WEEKEND PHOTO FUN 9-2-16-??

Here are in progress photos of a building that will grace the club layout and hide the exposed benchwork at the end of our main staging yard. The building is 100% scratch built using wood and foam board with Tichy windows. the footings were cast by Harry Hieke

Great thread every week!!!

This  hangs on my wall in my office next to my desk. It was made by a former patient of mine named Steve in 1990. Steve passed about 25 years ago and would be about 108 if alive today.

He was career Army and served in WWII and Korea. During an office visit long ago in the late 80s, he asked me my date-of-birth and the date of my Med School graduation. Those are the numbers on the passenger cars. The tender has my initials.

I am posting this today because I was looking at the picture earlier this week and really am humbled by Steve's efforts. I'm sure he can read this and I want him to know how much I treasure his gift!

Peter

Away from my layout this week.  Here's some train related pictures from WDW.

At the recent Greenberg show in Edison, NJ, O gauge entertainment was provided courtesy of the outstanding efforts put forth by the fine folks belonging to the Raritan Valley and Independent hi-rail groups. 

Bob

Have a great weekend everyone!

Just finished weathering this Conrail hopper and it turned out awesome.

Also went railfanning on Tuesday...

A customer sent me some MODERN style rapid discharge cars last week. I was almost stumped on how to decorate these, LOL! 

A 2015 Christmas layout memory

This was the only cramped space that I had available for Christmas related "stuff", including the 3 miller signs.

- walt

My granddaughter Jessa (age 6) brought over her new (birthday present from me) Lionel Pet Shop train to run on the layout! One of the greatest moments of the year!

Also, hikers and rock climbers finally arrived to test out the trails on my new mountain.

I see that my son Steven posted an image of the Conrail covered hopper that he just finished weathering.  Just to show you how far this kid will go to get things right, check out the following.  Last week I posted this photo of our model of the curved stone arch bridge carrying the ex-PRR Middle Division over Tuscarora Creek at Port Royal:

So, last weekend, following the posting of the above photo, we took a trip out to the Middle Division.  Wanting to be absolutely certain that the old man modeled everything correctly, Steven jumped in a rented kayak, and paddled across the Juniata River, and up the mouth of Tuscarora Creek to check things out.  Don't believe me?  See for yourself...

Just amazing what this kid will do to make sure I didn't screw anything up!

A crossing before and after.

Some welded rail joints. Did not realize how much the welded area varies from the normal rail profile.

Spotted these pieces of artwork on the cruise last week on the Disney Dream.

That was one big ship.

I like the art...as for the ship.....not quite the Queen Mary.

Williams Challenger. Custom decals by Rail Graphics. Pardon the so-so photo (I didn't take it! Really!)

Not mine, but a friend's, painted (airbrushed) and lettered by another friend (who usually builds/paints structures and airplane models - and some On30 trains, lately - and this was his first venture into disassembling/painting/re-assembling a brass locomotive). 

I'm going to sneak into his house and paint those shiny wheels black.

Simple hinged bridge installation for walk thru.

I took this at lunch time, from a very rickety bridge over the BNSF/UP/AMTK main along the Puget Sound...

D500 posted:

Williams Challenger. Custom decals by Rail Graphics. Pardon the so-so photo (I didn't take it! Really!)

My parents saw the real Clinchfield Challengers rusting away at Erwin, TN many times. I doubt either saw them in service, though they easily could have. They were both were pre-teens when they went into service on that RR...

PRRMiddleDivision posted:

I see that my son Steven posted an image of the Conrail covered hopper that he just finished weathering.  Just to show you how far this kid will go to get things right, check out the following.  Last week I posted this photo of our model of the curved stone arch bridge carrying the ex-PRR Middle Division over Tuscarora Creek at Port Royal:

So, last weekend, following the posting of the above photo, we took a trip out to the Middle Division.  Wanting to be absolutely certain that the old man modeled everything correctly, Steven jumped in a rented kayak, and paddled across the Juniata River, and up the mouth of Tuscarora Creek to check things out.  Don't believe me?  See for yourself...

Just amazing what this kid will do to make sure I didn't screw anything up!

 

 

 

You are fortunate and blessed!

I call this shot "Steam Train in Heaven". Dave the engineer that day on the SP 2472. Don

scale rail posted:

I call this shot "Steam Train in Heaven". Dave the engineer that day on the SP 2472. Don

That was a great day, Don.  Thank you!  Here's another!  Matt

Found this Winchester & Western RR caboose in a Clearbrook VA park 

and on the other side it looks like this! 

Here is some variety both real trains and model trains.

I did some work on this beast so it can traverse my turnouts a little better.

Tremendous work Norm!  Gotta come see your layout again!

Norm Charbonneau posted:

I did some work on this beast so it can traverse my turnouts a little better.

That looks awesome Norm!

I have no problem piling on in this case, but Norms work is always top notch, never get tired of looking his work. Thanks for sharing Norm.

Charlie

Here's your GRAIN boxcar # 1232 Sunday show case preview................

I couldn't wait any longer. I put down a temporary loop of track and ran trains. I had a blast!

Tom Morris posted:

I couldn't wait any longer. I put down a temporary loop of track and ran trains. I had a blast!

I still remember what I read 40 years ago.  "Get the trains running no matter what.  If you don't, you will lose interest."

That's why I set up two "simple" loops on my platform.  I need to run even if the layout never gets finished.

Fred

Back in the 1970s during a renovation project at Chicago Union Station, my Dad who rode the BN to work spotted these signs in storage that were headed to the dumpster. He asked the train crew for them and they said help yourself! Just picked these up today to decorate the walls of the train room. 

Just to see the difference, I coupled the MTH Grand Trunk Western GP38-2 diesel loco with the Williams by Bachmann Grand Trunk Western GP38 diesel loco.

Andrew

Well cars were empty of Hanjin Containers this weekend on the home layout.

Andrew, besides the lighter shade of blue the thing that stands out the most is the white nose on the MTH makes the low hood appear shorter than the WBB.

No toy train pics this week but I did have the Operation and Awareness Response (OAR) Hazmat Training train on the job at Alexandria, VA. I thought you may enjoy a few photos of a training session with fire departments from Northern Virginia. The train is now complete with the engine, 2 boxcars, 4 tank cars (DOT 111A, 112, 115 and the newest 117 type tankers), and the 2 flatcars that were recently added used to get hands on with the most common types of valves and fittings found on top of tank cars.

The classroom inside one of the boxcars: 

I just had to get one picture with the train