WEEKEND PHOTO FUN 8-19-16-??

MTH AS-16 B&O................

 Correctly re-painted as it should have been

Snapped some pictures as the morning sun shined onto the layout.

Its going to be a great weekend!

The Woodward cruise is this weekend, And Sunday the 1225 will be 20 minutes from my house.

Here is one of my doctor evil projects that has worked out so well, I am upgrading my whole fleet. Close coupling Lionel A-A and A-B-B-A  MU' ed units... I was able to do these in 10 minutes a unit and still preserve the electro couplers on corresponding units.

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After the conversion I can still negotiate 072 curves with no issues...

Here is the final sequence of images taken during my recent visit to Roadside America as we complete our counter-clockwise tour around the layout. Of particular interest is the display case of custom built motive power and rolling stock. 

Bob

Just pure fun.......I don't care if the newsman is 9' tall!

Christmas present 1959......thanks Mom and Dad!

Peter

Track signals and a full moon.

Here is a video running train last night at Clarksburg Area Model Railroad Club!

A 2015 Christmas layout memory

Each car, from Lenox, is personalized with:

engine: WALT

Passenger cars and caboose: my 2 kids, their spouses, and my 4 grandkids.

- walt

Sunset power....

A little Legacy steam and diesel consist

Putnam Division posted:

Just pure fun.......I don't care if the newsman is 9' tall!

Christmas present 1959......thanks Mom and Dad!

Peter

You're too too humble my friend. Forgot to point out that it still operates perfectly. In my house, even "favorite" toys eventually got destroyed. You must have been a great kid.

The 9' guy is simply a descendant of the Nephilim!

Putnam Division posted:

Just pure fun.......I don't care if the newsman is 9' tall!

Christmas present 1959......thanks Mom and Dad!

Peter

Peter,

Still a great accessory if just for the nostalgic value. 

This week, at my club, we were testing a new section of track so I brought the biggest engine I own. The Pennsylvania S1.

Pat Kn posted:

This week, at my club, we were testing a new section of track so I brought the biggest engine I own. The Pennsylvania S1.

Pat, the PRR S1 was actually longer than a Big Boy by 8-feet if I recall correctly.

Ron

Here are some photos taken on the G&O during the National Garden RR Convention that was held July 4 to 10.  The G&O was running a 4th of July theme.

NH Joe

Some neighborhoods around the layout which I much enjoyed making, though, now, long-gone....

FrankM, Moon Township, USA

Have a great weekend.

Putnam Division posted:

Just pure fun.......I don't care if the newsman is 9' tall!

Christmas present 1959......thanks Mom and Dad!

Peter

I love this accessory, I had one as a kid. Unfortunately I don't have the Postwar one, but I have The modern Lionel remake. I also had to make my own in N scale as well.

Loading lumber from a small mill. Don

I make a cross country trip via Amtrak about once a year......another trip soon. This is my favorite photo from all my trips......Raton NM in a freezing rain/snow.

Great pics, everyone!

Peter

SIRT posted:

MTH AS-16 B&O................

 

 

 Correctly re-painted as it should have been

A Baldwin . . . well. now you can pull every car you own with one locomotive.  A nice, grimy, MTH B&O Baldwin AS-616 is perfect on your layout.  I have an SP AS-616 (the only foreign line engine I own) and it is a brute.  It always runs, will pull any amount of cars, and never gets hot.

Great photos everyone!!  Have a relaxing weekend!!

AMCDave posted:

I make a cross country trip via Amtrak about once a year......another trip soon. This is my favorite photo from all my trips......Raton NM in a freezing rain/snow.

 

AMCDAVE, there's something about the railroad in winter, for sure.  I share your fondness for that photo, as well as for the experience of being at trailside in freezing weather.  The sound, the early darkness, everything is different from the other seasons.

Number 90 posted:

 

 

AMCDAVE, there's something about the railroad in winter, for sure.  I share your fondness for that photo, as well as for the experience of being at trailside in freezing weather.  The sound, the early darkness, everything is different from the other seasons.

Thanks 90!!!

Without me giving much description you hit the nail on the head. 

A little background.  We were running about 6 hours late. So we hit Raton in the dark. The town was dead quite with little movement by the locals. During the 10 minute stop the only sounds were from the train....compressors, air bleeds, low engine idle.....really set a mood. Few passengers got off as it was in the twenties temp wise......but every time I see the photo I FEEL the mood and I am taken right back. 

Thanks for the comments......more photos in link below.

scale rail posted:

Loading lumber from a small mill. Don

Very unique. Never saw anything like it. I'd love to see that scene in color, all lush and even further realistic.

frankm

Frankm. here you go. Wish I had a wider shot. The lumber mill at the bottom has a smoke unit in it. Click on the picture for a bigger view. Don

Number 90 posted:

SIRT posted:

MTH AS-16 B&O................

 

 

 Correctly re-painted as it should have been. 

A Baldwin . . . well. now you can pull every car you own with one locomotive.  A nice, grimy, MTH B&O Baldwin AS-616 is perfect on your layout.  I have an SP AS-616 (the only foreign line engine I own) and it is a brute.  It always runs, will pull any amount of cars, and never gets hot.

Good choice Tom, this is a diesel I did for a customer. A bit old for my 70's time frame. Seems rare as I could only find 2 color photos of it.

J Daddy posted:

 

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After the conversion I can still negotiate 072 curves with no issues...

 

 

How about a how to article!!?? That looks great. 

scale rail posted:

Frankm. here you go. Wish I had a wider shot. The lumber mill at the bottom has a smoke unit in it. Click on the picture for a bigger view. Don

scale rail posted:

Frankm. here you go. Wish I had a wider shot. The lumber mill at the bottom has a smoke unit in it. Click on the picture for a bigger view. Don

That's very rich looking. Atmospheric. You make us thirsty for more, hoping to see what lies beyond the frame of that shot (!) Cool.

FrankM

Rails still in the cobble stone, Dublin, Ireland, 17 Aug 2016

Yikes, I did find one. This is the mill. Don

scale rail posted:

Yikes, I did find one. This is the mill. Don...

So natural and handsome, sir. Real nice, indeed. You certainly did not disappoint!

FrankM.

Coming at you live from night watch on Pere Marquette 1225! We're all set for our Howell excursions tomorrow! 

This week only some rolling stock pics.

GEF, Sshhhheeeeesh! What a master you are at what you do with those scenes! Cool as can be. (Do I see a big dog sounding the alarm, there, on the porch ?)

FrankM

Baltimore Sun "Then & Now" from this week....

http://www.baltimoresun.com/fe...re-photogallery.html

Then: Monkton Station, William Mortimer / Baltimore Sun
An overgrown Northern Central Railroad line runs by Monkton Station in 1979. The line was converted to a rail trail in 1984. 

Now: Monkton Station, Kim Hairston / Baltimore Sun, 
Monkton Station is seen in 2016 at mile 7.2 along the Torrey C. Brown Trail, the popular rails-to-trail that stretches 20 miles from Hunt Valley to the Pennsylvania state line on the former Northern Central Railroad line.

Great Pics this week !!!