In the midst of this pandemic, I'm keeping pretty busy with my trains. I enjoy taking pics with my fairly new iPhone 11 as it takes great layout shots, so here are a few that I shot the past few days...
First, here's a prototypically fraudulent shot (the scene is prototypical, but there are just two tracks here today) I took on the curved arch bridge and scene that I finally finished after 20 years on March 29th and posted pictures of last week. I started to acquire some Norfolk Southern equipment back when my son got interested in trains since that's what we actually see running these days. Seemed like there was always a BNSF or a Canadian unit mixed in the consist a few years ago, so I could not resist getting this Lionel ES44AC non-powered unit to splice into the mix:
Now here's a classic Pennsy shot of some early diesel era power from Baldwin passing on the four track mainline along the lower Juniata River between Duncannon and Port Royal:
And finally, here is a fairly new Lionel PRR class J Texas equipped with Legacy. I have the first run equipped with Odyssey, but I think this one sounds and runs better. It's shown here entering Enola Yard with US Routes 11/15 parallelling the railroad above. That's the famed "Iron Bridge" railfan heaven to the right of the image. I actually drove over the it before it was shut down in the 1990's. The real scene including the gas station (and actually shot from the Iron Bridge) is pictured on page 111 of "The Pennsylvania Railroad 1940's-50's" by Don Ball. It's been a long time since I posted any photos of this area of my layout:
Anyhow, hope I provided a bit of entertainment while we all endure this pandemic...enjoy and be safe!
