Weekend Photo Fun April York Edition 2012

Tell Kathy I hope she feels better soon. Hopefully by Saturday 2pm or so.

We just received our MTHRRC Club SD70Ace Imperial Engine.  Our first PS 3.0 engine.   Great colors, sounds, and lights.

With so many at York, I decided to take the train to the coast and view the Vintage Automobile Gathering

I like the second pic from the top Sam. Oh the days when we were young and everyone thought the Egg was all anyone would ever need to go camping.

David

We really miss you here, Scott. I hope Kathy is doing well.

Hope Kathy is feeling better. It was not the same with just one hat.

Hope your wife is feeling better.....

Peter

Here are a couple of pictures taken a year or so ago.....

 

 

Scott

Hope your wife is better   We missed you tonight  Here are some pics to remember us by

great looking crowd---and the weather outside to boot!

 

here in the PNW it is rainy, cool and well---seattle like...

 

Have a great time

Sorry to hear about your wife,trust she is getting better.

More On30 this week.

Steam power ..... NYC Consolidation and Polar RR K4

 

Love the pictures from York. Please keep them coming.

Go get em folks, Good Luck and lots of fun.

WOW great photo's of you guys, I'm jealous I wish

I was there. Hope to be there in October.

Please keep the photo's coming.

 Scott hope your wife is feeling better.

Thanks, Alex

Scott, I hope your wife is feeling better and makes a full recovery.

 

Great pics of the guys at Fridays.

 

I wish I could have made it to York this time around but I should be able to make it in October.

 

Leavingtracks, I like the way you turned that MTH bridge for trains into roadway. A very ingenious idea. Nice job.

Good photos of Thursday at Fridays.  Although I have never made it to York, I always look forward to these photos and the reports from York.  It is great to see everyone having a good time and sharing the fellowship aspect of our hobby!!  I am sorry Scott was not able to be there and hope his wife has a speedy recovery.

Great photos Ben!!  While I recognize some of the folks, it sure would be even better if names (left to right) were included....  I am thinking seriously of coming to York this fall...

 

Phil, thanks for the compliment.  A piece of foamcore fits perfectly in the place of track for the roadway.

 

Alan

See Will isn't a figment of Marty and my imagination

Hey Scott, My wife had the same thing. She had to have surgery which only took about an hour. The down side is she took about a year to recover. She went through rehab for 2 months and they didn't want her to drive or climb stairs for about a month. She still has problems with that knee and can't walk long distances. The doctor was right when he said he can repair it but it will not be that same as before the tear. Andy

Our club, the Smoky Mtn Model RRders, met at new member Jerry Beaver's home on Monday evening to view his layout. Here are a few scenes with a beach, swimmers, and the large urban area. Quite a nice overall effect.

Jerry and his wife Karyl are there at York along with Harold, Ed, and their wives.

Someone was asking why their RK RS3 didn't have smoke while the very similar RS1 does.  Our NH RS1 in the rear has smoke while the GM&O RS3 does not. My only guess would be that the prototypical placement of the stacks must dictate whether a smoke unit can be utilized under the hood?

 

As an aside, the sounds in the Hew Haven are quite different from the RS3. The start-up and shut-down sequences are especially neat!

meniscus?  is that some kind of commentary on males who collect toy trains?

Great pictures, everyone! And really enjoy seeing many of the forum members.

 

Here are a few more of the Hidden Pass Mall subway shopping center I just added.

(Click on the pictures to enlarge)

 

The Food Court -

 

East End-

 

Awaiting for the subway  - -

 

Here it comes -

 

West end -

 

Alex

 

 

Posting some pictures of our Train Sheads by Jim R. (Bridgeboss). The Green units are our passenger terminal that intergrates with the CUS building.

 

The Red, White and Black units are our CN ABBA Shop and the Red, Silver and Yellow is our ATSF ABBA Shop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ve been buying up those rare MTH Premier prototype box cars on ebay

from 2002 , 2003.

Looks like those were the best years for cars and road names by MTH.

Many roads have never been reissued by anyone in almost 10 years.

What an overall selection to choose from!

 

Here is my latest creation featuring both car sides…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful photo's everyone as always

 

Here's a couple of photo's of my local town

I'm looking forward to the Ohio Central RS-3 that MTH just cataloged so I thought I'd post photos of my current OC diesels from MTH.

 

Here is an Ohio Central SD40-2 followed by a GP38...

 

 

 

Putnam Division catching a cool breeze at the Chesterfield County Fair in 2010.

1st Forum Meeting in the Grandstand.....was it Fall 2000 or Spring 2001.....I can't remember.....help me.......the little guy next to me in the top row is now a freshman in college...

 

Peter

 

Thanks for the photos.

If you look close, you will see a Coast Guard helicopter coming in to land at Season Bay. A sure sign that summer is on it's way.

Alex (there are two), Bill and Keith, wonderful photos to go with the many other great ones this week. Nice job all.

More Progress on our Grain Complex.

 

 

Brian, Thank you, I like the picture of season Bay and the thoughts of Summer.

This picture of the Weaver BP20, from another post, prompted a question about the Atlas track in this section of my layout.




I was expanding/remodel work, and did a quick draw with the Atlas Freeware.  There is some fabrication and adjustment.

 

Cross over switch.

Thank you for your kind word's and as always, your photo's

are just awesome.

 

THANKS AGAIN, ALEX

I had a great time at York. Below is my new Southern Crescent Limited I picked up at York. 

 

 

We had a lightning strike next to the building. Hit hard enough to shake the building and move a couple of things. After going through some electrical hoops (EMP may have caused some damage to TMCC/Legacy) we finally got some time to take a couple of photos.

 

A new marquee for the movie theatre.

 

Test running an engine on the town cutoff after restoring power to the track section.