a picture a day....

@Capetrainman posted:

Patrick...some serious scrap metal in that scene...very realistic!  I like the blue / white Mack center left...wondering what process you used to color the tracks to a brownish / rust shade??

Thank you so much Capetrainman!   For the rails I used Floquil paint markers ( like Magic Markers) applying first the Rail Brown with a second application of Rust.   As I'm color blind I rely on the product labels to guide me.  I don't think these markers are still manufactured by as the rest of the Floquil paints for model railroads has been discontinued.  I think? Testors makes these markers in similar colors.  

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Masterfully down and dirty, Patrick, which is one way to go in model railroading that can be very realistic. Arnold

Thanks Arnold!  I'm a big fan of the down and dirty look

@trumptrain posted:

For today: " The scrap pile in the back o town."

Looks like my parts drawer Patrick. 😁

Driving "Miss Daisy" to the station in the Chrysler Town and Country!

Nice photo exposure with that kind of lighting Paul. 😎

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Looks like my parts drawer Patrick. 😁

Dallas - that photo is my parts drawer!   Actually it's where I store all my freight car trucks.

Paul, when you need a tune up for that Chrysler, please stop in at our  friendly "Champion Spark Plug location, for a new set of plugs on the house'....😃

@trumptrain posted:

Dallas - that photo is my parts drawer!   Actually it's where I store all my freight car trucks.

OK  Patrick..........

........if........ it is true what you say about that being your truck storage area............what a creative solution .             I can't wait to start moving mine out of my inventory drawer tomorrow .

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Paul, when you need a tune up for that Chrysler, please stop in at our  friendly "Champion Spark Plug location, for a new set of plugs on the house'....😃

Will do Ted...she's running a little sluggish...like me the, '47 will need a new set of Champions before too long...

Some night time running.  This train stopped long enough for Shoestring to jump off and join some fellow hobos for supper.

Morning guys, just wanted to say what great photos you all are posting! Thank you so much!

For today: " The locomotive service area 1954. "  

@mike g. posted:

Morning guys, just wanted to say what great photos you all are posting! Thank you so much!

No two ways about it Mike.       It's really great to see all these photos and videos.   It sure seems to beat all the more there is on THE  TUBE.    The people here seem to be getting the hang of the  visual value in this forum.    Maybe not being together in person for sharing or problem solving but it sure is a step in the right direction.

Have some fun Mike and be careful. 🤗

For today: " A truck hauling trucks."

Great scene Patrick...I like the oil / diesel residue on the truck bed...those guys have a full load right there...!

Patrick W, fantastic layout and detail!

Great scene Patrick! But isnt it a big load for such a small truck? LOL

@trumptrain posted:

For today: " A truck hauling trucks."

Perfect!! Great depth of field here with the bright noon sunlight coming in over your right shoulder. Action in focus, Background gives depth with slight blur!! Saweet. Portrait mode or low aperture?

Great action, I would need a heat pad on my back after loading up. <salute>

Very nice, Pat!

Some days, you just gotta run trains...

@p51 posted:

Some days, you just gotta run trains...

Loooks like a fall day in Grand Maris, Minnesota North Shore!! I can smell Cool Air, Hot cocoa served in the passenger cars, and hear that Kewl Steam Whistle! Very Nice P51, Very Nice..... just like sittin there

@p51 posted:

Some days, you just gotta run trains...

Nice weathering on that too Lee. 🤓

@p51 posted:

Some days, you just gotta run trains...

Lee - Is it real or is it Lee?  AWESOME video!!!!

Thanks for the kind words, gents!

Lee, great little video! It shows a wonderful train on an outstanding layout! As Patrick stated it is real or Lee! Great job!

Great shot Patrick, nice weathering on the truck and a good scene captured by nice photography.

Lee I have to agree with Patrick, I thought it was real and was expecting one of those BNSF engines you usually catch while railfanning.  I should have given more credence to "Some days, you just gotta run trains..."

For today: " The switch job."

Appropriate since it's Switcher Saturday.

Patrick, Wonderful photo! Looks like you have a great crew working today!

Thanks MikeG and Coach Joe!

I was in Winlock earlier this evening. Long after the gates went down for a southbound, a local in a pickup truck when around the gates. I was standing right there with my camera on sport mode, and caught him with several photographs as he went by. You should have seen the look on his face when he realised someone was taking pictures of him doing that.

If he'd been through there about 5 seconds later, he'd have gotten hit by this:

For today: " Monday morning at the team track seems to be all about milk."

Lee, I swear I was with the wife all day, We didn't leave Hood Canal area! LOL

Patrick, Great Photo, I remember back in the day we would get milk in glass jars delivered to the house until one day the milk man ran over our dog! The next time he came by he ended up with 4 flat tires! Still cant figure out who did that!

Nothing like a car rally on a warm spring night with a little pizza and maybe a cold one

Great pics everyone I’m so far behind. Happy Spring. I took this last year at De Soto Missouri

Cool photo Lee!

Here's something no visitor to the layout has ever noticed, a Jeep and GMC 2.5 ton truck in the tree line in the back of the area behind the tracks which run behind the general store and the cornfield.

The Jeep is 1:48 scale and the truck is 1:50 scale, each a little too small in scale for everything else on the layout.

For today: " Remembering one year ago when this precious commodity train rolled into Patsburg."

Took this in St. Louis today never knew they move whole Switches this way pretty cool.

@lee drennen posted:

Took this in St. Louis today never knew they move whole Switches this way pretty cool.

Wow Lee...........and when I saw MTH  gondolas loaded with switches, I thought,  how hokey could MTH be. 😆

Thanks for this photo 😉