a picture a day....

@trumptrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  It's the day before Thanksgiving and last night's snow fall has blanketed the Westend area of Patsburg.  Christmas decorations align the streets in preparation for the upcoming holiday season which officially begins tomorrow.    The Patsburg Public Works Dept will have their work cut out for them today getting the street ready for tomorrow's annual Thanksgiving Day Parade.  

Bucky Giles stands on the curb early this morning surveying the surroundings.  He will soon board this streetcar which will transport him to work at the offices of the Free State Junction Railroad where he counts beans.  

You are an artist!! Great shot! Well done

@trumptrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  It's the day before Thanksgiving and last night's snow fall has blanketed the Westend area of Patsburg.  Christmas decorations align the streets in preparation for the upcoming holiday season which officially begins tomorrow.    The Patsburg Public Works Dept will have their work cut out for them today getting the street ready for tomorrow's annual Thanksgiving Day Parade.  

Bucky Giles stands on the curb early this morning surveying the surroundings.  He will soon board this streetcar which will transport him to work at the offices of the Free State Junction Railroad where he counts beans.  

Great shot Pat'.. looks real'.. (BTW) Congrats on your article in the O Gauge Magazine.  Not easy to get published in it'.. Nice job'.. 👌😉📸✔

A different view of my layout, one I don't usually see myself unless I pop open the access hatch.

The fabled Super Chief.

For those familiar with the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, the real ones may be familiar.  I was inspired to set this up when I went through on one of my Empire Builder trips.

Here's an angle you've never seen before of my layout:

This was taken from outside the window into the room, the opposite direction every other photo I've posted was oriented.

@trumptrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  It's the day before Thanksgiving and last night's snow fall has blanketed the Westend area of Patsburg.  Christmas decorations align the streets in preparation for the upcoming holiday season which officially begins tomorrow.    The Patsburg Public Works Dept will have their work cut out for them today getting the street ready for tomorrow's annual Thanksgiving Day Parade.  

Bucky Giles stands on the curb early this morning surveying the surroundings.  He will soon board this streetcar which will transport him to work at the offices of the Free State Junction Railroad where he counts beans.  

Excellent job on the snow Pat!  I would rather be Bucky counting beans than the Public Works folks on a day like this. 

@Mark Boyce posted:

Wood, I have the same hobby shop, but only one Lionel service vehicle.  I hope to make my town scene as good looking as yours.

Pat, Yes roll out the barrel for a barrel of fun!

Mark, I agree with Dallas, Great lighting on a wonderful scene!

Thank you, Mark.  You will.  You are a detailed modeler.  It will come.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving we are all so blessed.

@Wood posted:

Thank you, Mark.  You will.  You are a detailed modeler.  It will come.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving we are all so blessed.

Thank you!!  Have a blessed Thanksgiving!

@ScoutingDad posted:

@trumptrain  wow a different view of Patsburg!  Nicely done. Snow fall is a nice touch.

I though you mentioned vacuuming it up on an earlier thread. Any issues with getting it down and then back up again with minimal effect on the layout?  Jeff

Thanks so much ScoutingDad!    No problem at all with the snow going down.  As for taking the snow off the layout.  It was a somewhat involved process.  I first scooped up what snow I could and put it in a plastic container for later use.   I then used my shop vac to get the rest.  

I was prototypical in putting the snow down because I let it cover existing shrubbery ( lichen ) .  It took a little doing to shake the snow off the shrubs ... there were many.  Next time I will remove the shrubbery first before putting down the snow or at least reduce the amount of shrubbery.    I must admit that the snow covered shrub did offer a real looking contour for  the scene I did on the Mountain Division ... not so much in the most recent shot because there is really no shrubbery on this part of the layout.

@trumptrain posted:

Thank you so much Dallas!!

You are most welcome Patrick.    And thank you for sharing.

Sitka, QuarterGauger ( Ted ) and Mark -  thank you all for your very kind words complimenting my most recent post.    Ted I'm delighted that you liked my article appearing in the current copy of OGR Magazine!   Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

@p51 posted:

Here's an angle you've never seen before of my layout:

This was taken from outside the window into the room, the opposite direction every other photo I've posted was oriented.

That's a nice '32 Ford 5-window in a realistic setting. Better keep us street rodders away from it!

Time to start stocking up on Coal.

@trumptrain posted:

Sitka, QuarterGauger ( Ted ) and Mark -  thank you all for your very kind words complimenting my most recent post.    Ted I'm delighted that you liked my article appearing in the current copy of OGR Magazine!   Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Congratulations on that article and Patrick Have a Great Thanksgiving Today

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone, enjoy your day, enjoy your trains, and be Thankful for your family’s and our great USA. Thank you all for posting so many nice pictures, scenes, videos and Likes, it’s a fun hobby. I love the holidays. Happy Railroading Everyone

Service from days gone by. 1969 Plymouth Fury getting gas, the attendant even cleans the spotlight.

FOR TODAY:  Early Thanksgiving morning Santa arrives by train!  He will be the Grand Marshall in today's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Patsburg!!  Ho Ho Ho!!!  ... NOT just another day on the railroad!                          Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

@Dave Ripp. posted:

Service from days gone by. 1969 Plymouth Fury getting gas, the attendant even cleans the spotlight.

Dave, I remember those days, my first job in High School was a service station attendant! Gas it up, check the hood, inspect the tires, and wash the front and rear windows.

Remember the first, "Back to the Future", scene when Marty McFly first arrives in 1955?! The gas station is hilarious. Here's a link to the YouTube clip.

https://youtu.be/WY2w2-CAKgM

@WesternPacific2217 posted:

Dave, I remember those days, my first job in High School was a service station attendant! Gas it up, check the hood, inspect the tires, and wash the front and rear windows.

Remember the first, "Back to the Future", scene when Marty McFly first arrives in 1955?! The gas station is hilarious. Here's a link to the YouTube clip.

https://youtu.be/WY2w2-CAKgM

Yes 4 attendants was a bit much, but I sure remember the ‘service’ station.

Hi guys what great photos!

@trumptrain Patrick what great snow scenes! You have that special skill of making your layout so realistic it is just amazing!

@p51, Lee wonderful photo from outside! At one point in time I had a 32 Ford 5 window that I was going to hotrod but when I moved I had no place to store it so I had to sell it!

@Dave Ripp. Great scene, when I was in high school, I worked at a Union 76 full-service station! Sometimes it was work to find things to keep busy and other times it was running your rear off!

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

This is a tad off topic, but appropos of Dave Ripp's 'Full Service' gas station scene and the link to a "Back to the Future" scene provided by WesternPacific2217 Scott.  In the YouTube clip, in and idealized small town, November of 1955, a boy comes clomping by on spring-soled shoes.

Twenty years ago a grandson riding in the back seat of our car told my late wife (perhaps for the fifth or sixth time) that for Christmas he wanted a jetpack so he could fly.  My wife then explained to her grandson that as a child, she had wanted spring-soled shoes for Christmas because the advertisement in a magazine showed a youngster jumping over a building.  She did not receive the shoes, she explained, but she was happy anyway.

The grandson's response: "Grammy, can you get me some of those shoes?"

@Bill Swatos posted:

That's a nice '32 Ford 5-window in a realistic setting. Better keep us street rodders away from it!

Thats a Brooklyn metal 1/43 scale model. Caught more than a little grief on another forum for weathering (and removing the side windows) on a 'collectible'. I nabbed it quite affordably off eBay, but they usually retail at over a hundred bucks.

Diecast collectors aren't keen on weathering one. Here it is before and after I first got it.

@mike g. posted:

Hi guys what great photos!

@trumptrain Patrick what great snow scenes! You have that special skill of making your layout so realistic it is just amazing!

@p51, Lee wonderful photo from outside! At one point in time I had a 32 Ford 5 window that I was going to hotrod but when I moved I had no place to store it so I had to sell it!

@Dave Ripp. Great scene, when I was in high school, I worked at a Union 76 full-service station! Sometimes it was work to find things to keep busy and other times it was running your rear off!

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

Thanks Mikeg for your very kind words.  

@lee drennen posted:

Congratulations on that article and Patrick Have a Great Thanksgiving Today

Thank you so much Lee.  I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  

FOR TODAY:  The Transition Era in railroad history must have been an amazingly exciting time to experience. All the new and interesting diesel locomotive designs that the various manufactures were producing, the 1930's Art Deco streamline passenger car designs still on the rails, the freight cars from the 1920s and perhaps before, older passenger cars from the early part of the 20th century, all coexisting on the rails with steam and electric locomotives!!  A rail fan would be in total suspense as to what was coming down the rails next!  

I imagine rail fanning would be something like this:  Sitting on a hillside watching trains I witnesses ... a short freight train's caboose stopped just outside the high line tunnel.  Once the train gets moving the caboose will be swallowed up by the tunnel.   Another freight pulled by a an -0-8-0 steam locomotive ( bushes are blocking the view ) trundles across  the Bollman bridge on the Mountain Division.   Wait! .... Wait!! ... I hear something that sounds like a diesel locomotive off in the distance .. perhaps coming from inside the lower tunnel!!  It's getting louder and louder!  Butterflys flutter in my stomach.  It's almost here!    WOW!!  I wonder what kind of locomotive it is?!  

Wowweeewowwee wow!!!!  A Train Master!!!  Incredible!!! The first one I've ever seen!!  Incredible!!!  ... just another day on the railroad ( and exciting at that! )

@p51 posted:

Thats a Brooklyn metal 1/43 scale model. Caught more than a little grief on another forum for weathering (and removing the side windows) on a 'collectible'. I nabbed it quite affordably off eBay, but they usually retail at over a hundred bucks.

Diecast collectors aren't keen on weathering one. Here it is before and after I first got it.

Nice to see the "before and after." And, now that I can see the grille and cowl, I realize that she's a '31 Model A. Regardless, she likely looks great on your layout from any angle!

@trumptrain posted:

Great shot, as always, Patrick!

It's so nice to have a, "once in a lifetime moment" any time you'd like, isn't it?

@lee drennen posted:

Time to start stocking up on Coal.

That's an awfully nice '57 Fairlane to be loading coal into. The '48 Ford pickup is a better choice...

The '57 Galaxy yellow and black is about as sharp as they come...great scene, Lee...

City street on The South Fork Railroad

@W&W posted:

City street on The South Fork Railroad

Very nice picture. I've yet to light up my town.

Thanks for the inspiration.

@p51 posted:

Great shot, as always, Patrick!

It's so nice to have a, "once in a lifetime moment" any time you'd like, isn't it?

Thanks so much Lee!   Agreed ... a once in a life time moment any time we like it ... is a wonderful thing!

@W&W posted:

City street on The South Fork Railroad

Makes me want to go for a stroll downtown Craig . Nice

LC+ Erie Camelback

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

LC+ Erie Camelback

Nothing better than fishing and trains

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

LC+ Erie Camelback

Not familiar with this scene of your layout sir.    Nice Camelback and nice composition in your photo Arnold.

Hunter looking in on that big buck, then making that adjustment on his scope. Buy a veteran launch.

The fishing and hunting (and I’ll add camping) scenes on layouts are great!  I plan to add my dad and his two fly fishing friends on the stream when I get to building scenery.

FOR TODAY:  Somewhere in the wilderness of the Free State Junction Railway's Mountain Division a flanger plow passes a black bear presumably  in search of food.