WHAT TRAINS DID YOU RUN TODAY?

@Juha - The quality of your video is excellent.  Well Done!

@PH1975 posted:

@Juha - The quality of your video is excellent.  Well Done!

@PH1975 Thank you!

New Haven Division:

Arnold

Hudson Division (on the West Bank of the Hudson River):

Arnold

What, Arnold… no Harlem Line run??? The Goldens Bridge contingent objects vociferously!!!

Harlem Division, just for you, Paul:

LOL, Arnold

You’re a gentleman and a scholar, Arnold

“This is the 6:19 train to Grand Central making all local stops to White Plains and then express to 125th Street… next stop Katonah”!!!

Arnold, if you don't mind me asking, what passenger cars are those? I think I would like to see if I can find a set. Thanks!

I set up a small circle of track around the Christmas Tree.  Everyone seems  to enjoy it when they come over.  Hope to start a small layout this winter/spring since we are just settling in to our new house.  Depends how much time the boss gives me off.  Still negotiating land from the CEO!

@ConrailFan posted:

Arnold, if you don't mind me asking, what passenger cars are those? I think I would like to see if I can find a set. Thanks!

Lionel Postwar aluminum extruded passenger cars; the ones that have names like Silver Dawn, etc. They are typically available at train shows.

@Roll the dice, Andy, that’s a cool two rail layout under your Christmas tree, runs so smoothly and quietly. It’s a Wow. Today I ran the B&O Columbian with the new addition of the StationSounds diner. Happy Railroading Everyone

Got my new-to-me Lionel RS-11 w/ TMCC on the rails and programmed into my Cab-1L. I have two other roads of this engine and they are beauties.

The New York Central lightning stripe is one of my favorite paint schemes too. Maiden run video.

Bob

@leapinlarry posted:

@Roll the dice, Andy, that’s a cool two rail layout under your Christmas tree, runs so smoothly and quietly. It’s a Wow. Today I ran the B&O Columbian with the new addition of the StationSounds diner. Happy Railroading Everyone

Thanks Larry!  I appreciate it.  I love seeing pictures of your layout!  I wish I could have seen it before I moved North.

LC+ Erie Camelback hauling boxcars, including Ballantine Beer and Grand Union boxcars by Atlas:

Love the detail on the front of the Camelback:

Arnold

Our opening night is Friday.....but these young fellows were passing through, shopping with their Mom......so, I had a LionelChief set ready to fire up....

Peter

@RSJB18, Bob, that’s a beautiful NYC Lightning Stripe RS11, to me that’s one of my favorite paint schemes, congratulations, and on the other thread, you have a new tool that’s neat, the small square, neat. @Putnam Division, Peter, you are to be congratulated for making those future model railroaders happy, you have truly been bitten by the Christmas Spirit, Wow, @Roll the dice, Andy, you are welcome, if ever in Tennessee come see me, Merry Christmas all. Happy Railroading Everyone

New York Central Tank engine with 5 MTH Passenger cars.

A new engine on my high line

https://youtu.be/naplTiE7Y4I

Follow @Farmerjohnstrains on youTube.com

@farmerjohn - What specific type of steamer is it as the contrast in your video (at least with my old eyes) is such that I can't be certain of the exact number of drivers? (lol)

PH 1975

The engine is a 4 12 2 9000 class.. I was trying to set up a u tube channel so I'm still learning ..thanks

The Santa Fe Super Chief and the Polar Express.

I bought a Southern RR set.  It is all NIB.  At the time of this video, I had not serviced the GP-9, #8802, engine.  My favorite switch engine is pulling the cars.  I gave me a nice addition to my rolling stock.

Bill

@Yellowstone Special posted:

The Santa Fe Super Chief and the Polar Express.

Vern, you have a gorgeous winter-theme layout and trains.

Thank you, Arnold. It started out in 2006 as a holidays-only Polar Express layout. Then we moved it down to the basement where it became a permanent, winter-themed layout. 😉

This video, showing an MTH PS3 CSX diesel hauling an oil tankers unit train, reminds me of a Pop Warner football game I saw at West Point about 5 years ago:

During that game in which my granddaughter was a cheerleader (that's why my wife and I were there), I first heard a rumbling sound in the distance. The rumbling got louder and the earth began to shake. Then, the rumbling became a roar and I experienced the breathtaking sound and sight of the CSX diesel not much different from the one in the train in the above video.

I will never forget the real thing, and I can re-live it every time I run the trains in the above video. Arnold

Arrived today

CSX diesel (MTH PS3) transporting oil tankers through the Hudson Valley. Notice the locomotive does the bump, but does not derail, rolling through the switch:

Further down the line the same train rolls passed Yankee Stadium. Love the diesel sounds, horn and bell:

A subway passing Yankee Stadium would be more prototypical, but I think diesel freight trains pass close by another ball park; it could be either or both the Stadium where the Kansas City Royals play and/or where the Seattle Mariners play. Arnold

I have been having problems with videos not working.  I made two with Pennsylvania equipment using an iPad instead of my usual iPhone…let’s see if they work.

John

@Fendermain posted:

I have been having problems with videos not working.  I made two with Pennsylvania equipment using an iPad instead of my usual iPhone…let’s see if they work.

John

I think your videos, trains and layout are outstanding, John. Your layout is a true Postwar Paradise. Arnold

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

I think your videos, trains and layout are outstanding, John. Your layout is a true Postwar Paradise. Arnold

Thank you Arnold,

I admire your layout as well and it is, in my opinion, one of the most fun and beautiful presentations on the forum.  It appears my videos are working with the iPad.  Funny, my iPhone videos that I took earlier in the year were working and continue to work.  Perhaps the iPhone format changed during an upgrade?

John

@Fendermain posted:

Thank you Arnold,

I admire your layout as well and it is, in my opinion, one of the most fun and beautiful presentations on the forum.  It appears my videos are working with the iPad.  Funny, my iPhone videos that I took earlier in the year were working and continue to work.  Perhaps the iPhone format changed during an upgrade?

John

John;

When I got a new iPhone 13 a year or so ago, I had the same issue. When I looked at the video on my phone, it played fine, but there was a box in the upper right which says HDR. Not sure what that is all about, but I found that videos with the HDR wouldn’t play on the Forum. Videos taken with my iPad from a couple of years ago don’t have that HDR and play fine on the Forum. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find a work around for my phone

@Apples55 posted:

John;

When I got a new iPhone 13 a year or so ago, I had the same issue. When I looked at the video on my phone, it played fine, but there was a box in the upper right which says HDR. Not sure what that is all about, but I found that videos with the HDR wouldn’t play on the Forum. Videos taken with my iPad from a couple of years ago don’t have that HDR and play fine on the Forum. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find a work around for my phone

Paul,

Thanks for the information…I will check out HDR.  Maybe that came with an iPhone update.

John

Getting my steam on ….

We had our Christmas open house at MRPS, and I took the opportunity to break out some of my trains, especially since I haven't had to opportunity to at home recently. It's a work in process but hopefully the real 4070 will start looking more like the model.

@Apples55 and @Fendermain - Might the 'HDR' that appears in the top right corner of Paul's iPhone stand for 'High Definition Resolution', and which may not play on the Forum?  Just a guess on my part.

HDR = High Dynamic Range. It has to do with color reproduction and your hardware ( computer, monitor/TV ) has to support it to play it in all it's glory. Most videos when made have a fallback mode if the hardware does not support HDR so they will still play.

Railfanning along the NY Turnpike on the Fields of Dreams Along The Put Layout:

Pennsy coal drag and Jersey Central oil tankers.

LOL, Arnold

@Fendermain posted:

Paul,

Thanks for the information…I will check out HDR.  Maybe that came with an iPhone update.

John

John;

I finally had some time to play around with this issue and I think I found a solution. As Darrell notes above, HDR  stands for High Dynamic Range. I dug around the internet and found a video that explains how to shut it off on your phone (and it worked!!! I took the video at the bottom of this post with my iPhone 13:

https://ogrforum.com/...7#168811055561393857

Here is a link to the YouTube video instructions:

@Apples55 posted:

John;

I finally had some time to play around with this issue and I think I found a solution. As Darrell notes above, HDR  stands for High Dynamic Range. I dug around the internet and found a video that explains how to shut it off on your phone (and it worked!!! I took the video at the bottom of this post with my iPhone 13:

https://ogrforum.com/...7#168811055561393857

Here is a link to the YouTube video instructions:

Thanks Paul….I will check that out.

John