a picture a day....

Scratch built tool shed under construction to keep the tractors in.

@p51 posted:

Just finished playing with my cell on the layout:

Spectacular photos Lee!!!  I especially like the middle one .... to me it has an old faded photograph quality.  Love the two me standing in front of the building.  Keep playing with your cell.  You are definitely on to something!

For today:  Hail Hail The Gangs All Here!  

Most of these bonafide characters congregate down at the switch tower every morning.  They're all retired from the railroad but still love to come and sit by the tracks, watch trains go by, drink coffee or pop, and tell tales from back in the day ... some of those tales are quite tall, I must tell you, but none-the-less always entertaining.  

@trumpettrain posted:

For today:  Hail Hail The Gangs All Here!  

Most of these bonafide characters congregate down at the switch tower every morning.  They're all retired from the railroad but still love to come and sit by the tracks, watch trains go by, drink coffee or pop, and tell tales from back in the day ... some of those tails are quite tall, I must tell you, but none-the-less always entertaining.  

Patrick, looks like a great group of guys. I am sure the have some whoppers to tell. But I don't think they would be any better the the stories you tell us about them!

@trumpettrain posted:

Spectacular photos Lee!!!  I especially like the middle one .... to me it has an old faded photograph quality.  Love the two me[n] standing in front of the building. 

Thanks. Like you, I place figures where it makes sense and you get an idea of what's going on and not just randomly scattered.

Latest update on the ES&I Railroad.

Ladies in their garden.

@Crazy J RR posted:

Latest update on the ES&I Railroad.

That is some excellent art work and paintings'.  The dramatic sky is very good.. clouds are very cool..... Nice looking layout'...

@Curt Henion posted:

Ladies in their garden.

Curt, that sure is a very well landscaped garden'.... Nice work indeed'...👍😀

Hey Quarter Gauger 48, it took a while to drill all of those little holes and plant everything in rows. Just like a real garden.

FOR TODAY: " It's  Saturday and a great day for a trolley ride!"

Picked up passengers from the arriving B&O train at Patsburg Union Station.

The trolley trundles over the coach yard.

The trolley glides over Patsburg Ave.  with Patsburg Union Station in background. Henry Valenski, seen standing on the corner, just got off the trolley at the elevated station ( not in view ) down the block.     He's now waiting for his date,  Mandy Mae,  to show.  The've been dating for just over 3 months now.   Once she shows up they will go to dinner and then  catch  the new movie everyone's been talking about ... Gone With The Wind at the State Theatre in Patsburg's posh Westend Neighborhood.   With the flowers he sent Mandy Mae this afternoon, plus dinner, and a romantic movie Henry is hoping he will get lucky tonight.  

As the trolley is about to enter Big Rock Tunnel the passengers get their final view of MT. Randolph in the background.  No one even notices the brand new Western Maryland BL2 exiting Easterly Tunnel on the main line below.  

Great angles, Patrick!

Curt, great looking garden. I was going to show it to the wife, but then she would want me to plant one on my layout! LOL

Patrick, what great photos and Lee is right wonderful angles. The best part is your story, to me with out your story it would just be more photos of a layout! You always make my day! Thank You!

@p51 posted:

Great angles, Patrick!

Thanks Lee!   I've learned about camera angles from you over the years .... thank you for that!  

@mike g. posted:

Curt, great looking garden. I was going to show it to the wife, but then she would want me to plant one on my layout! LOL

Patrick, what great photos and Lee is right wonderful angles. The best part is your story, to me with out your story it would just be more photos of a layout! You always make my day! Thank You!   I appreciate your enthusiasm!  Thanks so much!!

Mike G.  I appreciate your enthusiasm!  Thanks so much!

My post for the day. I realize my water is “really blue”, but as many of you have probably noticed, I tend to stray from realism on my layout a little bit. In my mind I live in a weed free, non aged, fresh paint world. Actually, if any of you have ever ventured into Colorado, you would have noticed how blue our skies are and how that blue is reflected in our large bodies of water. Not so much the streams, because they flow too fast coming down from such high altitudes. I live at 7,500 ft. elevation and the landscape is totally different at that altitude.

Curt Henion looks good brother nice job!

I found this online, taken last weekend when I was on the railroad...

The sad part is that I started right before the pandemic lockdowns started so I have never worked a train without a mask on...

Curt - I love the really "blue" water - it works for me!

I also love the "like new" Super 0 track with pristine ballast - perfect, just perfect!

Hey Don, yeah, I am pretty proud of my 56 year old Super O track.Most of the track was brand new and had never been used. The track really works well. 20 feet from the transformer and I am only losing about .1 ohm. Of course, my 275 watt ZW model R transformer is just about as old. Curt