a picture a day....

Threefir Wednesday!   " Switch job "

briansilvermustang posted:

 

This would be a great Menards Jeep kit bash!

Fourfir Thursday. " The Heavy Lifter "

Friday's five.  " The Hostler " 

Twofir Tuesday.  " The cabin car "

briansilvermustang posted:

 

The issue-made railroad wheel sets for Jeeps are extremely rare (there were several different variants., it seems). Some might say a set would be worth more than the Jeep you'd bolt them to.

The Army transportation museum at Fort Eustis has an excellent rail Jeep on display, which I took these photos of last year:

A rail Jeep model wouldn't be tough to make in standard gauge for O, but you couldn't make a wheeled vehicle work for a narrow gauge back then, so sadly I'll never be able to have one for my own 1943-era layout...

On Saturday, I stopped at a spot on the BNSF/UP/Amtrak main line at Tenino WA, and only waited maybe 3 minutes before a grain train came through. These are photos of each end of the same train. I especially like how the tail end (with the Citirail unit) photo turned out:

" on the edge of town "

Four Thursday.  " It's Summertime and that mean ICE CREAM!! "

          Patrick, don't let "IZZY" see this one...    she loves ice cream 

Briansilvermustang, We see streets like that on model train layouts, with a row of nice houses very close-to and facing a railroad track, but not so much in real life; at least, that has been my experience. So, this photo from you is a real treat. The train seems to roll down the lane as casual as a truck looking to make a delivery!

FrankM