WEEKEND PHOTO FUN Thanksgiving/Black Friday Weekend Edition 2016

Couple Shark Bay layout pics.

Mural on the side of a shop in Alexandria VA

Here's my wife's addition for Thanksgiving to the Temporary Railroad.

And here is what I did today.  Frosty LionChief will start the season.

That's all folks!

chessie1971 posted:

Here is updated pics of my menards chessie hopper but got to get a new car this one has several places the paint is off . Here is a pic of mth thanksgiving boxcar.

Why did I know you would get at least one, Jeff?  

Looking good!!  

M J Breen posted:

Workin on my Roanoke projects this week - stopped by the VMT and played Wheel of Fortune: I got an A, J, Y and G! 

On the job:

Great opportunity, Michael!

Here is three video's running trains with the clarksburg area model railroad club at stonewall resort. 11/25 to 11/26/16

Here are some photos I got of some AT&SF steamers in Oklahoma when I visited about a month ago.

AT&SF 940 is the last surviving AT&SF 2-10-2, and is beautifully cosmetically restored in Bartlesville, OK.

AT&SF 1096 is a 2-6-2 Prairie in Blackwell, OK, and has definitely seen better days.  It's really a shame the condition she's fallen into.

chessie1971 posted:

Here is three video's running trains with the clarksburg area model railroad club at stonewall resort. 11/25 to 11/26/16

 

 

 

Jeff,

Looks like it was a nice event in Clarksburg!

chessie1971 posted:

Here is three video's running trains with the clarksburg area model railroad club at stonewall resort. 11/25 to 11/26/16

 

 

 

Was that near Weston??? Wish I'd known about it....might have run up.  Weston was where my Great Grandfather lived when he worked as engineer for the B&O.

A friend e mailed me some photos the other day.

I have no idea who took the photos or when taken.

 Rich (maint)

jvega2 posted:

Slow speed start (1 SMPH) on my Railking Pennsy M1a, let see your slow start loco videos!

A little steam coming out then it would look really cool.

maint posted:

 

 

 

 

This one is different

maint posted:

A friend e mailed me some photos the other day.

I have no idea who took the photos or when taken.

 Rich (maint)

I had seen the photo of the Canadian National SD70M-2 (8022) online, a few years ago. According to the description, the accident happened at the Westshore Terminals Ltd coal export terminal (49°00'59.1"N 123°10'02.6"W) near Vancouver, British Columbia when it was tipped by the rotary dumper. I came across the picture when I was searching for images for car positioners. Rotary Dumpers are popular & even Lionel offered a model in O-Scale but there is not much discussion or images / videos of the car positioner that grabs the rotary AAR Type-F coupler between coal or ore cars & moves the cars automatically by a fixed distance to be positioned in & dumped by the rotary dumper.

Here is another picture of the accident showing also showing the yellow car positioner.

These are just my opinion.

Thanks,

Naveen Rajan

I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving and your bank accounts survived black Friday.  This weekend has been a feast for the eyes. My finger hurts, My eyes are sore and getting in line for fifth and sixth helpings. This weekends feast has had everything from Layout pics, Train shows, 1/1 layouts,  Individual items, and videos. We have seen a mural , a tribute to Dad and had been taken to several museums.  Yep What an eye fest, all that's missing now is a good Train movie to complete the weekend.  The best part about this unlike Thursdays meal. I wont have to go to the gym and sweat this off.  

So here is my contribution, just what we need another video, but at least you will not have to go to the gym to work off the pounds gained nor spend any money.

Mark Boyce posted:

chessie1971 posted:

Here is three video's running trains with the clarksburg area model railroad club at stonewall resort. 11/25 to 11/26/16

 

 

 

Jeff,

Looks like it was a nice event in Clarksburg!

Mark this was in Roanoke WV

AMCDave posted:

chessie1971 posted:

Here is three video's running trains with the clarksburg area model railroad club at stonewall resort. 11/25 to 11/26/16

 

 

 

Was that near Weston??? Wish I'd known about it....might have run up.  Weston was where my Great Grandfather lived when he worked as engineer for the B&O.

Yes Dave it was in Roanoke WV 

Sharks

Is that a regular event??? I'd like to go next time!!! 

AMCDave posted:

Is that a regular event??? I'd like to go next time!!! 

Yes and i will let you know next year and be great to have ya and meet ya 

StPaul posted:

WALT RAPP.... I always enjoy your christmas layout photos ..... hows the 2016 layout shaping up?

Thanks - that makes me feel pretty good!

I have the design complete and week 1 of building it.  I will start posting 2016 Christmas layout pictures in the next Scott's photo fun thread.

thanks again - walt

Farmer_Bill posted:

Mural on the side of a shop in Alexandria VA

Bill, I really like the non-layout pictures, but still train related, photos the last 2 months or so.

- walt

suzukovich posted:

maint posted:

 

 

 

 

This one is different

Yea it is different, it was photo shopped. 

After a Thanksgiving visit to New York State (see Real Trains, Midweek Photos)  and oldest stepson and family, I got to do some O gauge today. I continued the process of renovating my MTH Rail King Amfleet passenger cars.

Step1 & 2:  Paint seats red, add passengers.

Step 3: Replace lighting with LEDs. The kits Gunrunner John developed and are sold by Henning's Trains work well.

Step 4: Enjoy results.

Richard Gonzales posted:

I had a friend paint and letter these Tennessee Central 1937 AAR box cars for me. The box cars are very early Atlas O scale kits. I used modern Atlas O scale 3 3 rail trucks. The decals  came from Proto Craft.

7055  is in the TC as delivered scheme. Car 501 is in the 1958 TC scheme.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Richard

Thanks for all the "likes"

I do need to clear up one minor detail. the "TC" herald decals came from a Champ decal set. the pictures of the prototypes did not have the "TC" herald.

I have seen pictures and other models of Tennessee Central boxcars with the TC herald, so I wanted  my two box cars to have it.

In the model railroad world as in the real world, the Tennessee Central just does not get any respect.

Have a good week,

Richard

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chessie1971 posted:

Mark Boyce posted:

chessie1971 posted:

Here is three video's running trains with the clarksburg area model railroad club at stonewall resort. 11/25 to 11/26/16

 

 

 

Jeff,

Looks like it was a nice event in Clarksburg!

Mark this was in Roanoke WV

Jeff,

Thank you for the clarification!!  Now I see; the Clarksburg club was set up in Roanoke!  I sure miss living in Central Virginia and West Virginia, even though we have been back in our native Western Pennsylvania for 20 years now!

Bill;

What color red did you use for the seats. I'm getting ready to do my amfleet cars also.

Billy C

The Austin Tinplate Trackers opened up their annual Holiday display this past weekend. We had over 1100 people visit the layout in 3 days. We will be open to the public until January 1st. Here is a view of the city my Dad and I setup for the display.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! 

Picked this up for a nice price  over the weekend. 2055 and tender in remarkable shape. Lubed and some light oil and stuck it on the track. Runs amazingly well for a 60 y.o. loco. Of course it does! A Lionel classic at its best.

I picked up a set of Lionel 2343 F unit from the Memphis Train and Trolley Museum. The engines were in a box of trains donated to the Museum.

Cosmetically they were in sad shape. I have never seen warped F 3 shells until now.  Although there was server battery damage the F 3 ran, although sluggish, and the E  unit cycled fine. 

 A call to The Train Tender resulted in the purchase of a new frame, new battery / relay bracket, new relay and two sets of motor brushes. Jeff was also able to provide me with two 2343 shells completely stripped and ready for restoration. I dropped the shells off at Len's booth during October York. They will come back as a set of 2345 Western Pacifics.

I finished rebuilding the powered A unit today All it took was a new frame, a good cleaning , replacing the horn relay and relay bracket, new brushes, and a good dose of Red and Tacky grease. She runs fine. I also converted the horn to a 9v battery.

Here are a few pictures and a short video of the project. I salvaged all of the detail parts from the two original shells.

Here is the short video.