a picture a day....

Still my favorite engine of all time.  Lionel’s classic 1958 issue of the 746 Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 J class Northern lies at rest like a long and sleek black panther in its lair.

My New Lionel Ma & Pa doodlebug number 62 ready for service.

Tanking up for the week....

FOR TODAY:  "Waiting for the train and all that sort of scrap."

A shot of the harbor.

Don't stop and relax yet. You still have one board left to unload,

Hi guys first off I have to say SORRY! I just handed out a whole bunch of likes as I had to go back 2 months from the last time I visited this thread. As a few of you know I have been really busy with other things then trains and layouts! I hope that will change before next winter!

I do want to say I love all the pictures you all are posting and it just gives me ideas to put in my wish list bank!

I hope you all are doing well and safe! Please keep up all the great photos!

I have always liked passenger  trains. Western roads are my favorite.  Here's  a couple in my station.

Patsburg's Brewtown neighborhood.   Mr. Bo keeps an eye on things.

Paper boy making a buck

@Sitka posted:

Paper boy making a buck

Love the picture Mark! I always wanted a set of those cars and finally  bought a set right before I started taking down the layout. I never even opened them up to look at,  cause I knew I would have to just pack them back up! Lol

@mike g. posted:

Love the picture Mark! I always wanted a set of those cars and finally  bought a set right before I started taking down the layout. I never even opened them up to look at,  cause I knew I would have to just pack them back up! Lol

Thanks Mike, I added led lights and scale city seats and passengers. God Speed Mark

For today:  A freight train awaits its' power and mountain view.  

Feels a little like Spring back east, but snow is flying big time out west...

@Capetrainman posted:

Feels a little like Spring back east, but snow is flying big time out west...

LOL Paul, tell me about it, were about up to 2 feet now and it's still coming down! We talked to my Brother in law in Missouri yesterday and he said it was between 75- 80 degrees~! We should have been moved already !LOLO

Cougar watching sheep and a sheepherder.

FOR TODAY:  The new Supervisor's first day on the job ... Ernie Mackadoo, dressed in white shirt, tie, and hat, is yelling orders to his workers ... as if these veteran workers need to be ordered as to what to do.  These guys, who roll their eyes in response to Ernie's barking orders,  know their jobs like the back of their hands.    Ernie is a young fella and is new to this Supervisor stuff.  The guys just ignore Ernie's gruff comments and go about doing their jobs as only they know how to do ... and I must say they do it well!!

FOR TODAY:  Not exactly the snow accumulations of northern California, however the Patsburgian Mountains got hit with a sizable storm!   Flangers and a rotary plow were kept busy over the weekend.

Inspection day today. Hope all goes well.

Gene

FOR TODAY:   The Patsburg Fire Dept has been called to the scene of a tank car leaking a flammable substance.   There's definitely a no smoking ban in effect which is to the dismay of Chief Bulldog Merson, who is always chomping on a cigar.   Firefighter  Brooks Benton is about to apply some foam on the leaking substance.  A HAZMAT unit has been dispatched and is now enroute.  

A slightly different camera angle.

FOR TODDAY:  Rufus Kingsley stuggles to hold this crate in place, as a Virginian Train Master idles in the background.  All the guys are hard at work .... just another day on the railroad.