a picture a day....

A steamer on permanent display in Bozeman!  Picture taken during a visit there in September, 2019

Another great real live photo Lee.  ..............are you supposed to be at work 😒 or are you on vacation 😉with you running all around getting these photos ?

@lee drennen posted:

These guys were in north St.Louis yesterday

Just playing with the cell phone camera and apps again...

For today: A moving picture

@p51 posted:

Just playing with the cell phone camera and apps again...

Lee - I love what your are doing with your cell phone app!  Your photos look terrific!

@lee drennen posted:

These guys were in north St.Louis yesterday

Nice Lee, I had to take a second look same  colors as Tacoma Rail here is Washington state.

@p51 posted:

Just playing with the cell phone camera and apps again...

Lee your photos of your layout are so real looking! Looks like a nice quite place to live!

McElwain Factory Warehouse, Nashua, NH

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Another great real live photo Lee.  ..............are you supposed to be at work 😒 or are you on vacation 😉with you running all around getting these photos ?

Dallas. Yes I’m at work I can’t help it if I’m stopped somewhere and see a great opportunity to take a pic. One of the reasons I like working the city

@trumpettrain posted:

Lee - I love what your are doing with your cell phone app!  Your photos look terrific!

@mike g. posted:

Lee your photos of your layout are so real looking! Looks like a nice quite place to live!

Thanks, guys!

Someone recently comments that so many people in the hobby are actually modelling other people's layouts, but that I wasn't doing that at all.

I just model the fictional version of a real place I know all too well, an alternate version of it I so desperately wish I could visit in person somehow and have dreamt of since I was a little kid.

When I see my work, some of it turned out better than I'd hoped but none of it ever turns out as I'd imagined it. I just make it as good as I can, and consider myself amazed that it's been so well received.

I thank you all for the kind words.

A good day on the layout

For today: " The commuter station."

Joe, nice to see the P O out there keeping the mail moving

@lee drennen posted:

A good day on the layout

Lee...great scene...I love that yellow / black '57!  What brand diecast is it??

Hi all:  Those of you who may have seen some posts I do for my toy trains, will know that I named my layout the "Leonardtown and Savannah" because those are "bookends" of the places my wife and I have lived. My fictional layout services the docks and wharf's of Savannah (in my imagination) .  However, in the oft told argument that " There is a prototype for everything" imagine my surprise when due to a wrong turn I should encounter the 6.5 mile, Watco short line, which started operations in August of 2019 named...The Savannah and Old Fort RR.  I assume that the "old Fort" logo refers to an actual Revolutionary War Fort, Fort Jackson, that is adjacent to their right of way and is a historical site, still mostly complete and open for visitors.  This real RR services the Savannah wharf area.  Yesterday, when I stumbled into it, they were moving a unit train of covered hoppers from the CSX interchange down to the wharf , for loading or unloading. Since the US does export grain, it may have been headed to a grain ship at the wharf.  Anyway, this is clearly a "new" RR as the loco's wore  shiny new paint jobs and logos.  Take a look.

Here is a shot showing the train, note the street sign, reading "Marine Terminal" rd.

Here is a close up of the lead unit. You can see the Savannah & Old Fort logo on the side, with the picture that resembles the fortified entrance gate of Fort Jackson (still in existence).

Here is the lead unit and her partner. 2 engines on this train

Well, this was a surprise to me.  These engines have a quite new paint job as you can see, not much dirt or wear, they look brand new.

Don

57 Ford Retractable??

After i purchased the Black Label woodsides , I vowed not to buy anything else for the layout...... .......OK....BUT .......I couldnt pass up this woodside boxcar in the photo.  It's been out for awhile but I  previously missed it.

The second photo shows the end of the DuBois Brewing company after losing its battle because of its " DuBois Budweiser name brand product.  The DuBois Brewing Co. chimney was a huge historic presence in the area.