Your Layout Vignettes

...and as satisfying a scene as a bowl of Pasta Fagioli (we pronounced it, "pasta Fah-zoool") on a cold winter's night.

FrankM

Excellent, Jerrman, I wouldn't change a thing! Cool.

FrankM

Here are some vignettes from a 9x12 layout I made.

Who, what, and where can I get a set of the monorails. The Disney set nice but battery powered I've been told.

I absolutely love the "safety feature" - boarding the one door closed lest one forget and fall out.  Great touch!

Well, now that it has the Moonson seal-of-approval, I most definitely won't. Thank you, Frank. 

 

Jerrman

Maintaining the grounds at the Plasticville church.

MartyLJ....the Disney monorails, while slightly undersized, are great models and can be painted/modified to look even better.  I use a high quality rechargeable battery and they work just fine.  Some folks have actually upgraded to a piece of metal strip (copper)l along the top of the track and changed the motor so that it can be powered from the metal strip.

 

Alan

Frank...just got back to this thread and saw the wonderful comments you made above!  Thank you so much as a compliment from you is an honor sir...

 

AND...while I am here, thanks to ALL of you that have contributed to this thread and have made constructive and positive comments!  I can't remember when I have gotten so many "likes".  Makes one want to do better and post more!!

 

Alan

I agree, Frank your contributions have been great!!

Thank you!

Taking On Water.

Eager passengers scurry to and from the trains.

 

(Yes, the NYC travels through Danville on my layout, even though "It's a mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville").

Yes Danville is a little south for the Real NYC, but not a problem in O Gauge!

Looks great!!

You got my drift exactly, Mark.  Thank you. Strangely enough, lots of other roads go through Danville too.  Hey, congratulations on your new avatar!

Thank you.  They took these photos at work, and said we could use them on LinkedIn or anywhere.  LinkedIn?  Are they planning that we may be needing references from our Linked In contacts soon? 

The trusty Marx crossing gate drops down for the Lionel U.P. to barrel through.

Real nice photo!  Thank you for identifying the Marx crossing gates.  I have a box of o-27 track that has 2 of those crossing gates and a railroad crossing sign in the bottom.  I had no idea who made them until seeing your caption.

In the 1950's the rural town of Beawslaiw was located on the Southern Pacific main line somewhere between San Francisco and Los Angeles.  Part of the town's existence was due, in part, to the small rail yard and passenger depot that served both the Southern Pacific and the Brisbane and Bushong Railroads.  One of the popular places in town was the A & J Pharmacy located along the tracks leading to the rail yard and station.  The pharmacy had the classic soda fountain inside.  The owners and pharmacists, Anthony and Jessica, were very good and well liked by the town folk.  Tony would often come out in front of the store and "chew the fat" with customers while Jessica worked the counter.  The field next door became an unofficial park when the pharmacy donated benches.  Out in back of the building, Elmer cleaned up the area around the stairs that led to the upper story apartments.  Other employees unloaded a new shipment of merchandise at the loading door.  On this day a string of box cars was on the siding right behind the store.  Even the old Hills Brothers box car was on its way back to San Francisco after dropping off a load of coffee.  Harold the hobo scraped up some change for a soda at the pharmacy and then headed back to the box cars.

Matt

Great scene Matt.

 

Art

Mark, I'm pleased to be able to (unknowingly) help you.  It's a clever accessory.  No electricity required - just a straight section of 027.  Its spring is even adjustable.  They made a wigwag signal that worked on train pressure, too.

 

Here, impatient commuters wait for a late train.

 

 

 

 

Yes, that is pretty slick.  Thank you.  I am always for something like that instead of an electrical device.  And here I have worked in electronics for 38 years.  Maybe I just want to leave the electronics at the office. 

 

Is the station lettered for Staunton, Virginia?  I was there many times when we lived between Fredericksburg and Warrenton Virginia.

An

An Southern Pacific Trainmaster at the sanding tower.

 

Good to hear from both of you, Alan and Mark. Thanks. This whole OGR Forum is such a pleasant and interesting place to visit - so much to see, share and read - it takes no effort at all to be a proper guest. IMO. The compliments are just my being truthful, from my perspective, at least. When one adds to that the cohort of amiable people conversing here and contributing, my enthusiasm comes naturally, as well.

FrankM

Frank,

My sentiments exactly!!

 

Mark Boyce:  The station is indeed lettered for Staunton, VA, where my brother and his wife reside, (although the real station doesn't look anything like mine).  Lovely little city.

Very good!  Thank you.

Yes I always liked Staunton too!

 

Here's my vignette:

 

It's called a "railroad".

 

RIP TRACK

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Rip,

I like your vignette!  The stark, vast beauty of the desert, with the little train fighting the heat to make it's destination.  If this is the desert, then that big blue thing in the center must be the Salton Sea or the Great Salt Lake.  Don't put any of that water in the boiler!  Oh, you run a diesel!    Thank you for sharing your vignette!!

Hi everyone, This is my latest addition to my layout. I just finished this kit yesterday. I got the pickle on the roof thru ebay 

Paul,

The kit looks great as does the whole scene.  I have one of the HJ Heinz boxcars myself.  I couldn't pass it up since I live only 40 miles from Pittsburgh!

Ah yes, one of those things - railroads.  I see it goes right through the "Rockies," and nearby is the famous Green Felt Desert, which many an early explorer described as "flat as a billiard table."

This is a stunning scene.

 

 

Thank you, gentlemen, for acknowledging my modest Vignette!

 

While it's not as grand and breathtaking as a downtown street corner, it's all I have to share.

 

Sincerely,

Rip Track Hal

Rip Track Hal,
I appreciate your contribution.  I don't have much to post here either.  Mine is the unfinished Ceiling Central RR.

Great job on the pickle factory Paul.

 

Art

I'm thinking the Donner party may have come to a bad end over by the air conditioning unit on the right. It might even be possible to find some of their remains in the right corner pocket.