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.

That’s great, Bill!

@Odenville Bill posted:

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.

lol, I will check back for the film at 9 (am or pm)?  Nice pull (I am loving the BRIDGE!!) (i am in version 6.x for my scratch wooden bridge build... sigh)

Thanks for sharing!

Running some F3/F7s on this snowy day.

Bringing some Marx post-war into the mix.  The first video is of a Marx 333 Die cast 4-6-2 Pacific Steamer which in my opinion was Marx’s finest steam locomotive hauling a light Three car freight.  The next clip is of an AA set of 1095 EMD E-7 Diesels pulling a three car set of Santa Fe passenger cars.  Both sets are from the 1951-1953 time frame.  The 4-6-2 is the smoking version of the 333 and has a stand in sloped back tender in tow.  The original tender is in the back shop for repairs. Both sets still track and run well.  Good old Marx.😃

A brand new addition to the roster, ready for elite passenger service: MTH Proto 3 Imperial B&O (President Washington) 4-6-2 Pacific Steamer:

I will soon be posting videos of it running on DCS.

Arnold

PRR EXPRESS

MTH Solid rocket booster set

Lionel 4-6-4 Hudson JR leading three O-Line Reproduction Alaska Streamline cars.  I've had these for a while but first time as a train, and first time on my new layout.

The Hudson is conventional, from a QVC set and the Streamline cars were purchased a few years ago, the last time RMT found some in the warehouse.

Layout is new, compact loop with yard.  Upper level, DCS and Legacy expansions planned.

@Chris1985 posted:

Running some F3/F7s on this snowy day.

Hi Chris, What year did the Diesels start running the Blinking headlight? Great looking layout. Funny side story, I was driving a 1962 VW Beetle in a stowstorm. Visability was poor, At a crossbuck that had no lights I thought I saw a floodlight so I hit the brakes. That was the closest I have ever been to a train , in my car.... Flashing would have been nice. :-D

Thanks for the video post. Very Nice, jogged a frightening memory, but the layout is GREAT.

Love this old Commodore Vanderbilt whistle.

Running Lionel Pre and Post War Hudsons today. Love these engines! Action starts at 1:50 in the video.

@Miggy, thanks for the note and glad you did not get hit by the train! I would have to research on the Mars light but I am sure there are folks on here who know the history.

Melgar, I didn’t run trains today but I did read your nice writing in this last OGR Magazine, very nice. It proves size doesn’t matter in building a layout, yours is well landscaped and looks like a fun to run railroad. Great thread. Great photography. Please bring back your thread on the magazine article, thank you. Happy Railroading Everyone

I was on the Southern Pacific today with the New GS-4 Daylight 4449 and AC-9 ..the Monstah

Chris 1985 - Great trains and wonderful layout.  I could smell the ozone just from watching your video!   

@PH1975 Thank you! I could smell the trains throughout my entire house after I made this video. My wife thought the house was on fire. Glad you enjoyed! It was a fun video to make.

A pair of sleek Weaver EMD-8’s from 1992-1993 in the Pennsylvania Railroad’s classy Tuscan red livery and its accompanying consist of gleaming aluminum Weaver PRR passenger cars takes a curve on the Shenandoah Short Line.

The Morning Congressional as it leaves Washington DC passes by its signature billboard on its way north to Philadelphia.  Then it pounds the rails on northeast Philly’s racetrack as it heads to New York City.  The train is being pulled by a reproduction 2360 GG-1 made by Williams while hauling reproduction Congressional cars produced by Weaver. 

Outstanding trains and layout OKHIKER.

Here's my contribution: MTH Proto 3 NY  Central F3s hauling mixed freight. See if you can identify one relatively obvious thing, and one very difficult thing to see.

Here's a clue for the difficult thing: as the train rolls by, a creature is looking at you:

Will give you folks a chance to identify the above things, and will tell you what they are later. Arnold

The difficult thing is almost impossible to see in the above video. It is a little easier to see in this video. Remember, there's a creature looking at you as the train rolls by:

Arnold

Your gonna kill that horse jamming the door closed on it's neck!

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

The difficult thing is almost impossible to see in the above video. It is a little easier to see in this video. Remember, there's a creature looking at you as the train rolls by:

Arnold

Oh dear deer!!

@CurtisH posted:

Your gonna kill that horse jamming the door closed on it's neck!

Brilliant, Curtis.

By the way, you were right about DCS. It's awesome, and I love it. Thanks, again, for your advice regarding it.

@trumpettrain posted:

It was the black horse in the yellow stock car that I had in mind, but your answer, Patrick, is also correct.

Tonight I finished cleaning track with my centerline car behind the Consolidation and returned to the engine facility. Then I ran the Atlantic daily 4 car (B60, BM70 and 2 coaches) train to the end of the line and spotted it near the engine facility for the next day EB regular. Operating session no. 1 is finally complete. Cheers.

Williams scale B&O Hudson and MTH RS1.  Not in picture MTH SW1 on Mountain Division.

Where’s the beef?

Lionel Legacy Big Boy First Run edition with Vision Line Auxillary Water Tender and 3 x 21" passenger cars

First day I have run trains in a few weeks.

Switched out the loaded box cars from the brewery and dropped of some hoppers full of hops. Spotted some empty auto racks and ran a CSX train with a string of loaded box cars and a BNSF crude oil train.

Today I ran my brand new 3985 GG1 Lionchief 2.0 that I picked up from Sommerfelds. Sorry no pic, but what an awesome engine. Always wanted a GG1 and finally got one. Runs like a champ!

Good evening everyone! Today, a good friend of mine received his order of two Lionel VL GS-2 locomotives, and he was kind enough to let me take them for a spin on my layout. As a result, I ran a doubleheader with K-Line SP Daylight passenger cars. Hope you enjoy this sneak peek clip, and stay tuned for more action with these wonderful models, plus more, in the next day or two!

Tonight I worked the yard orders for operating session no. two. Consolidation 1111 backed out of the engine facility after taking coal and water to couple to  nine tankers and an empty 2 bay coal hopper ahead of the cabin car, headed WB. After a few end around manuvers, switcher 5222 added a reefer and a cabin car to make up a nine car EB mixed freight for an M1a. The Road orders for these trains will be worked soon.

@Trainmaster04 posted:

Good evening everyone! Today, a good friend of mine received his order of two Lionel VL GS-2 locomotives, and he was kind enough to let me take them for a spin on my layout. As a result, I ran a doubleheader with K-Line SP Daylight passenger cars. Hope you enjoy this sneak peek clip, and stay tuned for more action with these wonderful models, plus more, in the next day or two!

Wow, beautiful, love the video, thanks for sharing.

well, happy Sunday Morning to all. It's So Hard to follow "Lionel VL GS-2 locomotives" video.  Especially when its me, Miggy the Carpet Layout kid. AND we burned the candle late last night. So, this morning, Under the watchful eye of the Junior supervisory crew (From Mitch and the Gi-Raffe herd) I am happy to announce a successful rescue and running of an abandoned Switcher. Lights, Slow pull, Quiet, E-unit works and AND even the bell.. (I Do enjoy a great find and a little bit of the Scrounge) Thanks Gents for your support. Now, awaiting Warmer weather to send out to the Paint Shop and dress her up (DM&IR Livery?) mayyyyybe

Today feels like a good day for some ozone and tin.  😎

Fendermain, Great fun! Sweet videos and I am in love with the Crossing Guard shack. My fav as a kid, and I have two on the inside loop. FunTastick, thanks for the share

@Fendermain posted:

Today feels like a good day for some ozone and tin.  😎

Fendermain, IMO you have a Show Room Postwar Layout.

Everything is gorgeous on it, but my eye particularly found your tree with red foliage in your 1st above video to be stunningly gorgeous. Arnold

One more thing, Fendermain, your tubular track and 022 switches look like they are spotless. I assume it is all Lionel tubular track, and the 022 switches must be Lionel. The trains on your videos always run perfectly on,  and through, them.

Were your track and switches made in the 1950s or in later years?

I bet it's a mix, like mine.

Arnold

Two Lionel Alco C-420’s from the late 1990’s, one in New Haven livery the other in Lehigh Valley colors duel it out with long freight consists on a long straightaway.

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

One more thing, Fendermain, your tubular track and 022 switches look like they are spotless. I assume it is all Lionel tubular track, and the 022 switches must be Lionel. The trains on your videos always run perfectly on,  and through, them.

Were your track and switches made in the 1950s or in later years?

I bet it's a mix, like mine.

Arnold

Hi Arnold,

Thank you.  The 022 switches are vintage 1950s that I have refurbished.  The track is more recent, meaning the year 2000 +/-.  Yes, a mixture like yours.

Still breaking in those new brushes, "Counting Cars".. only eight, yet they are postwar coil couplers and heavy, but another test passed... she pulls slow and starts well. I am Estatic! Its no Big Boy, WOW those pilots enter the room 5 minutes before the boiler... Dreams are made of those Big Boys and Yellowstones... (someday)

But Today, Scrounged a switcher. You Go GIRL

Miggy: Nice videos of your trains and I welcome the nostalgia feeling.

Federman: I love the tinplate look, feel and colorful operating accessories on your layout. Thanks for the videos of your entire layout so we can enjoy all the details.

@WM fan posted:

Wow, beautiful, love the video, thanks for sharing.

Your welcome and I am glad you enjoyed it!

I was tasked with baby watching (distracting/entertaining) duty today and thought my 4 month old daughter might like watching trains. So I fired them up and ran 3 at once. She was pretty focused on them from her floor chair. She certainly let me know the trains had to keep moving, she was displeased when I stopped them. Video below, wait for the end.

Coal train Sunday. My first time trying to add a video. If it's not right just ignore it. I'll say sorry in advance.

What an AMAZING trestle! How long it take you to build that!? Absolutely awesome.....

Junior, 3 years.

Yes...you've certainly earned and own the moniker "Trestleman1"!

@Trestleman1 posted:

Coal train Sunday. My first time trying to add a video. If it's not right just ignore it. I'll say sorry in advance.

Great run by.... Great.....SPECTACULAR trestle!

Turn your phone 90 deg please.....this is a horizontal hobby. Vertical videos are frowned upon. Your trestle should be viewed in all its glory!

RSJB18, Horizontal it is from now on. Thanks for the input and compliment. Don

@Trestleman1 posted:

RSJB18, Horizontal it is from now on. Thanks for the input and compliment. Don

My pleasure. 3 years of your life deserves all the props it can get. 👍

jstewart: Nice train display. Beautiful baby!

Ran some modern BNSF engines, Maryland Midland and a Post War Virginian. Was a fun session!

Ran my DM&IR M3 Yellowstone today. The DM&IR used to lease out power in the winter months so on my layout the ATSF leased a Yellowstone to help with a power shortage. At least that's what I tell myself 😉.

Running White Pass and Yukon Route #100 with my newly printed Anvil Ore Container on flatcar, my MTH White Pass reefer, and my White Pass Rotary Caboose bringing up the rear.

Good morning everyone! Well, its been a couple of days and as promised here is a new running session video with the new VL GS-2s and much more! hope you enjoy and happy railroading!

Trainmaster04 -Are those K-Line Daylight passenger cars 21"?  And did you add to, or did they come with passenger figures?

@PH1975 posted:

Trainmaster04 -Are those K-Line Daylight passenger cars 21"?  And did you add to, or did they come with passenger figures?

I believe they are 21" long and for the passengers, I did not add them to the cars. I do not know if they originally came with the cars since a friend of mine got them from Trainz a few years back.

I ran my UP Lionel FEF3 with MTH passenger  car in a night scene. Never posted a video  before so I am learning.

@farmerjohn posted:

I ran my UP Lionel FEF3 with MTH passenger  car in a night scene. Never posted a video  before so I am learning.

Great Video john! thanks for sharing and I hope that you will post more angles of your layout. Very Interesting. Well Done