On a cold winter night we have three sections of the Oblivion Limited waiting to make the midnight run from Ophir.

Nice work everyone'  Thanks for posting.  Let's keep going... Up to four pages..👍😁 Randy, great layout shots.. Bob, very dramatic... I Love the smoke and stacks'...

Night cap anyone'...'🍸

Quarter Gauger (Ted), how about some “imagineering” video just before the break of dawn?

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Night cap anyone'...'🍸

Love this scene.

Strap Hanger, All I can say is'

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW👍😁

Arnold, here is another pic for you..  Typical realistic NY City scene..'.😏 Some where on 7th Avenue...

The seedy side of town....

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Night cap anyone'...'🍸

Wow! Just dissecting this picture, the modeling is really great. The bar sign is really well done and the with the incandescent light on top, all the way down to the grass of different sizes growing by the telephone pole. Then there is the electric meter and the phone, both on a very well done brick wall. Really well thought out and done!

The early morning gloom of a dark, damp tunnel is illuminated by a fast approaching BNSF intermodal train.

ConrailFan , thank you for the very nice comments'.  Here is the main photo of the build'.  A daylight shot'.. You can see the details better'...

Ted, your attention to detail is phenomenal!

WOW!! I see a whole bunch more, really nice!

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Ted, your attention to detail is phenomenal!

Thank you very much Artie'..  Much appreciated'.. 😁👍

The yard at night ... Revelations of a full moon.

Freight yard nighttime ops.

' Wow', Patrick; Kevin; Craig; and Skip'.. Beautiful night scenarios and layout action shots'... Talent and excellent imagination at work here'.. Thank you very much for your contributions to the thread'....📸🎃

Kevin, that is a great shot'... You do a nice job with your attic layout'...👍

Bye bye honey, I'll miss you'...

Melrose lane'

What a neat thread this is, great photos.

Here's a couple of angles of my downtown, first photo with lights on about 12-13 volts, and second photo dimmed down to about 8-9 volts:

Night shot on the EGT:

Paul K, what great photos'.. I really like the lower voltage shot'.. Very realistic'.. And wow', that is one heck of a city'... very cool'...

Tom, nice shot also of a steamer and tower'...👍

Thanks guys for posting'...✔

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

                                       Oil paint illustration

@briansilvermustang posted:

          think I was seeing things this morning after that train ride last night...

Wow Ted  ,great thread.

Just looking at a couple of these photos makes me wonder what all the brushes and canvases are really useful for in my studio / layout room .🤔   

Beautiful stuff here . 🙄

Dallas, I'm happy you enjoy the thread'.  We are getting some excellent photographs and contributions'...  The theme is imagination'.. and night shots.  However, any imaginative photo is more than welcome'..... You have a terrific layout, I'd like to see you post a few pics'...😊📸

Ted , it will use up a lot of my gray matter ,but somehow I'll have to get something figured out for a photo or two.

I certainly feel compelled to get some photos since I've only responded with written replies and the amazing photos that forumites have posted are really creative.

Thanks for your comments Ted.

Dallas, no nitpicking on this thread.  All and every photo is welcome'.. Day, night, and otherwise'....😁 beginners are welcome'. No one should feel intimidated.. by the scope of photos posted by extremely experienced model photographers. I recommend just point and shoot.. than go from there... Like everything else, practice makes perfect'.... 

Halloween Night Video

https://youtu.be/3_qDtllrY_U

Wow, more than a few buck$ spent on some very cool Halloween equipment'..'

Night operations:   MOW crew works in the O dark 30 hour. Midnight commuter train.

Very cool shots Patrick'.. I like the way the MOW caboose is lighted shining on the back door... NICE'..✔👍

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Very cool shots Patrick'.. I like the way the MOW caboose is lighted shining on the back door... NICE'..✔👍

Thanks so much Ted!   I seemed to get lucky on that one

@W&W posted:

The 3 guys sitting in front of the barber shop look suspicious! I like the two silver Pontiac Goat's. I'm guessing as it's dark and I can only see the front and back of each Pontiac that they are '67 model year, the last year of that body style. Very cool scene.

@Tom Q Fan posted:

Night shot on the EGT:

The lighting is awesome in this B&W photo, nicely done!