OK, this thread is new to me, but I have been smiling at every picture since I opened it. Great fun! I picked some photos from what I had on hand but I will do better in the future1
You guys showed lots of gondola's filled with all kinds of things, so here is a Marx one filled with groceries!
Here is an "Old Navy Guy" (could be me) train watching...maybe a little too close to the tracks!
Great fun fellows, I enjoyed your pictures
Don
These two bears are likely train nuts wearing bear suits:
I also have a BigFoot figure that needs to come out of storage for my next post!
Extra, Extra, read all about it, aliens from the Andromeda Galaxy land on playing field at Yankee Stadium:
Thanks, Leroof, who gifted the alien to me, making the above scene possible. Arnold
@Don McErlean posted:OK, this thread is new to me, but I have been smiling at every picture since I opened it. Great fun! I picked some photos from what I had on hand but I will do better in the future1
You guys showed lots of gondola's filled with all kinds of things, so here is a Marx one filled with groceries!
Here is an "Old Navy Guy" (could be me) train watching...maybe a little too close to the tracks!
They look great! I have some Vikings that appear to be made by the same company as your "old navy guy." I can't wait to see what else you plan on posting.
@stangtrain posted:These two bears are likely train nuts wearing bear suits: I also have a BigFoot figure that needs to come out of storage for my next post!
Living in a rural area, bears sometimes unknowingly sneak up on people, not only are your scenes fun but also realistic! Let us see that Bigfoot!
@Bill T posted:Looks like Blondie will outrun Bigfoot.
She must have superhuman strength and stamina! As a lover of monster movies, every time humans come in contact with a sasquatch, the blonde tends to bite the dust first.. haha 
@Arnold D. Cribari posted:Extra, Extra, read all about it, aliens from the Andromeda Galaxy land on playing field at Yankee Stadium:
Thanks, Leroof, who gifted the alien to me, making the above scene possible. Arnold
That poor ballplayer never saw it coming. If your alien invader was placed near a small crowd, you should play this in the background!
Orson Welles really got a lot of people with this broadcast. From my understanding/research, people believed this from the looming war clouds in 1938 and the fact that some of audience came in after the show introduction. The Munich Agreement just happened and Nazi Germany was expanding its borders, many Americans watched Europe with worry. At the same time as Welles' show was on, the "Chase and Sanborn hour," played on a different station. After the first act on the "Chase and Sanborn Hour" ended, many tuned into "War of the Worlds" after the introduction which stated that this was all fiction. Some thought it was Aliens, others a German invasion, some even thought it was a natural disaster. My grandfather told me that a few locals in Grover's Mill shot at a water tower thinking it was an alien tripod machine.
Bryce
The adventures of Don and Juan plus their trigger man Fast Finger Freddie.
Don and Juan drive to the other side of the tracks to attend to some " business."
Don and Juan stretch their legs as they wait for their business associate to arrive in their car. Fast Finger Eddie is sleeping in the back seat of Don and Juan's Caddy. 
Business associated Russel and Amillio drive up in their Caddy and started over toward Don and Juan just as Fast Finger Feddie woke up. Don yells over to Russel and Amillio " Stand back out of the way guys! Freddie needs some target practice time and your car looks like a great target! Just want to make sure you guys don't impede our business on this side of the tracks." 
Having taken car of that business Don and Juan with Freddie in the back seat sleeping are off to their next "business appointment." 
@scale rail
Rev Horton Heat has his own signature model of high-end Gretsch guitar. Is that the same guy?
Bryce, I don't have the BIG W on the layout. The original BIG W was on private grounds and the trees finally died. I'm told they might plant new ones. Don
Well friends, I am going to try some new pictures I "imagineered" as Mr. Disney would say. Hope they give you a smile.
Here our astronauts have come home from a long space trip and they are Hungary! So they decide to stop at Micky D's before going back to the NASA Space Center. Trouble is, this guy is not sure he has the 15cents he needs for that burger, after all space suits don't have pockets!!
Well, this is different. The Circus is coming to Small Town to close up their season. When they arrive, they decide to demonstrate their new "Self Unloading" Giraffe Car ... every one gets themselves out, which shortens unload time and lowers labor costs. OBTW, you can see we do have a disabled member of our Giraffe staff, but he is a trooper and handles himself just like the rest (using his self transport device).
OK hope this gave you a little smile. Happy Sunday
Don
@scale rail posted:Bryce, I don't have the BIG W on the layout. The original BIG W was on private grounds and the trees finally died. I'm told they might plant new ones. Don
Don,
There must be a way for you to add those four palm trees to your layout! haha!
I'm glad to hear that they might plant new ones.
@Don McErlean posted:Well friends, I am going to try some new pictures I "imagineered" as Mr. Disney would say. Hope they give you a smile.
Here our astronauts have come home from a long space trip and they are Hungary! So they decide to stop at Micky D's before going back to the NASA Space Center. Trouble is, this guy is not sure he has the 15cents he needs for that burger, after all space suits don't have pockets!!
Well, this is different. The Circus is coming to Small Town to close up their season. When they arrive, they decide to demonstrate their new "Self Unloading" Giraffe Car ... every one gets themselves out, which shortens unload time and lowers labor costs. OBTW, you can see we do have a disabled member of our Giraffe staff, but he is a trooper and handles himself just like the rest (using his self transport device).
Don
Don,
Your post did give me a smile. Maybe the astronaut has enough change in the re-entry vehicle for an order of fries! I like the circus scene too but I think @M. Mitchell Marmel would say "not enough giraffes" 
Happy Sunday!
Bryce
Layout scenes featuring Godzilla or menacing dinosaurs may have borrowed images stored in imagination from scary monster movies. I created a relatively "tame" Dinosaur Park on my layout; one corral for adults, another corral for juveniles. Visitors to the park watch the animal keepers feed the beasts. I placed the Lionel Dinosaur Train Set on the siding that serves the Dino Park, with a limited edition LCCA DINOSAUR gondola added to that set.
My great-grandson Matthew is a "Dinosaur Kid," and he invented a story line for the attached photos -- the dinos are on board the train for traveling to their summer feeding grounds -- returning to their "home" in the park when the season changes.
The Dino Park is located at the corner of the layout near the entry door to the train room. It's the first scene youngsters see upon entering the room.
Mike Mottler LCCA 12394
mottlerm@gmail.com
@Greg Houser posted:Here you go: Wonderfully crazy-funny! Well-done; especially loved the Centipedes about to get stomped!
-Greg
@trumptrain posted:The adventures of Don and Juan plus their trigger man Fast Finger Freddie.
Don and Juan drive to the other side of the tracks to attend to some " business."
Don and Juan stretch their legs as they wait for their business associate to arrive in their car. Fast Finger Eddie is sleeping in the back seat of Don and Juan's Caddy.
Business associated Russel and Amillio drive up in their Caddy and started over toward Don and Juan just as Fast Finger Feddie woke up. Don yells over to Russel and Amillio " Stand back out of the way guys! Freddie needs some target practice time and your car looks like a great target! Just want to make sure you guys don't impede our business on this side of the tracks."
Having taken car of that business Don and Juan with Freddie in the back seat sleeping are off to their next "business appointment."
Both of those "Caddys" are actually prewar Lincoln Continentals.
"Oooh-Oooh!" Here is another fun/silly scene I have completed this evening, Patrol Officers Toody and Muldoon are getting back into their car after their lunch break.
The video is shows the mp3 file that plays when you press a button on the side of my layout (apologies for the shakiness).
The line's busy so ET is having a cigarette break while waiting.
OMG! - Bigfoot just appeared!
Actually I just took him out of my "people" box where he stayed until I saw this thread!
Harry Carry lives on.
At our club we try to put in a few humorous vignettes so visitors can appreciate our work.
Well fellows, its been awhile since anyone posted to this thread but I have really liked the prior photos and scenes.. So I thought with Halloween approaching, I would go down to track side along the Leonardtown and Savannah and see if anything unusual was going on...and here is what I found:
This lovely couple, were celebrating their 250th wedding anniversary on Halloween weekend...decided to take a short trip away from home (Small Town Cemetery) to celebrate the occasion. Luckily the don't get "out" often! 
Some residents of Small Town were excited, it seems that Royalty was coming to visit over the Halloween weekend. I captured this picture of "The Count" arriving at the Depot.
This picture captured the fact that some of the Halloween arrivals did interrupt the normal functions of the RR a small amount. When I took this picture I talked to the unloading crew foreman and he told me that they had decided to "unload this one ....later!"
Happy Halloween everyone.
Don
I love the photos. You are getting in the spirit of the season! 
Oscale train lover; thanks a lot. This thread is fun and I enjoy being a little “nutty”
Don
"Sidewalk" superintendents of a work in progress...
My son took the liberty of adding a number of Lego items to my layout.
While not really at all to scale, they are certainly "Fun".
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I threw up"
We love the funny scenes around the layouts, keep them coming.
Not passing the chance to make another push-button sound scene... the Doctor and his TARDIS decided to visit the layout.
Wow PeterA...the video was great! You should talk to gman7454 it looks like he has a car full of workers for you! Oscaletrainlover...the Tardis and Dr Who fit right in with the Martians in Arizona...loved it. Lego cars, sidewalk supervisors, and cliff sculptures with stomach ailments...Great work and lots of fun. Thanks everyone.
Don
Bryce, on our way home from a TCA convention, we made a stop in Roswell, NM several years ago. The town was full of alien "everything".
A couple from awhile back
I remember the fossils
Some climbers heading up supports to the upper level!
SpaceX Prepares to Lift "0" Scale Astronauts to Orbit, Launching New Era of Spaceflight
Bryce and Arnold team up, and shall now show you, our dear Forum friends, scenes involving the Saint (presented by Bryce), and James Bond (presented by Arnold).
We have an emergency at the Department 56 diner:
Odd Job, Goldfinger and Jaws are about to attack James, as he nonchalantly stands by the Automatic Gateman holding his gun.
In a parallel world as the events of 007 transpire on Arnold's layout....
Sir Roger Moore is Simon Templar, The Saint.
Mr. Templar is a Robbin Hood-like man who is known around the world: he steals from rich criminals but keeps the treasures for himself.
Mr. Templar has a meeting with a nefarious gangster that he has made a deal with in order to put a corrupt businessman behind bars.
The Saint is betrayed and is shot at, a high-speed chase ensues.
The gangster's car is no match for the Volvo P1800! He crashes into some trees and the Saint gets the information from the briefcase in the crashed car.
Mr. Templar returns to the Dept. 56 diner for some coffee and pie.
However, all is not lost. The old adage is true: the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Across the street from the Department 56 Diner is Yankee Stadium. An alien from another galaxy has landed in center field. Holy Cow as Phil Rizutto would say. This is a much greater emergency: a possible inter-galactic war!
James Bond, Odd Job, Goldfinger and Jaws have decided to team up against the alien. I can't wait to see what happens:
Goldfinger goes down!
LOL, Arnold
TCA 2009 Convention having fun with the master chefs at the convention hotel.
I must say that their creations had a lovely journey to the operator's tummies that day! 
Operating Tippy Outhouse with Pranksters
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