@WesternPacific2217 posted:Patrick, great kickoff to the Holidays with this post! Yup, it’s time to get out the Holiday lights and Polar Express! Great picture!
Thanks so very much Scott! I'm also thrilled that you liked my story in OGR Magazine! AND thank you for all your encouragement too!! I deeply appreciate it
Tree sales have already started in town...with demand better than expected last season, "Joe" the tree guy decided to open another stand in the south of town on weekends only...the other stand remains on North Main Street. Joe is personal friends with the owner of "Morrison Door," who generously offered his lot for the bubble, given the shop is closed on weekends!
In the pic below, a fresh load of Balsam Fir trees is arriving from Canada hauled in by the green "Pete..." Joe has his "Airstream" on the lot to warm-up as needed...your choice of trees for $3 this year
Paul great scene and it looks like Joe is doing a killer job! But I do have to say I am really surprised that the pizza guy isn't there! LOL
$3.00 for a tree, what a deal'... What is going on at the Airstream besides warming up??? I see a gal standing by......😏
Mike, he'll be on scene as soon as he's located...lol...no cell phones then Ted, the good ole days when gas was .19 cents a gallon and trees were $3.00
I guess car show season is over.
Pennsy making a stop picking up passengers going home for Thanksgiving
FOR TODAY: Coming home for the holidays!
Navy seaman Lukas Fry waits on the platform for his brother Will, a U.S. Army Lt., whose train is just arriving on track two. Ms. Minerva Jennings, a school teacher, also waits for her college friends who are on board the arriving train. And Sam Lutz, standing behind the trash receptacle waits for his fiancee who will soon disembark once the train stops.
Meanwhile a B&O Budd car exits the highline tunnel with three other cars in tow all full of commuters and shoppers on their way home from the big city. A Pennsy train has just departed with no vancant seats. The hustle bustle time of the year has begun! 
Sitka, wonderful shot of the station platform!
Patrick, very fitting shot with all the news reporting 6'+ snow on your end of the states!
We have a great Lionel Hobby shop in Geezerville. Deliveries arrive every week.
FOR TODAY: Somewhere up on the Mountain Division. MOW workers roll out the barrel. Rumor has it that these two fellers, Snuffy Wiliger and Tuefir Smoot, always volunteer to work this remote area on the Mt. Division because they have a stil tucked away in the nearby woods. No one has ever tried to prove it ain't so. Whenever asked about that there stil Tuefir just grins and Snuffy gets a twinkle in his eye. ... Just another day on the railroad!
@Wood posted:We have a great Lionel Hobby shop in Geezerville. Deliveries arrive every week.
Great looking vehicles Wood. Good looking parking spaces too.
@trumpettrain posted:FOR TODAY: Somewhere up on the Mountain Division. MOW workers roll out the barrel. Rumor has it that these two fellers, Snuffy Wiliger and Tuefir Smoot, always volunteer to work this remote area on the Mt. Division because they have a stil tucked away in the nearby woods. No one has ever tried to prove it ain't so. Whenever asked about that there stil Tuefir just grins and Snuffy gets a twinkle in his eye. ... Just another day on the railroad!
Another fine photo and a great story from the Master Storyteller . Where you have garnered all these images in your mind for creative story kitbashing boggles my mind. 
@Dallas Joseph posted:Great looking vehicles Wood.
Thank you,
@Dallas Joseph posted:Another fine photo and a great story from the Master Storyteller . Where you have garnered all these images in your mind for creative story kitbashing boggles my mind I could not agree more. And, I would add his scenes are so complete. Everything looks natural..
Thank you for your nice comments. And, I totally agree about Patrick. His scenes are so complete, it's like you are there.
@Sitka posted:Pennsy making a stop picking up passengers going home for Thanksgiving
I still love the way you do your lighting Mark.
It seems like one could get right in on the platform with the other folks and can't wait to get home with the family for Thanksgiving and a visit to normalcy.
Nicely done sir .
Wood, I have the same hobby shop, but only one Lionel service vehicle. I hope to make my town scene as good looking as yours.
Pat, Yes roll out the barrel for a barrel of fun!
Mark, I agree with Dallas, Great lighting on a wonderful scene!
@Dallas Joseph posted:Another fine photo and a great story from the Master Storyteller . Where you have garnered all these images in your mind for creative story kitbashing boggles my mind.
Thank you so much Dallas!!
@Wood posted:Thank you,
Thank you for your nice comments. And, I totally agree about Patrick. His scenes are so complete, it's like you are there.
Wood - Thank you so much for your kind words!
FOR TODAY: It's the day before Thanksgiving and last night's snow fall has blanketed the Westend area of Patsburg. Christmas decorations align the streets in preparation for the upcoming holiday season which officially begins tomorrow. The Patsburg Public Works Dept will have their work cut out for them today getting the street ready for tomorrow's annual Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Bucky Giles stands on the curb early this morning surveying the surroundings. He will soon board this streetcar which will transport him to work at the offices of the Free State Junction Railroad where he counts beans. 
@trumpettrain wow a different view of Patsburg! Nicely done. Snow fall is a nice touch.
I though you mentioned vacuuming it up on an earlier thread. Any issues with getting it down and then back up again with minimal effect on the layout? Jeff
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