WEEKEND PHOTO FUN York Edition 4/25/14-??

Here is was i bought off of charles ro yesterday. Lionel legacy C&O GP35 (3521) engine. This is my first legacy engine. 

Nice Geep, Jeff.

Thanks Matt!!   

Who does not like Sante Fe F units.

Action on the Seattle & Yakima RR

This is the first time I've missed York in a couple of years. This working for a living nonsense gets in the way of so many things.

The problem I have is that I have 91 photos I took at York that I can use for WPF.

Here is a look down one of the main aisles at White Hall

 A view of one side of Purple Hall

 Lionel Booth Pictures

Scott Smith

Atlas GP35 with fixed pilots and renumbered and detailed into a GP35r:

My layout is in the Attic. It is split 1/3 - 2/3 between an unfinished storage area and my finished train room.

Several weeks ago, I had a couple of our modular club members over laying track in the unfinished side of the attic. We sort of got ahead of ourselves. Missed several insulating pins, feeds for the block signaling, a couple of power feeds, unpainted Rossbed, and about 40' of straight track laid w/o aid of my 8' aluminum straight edge guide.

Well, 1 1/2 Days later the redux is complete. I took it all apart from the curves-out and got it all put back together. 

How many of you have laid track only to have to pull it up again, just to make it "right" the second time??? Moving forward now. I am within 3 sections of having the track in the finished train room on both sides.

Gilly

On the other hand, the bridges over the stairwell are square, level, and the track is laid and running true. Didn't want to risk testing with one of my N&W cars, so....... Thankfully the track on the bridges runs smooth as glass.

I don't.   I LOVE 'em. 

Good work Gilly--congratulations. I found that 1',3',5' straight edges and my 8'-6" saw guide to be essential for straight layout lines and track installation.

My little attic layout's kneewall backdrop height to rafter pitch is only 13''. Yours appears 16-18"+ which accommodates certain of the marketed backdrops scenes. 

Sample of Lionel's new Cab Forward at Lionel's both

Scott Smith

Thank you for your kind words.

The knee wall tightens-up in the finished train room. There I have been able to use pre-printed scenes. The unfinished side is going to get several "night vignettes" based upon O.W. Link pictures. You're spot on with the 18" estimate on the unfinished side, good eyes!

I'm excited to get to work on the yard area. I've got several pictures of your yard to use as a guide.... I'll be painting the Rossbed for the switches this afternoon.

Gilly

Great photos! Here is some recent work.

Ray Marion

A favorite scene on my layout.

everythingoscale

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Enjoy your weekend and be safe.

Joe B.

recent additions to the roster -
627 & 610 switchers

The 610 was pressed into service to deliver a reefer to the icing station -

210 Texas Special AA units lead some postwar & MPC cars past the 157 station -

616 Santa Fe NW2 leading some postwar cars around the layout-

2328 Burlington GP7 leading set 1562W past the station platforms-

Picking up the 610 allowed me to complete set 1001 from 1955 -

Also, not sure if I posted this before but, got this 3535 for a steal off eBay -

This lets me complete set 2549W from 1960

and where is the best place to hide Easter eggs - on the layout of course!

Lorenzo & the wife checking out the action -

A few new photos and some old ones. Enjoy!

If you are at the York Fairgrounds today and tomorrow, please stop by the LCCA booth in the Orange hall, just down the isle from Lionel's display.   Come and talk trains!   Check out the great deals on Lionel and LCCA train products we have for sale.

Al K.

Well I did not make it to York this week but I did pick up my dream locomotive on blow out at my LHS!

So I am in train Heaven!

 And the Sound Wow, WOW, WOW!!!

Uh oh, I don't hear the Cab Forward compressor sounds while it's moving.  Hope they don't repeat the same mistake as they did on the 2005 release.

That is a really nice locomotive!  Thanks for the photos!

SIRT:

Finally, passenger cars. Great shots, thanks for posting.

Steve (SIRT)

Wow those cars look familiar. I walked through the Northport LIRR Station for elementary school and saw those all the time. Its still a diesel stop and no upgrade to the station for 50 years now. Here is a pic.

Ray Marion

Me three!

Getting some basic scenery layers down finally. Weathered Ross & Gargraves track.

Yes, the roundhouse roof is complete! Interior details and lighting next.

Rock work has been completed on both sides of the canyon.

Maker & Laidoffsick, you both are keeping my Sante Fe theme this week alive and VERY WELL. You just can't beat the Sante Fe.

Really John! As if that's your only dream locomotive. Have ya looked around your basement? It's more like the field of dreams. Glad your enjoying it

Brian

     I am sorry to say that Steve(SIRT) is correct. Growing up on Long Island the trains were always referred to as commuter trains not passenger cars. But they still are not freight and would look terrific on your layout.

Ray Marion

 My new operating accessory shelf layout.  

If you are at York and you have not yet been to the black hall, you need to stop by tomorrow. If you're not at york, here's a few pics... B&O Bill loaned me his camera to upload a few of these pics.

My new I-12 that I have been chasing on Ebay for a price of less than 100. Now just waiting on my B&O hoppers to go behind my EM-1.

Thanks for all the great photos today from York and those from home!!

"I cry for happy."  Surely, though, somewhere, there must be an old sorehead who doesn't  like Santa Fe F units.    Oh, well, his loss.