a picture a day....

@lee drennen posted:

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

MTH actually made some flat cars with switch loads.

Ron

@Dallas Joseph posted:

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

Thanks for this photo 😉

I know.  I thought they were hokey too, then I saw a photograph like this.  I never saw one in person.  Nice catch Lee.

Yes, Lee, They've been shipping them that way for at least 20+ years. They bolt together pretty quick out in the field, too, when prefabbed at the assembly plant. We used to get them in Gons, but, like this one, they use former TOFC flats, modified for the task.

Rusty

Thanks for the complements guys as the info in this.  I’m glad you like the pic that’s why I took it for you guys to enjoy seeing something different.

For today: "This morning down at the rail yard."  

@lee drennen posted:

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

Two and a half yrs ago I watched this real time on the tube replacing a diamond, took several hrs. Here a time laps of replacing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbdReCdV6_A

(edited to say diamond)

@Trussman posted:

Two and a half yrs ago I watched this real time on the tube replacing a diamond, took several hrs. Here a time laps of replacing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbdReCdV6_A

(edited to say diamond)

Thanks for the info they were getting ready to go to work on unloading this when I snapped this pic.

Here’s one for today. A little “Uncle Pete” Truck Trailer Service

Just goe to show there's a prototype for everything.

For today: " Country morning ... farmer Krebs on his tractor and a way freight trundles across the bridge.

I took these this morning:

@lee drennen posted:

Thanks for the complements guys as the info in this.  I’m glad you like the pic that’s why I took it for you guys to enjoy seeing something different.

Lee, I like the St. Louis scene you captured...I may have to attempt to duplicate it by putting an unused switch with wooden ties on an empty gondola car

Your UP rig is sharp...can't beat the UP color and graphics format...well maybe Santa Fe warbonnet could give UP a run Both are favorites of mine...thanks for posting...

Morning guys, what great photos! I have been off the computer for a few days as the kids and grandkids came to visit and my office is also the guest room. I find it to hard to write on the cell phone so that's why I haven't commented lately.

Lee D, wonderful picture of the switch! I also thought it was a joke when Menards put it out. but that shows how much I know! LOL

Patrick, as always entertaining photos! I always get a smile when I see your pictures!

Lee, I just love the BNSF photos! I really wish I lived closer to some tracks!

Well its Friday and I hope you all have a great weekend!

For today: " Business as usual."

Visiting my sister in Florida.  Took this picture from the Oak and Stone patio atop a hotel in Brandon.

For today: " Morning sunlight scatters throughout the valley."

Trump train:  WOW what a great picture. The foreground scenery blends really well with your mountain top background.

Don

Everyone, fantastic pictures everyone, yesterday, driving along Riverside Drive, along the river in Clarksville, Tennessee, I noticed the RJ Corman swivel bridge turned to the center position do to the high water, allowing tug boats to pass through. Happy Railroading Everyone

The Charles Street Yard is coming to life finally...the ABBA F 3's that will pull the Super Chief next week came in for service this weekend after 5 years in boxes...changed the battery and she rived right up

@trumptrain posted:

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

Ha ha. This is so 2020! Thanks for sharing this little gem!

@Capetrainman posted:

The Charles Street Yard is coming to life finally...the ABBA F 3's that will pull the Super Chief next week came in for service this weekend after 5 years in boxes...changed the battery and she rived right up

I see you've been hard at work'...The yard looks as good as those ATSF beauties'....

I took these this afternoon at Tenino, WA, and these aren't all the trains I saw during those 2-or-so-hours!

Patrick, I have to agree with Don, Great scene and what a wonderful back drop area with the mountains! It looks so real!

Larry, n9ice photos, they have one of those bridges in Seattle for Auto's not trains. But its still cool how they pivot in the center!

Paul, I am glad you were able to get a crew together to get the 5 year mothballed engines out and do what they can to get them ready for the big job ahead of them, I am thinking that when there done getting the ABBA F3's ready for the Super Chief you should give them a little paid vacation for going above and beyond normal work! LOL Looks Outstanding!

Lee, wonderful shots! Its nice to see BNSF and UP sharing the same rail!

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

For today: " Construction of a new addition to the barrel warehouse."

Thank you Mike g., this bridge was totally repaired and repainted a couple of years ago, and it lights up on the weekends in different colors. Today, I had another reason to go down by the riverside and saw this big steamboat. “American Duchess”, who knows where from. Again, the bridge was in the swivel position. Made in 1939. Happy Railroading Everyone.

What goes on under the bridge'...👀

For today: " A Pano shot showing JAHN'S with a P 51 Mustang fighter aircraft on the roof ( it draws . customers to JAHN'S being the owner was WW2 vet ) Lake Christopher and Mt. Randolph."

Ted, great scene! A hot babe can make everything look great!

Patrick, outstanding! Where I grew up there was a hotel that had a Cessna airplane on the roof! I don't know why it was 3-4 miles from the airport. But if you could get to the roof it was a cool photo to be in! LOL

@Don McErlean posted:

Trump train:  WOW what a great picture. The foreground scenery blends really well with your mountain top background.

Don

Don - thanks so much!  I'm thrilled you like the photo

@mike g. posted:

Patrick, I have to agree with Don, Great scene and what a wonderful back drop area with the mountains! It looks so real!

Larry, n9ice photos, they have one of those bridges in Seattle for Auto's not trains. But its still cool how they pivot in the center!

Paul, I am glad you were able to get a crew together to get the 5 year mothballed engines out and do what they can to get them ready for the big job ahead of them, I am thinking that when there done getting the ABBA F3's ready for the Super Chief you should give them a little paid vacation for going above and beyond normal work! LOL Looks Outstanding!

Lee, wonderful shots! Its nice to see BNSF and UP sharing the same rail!

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

mike g.- so glad you liked the scene!  Thanks so much for your kind words!

I took these on Napavine Hill, south of Chehalis, WA late yesterday afternoon

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

What goes on under the bridge'...👀

Ted, the value of that pick-up is soaring! Great scene

"Crew change on the Cheshire".  Took this pic years ago on my friend's O Scale B&M Cheshire Branch RR, then played around with a black/white filter.

Ted that scene made me laugh.

Patrick, I never noticed the P-51atop Jahn's before.  I guess whenever I saw the building I would start thinking about the ice cream.  We had a Jahn's only a short bus-ride or long walk away.

An M1b exits the tunnel.

@mike g. posted:

Ted, great scene! A hot babe can make everything look great!

Patrick, outstanding! Where I grew up there was a hotel that had a Cessna airplane on the roof! I don't know why it was 3-4 miles from the airport. But if you could get to the roof it was a cool photo to be in! LOL

Yes, that reminds me of a Cessna on the roof of an ice cream stand on top of the hill before the long descent to Tionesta, Pennsylvania on the Allegheny River.

Took these yesterday afternoon

For today: " There's a light in the tunnel."

Patrick , looking at this Scene like so many of your

@trumptrain posted:

For today: " 

Looking at so many of your scenes with so much going on leaves one forgetting that this is a 3 rail system .      Done really well Patrick .😉

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Patrick , looking at this Scene like so many of your

Looking at so many of your scenes with so much going on leaves one forgetting that this is a 3 rail system .      Done really well Patrick .😉

Many thanks Dallas.