Western Roads Wednesday

A new one on the S&Y RR, WP boxcar with screeching brakes.

                                               MTH BNSF SD40-2 at NJ Hirailers.

                                                                  MY PHOTO

Just found this photo. Didn't realize I had three different generations of Santa Fe in one photo.

Post-war, MPC, and Modern

Santa Fe 5011 class Texas leads a string of ATSF slogan boxcars. 

It’s a generational thing — all MTH engines..

Rusty

                                             Sunset/ 3rd Rail S.P. MK-6 

PW Lionel NW2.  Got this when I was in either 7th or 8th grade.  Still runs great!

My favorite man in brown brought me a sweet treat today...

And one from the trusty, always faithful Mailman last week...

Now we just need to get their 'playpen' built! Super excited!

Puget Sound Sounder

                                           Atlas O Cotton Belt G.E. B40-8

BN ready for action

The Super Chief's usual ABBA set of F3s broke down just outside of Kansas City, so 3460 class Hudson 3460, "The Blue Goose" has to hustle the train east to Chicago.

Great Northern

Bill T posted:

Great Northern

It's not Wednesday. It's Friday .

                   Sunset Models/ 3RD Rail Southern Pacific MK-6 Mikado.

Another couple of shots of the recent Lionel acquisitions...

The Challenger

 Last but definitely not least... 

The FEF-3

Here are some photos of my custom paint work when I was still in HO.

PAUL ROMANO posted:

                   Sunset Models/ 3RD Rail Southern Pacific MK-6 Mikado.

One of these days I'll find one at a price point I like. Nice model. 

All AT&SF motive power and rolling stock in this one.

Randy has passenger service covered in the above pictures, so I am trying to make sure freight service is also covered 😁 

Photos of Ed Loizeaux's magnificent S scale layout taken at O Scale West in 2011.

Equipment from two great western railroads.

New Haven Joe posted:

Photos of Ed Loizeaux's magnificent S scale layout taken at O Scale West in 2011.

Equipment from two great western railroads.

@ New Haven Joe- Who made the Southern Pacific steam engines? Awesome S Scale layout! 

PAUL ROMANO posted:

New Haven Joe posted:

Photos of Ed Loizeaux's magnificent S scale layout taken at O Scale West in 2011.

@ New Haven Joe- Who made the Southern Pacific steam engines? Awesome S Scale layout! 

I can positively identify the 2-8-0 as a SouthWind Models and the other looks like a River Raisin 2-8-2.

Rusty

                 Atlas Trainman T&NO caboose #502 and Atlas O T&NO GP9 #416.  

Looks pretty western to me.

PAUL ROMANO posted:

New Haven Joe posted:

Photos of Ed Loizeaux's magnificent S scale layout taken at O Scale West in 2011.

 

 

@ New Haven Joe- Who made the Southern Pacific steam engines? Awesome S Scale layout! 

Paul,  I don't know who made the engine or very much about S gauge trains.  I will defer to Rusty's post below mine to identify the engines.

Ed's layout was featured in Great Model Railroads magazine several years ago.  The SP engines were most likely visiting power.  Ed's layout is based on the New York Central and to a lesser extent other Northeast railroads.  Most of his home power is NYC.  

Ed's layout is a magnificent model railroad in every respect.  It is even more impressive because it is S scale.  This means that many if not most everything needed to be scratch built.  It has been on tour at O Scale West nearly every year.  (I don't get to OSW every year.)  The photos of western power were taken at OSW in 2011.  I was going to post more photos of his layout but the theme of this topic is western railroading.  Maybe I should post something on the S scale forum?   Here are a several more typical scenes taken at OSW in 2019.  NH Joe

The Catskill Valley is a fictional tourist line.  

New Haven Joe posted:

PAUL ROMANO posted:

New Haven Joe posted:

Photos of Ed Loizeaux's magnificent S scale layout taken at O Scale West in 2011.

 

 

@ New Haven Joe- Who made the Southern Pacific steam engines? Awesome S Scale layout! 

Paul,  I don't know who made the engine or very much about S gauge trains.  I will defer to Rusty's post below mine to identify the engines.

Ed's layout was featured in Great Model Railroads magazine several years ago.  The SP engines were most likely visiting power.  Ed's layout is based on the New York Central and to a lesser extent other Northeast railroads.  Most of his home power is NYC.  

Ed's layout is a magnificent model railroad in every respect.  It is even more impressive because it is S scale.  This means that many if not most everything needed to be scratch built.  It has been on tour at O Scale West nearly every year.  (I don't get to OWS every year.)  The photos of western power were taken at OSW in 2011.  I was going to post more photos of his layout but the theme of this topic is western railroading.  Maybe I should post something on the S scale forum?   Here are a several more typical scenes taken at OSW in 2019.  NH Joe

The Catskill Valley is a fictional tourist line.  

Real nice pieces. That Catskill Valley 4-6-0 is a dead ringer for an Erie G15A.

PAUL ROMANO posted:

New Haven Joe posted:

 

The Catskill Valley is a fictional tourist line.  

Real nice pieces. That Catskill Valley 4-6-0 is a dead ringer for an Erie G15A.

That's because it is.  Omnicom Scale Models imported the Erie G15 in 1986.

Rusty