WHAT TRAINS DID YOU RUN TODAY?

Ran my Railking Ten wheeler proto 1 and it ran flawlessly with great smoke output.Simple things are still some of the best!

These are not the latest and greatest but I do enjoy running these every now and then. What we have here is my old reliable Lionel Lionmaster NYC 5418 from 2004 and the Lionel #2289WS Berkshire Freight Set with the 736 Berkshire. I had the Pullmor motor replaced with a Timko motor and ERR electronics and sound.

@trumpettrain posted:

Yay, love that Western Maryland, my favorite road name, thanks for sharing..

Two freight hauling semi-scale GG-1’s jockeying for position as they pound their way down Northeast Philly’s high speed racetrack.  The silver GG-1 is a 1992 issue from  Lionel Trains Incorporated while the Brunswick Green GG-1 with its classy golden Cat's Whiskers is an early  Mike's Train House production.

@WM fan posted:

Yay, love that Western Maryland, my favorite road name, thanks for sharing..

All the videos and photographs are great, but I am with WM Fan!  I'm partial to Pat's Western Maryland train also!!

Milestone - Verified with a mock-up that my St Joseph industrial park trackwork will work fine!  I hadn't tried to run my new Lion Chief engine through all the center-rail-gap trackwork like switches and crossings until today.  Worked fine - just a cab light flicker when running over rusty track.  I literally took estate sale track out of a box and put it together on the floor in my Industrial Park configuration, loose pins and some missing pins, and the new engine handled it all at the lowest speed.  Perfect!  Now when I clean up the track and tighten everything on the actual layout vs the mock-up, I should be golden for quite a while.

Pictured is Dora the Explorer, who I found roaming the streets outside our house this morning, on my new Lionel-BN 2085 GP-8.

williams highballin some milk cars,,,,250 bangin the rails

@Mark Boyce posted:

All the videos and photographs are great, but I am with WM Fan!  I'm partial to Pat's Western Maryland train also!!

Thank you Mark and Western  Maryland Fan!  I'm thrilled you liked the video👍

STwo freights.

@trumpettrain posted:

Patrick, if I were the CEO of the Western Maryland Railroad during its existence, I would purchase the rights to use your Western Maryland RR photos and videos of your trains and layout to use for the railroad's advertising and promotion. Arnold

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Patrick, if I were the CEO of the Western Maryland Railroad during its existence, I would purchase the rights to use your Western Maryland RR photos and videos of your trains and layout to use for the railroad's advertising and promotion. Arnold

Arnold I'm totally humbled by your kind words.  Thank you my friend.

I caught these train on video today as I was riding my bike down by the tracks.

Patrick, I like the unit train of tank cars, I could easily identify almost everyone as they rolled by.  Is that a Lionel transfer caboose bringing up the rear?

NY Central RS3 #8223 along The Put in 1951 (the year I was born), pulling milk cars from the dairy farms  and a horse car from the stables, in Northern Westchester County, and box cars from various industries in Putnam and Westchester Counties in NY.:

Arnold

@coach joe posted:

Patrick, I like the unit train of tank cars, I could easily identify almost everyone as they rolled by.  Is that a Lionel transfer caboose bringing up the rear?

Good eye Coach Joe!  Yes a Lionel transfer which I bought off the Bay and weathered.  

I enjoyed your video Arnold, but I see trouble ahead if that Pacemaker trailer shifts much further.

yikes!

@Jerry Williams posted:

I enjoyed your video Arnold, but I see trouble ahead if that Pacemaker trailer shifts much further.

Good eye, Jerry. It never fell off the train because the front is tied down, and I need to secure the rear of that trailer better, maybe with a rubber band.

      Tha A slight change of pace.  This is my tiny 3x4 All tinplate all the time O gauge layout.  On the elevated section a restored Marx Commodore Vanderbilt engine pulls a small consist of 6 inch passenger cars.  The engine has been repainted and fitted with a smoke unit which works well.  On the bottom rail line a reproduction Lionel Army/War train hauls ammunition cars to the front.  This outfit was produced by Lionel Corporation Tinplate.

@OKHIKER posted:

      Tha A slight change of pace.  This is my tiny 3x4 All tinplate all the time O gauge layout.  On the elevated section a restored Marx Commodore Vanderbilt engine pulls a small consist of 6 inch passenger cars.  The engine has been repainted and fitted with a smoke unit which works well.  On the bottom rail line a reproduction Lionel Army/War train hauls ammunition cars to the front.  This outfit was produced by Lionel Corporation Tinplate.

OMG I love it, watched that video 10 times [ so far ]

WM FAN,

          Glad you like it .  This is my go to layout when I need a break from my post-war and modern stuff.  It really is quite relaxing.

@OKHIKER posted:

WM FAN,

          Glad you like it .  This is my go to layout when I need a break from my post-war and modern stuff.  It really is quite relaxing.

Being a Marx guy myself, i think an elevated track above my modern layout would be a great way to run my Marx trains without removing some of my trains below. Hate to be a copycat, that is a super layout you have, and gives me ideas, still watching that video...

@OKHIKER - I love that metallic red on the Marx CV - really nice

@Miggy posted:

We had the Chief of engineering and railroad planning visit today and pass inspection on the recently repaired Lionel Turbine, ZW transformer and whistle tender. It was a good run on a layout assembled in a rush. 😃 Now, to make a hole-in-the-wall. He will present blueprints for Prototype layout in the spare room and I hope to have lumber, wire, lights, and budget soon.

Miggy, that a very nice Carpet Central you have with nice long runs and interesting obstacles to navigate. There are advantages to a Carpet Central, including no worries about the trains falling off the train table.

Another thing is that kids, especially little ones, may prefer a Carpet Central, where they can interact with the trains more, including playing with blocks or Legos to build things along the track.

Two weary but reliable Lionel Lines engines take a curve on the Shenandoah Short Line.  On the outside  rail line a trusty 2046 with Magne-traction hauls a mixed freight while on the inside line the 2046’s step brother, a vintage Korean War era non-Magne-traction 2056 from 1952 hauls a mixed consist of box cars.  The ozone was really pumping today.

After two years of searching I found my Matching Williams MONON caboose.

@harleyhouse posted:

After two years of searching I found my Matching Williams MONON caboose.

I know that it is exciting when you find something that you have been searching for, but i find it is also exciting to search, beautiful pair, you did good...

This guy arrived today. I like these old Lionel GP7

This old Veranda is a heavy train to run. Plenty of power though.

Auto train and local freight.

CJB custom Painted Allegheny Valley Railroad Williams GP9 hauling a consist of Williams RBBB circus train.

Another great job by CJB!

@harleyhouse posted:

CJB custom Painted Allegheny Valley Railroad Williams GP9 hauling a consist of Williams RBBB circus train.

Smmmmoooooooth! Reminds me of the Zuhrah Shrine Circus. (Just checking my engines, Nope, Don't have anything like that!! "Time to go shopping"

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Another thing is that kids, especially little ones, may prefer a Carpet Central, where they can interact with the trains more, including playing with blocks or Legos to build things along the track.

YES! It had occurred to me, as my son happened to visit a home for sale, stuffed into a basement was a large layout. And I offered to remove it and donate it so the house could be sold. Only charged $400.

And I looked on our carpet as the grandsons changed the layout, "Papa, look, we went under the table, into the bedroom, under the bed, through the tunnel, and under Ninas chair!!"

and they did it all themselves good times. We all have our niche' salute

Scale wheels on hi-rail "flat top" track at AGHR.

Nice CNW Matt. Tonight I ran a RailKing cab forward.  Love this engine.  With mixed freight.  The GN boxcar has the sounds for wheels and squeaks. Plus a Lionel 2333 pushing a jordon spreader. 

A couple of weeks ago I posted a video that I took of what I thought was a modern era Lionel Norfolk & Western 612 class J Northern smoking up a storm on its last run which was in freight service.  It wasn't; the video I posted was of a post-war Lionel 681 Turbine hauling freight.  In any event here is the video of the 612.  Sorry for the foul up.

I picked up on and around my layout this morning.  Of course that meant time to run trains.  I thought it high time to see how many cars my Southern 4501 could pull up the mountain.  I only had 14 modern and postwar cars available.  She did not slip going up hill and down.  Film at 9:00.