Today I ran a really pristine 226E and a 229 which was equally pristine.  Not my engines, but rather test runs of customer repairs.  It really is fun to run the prewar stuff.  With all of its bang and clang as it goes down the track it is really charming.  My wife really likes the bright colors as well.  The engines were pulling prewar freight cars that I own to really give the full effect.  I will run them again when the customers come to pick up their engines.  They really like the full effect of engine and cars from the same era!

Rolland

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

MTH Proto 3 Long Island B6 steam switcher running on DCS hauling Lionel Postwar 2400 series passenger cars:

Love that ballpark. Nice run around the track.

Rolling through Plasticville at the break of dawn:

The night train:

I ran this train all night.

Just kidding, Arnold

Lookin’ good @Arnold D. Cribari!

Running some Post War this morning.

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Rolling through Plasticville at the break of dawn:

Cool video..

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

The night train:

I ran this train all night.

Just kidding, Arnold

Another cool video, love the night operation, thanks..

Ran a couple passenger  trains on different  levels .in

farmerjohn: Great video - in landscape mode!  Allows us to see more of your wonderful layout as well as your beautiful trains!!  

Thank you for sharing farmerjohn.  That triple span is awesome.  Did it come like that or did you kitbash it?

New York Central steam!

John

Neophyte MRR

The triple span bridge was scratch built by Steve Kimble who has build several models for my layout. Built out of wood it is 14 ft long  has a curve at one end and is on a 1.8 percent grade. Thanks for asking.

@farmerjohn

Wow, Wow, Wow ! I absolutely love the Art Deco details! And that's all made of wood?

Fantastic!

Weather warmed up a little so it's outside trains for today!    Russ 

Ran a 1985 vintage CNW GP 7 with an all Atlas passenger train.

We just got the observation car last weekend,  was 2 rail but modified it for 3 rail running.  The geep has a blue tooth speaker in the cab so I can play various horn sounds.

K Line PARR 0-4-0 on the outdoor shelf layout. I was testing a Lionel ZW 250 W transformer I got for a friend this morning from the Kutztown show. Everything worked great, and my friend was thrilled. he will be giving it to his son in law for Christmas. Just by chance, he and I were both at our church dropping off clothing, and he asked me about a ZW. I completely forgot that I was going to the show, but I told him I would check around. Mission complete, in less then 24 hours!

third rail - Enjoyed your video (nice layout - what I saw of it) but was disappointed not to hear some of your "various horn sounds." 

Third. Rail

Really like you're train. Is it the camera angle or is it running on really wide radius curve.

Yesterday at an antique mall I bought a Lionel 1665 with a bell ringing tender. Tonight it was busy dinging along the mainline.

-Mark

None, yesterday-none, this year-none, last year-none. Currently building my new house, way over time and budget. I have a big room for my layout, so I should be running lots of trains later this year, hopefully, because I am still buying them.

Just ran my K line UPs with new LED upgrade to see how it looks with LEDs in the vista dome area also.  Not the right engine but was the easiest to use.  

Then put a different LED into the first Illinois Central K line car to compare. Sure you can figure out which one of the Illinois central cars has LED lighting.  No more flickering.

@PH1975 posted:

third rail - Enjoyed your video (nice layout - what I saw of it) but was disappointed not to hear some of your "various horn sounds." 

I didn't record the horn sounds because I ran the train at the club and it's  too noisy to hear over the other trains running.

Farmer John :

I ran the train at the Chicagoland Lionel Railroad Club.  We have 2 layouts,  connected by a huge lift bridge.  7 separate runs, all have at least 072 and larger curves.

How about a little bit of American Flyer today. Here we have a nicely reconditioned American Flyer K5 Pacific chugging and smoking like only a Flyer engine can as it circles my S Gauge layout loosely patterned after the 1950 American Flyer catalog cover.

Ran my Santa Fe passenger train tonite. It's crossing high trestle after crossing his bridge above my strip mine area.

farmerJohn, Those bridges- All of them, and that trestle are outstanding!!

RailKing • C&O Yellow Belly

Gary 🚂

Midnight Freight Train

Morning Milk Train:

Outlasting it’s real life prototype by 40 years a battle scarred and weary Lionel 2332 GG1 from 1947 complete with faded cat’s whiskers still rides the rails.

CNW track inspection car running on the Chicagoland lionel railroad club.

A Postwar Lionel 2321 Lackawanna FM Train Master circa 1955 snakes it’s way through mountain tunnels with a short freight on the Shenandoah Short Line.

Another PRR day.

t Angels Gate Hi-Railers Model Railroad Club part 1

MTH Proto 1 Reading Crusader hauling Railkingo passenger cars thru Plasticville:

Arnold

"I'm a crawling king snake, and I rule my den." Jim Morrison of The Doors

LOL, Arnold

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

"I'm a crawling king snake, and I rule my den." Jim Morrison of The Doors

LOL, Arnold

And She Pulls across the switch soooo smoooothly! Sweet

Arnold, “People are strange”!

John

MTH PS3 NY Central EMD diesel hauling Lionel Heavy Weights:

Look how nicely MTH and Lionel get along on my layout. LOL.

Also, notice at the end of this short video how visible the smoke is with the light coming in from the window in back of the layout.

Arnold

It has started out as a chilly morning here in NY, so it's a good time to get those oil tanker cars going along the Hudson:

We can't let anyone be left out in the cold. LOL, Arnold

Can a tiny 44 ton center cab diesel pull heavyweight passenger cars?

You bet it can!

Take a look at this MTH PS3 Premier NY Ontario & Western 44 ton center cab diesel, running on DCS, pull these Lionel heavyweight NY Central and Pullman passenger cars:

Riding on those passenger cars is a resurrected Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio to beef up the anemic hitting in the Yankee lineup for the game at the Stadium today!

LOL, Arnold

Today is an r68

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

MTH PS3 NY Central EMD diesel hauling Lionel Heavy Weights:

Look how nicely MTH and Lionel get along on my layout. LOL.

Also, notice at the end of this short video how visible the smoke is with the light coming in from the window in back of the layout.

Arnold

Love those smoking engines, great video, thanks for sharing..

Is this heaven?

Baseball and trains after a Yankee win.

As John Sterling says on the radio: Th...e   Yan... k....ees   Wi...n!   Th....e  Yank.....ees  Wi.....n!

LOL, Arnold

I finally reached a point on my layout where I can run trains and post a video here that you would hopefully enjoy.

Scenery is a bit sparse but everything is operational. This is a little Lionel J action pulling early Willams passenger cars along with a Williams RI GP9 that I converted to PS3.

Hope you like!

Wow, I had to go to page 4 to find this fun to review thread, Wow, great pictures fellows, and ladies, Happy Railroading Everyone

@leapinlarry posted:

Wow, I had to go to page 4 to find this fun to review thread, Wow, great pictures fellows, and ladies, Happy Railroading Everyone

Wow, all i can say is Wow, what a super layout....

Having fun putting together cataloged sets. Here's 1950 set #2163ws and 1946 set# 1402w running.

I'm in a PRR and CNJ mood:

Arnold

Todays trains:

Williams GG1 with 4 passenger cars.

Atlas O Washington Terminal and MTH Premier WM BL2 pulling freight trains.

MTH rail king MP15ac. Bringing some pre made track sections down the line. Bound for the new industrial spur.

Ran a some old and new passenger trains in a night scene crossing a trestle .

Brand new Lionel Legacy NY Central Ten Wheeler #1232 with whistle steam being run by using the LionChief Universal Remote:

Arnold

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Brand new Lionel Legacy NY Central Ten Wheeler #1232 with whistle steam being run by using the LionChief Universal Remote:

Arnold

WOW! What a beautiful locomotive Arnold. Love that Whistle!

Bryce

Hey Arnold.....

What brand smoke fluid do you use in your NYC 10 wheeler?

@Junior posted:

Hey Arnold.....

What brand smoke fluid do you use in your NYC 10 wheeler?

Lionel Premium Smoke Fluid Hot Chocolate Scented

Excellent......Thanks Arnold!

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Brand new Lionel Legacy NY Central Ten Wheeler #1232 with whistle steam being run by using the LionChief Universal Remote:

Great smoker, love it....

A fun little feature I haven't  posted before. I have a airport on my layout which is small of course and is not finished by any means.  Everything  takes time but  I do have a plane in the air.

@farmerjohn posted:

A fun little feature I haven't  posted before. I have a airport on my layout which is small of course and is not finished by any means.  Everything  takes time but  I do have a plane in the air.

Very cool, that has to be a first...

Now, that’s unique. Eventually you will need to hire an air traffic controller.

@farmerjohn posted:

A fun little feature I haven't  posted before. I have a airport on my layout which is small of course and is not finished by any means.  Everything  takes time but  I do have a plane in the air.

Awesome, Farmerjohn! I love the colors of the lights. Is the airplane a drone? If not, how did you make it fly?

Here's  another scene from a different perspective  which is out over my main layout. Some of these little things make it fun. Kids that have visited my layout really like the plane feature and some have asked me to try and land it at the airport. Wow that would be a neat feature  and my friend  Steve and I are working on that. All I can say is maybe.

@farmerjohn.....

I've always been attracted to "gadgets"....things like Lionel accessories, Rube Goldberg machines, etc. Your flying airplane fits the bill and is just plane (pun intended ) awesome!

I have to ask....is this layout your personal layout or a club layout? Either way....its phenomenal.

Arnold. The plane is not a drone. It is carried  by  a die-cast car pushed by a engine on a track next to ceiling.  It runs about 200 ft around my layout . It's a fun feature that when people visit my my layout see something that is a little different.  So far the plane has gotten more attention  from kids than my trains.  By the way. I really like you're videos  of you're layout. Thanks for posting .

Pennsy P5a modified in charge of a passenger train.

Junior. Thanks for asking. This is a personal layout that I've  been working on for several years. I've tried to put features on it that would be interesting  to different  interest. I have a super friend Steve Kimble who has really  helped me with some different features. In fact my layout would not be what it is without his help. We are working on a river feature  now and I'll soon be posting pics of it.  Thanks.

Great work @farmerjohn. Love the plane too!

I did a test run of my new Williams PRR 44 ton loco.

Bob

FarmerJohn - always enjoy seeing photos of your layout. Really creative idea on suspending the plane from an overhead engine. I would have guessed a monorail.

It reminded me of a German (HO or OO) layout which features jumbo jets landing and taking off -  fixed from underneath.

This is a promo of the display which runs about 5 minutes - Miniatur Wunderland *** official video *** largest model railway / railroad of the world

The following a long clip of the public display - the planes taking off and landing -  beginning around 15:15 of the video.  MINIATUR WUNDERLAND  

I ran my  K-line/RMT/O-line Reproductions GG1 upgraded with ERR Cruise Commander, pulling a set of Williams aluminum streamliners.

Scouting Dad. Thanks for the comments. The German layout has the jets landing and taking off and I saw this several years ago. Man are they awesome.  My thing is We're  trying to figure out how to get the plane to drop about 3 feet to runway. The current for lights is now supplied by track power on the plane which runs in a small tube which also carries the plane. We're  thinking about about a solution and when it hits us I'll post it . Thanks Johnny

@farmerjohn - You don't have much time to 'figure out' how to land the plane safely as it may crash very soon since it must presently be 'gliding' because the prop is no longer turning - YIKES!

Seriously though, the airplane is a great feature and I look forward to seeing your future videos.

@bluelinec4 posted:

Today is an r68

Ben, this made my day!

PH1975

A N scale DC motor will fit in these K line planes with some retrofitting.  I have one already completed on my runway now just have to wire it up. I'll post it soon. The one in the air will take some more work but I have the parts. Just take time. Ill post it when it happens.  The little things makes a layout don't you think.

Well, today, I tested the Texas Special passenger train out on the top level of my layout, 76/77 inches off the floor. It’s the level on my layout that’s a nod under, (if you are over 6’2) my layout is a walk around, walk under so as to give distance for the trains. This is one train that I’ve had the opportunity to ride in real life. From Dennison Texas, to Dallas, and all the way to St. Louis Missouri, back in 1955, 1956.  It was a thrill for a little boy to look out the window all night long. Those were fun days. You can also see the train coming by looking into the mirror. Happy Railroading Everyone

PRR unit train on the outer main.

Wow, there’s lots of great pictures and videos on this page, it’s such a wonderful hobby. I love watching Farmerjohn run his trains and the best part is he’s a short drive from Clarksville. Also I’m a short drive to see Dr. Jack Fishers layout, and that’s what it’s all about, having train Days with friends. RSJB18 Bob, that 44 toner looks like a nice runner, Happy Railroading Everyone

I really enjoy watching Arnold C. Running his new Legacy 10 wheeler in command mode, awesome looking steamer, a great smoker to, a cool layout to, Winston B, awesome video with beautiful pennsy diesels, nice layout, Trumptrain, the P5A’s/GG1’s look powerful, in that exciting scene, so colorful, so dynamic. Wow. I also forgot to mention the Cool Airplane on Farmerjohns amazing layout, it actually is in the air for a long time and the lights flashing Ad a lot to the fun. It’s a Wow. Darrel, that’s an amazing GG1, red/white/blue playing beautiful music, it sure is nice and a great surprise. Fantastic. Again, Happy Railroading Everyone.

@leapinlarry posted:

I really enjoy watching Arnold C. Running his new Legacy 10 wheeler in command mode, awesome looking steamer, a great smoker to, a cool layout to, Winston B, awesome video with beautiful pennsy diesels, nice layout, Trumptrain, the P5A’s/GG1’s look powerful, in that exciting scene, so colorful, so dynamic. Wow. I also forgot to mention the Cool Airplane on Farmerjohns amazing layout, it actually is in the air for a long time and the lights flashing Ad a lot to the fun. It’s a Wow. Darrel, that’s an amazing GG1, red/white/blue playing beautiful music, it sure is nice and a great surprise. Fantastic. Again, Happy Railroading Everyone.

Love the night scene, super video, thanks for sharing.....

Hi everyone. New here. Setting up my first O gauge Fastrack layout. I ran my Lionel UP GP38 with freight today. Just got a 1975 Milwaukee Road passenger car for my steam loco. Was tinkering to get the lights to work, but for the life of me couldn't get then to stay on without turning off.

Hooked up my new to me DCS Explorer and gave my LIRR RS-3 a test run.

Bob

@MELGAR posted:

Today, I ran my MTH Premier New York Central USRA 0-6-0 steam locomotive #231 double-headed with MTH New York Central 0-4-0 steam locomotive #901 on an eight-car freight. These are PS-2 models which run well on the O-54 part of my old layout.  What trains did you run today?

MELGAR

Great, love double-heading, i do that on my Western Maryland coal drag, thanks for sharing...

Ran a couple passenger trains and a cat whisker freight. The F3s are my favorite diesel. They set the standard for me.  This is a night scene.

These two ( again) and it went a little better this time.

Running Muffins UP and Milw Rd special runs then an army consist and made a short nuke train

Ran my K-line Arizona & California TCA cars from 1997 behind my 2006 MTH PS2 SD-45 Arizona & California locomotive.

Hi @Darrell...

Nice video....loved the crossover action.

Mind if I ask what brand switches you're using in the crossover? Are they 031-ish? Looks like they might be a hybrid of sorts?

RickO - Interested in the make and model of your black steamer as I couldn't make it out on your video, and is your Empire State Express Hudson made by Lionel or MTH?  Thanks!

Hi @Junior, I'm using all K-line track. The switches are 042 Shadow rail, the inner loop is all 031 supersnap with a two track yard using 031 supersnap switches, the outer loop is mostly 042 shadowrail. All this action on a single 4x8!

@PH1975 posted:

RickO - Interested in the make and model of your black steamer as I couldn't make it out on your video, and is your Empire State Express Hudson made by Lionel or MTH?  Thanks!

The black steamer is a Lionel  TMCC Mohawk L2a  item #6-11105

The ESE Hudson is Lionels Legacy offering of the ESE Hudson for Mercury service Item# 6-82537

Today, I ran three freights around the layout. The first one is a double header with my VL BB and a friend's legacy FEF. The second train is a mixed reefer train headed by a cab forward in the Daylight paint scheme. The third and final train is a short local freight bound for a local coal mine, and it is headed by a legacy ten-wheeler.

WP Express

Milwaukee Road S3 & Lionel N&W 611

The C&O ran here today.

WOW! That’s a lot a gas.😁

GRJ, how long is that 54 car tank train?

I didn't measure the length, but each car is roughly 10" long, including couplers.  Add in the locomotive and it looks to be about 48 feet.  The 2-6-6-2 Mallet had no issues at all pulling it around.

This was actually a test of track/switches, the variety of brands and truck styles was to find the occasional short across a couple of the Ross switches.  I think I tracked them all down, and it made continuous laps for around half an hour without any shorts.  Hopefully, I have knocked them all out and it'll be smooth sailing going forward.

Here I have a mixed freight of Marx pulled be a Lionel 2035,  2-6-4 with a Marx 2731 Santa Fe tender.  I really like the old cars with the fork couplers.                                           On the outside track is American Flyer with mixed freight.    On the helix it's all Lionel,  the Virginian pulling a C&O freight.  Nothing proto type in my train room, it's all for fun.

@boomer0622 posted:

Here I have a mixed freight of Marx pulled be a Lionel 2035,  2-6-4 with a Marx 2731 Santa Fe tender.  I really like the old cars with the fork couplers.                                           On the outside track is American Flyer with mixed freight.    On the helix it's all Lionel,  the Virginian pulling a C&O freight.  Nothing proto type in my train room, it's all for fun.

Woah, Boomer, that's some spectacular layout you have. Trains galore.

Thanks Arnold I appreciate the compliment but it's a long way from being spectacular.  It's more of a hodgepodge but I do enjoy spending time down there.

Doug