a picture a day....

@ToledoEd posted:

Ted, TRUMPTRAIN said it eloquently. Well done, Maestro!

Thanks Ed... It's a labor of love'...😁

FOR TODAY:  Stop Look and Listen.   Snapped these photos this morning while riding my bike.  It's Monday morning and the crew of this a local freight has set out its' train on a siding so the locomotive could back onto the service track to take on water.  Off in the distance, on the tender deck, is fireman Ernie Bob who skillfully performs the task of filling his tender's tank.  

Monday morning down at the  station reveals the usual activity of a Monday morning.  B&O  train number 123, comprised of three RDC cars is shown pulling away from the station heading west.  Commuters sit patiently waiting for the east bound commuter train B&O 124.   Conductor Bill Jameson ( far left ) waits to board B&O train number 2,  Free State Limited,  where he will deadhead back to Port Chesapeake, his home base.  

Great photos and stories guys!

Patrick I know I can always come here and find out what is going on in Patsburg! I know if I didn't like living out in the woods so much I bet that would be a wonderful place to live!

Ted, I didn't know you were into concerts! But you sure found a wonderful place to sit back and enjoy! Nothing like music in the woods!

@mike g. posted:

Great photos and stories guys!

Patrick I know I can always come here and find out what is going on in Patsburg! I know if I didn't like living out in the woods so much I bet that would be a wonderful place to live!

Ted, I didn't know you were into concerts! But you sure found a wonderful place to sit back and enjoy! Nothing like music in the woods!

Coach Joe - If you ever get tired of living in the woods Patsburg will welcome you with a fanfare of trumpets and locomotives whistles/horns!!  You'd be a welcome addition to our community

FOR TODAY:  Another fish story .... Conductor Jasper Joe Plunket  is at it again.  He's standing on the rear deck of his caboose telling another one of his whoppers!  The fellows on the ground find Jasper Joe to always provide interesting entertainment ... like today .. " I tell you what.  I went a feeshin this past weekend up on Blue Gorge Lake.  Those feesh were a biten too!  I caught me some really big feesh and the shortest one was this long!  I kid you not! I kid you not!! " ... just another day on the railroad!

Happy Wednesday all,

I've finally finished installing my engine service building and it is operational, now to begin installing the interior.

John

@jgtrh62 posted:

Happy Wednesday all,

I've finally finished installing my engine service building and it is operational, now to begin installing the interior.

John

Nice engine house. The pit is great.  Can't wait to see it once it's detailed.

Everyone beautiful pictures, this thread has many nice pictures and awesome layouts, Happy Railroading Everyone

@trumptrain Patrick wonderful photo! I am so jealous for Jasper Joe! I haven't been fishing all year!

@jgtrh62 John great picture of your engine house! Just wondering how did you make room for the pit in your table?

@leapinlarry Larry, I always love the photos of your wonderful layout! The best thing is I can always except to see something from BNSF on your layout whether it be the main focus or in the background!

Here is something from the past for me!

@Mike g.,  thank you always for your kind words of encouragement, Your Hobby Shop is awesome, the parking lot so full of vintage cars, and the lumber company in the background, beautiful scene and your layout is amazingly neat. Here’s a better picture of the BNSF. H

Thank you Larry, you really made my day!

@Ron H posted:

I love this figure! Who made and painted it?

@p51, Lee, just a note, I read your great article in OGR The Magazine run #326 and liked it very much. Your military themed layout is really nice, great scenery, very realistic and thank you for serving our country, We honor you. I live 10 minutes from Ft. Campbell if you catch every red light, 5 minutes if I catch all green lights. I need to make up a military train as that’s on my bucket list. Happy Railroading Everyone

Thanks, Larry. That means a great deal to me!

@mike g. posted:

@jgtrh62 John great picture of your engine house! Just wondering how did you make room for the pit in your table?

Thanks guys, great photos as always!

Coach Joe I'll be sure to post interior photos as I progress.

Mike G the pit is built into the base of the building and I framed out a recess in the benchwork that the base fits in too.

Here's the base with the bottom removed.

And the building mounted in the recess.

John

@p51 posted:

I love this figure! Who made and painted it?

I painted it.  I bought a book on how to paint figures. Unfortunately, I don't remember where I got the figure.

If you research unpainted G scale figures it's probably still available somewhere.

Thanks for the compliment.

Ron H

FOR TODAY:  Happy first day of fall Ya'll  ( Click on image to enlarge. )

Patrick, great fall colors on display.

0-4-0 sitting on a siding, watching a Hobo play his guitar