a picture a day....

It's strawberry season.  A strawberry special just made a fast crew change at Caprock, Texas, and they're picking up speed again.  The DS lined the train through the freight house lead to avoid going through town on the passenger main.

@Number 90 posted:

It's strawberry season.  A strawberry special just made a fast crew change at Caprock, Texas, and they're picking up speed again.  The DS lined the train through the freight house lead to avoid going through town on the passenger main.

Tom - in a word ... "STUNNING!!!!"  Thanks for sharing!!   Btw - got to love the sound of an FM .... engine, horn and all

@Number 90 posted:

It's strawberry season.  A strawberry special just made a fast crew change at Caprock, Texas, and they're picking up speed again.  The DS lined the train through the freight house lead to avoid going through town on the passenger main.

Wow Tom', that is a beautiful looking scene'... Let's see some more PLEASE'...😁

Very nice indeed. I love your black Santa Fe diesel. Don’t see many that color.

Tom, great video and wow I didn't even know Santa Fe came in black! Shows my lack of train knowledge.

FOR TODAY:  TGIF!  .... It's Friday and that means a busy day down at the public delivery track.  Less than car load freight is being unloaded all morning.  Giles Farnaby drags yet another empty pallet, which means one more partial load has been transferred from railcar to truck.  Giles is wondering to himself ... " how many more of these gol dang things am I going to have to drag today?"

Skeets Purina carries another short stack of lumber to be loaded onto the VW pickup truck.  The VW is owned by Booker Thompson of Tompson's Hardware Co., a local third generation hardware store in Patsburg.  Skeets has already loaded a few barrels of nails ... good thing Charlie on the forklift helped out though!  ( Charlie is now on break and not in the photo ).  Foreman Sneezy Scaggs, standing in front of lumber pile, takes off his hat to wipe his brow.  He's thinking that it's only 10 a.m. and it's a long while until quitten time.  It's definitely going to be a looooooong day!  Oh yeah .... that Boston & Maine boxcar?  ... It's fully loaded with wood crates of maple sirup and needs to be unloaded after lunch.  These boys are going to be busy clear up to quiten time for sure!  And so it is .... Just another day on the railroad.

Very hard work and another great story.

@trumpettrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  TGIF!  .... It's Friday and that means a busy day down at the public delivery track.  . . Skeets Purina carries another short stack of lumber to be loaded onto the VW pickup truck . . . Skeets has already loaded a few barrels of nails ... good thing Charlie on the forklift helped out though!  It's definitely going to be a looooooong day!  

Gosh, Pat, I'm already sweating, just reading about what your little folks are doing.  Your scenes and stories are always fun and interesting.

Another busy day for B Co, 796th Railway Operating Battalion, at Winner Tennessee in July of 1943.

Meanwhile, the cows couldn't care less.

Thanks Tom ( Number 90 )!  I certainly didn't mean for you to break out in a sweat ... lol!   BTW - I have always loved your story telling!  

FOR TODAY:  The B&O Capitol Limited, with F7s on the point,  is running at 90 mph due west.  It's hot as blazes outside with temperature tickling 100 degrees but the passengers are cool and relaxed in the comfort of AC.  Folks seated in the Strata Dome are enjoying the scenery tremendously!   Tonight's special in the dining car is Maryland crab cakes  from the Chesapeake Bay.  Natty Bo and Baltimore American beers are on tap and ice cold! The desert menu feature Strawberry Shortcake Alamode.  Yum!!

Took this picture recently in Hyannis, MA on the Cape...I suspect the engine may be used to haul the dinner train that runs through the marshes taking in the scenic landscapes of Cape Cod...!

It's been awhile but here is my pic of the day. It is a view of my layout in the main room hope you'll enjoy.

Nice layout farmerjohn!!!!

@farmerjohn posted:

It's been awhile but here is my pic of the day. It is a view of my layout in the main room hope you'll enjoy.

farmerjohn wonderful !!

I have a question about the mountains, What is background color that you used in the mountains?

Thanks!!

FOR TODAY:  It's very early Monday morning and the sun is not fully up yet.  As soon as fireman Carter Semple finishes "watering the bushes" he'll commence to  building up steam pressure in old number 97.  Her fire has been banked since quitting time on Saturday afternoon.   There's big work to be done today by this little engine that can ... and does!  

Farmer John - Your layout is AMAZING!!!!  WOW!!!

Patrick, what wonderful stories! It's great that some days everyone is busy and other days is relaxing.

Lee, sure is a good thing the cows don't care cause it sounds like a lot of work!

Paul, nice engine photo, but I also see 2 snow plows sitting there. Do you really get that much snow?

Farmer John, Wow what a great looking layout! It looks like your main room is bigger than my whole house!

Great photos everyone!

farmerjohn  Nice Layout!

Mike, on the Cape, you go from years with no snow to a year every now and then with snow up to the windows...we were just visiting and passing through on a mini vacation a couple of weeks ago when I stopped to snap the pic as we crossed over the track.  The guy behind us wasn't too happy though

Later that afternoon, I stopped into Centerline Hobbies in Hyannis to check out his O Gauge stock...not too much available, but I picked up two 1/43 cars for the collection and a box of four Harley's by Lionel that will show well in my highway scenes...hope you're having a great summer out there

Thanks for the comments everyone. Leandro the main colors I use in the mountain scenery is Tempra paint . Mostly  black and brown mixed in a spray bottle a few drops paint and water.  The plaster  takes the colors really well.