a picture a day....

p51, love those old pics and very realistic

@sidehack posted:

p51, love those old pics and very realistic

Thanks, Ray, that means a lot considering the quality of your own work.

Ever since I was a kid, I've considered myself a historian. it made it easier to call myself that when I started getting published in various history-related magazines and getting to do 'talking head' work for a couple of networks in the past, such as this example. But growing up, I did living history events as far back as I can remember (the first, I think, was when I was around 4).

Over the years, I've flown a B-24 bomber, ran a steam engine from the engineer's seat, jumped out of a real WW2 landing craft dressed as a GI, and shot civil war artillery so often in my youth I couldn't count the number of times I heard stuff go boom. Oh, I also have a 1944 Willys Jeep in the garage as well, though I've been very slack about running it this summer with no events to go to:

I consider my layout to be an extension of that. Though it's a fictional branchline of a real RR, I think of whenever I run trains, it's a re-enactment of the 1940s, just in O scale. These days, I'm focusing mostly on getting more and more historically accurate small details into the layout. That is my happy place.

So it shouldn't come as any shock to see that I like getting photos that look like they were actually taken then.

          very nice Lee !!

Trumptrain, cool picture of coming and going or front and rear beautiful diesels, cool idea. Mines on the table getting ready to head to the ready track... Happy Railroading Everyone 

Catching the night trains at the station.

The Great Northern and Milwaukee electrics passing by on the S&Y RR.

TGIF, Thank the Lord it’s Friday, happy weekend everyone.... and Happy Railroading 

For today: " A profile of power."

@Bill T posted:

The Great Northern and Milwaukee electrics passing by on the S&Y RR.

Great photo, such a shame this didn't happen in real life, where both could be seen running on adjacent tracks...

                                                  A little White Castle action at NJ Hirailers.

I took an older photo I liked and played around with it...

Delivering tranformers

For today Saturday August 29, 2020: " Scrap loading."

A Lionel D&RG switcher moving a couple boxcars to its delivery point.

Lionel Weyerhaeuser Timber Mogul

For today: " It's Monday morning .... the work week begins!"

Patrick don’t remind us. Took this the other day in St. Louis