a picture a day....

K-Line scale Mikado getting a workout on the S&Y RR.

An American Company

For today: From the Postwar Paradise Collection ... " The ballast tamper." 

BAR GP7#63, The ground-work is fabulous.

@Moonson posted:

BAR GP7#63, The ground-work is fabulous.

 

FrankM. Thank you Sir. 🤝

Johan

A freight train passing the lake.

Hobo jam session

A shot of our layout in progress.  We just installed the red edging on the layout.  

@t8afao posted:

A shot of our layout in progress.  We just installed the red edging on the layout.  

 

Love the red!

It looks like you added welting to the top.

Nice touch.

Is the red an upholstery fabric?

@jpc posted:

It looks like you added welting to the top.

Nice touch.

Is the red an upholstery fabric?

The top of the layout is sound board and pink foam. The edging is 1/8 mdf painted red. The end of the layout will have a mountain and has a 78 inch curve.  The 1/8 .do is easy to bend. 

These are two photos of our 2012 Christmas train store at Richardson Farms in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition to being our store's demonstration layout, the train layout was also for the benefit of the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. Collection boxes were at 2 corners of the layout for voluntary donations to the cause. 100% of the donations went to the Children's Center. Bravo, to our customers and the general public for their generosity.

Posing with me, below, is one of the many Johns Hopkins Children's Center success stories, Bridget Dively, the Children's Center's 2012 poster child. Bridget was born with severely damaged heart. After many surgeries as an infant and toddler, Bridget is a healthy child expected to live a happy life. Seeing such miracles of medicine gave special meaning to our charity campaign. Thanks to all who donated.

For today: Post war Paradise Series  " 2065 on the station approach track"

That's a very good photo T-train! Really makes the 2065 massive looking.

Andre

The D&RG running on the S&Y RR

For today: From the Postwar Paradise Series ... a follow up to yesterdays photo ... with 2065 smoking it up at the point, it  glides by the station platform, passengers will soon disembark and embark this fine postwar consist.  I got these passenger cars when I was in 6th grade ... cost new then was about $8.00 per car.   

One of my favorite pics of this truck 

The Empire State Building dominates the skyline.

For today:  " Meet at the portal."

Let the classics roll...

Great Northern transitioning to Sky Blue

T8afao, Wow, I like the red borders, very cool idea, you chose the perfect color of red. In the mid 1970’s, there was a really nice man in Chattanooga Tennessee that had a 25 by 25 layout in his basement, it had a beautiful red border board 1 by 4, attached at a 45 degree angle all around the walk around layout, I always thought it to be a cool idea. Everyone, your pictures are Amazing. Have a fun Thursday. Happy Railroading  (my friend Owen Fox is looking at his new Lionel Legacy Mountain Steamer L&N Black in color). 

Randy, nice use of the Empire State foam jigsaw puzzle.

CSXT  #8257 EMD SD40-2 in full Chessie System colors takes a spin on the NYS&W turntable at Little Ferry, NJ on Saturday July 3, 1988. #8257 will be the lead unit on Westbound stack train SU-99.

                                                                             MY PHOTO    

Sister RR's, the Northern Pacific and Great Northern.

Wow, it’s  Friday, TGIF, Amaxingly  It’s in the Mail, snail mail, but it’s going to arrive Someday, and this is what’s coming. I’ve always loved the Jie Lionel Hudson, this one however is K-Line, and I like the looks. Happy Railroading Everyone. 

For today:  " Within the early morning shadow." 

From and earlier iteration of our layout, here is Cruella De Vil's mansion. The Dalmatian puppies have Cruella cornered on the road behind the bare birch tree, very near her car.

Busy main line at the curve.

B&A passes through tunnel by motorcycle factory

For today:  A little boy's view ... " 2056 Exiting Portal 1956 into the present."