WEEKEND PHOTO FUN 7-8-22-??

RR Telephone!

A  2021 Christmas layout memory

2 closeups of the little town in back

- walt

Thank Scott for getting us started!   I was by the VMT this past Wednesday and saw the layout ... fabulous!! ALSO the circus vignette was great!!   Bravo to you and your helpers on a job well done

Here are my photos of the fun kind for this fine weekend!  Have a terrific weekend everyone!  ( Click on image to enlarge for improved detail. )

A WM H7 Consolidation is heading out of town as a truck load of Budweiser leaves the brewery with a thirst quenching load.  

Gordy the milkman steps back into his DIVCO truck as he's just put a couple gallons of milk in the aluminum milk box on the McIver families front porch.   The railroad yard provides a nice backdrop.  

A MA &PA freight train on the Mountain Division.

Trolley, train, and automobile.

Some progress around the layout.

Happy Weekend.

Redoing the diesel yard tracks has provided dedicated track for the work/wrecker cars.  Still need to get a bunk car or two.

This week, I have photos of and about my son Steven, who occasionally posts photos on here. He has been helping me with our layout since he was three years old, and is obsessed with trains. So much so, that he fulfilled his dream of working on the railroad, and is now a certified conductor for the Reading, Blue Mountain, and Northern Railroad in eastern Pennsylvania.

First, here is are pictures of him at work on the railroad...

He also is working on things for our home layout while living in his apartment near Reading. Both of us wanted some Reading heritage "RDG" hoppers for our Conrail coal drag. We include PRR "yellow ball" hoppers as well as Penn Central and Conrail 100 ton Lionel H43 hoppers, but they have never made them in the RDG paint scheme which was so common, and I used to see them all the time years before he was born. So, he bought two packs in the P&LE paint scheme, and repainted them into the RDG paint scheme. See for yourself:

Finally, he needed his own layout to work on since he worked on our home layout for almost 20 years, but being 200 miles away, he built his own N scale layout which fits in his apartment and portrays the Buffalo line near Williamsport PA. Top photo is one of the layout showing the N scale signal heads that he designed on CADD then had 3D printed (he is a signal freak like myself) along with an image of the prototype. The last picture shows an N scale 100 ton RDG hopper along with one of the three he made in O scale for our home layout:

He's a great kid, and has done a heck of a job fulfilling his dream of being a conductor or engineer all by the age of 23...and a heck of a modeler too!

Here's one of my favorite shots:

It worked so well that it is actually on the cover of this month's OGR magazine!

See PDF link below -

My Atlas New Hope & Ivyland boxcar arrived today! Here it is with what looks like it’s little brother the Lionel version:

@MichRR714

Your photos taken in BW were enjoyed. The subject, the characters, the shadows, and engine of course  all were realistic. Good shot!

Seth

@stangtrain I recognize your blue cap work detail from today’s cover as I pulled out the plastic wrapped OGR photo from the mailbox at 11:30 AM today.
I just scanned your photos of your 9’x9’ layout.  Truly enjoyed your characterization in each photo. And the engines.

Seth

A big week working on the modular layout with a large crew....

One group is doing wiring.

One group is rebuilding/renewing/replacing ballast.

One group is replacing our old barriers with thicker Plexiglass.

One group ran trains on our two smaller layouts (12x15 and 6&11) while a video crew filmed them for the Petersburg Office of Tourism.

Have a great and safe weekend, folks!

Peter

Here's some pictures of my layout taken by @Sid's Trains

- Jason

Snow removal extra on my layout, with the new Also FA's, work caboose, and Rotary. This is from some while ago, as my layout is currently moved away from the wall in preparation for the 5 year for gas meter inspection.

Western Pacific insulated box cars built by Pacific Car & Foundry that are named "Beer Cars" by LIONEL.

Andrew

Falcon Service

                                                                     S.I.

"When you’re ready for Real”

SIRT.......truer words were never spoken!

Your work is exceptional!

Peter

Happy Weekend Everyone,

Here is my entry. See more on my "Layout Progress" page and the whole process was documented on my YouTube page.

Dave

                      More Action...

This is a great thread with so many beautiful layouts and cool scenes pictured. There’s so much talent here, SIRT, your weathering technics are great. Wow.

My dad and I went on our yearly traincation to Grand Rapids, Michigan this weekend. Allow me to list down the highlights.

1. John Ball Zoo

2. Hobby Recycling

3. Side Trip to Grand Haven

4. Coopersville & Marne Railroad

5. Frederik Meijer Gardens

6. Dueling Pianos at Mojo's

7. Grand Rapids Public Museum

8. DOOBIE BROTHERS!!!

Also... I forgot to mention that my dad and I rode in the cab of one of their C&M diesel engines with permission from the owner that Saturday!

The Doobies by train.🚂❤️

@PRRMiddleDivision posted:

This week, I have photos of and about my son Steven, who occasionally posts photos on here. He has been helping me with our layout since he was three years old, and is obsessed with trains. So much so, that he fulfilled his dream of working on the railroad, and is now a certified conductor for the Reading, Blue Mountain, and Northern Railroad in eastern Pennsylvania.

First, here is are pictures of him at work on the railroad...

He also is working on things for our home layout while living in his apartment near Reading. Both of us wanted some Reading heritage "RDG" hoppers for our Conrail coal drag. We include PRR "yellow ball" hoppers as well as Penn Central and Conrail 100 ton Lionel H43 hoppers, but they have never made them in the RDG paint scheme which was so common, and I used to see them all the time years before he was born. So, he bought two packs in the P&LE paint scheme, and repainted them into the RDG paint scheme. See for yourself:

Finally, he needed his own layout to work on since he worked on our home layout for almost 20 years, but being 200 miles away, he built his own N scale layout which fits in his apartment and portrays the Buffalo line near Williamsport PA. Top photo is one of the layout showing the N scale signal heads that he designed on CADD then had 3D printed (he is a signal freak like myself) along with an image of the prototype. The last picture shows an N scale 100 ton RDG hopper along with one of the three he made in O scale for our home layout:

He's a great kid, and has done a heck of a job fulfilling his dream of being a conductor or engineer all by the age of 23...and a heck of a modeler too!

The new LIONEL 2022 VOLUME 2 catalog has three 2-packs of RDG open-top hoppers.

Andrew

@Andrew Steiner_ - looks like you had a fabulous vacation Andrew.  I bet your Dad thinks the same and will cherish those memories for a very long time.

Best Wishes

Don