Weekend Photo Fun 9-8-17-??

some train running last night...

    in for a station stop......

a little busy in town today.....

Have a great weekend!!

A 2016 Christmas layout memory

Man, that Scott Smith sure does get around!!!!

- walt

Stuck in a garage....somewhere near the swamps of Jersey....  

Playing a hand of O Gauge poker...guy calls, "whaddya got?"  Two pair of EMDs....

The local Susquehanna line has some track work going on.

The Tuxedo SR above started out as this handsome E5 Burlington

Notice the pretty 'burnished' finish on the PA above - these are early R.O.W. brass units from the 1990s. Very advanced for their day with full lighting and many details not found on other brands at the time.

B&O.................

scott.smith posted:

It's time for Weekend Photo Fun!!

Last Wednesday was the final day for the VMT Pirates layout.

Let's see your pictures.

Scott Smith

Scott, looks great!!

Christopher2035 posted:

A few new engines on the track for this week - The N&W Heritage unit & the NS OCS. MTH did an awesome job with the glossy paint on the NS F7s. They look really sharp!


Great work Christopher!

Love the back drops. Did you make them? My the youngsters are getting big, glad to see they are enjoying the hobby with you!!

 

Great work and images everyone, always nice to see a detailed review of your layouts Walt!  Steve, another masterpiece., and thanks for the video Joe!

From Last weekend and the 1218 was yesterday at the club

Well no O gauge for me today, but I am enjoying some trains with my coffee. 

mike.caruso posted:

Stuck in a garage....somewhere near the swamps of jersey....  

 

Mike....what a great pic! I guess that's before you grew your beard!  

Peter

Putnam Division posted:

mike.caruso posted:

Stuck in a garage....somewhere near the swamps of jersey....  

 

Mike....what a great pic! I guess that's before you grew your beard!  

Peter

Correct....before the beard...before I met Patti.  

thought this was a cool photo......          nmp.......

mike.caruso posted:

Stuck in a garage....somewhere near the swamps of jersey....  

THE BOSS!  My all time favorite.  Thanks Mike.

This photograph was inspired by the Sunset Limited, a Southern Pacific name train popular 120 or so years ago. The locomotive is a 3rd Rail model and, to my eyes, a joy to look at.

  Here is a picture of  my recently repainted MTH Royal Hudson shown with a 3rd rail  K1a and Weaver H1b.

And a few vids 

happy weekend All

Al

Here's a Berkshire Valley incing station in progress, still a bit to do. 

During my visit to Greenfield Village in August ,I was able to catch up with member SantaFe158 :

AKA Jake,  hard at work in the round house.   What a great guy!    He let me bother him at work and was helpful in another project.  THANKS Jake!      Azgary

Have a great weekend.

walt rapp posted:

A 2016 Christmas layout memory

Man, that Scott Smith sure does get around!!!!

- walt

Good one, Walt!

Peter

Nothing really new this week, unless one considers that I finally upgraded the firmware on my DCS wifi unit and am loving running trains on my iPad.

This shows some pics of my 1993-2003 layout when I was trying to create a city with Kenner Girder & Panel Buildings sets, and Plasticville and K-Line buildings. Korber was out there, but I didn't want all factories and industrial.

The bar really was raised by the OGR Buildings Unlimited series and Walthers Cornerstone kits in O scale.

Here is the same area about 5 or so years later...also with a better camera!

Peter

Steel  DD Weaver!

Here's my contribution for this weekend's fun!

Here's a beautiful NJ Hi-Railer club car I just received. MTH produced the car  

This was the best Summer ever for steam train rides.I try to see at least one live steam engine every Summer.This year I was lucky enough to see four of them.The N & W 611,the Nickel Plate 765 Joliet Rocket,the 1630 Frisco at the Illinois Railway Museum and many more at the Hesston Steam Museum. 

New to me K-Line PRR Mikado  that I acquired from a fellow forum member. Thanks Matt!

A new arrival from the far side of the Mississippi on my railroad. She is brand new with PS2! Operation right out of the box is excellent.

This is the MTH Rail King version of the Union Pacific's M10000 City of Salinas. The grille on the nose needs some darkening with black or gray paint to highlight its details.

I think the paint scheme on this model replicates what the M10000 wore at the end of her service in 1945.

Additions of passengers, crew figures, LED classification lights and LED rear marker lights will bring this train set up to MTH's "Imperial" standards. The existing incandescent lighting will be upgraded to warm white LEDs.

nmp......

Bobby Ogage posted:

A new arrival from the far side of the Mississippi on my railroad. She is brand new with PS2! Operation right out of the box is excellent.

This is the MTH Rail King version of the Union Pacific's M10000 City of Salinas. The grille on the nose needs some darkening with black or gray paint to highlight its details.

I think the paint scheme on this model replicates what the M10000 wore at the end of her service in 1945.

Additions of passengers, crew figures, LED classification lights and LED rear marker lights will bring this train set up to MTH's "Imperial" standards. The existing incandescent lighting will be upgraded to warm white LEDs.

Forgot how nice this Set is.  Will soon have my never run (PS-2)set up for sale after install a new battery.

Ron

Blue Monday (All Conrail)

I have resolved my technical issues.....lol.

Here we go! some more pics and a vid

A

Ralph M, you sir have one fantastic layout!!!!! 

saw this posted on one of my car sites and thought of Mitch....

Had a mishap leaving the yard within sight of the wreck crane, but it also blocked the crane in the yard, so it couldn't help.