Weekend Photo Fun 9-4-15-??

I replaced my little Walther's depot with the newest building, depot, from Woodland Scenics. I added some luggage and figures to the depot. It fit right in and with the LED lights looks great...or so I think. Let me know what you think of this little depot.

Some Farm and park scenes on the TMB club layout

Action on the Seattle & Yakima RR

      Bill T

Seaboard..."Route of the Robert E. Lee"...

Happy labor day weekend to everyone!

here is my contribution.

Street signs.

B&W gas station.

Haying time @ the farm.

Andrea Biesecker, 26-year-old machinist, fireman and engineer. Here is a link to an article about her at the Strasburg's Website. Scroll down. Click on "26-year-old . . ."

I saw No. 90 during the Noon Shop Tour. The 10-ton-capacity overhead crane could not lift a locomotive. Our guide told us that No. 90 was moved back into the shop. Her first set of drivers was lowered into the drop pit (under the black planks beneath her ashpan). Then she was moved forward to drop the second set, and so on. When her fifth (rear) driver set is replaced, she will be moved backward to replace the others. Her pilot truck is still in place. Repairs will be completed in November so she can handle holiday trains. Then ex-CN 2-6-0 No. 89 will be shopped.

A wooden heavyweight B&O coach from the Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern is being restored. Exterior paneling was glued to those small wooden triangles. This will be something to see!

Fired up for some work, ex-N&W 4-8-0 No. 475 stood in a perfect "rods down" pose.

Broke out the postwar F3's this Labor Day weekend! Check out my group on Facebook for up to the date progress on my Linganore Valley Model Railroad   Linganore Valley Model RailroadClosed Group · 24 members

Another busy week - in & out of the train room. Worked on expanding the yard by adding another 7' board & added skirting.

Also started the first of my planned gondola repaints - Just out of my miniature erecting shops last is this CN gon. Dullcoat & weathering are waiting for him

I have a few more to do, but in the meantime they are in service w/ patches

Here's an NS SD60 leading a mixed freight -

Following him is Amtrak's Pennsylvanian -

NS ES44AC 8164 leads eastbound Portsmouth, OH - Carneys Point, NJ bound coal train 874 on the Harrisburg Line in Hummelstown, PA-

NS SD70M 2596 passes 67W as it heads east w/ 61N at Harrisburg, PA -

67W had the LV Heritage unit trailing -

NS SD60M 6800 ( ex CR 5564) leads the power from NS 294 through Bound Brook, NJ on the Lehigh Line

NS ES40DC 7682 leads a westbound stack train through Wabun, VA on the Christiansburg District

Strasburg Action -

It's "Train Time" at the Spencer depot as the California Zephyr and the Milwaukee Hiawatha are both stopped at the same time.  The local plumbing shop is immune to the excitement as work goes on as usual.

Art

Shawmut's Russian decapod or like the Shawmut men called it, the D**ned Bolshevik

We received our Lionel Cumbres and Toltec Narrow Gauge Railroad boxcars this week and they are on the way to those who ordered them.  This is the first of three New Mexico themed cars we are doing for the Rio Grande Chapter of the Desert Division to support their TCA convention in 2019.

BB come round the turn...

Good photo.

Rusty

A 2014 Christmas Layout memory

The right one-third of the layout

- walt

Here's a photo I took last month of a beautiful (people and scenery), bucolic village, Homer, New York. This is the main street through town. It reminded me of vista many of us might have pictured in our imaginations as we have crafted our layouts.

This village street also made me think of Andre's new business, River Leaf Models, of creating his excellent kits, because these seem like structures he might like.

Also, perhaps for your modeling pleasure or reference, here are some pastoral scenes of a horse ranch I saw along Rt. 11 on the way through Pennsylvania to Upstate New York. They seemed a friendly, peaceful bunch.

Shots of Homer, NY, cont.

FrankM

Too funny Scott...it is Grandparents Day so you start with pictures of dinosaurs. LOL!

Frank!

Actually you nail it.

River Leaf Models is in focus to reproduce those small town building where each business was unique and the only and everybody knew each other.

thank you for the pictures, Frank!

Andre.

Perhaps the fact that she's married might make you think twice...or not.

Running live steam trains at Rohr Park in Chula Vista, we hope the guys from Riverside show up and bring something cool like their club owned big boy

Car # 1041

Long story short, I can see again.

About 18 months ago I rapidly lost 97% of focus in my left eye.

Thanks to Dr. Wang’s bladeless laser treatment, I’m like new again!

It didn’t seem to affect my artistry but it sure makes everything in daily life a lot easier now.

http://www.wangvisioninstitute.com/story_maria.html

Have a great weekend everyone!

This is stunning news, sir. I am sad to hear you had such a difficulty but glad to hear you have been healed. On this forum, you seem like such a pleasant fellow and are such a gifted artist that learning you had such a serious problem is awful to learn. Be well, every day, and have happiness.

FrankM.

Thank you Frank and others.

It’s a Hugh weight off my shoulders now as it was effecting so many things.

We are truly blessed to have Dr. Wang here in Nashville.

Very happy for you Steve.

I have started to work on the cars for the Halloween train at the VMT. Here is a shell I lettered earlier this week.

Scott Smith

Nice SCOTT!!!  Great colors too!!!

SCOTT,

   Maybe a few bats flying out of the Cab?

Great thread!  Makes my week!

--Greg

NYC Mohawk leaving Beacon Hill yard. Two B&A Berks on the garden tracks.

Or better yet, some skeletal crew members:

These "Mr. Bones" sets are available from Scenic Express and make perfect additions to any Halloween-themed train or layout.

Andy