Weekend Photo Fun 9-1-17-??

Installing my dads Milhouse River turntable today.

No construction today. After consultation with the resident structural engineers of the River City 3 Railers, more support bracing is needed. Here is my feeble attempt:

I just ordered (from our local hobby shop) Evergreen styrene strips. 3/4" wide, 1/4" thick, in 24" length, to cut into braces.

Peter

That is a heck of a warehouse you are building Peter!

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Shark Bay R.R. Baldwin RF16 #2A.

 

Cool! I am reminded of a Curtiss P40, like this. (Museum of Flight photo)

www.youtube.com/trainbros89

SD40-2 ex BN works auto rack yard outside San Bernardino CA.

Our speed on the Amtrak Southwest Chief as we roll through Chicago suburbs. Folks are walking near the train, cars pull right up to the tracks.....most do not notice this huge train flying by.....

I haven't been active for quite some time; it's been a very busy summer. Last year I worked on the restoration of a CNJ switchman shanty for the Miners' Memorial Park in Ashley. This year's project was a CNJ mast signal that was positioned near a crossing at Main Street in Ashley near the borough building. The project was started last year by a George Clarke, nephew of Huber Breaker Preservation Society founder Ray Clarke, who has been a driving force to preserve the Huber Breaker of Blue Coal fame. Unfortunately, the breaker was demolished for its scrap value in April of 2014, but a heritage park has been built and dedicated to miners and railroad workers responsible for the for the anthracite boom of the 19th and 20th centuries.

George stripped and prepped the signal last summer, and this summer, with the help of a local high school student, and my wife Theresa, the prep work was completed, and the damaged ladder and upper platform rail bracket were repaired, and the signal was painted. The signal is positioned near the shanty, and will be made operational. George is handling that aspect of the project.

Nick R. posted:

Just some pics from around the layout.

Nick

Nick:

Like others, I'm admiring all the scenes on your layout (Quonset Hut, junked cars).  Since there's an avid young skateboarder in our house, I'll ask: Where did you get the skateboard figures?  Did you make both of them?

Great stuff all around.  Thanks for sharing.

Steven J. Serenska

corner chrome.....

greg773 posted:

Installing my dads Milhouse River turntable today.

That's a great photo.

If this were taken in my house, I'd need someone to take another picture a few moments later in order to capture the horror/disgust/self-loathing on my face after I discovered that 1) I had successfully cut a nice circle but 2) in concentrating so hard on the cut, I didn't notice that I had splattered sawdust all over my gorgeous backdrop.

I guess my points are:

1. Nice cut.
2. That's a gorgeous backdrop.
3. Where's the dust?
4. But mostly: It's nice that you and your Dad can enjoy time together.  Treasure it.

Steven J. Serenska

morning drive into the city.....

Alco parking only........

gone camping.....

AMCDave posted:

Our speed on the Amtrak Southwest Chief as we roll through Chicago suburbs. Folks are walking near the train, cars pull right up to the tracks.....most do not notice this huge train flying by.....

 

Dave, Your picture is right by where I live!! That's the Garfield Ave crossing.  Next time through let me know and I'll step outside and wave!

I had a good laugh with your comment about most folks not noticing the train. Us regulars stand on the platforms each weekday waiting for Metra to wisk us to work and with 100s of trains each day coming and going it just becomes part of the ambient noise. It is one of the more unique stretches of track due to the huge number and frequency of grade crossings. There are only 571 crossings on the Metra routes!!

Enjoy your trip. 

Serenska posted:

Nick R. posted:

Just some pics from around the layout.

Nick

Nick:

Like others, I'm admiring all the scenes on your layout (Quonset Hut, junked cars).  Since there's an avid young skateboarder in our house, I'll ask: Where did you get the skateboard figures?  Did you make both of them?

Great stuff all around.  Thanks for sharing.

Steven J. Serenska

Thank you, Steven!  These are just the cheap figures you can get on ebay.  I just cut off some limbs and repositioned them.  The skateboards are plastic from the small case that exacto knife blades come in and the wheels are tiny pieces of red wire.  

My brothers and I skateboarded back in the 80s/90s so this was a fun little project.

-Nick

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Shark Bay R.R. Baldwin RF16 #2A.

 

Absolutely love it. The shark teeth and eyes really give the engine character.  

Trainbros89 posted:

www.youtube.com/trainbros89

Nice shot. The Pabst brings back memories of high school and cheap beer.  

Greg773,

Great Backdrop in your photo ! Where did you get it ?   Rick

We rode the Blue Mountain and Reading yesterday, first visit. We'll be back for the fall foliage trips, most likely next year. Jim Thorpe was a really cool town. I'd like to come back and hike/bike the trails, raft the river, etc. 

4-6-2 #425 was running the short hourly trips. The Budd RDC cars were running "commuter" trips to/from downtown Reading. 

The exhaust of the steam engine was deafening, even two cars back. Very loud yet impressive. It really barks on the outbound trip, we got up to around 40mph as well .

suzukovich posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Shark Bay R.R. Baldwin RF16 #2A.

 

Absolutely love it. The shark teeth and eyes really give the engine character.  

SUZUKOVICH: Thank you very much.

Johan

jay jay posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Shark Bay R.R. Baldwin RF16 #2A.

 

Cool! I am reminded of a Curtiss P40, like this. (Museum of Flight photo)

 

 

John: Thanks. I plan this project about couple years and now that is a finally true.

Johan

briansilvermustang posted:

Alright! Downtown, Richmond....

Peter

Here is something that does not happen often, CN and CSX locos coupled together on GTW tracks. 

CN ES44AC and CSX SD70MAC heading West through Michigan on Sunday, August 3rd, 2017. 

Who can recreate this pair in O scale? 

Andrew

Serenska posted:

1. Nice cut.
2. That's a gorgeous backdrop.
3. Where's the dust?
4. But mostly: It's nice that you and your Dad can enjoy time together.  Treasure it.

Steven J. 

Some how we were able to keep the dust under control. Combination of diligent vacuuming, quality plywood and brand new blade!

we are having a blast working on this project together!

Taconite Hauler posted:

Greg773,

Great Backdrop in your photo ! Where did you get it ?   Rick

I think he ordered it from railroadbackdrops.com

or a similar website name to that 

I worked in the trainroom this weekend putting in new screens and fixing the windows.  My assistant was most grateful for the end result but now I've permanently lost the rights to put any trains on the top shelf. 

However, she helped me out by being a first rate tunnel inspector. 

Very Busy weekend started with Live Steam, and then some O with a shot of some HO too.

falconservice posted:

Here is something that does not happen often, CN and CSX locos coupled together on GTW tracks. 

CN ES44AC and CSX SD70MAC heading West through Michigan on Sunday, August 3rd, 2017. 

Who can recreate this pair in O scale? 

Andrew

          I'll give it a try........