WHAT TRAINS DID YOU RUN TODAY?

A mixed freight powered  by Lionel turbine .

Finally got to run my new engine for more than a few minutes. Was running nice and smoking like a champ until the smoke unit burned out. 🤐loop

PH95. You asked about my roundhouse. It does not have a turntable inside but I did incorporate  a neet feature  which I think you'll like.

Sorry I messed that video up. I'll try latter.

This is a better video  of my roundhouse.

Hey Farmerjohn....

The operating doors on your roundhouse are sweet....reminds of a ballet (if there is such a thing in model railroading ) with such smooth motion.

I also LOVE that series of bridges in the background. I'm guessing they were scratch built? Really, really nice.

@farmerjohn posted:

This is a better video  of my roundhouse.

That has got to be the best model RR accessory I have ever seen. WOW!

I'm going to go sit in a dark corner of my basement under my little 4X8 layout and cry now

RSJB18 - I'm right there with you, both with a 4x8 layout and the crying (lol).

All I can say after seeing farmerjohn's accessory in operation is WOW!  Yes fj, I like it very much.

@RSJB18 posted:

That has got to be the best model RR accessory I have ever seen. WOW!

I'm going to go sit in a dark corner of my basement under my little 4X8 layout and cry now

I think you’ll have a lot of company, Bob. Though with only 4x8, it might get a bit crowed under the table I’ve got around 16x18, so I may be able to handle some of the overflow (but I call dibs on the corner with the cushion). You do realize that 4x8 is sort of the minimum size needed for a turntable and all it’s required accoutrements???

@farmerjohn posted:

This is a better video  of my roundhouse.

Command Control doors??? Now you’re just showing off, John That is absolutely magnificent, John... like so many others here, I am in deep envy.

This train has been in a suitcase for 60 years.  Guy got it as a 7 year old in 1950.  He gave it to me as someone who might enjoy it.  After adding a paperclip as a drawbar, and providing a tender, i fired it up and there she goes!  Built in 1948.  They don’t make em like they used to!

Thanks for the comments  everyone.  My roundhouse was built  on a 4 by 8 sheet of plywood.  A friend  Steve Kimble built it in his basement from a Korber kit. We worked on the door design for  a  long time. We finally figured  it out  and each door for now is opened and closed with a switch. Later  on by command. Just haven't  got that far.

A Quick salute to the NW Arkansas Train Show. "Who Was that Masked Man." Hope we get to see a few of today's photos later. He is always giving...

http://sugarcreekrailroadclub....s/mitch-2017show.mp4

http://sugarcreekrailroadclub.com/

"Links to the site for they get the credit, I am ONLY pointing to these videos and I am not claiming in any way that I took them or

@Hannibal-St Joseph RR posted:

This train has been in a suitcase for 60 years.  Guy got it as a 7 year old in 1950.  He gave it to me as someone who might enjoy it.  After adding a paperclip as a drawbar, and providing a tender, i fired it up and there she goes!  Built in 1948.  They don’t make em like they used to!

She's a Keeper!! Thanks for the share. What a find

https://youtu.be/sDVUg8rh4RE

My Lionel JLC N&W Y6b hadn't stretched its legs in awhile, so I got him down to drag the freight around the layout while being pursued by the new Legacy B&M passenger set. The Y6b has an ERR Cruise Commander installed and she runs like a Swiss watch these many years later. Sorry, I forgot to turn on the smoke....

In the background is my "S" loop with a Lionel Legacy first-issue U33c in GN "Big Sky " livery hauling a consist of S-Helper Service cars to pay the bills.

After cleaning the layout today I ran my Weaver RS-3 that I filed down the front and rear pilots so they would clear the rails. The manifest is all Vintage Atlas O and the gondola is a old AHM

Vision Line Run Session today with the new GS-5

Chris, that is some layout -- quite the spot to showcase your superlative engine collection!

I was wondering what you can tell me about that Santa Fe steam engine with the warbonnet tender decorations - haven't seen that one before.

David

@David98, thanks! The Black Bonnet was a collaboration between Pats Trains and Lionel. I was fortunate to snag one. I plan on doing a video on it in the near future and will post in this thread. It is one of the more unique pieces in my collection. Thanks again!

Chris' O-Gauge Layout

@lee drennen posted:

This evening I ran my Lionel/ MPC Penn Central GP7 with all Lionel Standard O cars.

Looks like a good runner, pretty smooth and slow for MPC.  Needs a caboose.

Thanks Joe. I guess I’ll have to custom make a caboose for it. I have a couple Lionel in mine.

After finishing working on the layout I thought I would run my MTH Hudson with a manifest of Lionel Standard O and a couple old AHM Boxcars I custom made

Two iconic Lionel post-war NW-2 Switchers ease on to their respective scenes along side busy trackside workers.  The first is a 6220 Santa Fe from 1949-50 while the other is a colorful 6250 Seaboard circa 1954-55.  In the background of the 6250 photo a Lionel PWC Minuteman  Motorized Unit prepares to haul a battery of missiles to bases ringing the city.

I ran a Santa Fe passenger train on the  high line in a night  time effect.

farmerjohn - Love your video (ie. the night time effect)!  Only thing that would have improved it (for me) would have been to hear the horn and/or bell when the lead A unit started crossing the bridge.  Thanks and keep those videos coming!    

I finally ran some trains last night after finishing up a project over the past month. The track definitely needs cleaning....

@RSJB18 Glad to see you are up and running! Looks great.

Lionel Trains Inc.’s 1994 version of the anniversary set.  Certainly not the same but those yellow and grey Union Pacific FA’s with its all yellow, grey and red pinstriped passenger car consist still looks pretty snazzy circling a layout.

This one is for those of you who are Baltimore Oriole fans.

MTH Proto 3 Maryland Midland diesel hauling Baltimore & Ohio boxcars:

Arnold

Ran another UP freight on my high line.

farmerjohn - Now you're talkin - Letting that horn go just before she crosses the bridge!  Doesn't get any better than that.   

@farmerjohn posted:

Ran another UP freight on my high line.

Thanks for another great share, john. May I add your layout to the list that I can share with my CEO when she shunts my train-play? "Hey Hon, Look at THIS Layout!!"

Elliot Quote: "You can bring your wife next time and show her how bad it could be."

--> Ill Never reach the heights of eagles, and Ill still try my best,"

Another angle from the other night.

OKHIKER, then Lionel complicated things even more by putting a 4 wheel trailing truck on the same engine and numbering it 2035!

I fouled things up so I’ll try again.  Two Lionel legends from 1947 stage a meet while taking a curve on the Shenandoah Short Line.  These two engines represented Lionel’s version of the PRR’s renowned K 4S Pacific.  The 2-6-2 wheel configuration was wrong but no one seemed worried about it at the time.  On the exterior line an O Gauge 675 hauls a short string of passenger cars while on the interior line its brother engine, an 027 Gauge 2025 pulls a short freight.  In the video the 2025 high balls it’s was down a straightaway.  These engines were identical twins except for their cab numbers.  I often wondered if the consumer of 1947 was aware there was no difference in the two engines.  Regardless, the motors in these engines may well have been the finest Lionel ever manufactured.

@farmerjohn posted:

Thanks for the comments everyone.  Ran a UP mixed freight. On the high line which is above my little town I'm working on.*

Love the town night scene, looks great...

@Chris1985 posted:

Vision Line Run Session today with the new GS-5

Wow, what a layout, beautiful trains, thanks for sharing....

Zero, I’m doing my taxes

I ran a whole bunch, I was unboxing things and testing them!

Mighty Milwaukee Road Hiawatha !