Actually I've been using my I phone 5 or 6 ( can't remember which) since mid March.   I'll be upgrading to an I phone 11 or 12 soon.  Hopefully that upgrade will improve photos even more so.   As for the airplane, it's a p 51 Mustang WW2 fighter ( Smithsonian model ).  It sits on top of a restaurant.  My imaginative story is:  The restaurant owner flew P51's in WW2.  He bought this decommissioned plane from a military surplus agency.... and set it atop of his place of business.  

Eventually the plane will be suspended over the layout from the train room ceiling.