a picture a day....

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Still love all the extraneous  material around the layout Patrick.    It really gives an added dimension to your model railroad layout.

Thank you Dallas!  As a kid ( and adult ) it was the "extraneous" material I saw beside the tracks that made an impression on me.  To me modeling those extraneous things adds a special flavor to most any scene.  I consider those "extraneous' materials to be the "secret sauce" when modeling a scene.  

@trumptrain posted:

Thank you Dallas!  As a kid ( and adult ) it was the "extraneous" material I saw beside the tracks that made an impression on me.  To me modeling those extraneous things adds a special flavor to most any scene.  I consider those "extraneous' materials to be the "secret sauce" when modeling a scene.  

OK  Patrick........." secret sauce "  ? " special flavor " ? ................I'm assuming ( 🙃 ) there is going to be a cooking section in your MODEL RAILROOAD PHOTO AND VIDEO STORYBOOK .  😉

@Artie-DL&W posted:

A tower man watches a freight go by in Lionelville. The covered hopper is by Weaver.

Artie, nice detailing job on the hopper...the tower man seems to have everything under control...

Thanks, Paul.

Artie and Patrick, Looks like yard work is the project for the day! You both have such great detail on your layouts! I always look forward to see what you guys are going to post next!

FOR TODAY:  This past weekend's weathering project.  

Once again Patrick, Outstanding job on the weathering!

@mike g. posted:

Once again Patrick, Outstanding job on the weathering!

Thanks so much Mike!!

Very nice Pat!

Patrick-once again beautiful pictures.  I love the "yard" scenes with all the activity you have modeled.  Great work!

Don

@trumptrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  This past weekend's weathering project.  

Weathering a toy caboose huh Patrick ???  🤔

We don't see no stinking toy Patrick !!!   🕵️‍♂️

Nice work .😉

Mark, Don, and Dallas thank you all so much for your kind compliments regarding the weathered caboose and yard scene!  Much appreciated!  

FOR TODAY:  Team tracks are busy in Lower Patsburg today as is the one in Danlilu on the Mountain Division.  The big front end loader helps unload oversized gears from a boxcar in Lower Patsburg.  Gondola  loads of large rocks are on the siding at Danlilu.  These rocks are headed for a stone crusher many miles away.  

The Patsburg area continues to keep industry alive. 😉  Nice photo capture of the activity.

I might have missed this Patrick , but what is the population of Patsburg ?  🤔

FOR TODAY:   Short line railroads Maryland and Pennsylvania SW1 and Patapsco and Back Rivers VO1000 enter and exit East Tunnel in grand style. Although these two  prototype roads once served the Baltimore area,  their tracks and and therefore their locomotives would not have come close to one another, for two roads trackage were on opposite ends of the city however, on the Free State Junction Railroad these roads meeting one another is a common occurrence.   Long live these short lines!!  

@Dallas Joseph posted:

The Patsburg area continues to keep industry alive. 😉  Nice photo capture of the activity.

I might have missed this Patrick , but what is the population of Patsburg ?  🤔

Thanks Dallas!   Actually the censuses missed Patsburg in 2020 so the population was never counted.  Sorry but I don't have an accurate answer to your question .. lol !  

A bear's eye view of the town!

Keep those trains running!

Jeff

An overall shot of my portable Area 51 layout, which converts to my Christmas layout with just a few carved styrofoam scenic pieces.

Wow, that’s really creative Artie; you could probably make a Halloween layout too.

Well, Mark, the idea came from a Halloween/fall layout idea from an article in OGR by Jim Policastro, which he modified in a later issue into a beautiful Christmas layout. I was taking small layouts to spelling bees (!) run by a friend of mine at local schools which also celebrated railroading in this part of PA.

Artie that small layout and the idea of being able to "convert" it between display and holiday lay out is really neat.  Great job!

Don

Our K-Line based Legacy B&M Berkshire

C.Sam - that is real artistry how you blend the foreground scenery with the backdrops.  It really looks real and the forced perspective is great.

Don

Well, Don, I like to give credit where credit is due. Jim’s original article was in Run 238, Oct./Nov. 2009 OGR. His layouts were more detailed than mine.

Thanks, though!

C.Sam, in the midst of my discussion, I wanted to say what a beautiful layout!

@trumptrain posted:

FOR TODAY:   Short line railroads Maryland and Pennsylvania SW1 and Patapsco and Back Rivers VO1000 enter and exit East Tunnel in grand style. Although these two  prototype roads once served the Baltimore area,  their tracks and and therefore their locomotives would have come close to one another, however, on the Free State Junction Railroad these roads meeting one another is a common occurrence.   Long live these short lines!!  

I'm liking this scene Patrick. 

This is a really good close up with the tunnel.

@c.sam posted:

Our K-Line based Legacy B&M Berkshire

Nice looking photos .😉

........and that DOOR factory is something else.   I sure wish I had planned my layout with that building in mind. 🙄

@Artie-DL&W posted:

An overall shot of my portable Area 51 layout, which converts to my Christmas layout with just a few carved styrofoam scenic pieces.

Just when we think we've seen pretty much everything on layout design.........and then comes Artie.

Nice 😉

FOR TODAY:  These fellers are going to be busy today!  That's for sure!  

From my old club’s layout

K4 Fresh  (2025) out of Altoona Locomotive Shop from overhaul

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Greg Nidifer runs his train past an opposing commuter train bound for Buladeen with 'Captain' Cy Crumley waiting out back impatiently.

FOR TODAY:  A B&O SW9 makes a grand exit out of Westend Tunnel.  MOW workers don't even notice as they are focused on getting the job done.  

You've got to watch those packing meters! This Model A is getting to towed away.

Keep those trains running!

Jeff

WOW its been a couple day and you folks sure are posting some great photos! I hope to have something worth posting someday, Just not today! LOL

I hope your all doing well!

@Dave Ripp. posted:

Where did you find the "old" push mower?  That is similar to the one that I almost got my thumb cut off in when I was four-years old!

Ron

@PRRronbh posted:

Where did you find the "old" push mower?  That is similar to the one that I almost got my thumb cut off in when I was four-years old!

Ron

I think it came with a Menards Hardware building. I used to cut my grandmas grass with one, she wouldn't let us use a power mower. Though that was 50 years ago it would be child abuse now LOL.

@Jeffery Boat posted:

You've got to watch those packing meters! This Model A is getting to towed away.

Keep those trains running!

Jeff

Jeff, nice scene! I like the Department 56 building, they look great. Funny how the Lemax and Department 56 buildings are close to semi scale, but their figures are gigantic. The tow truck is very nice, I wouldn't mind having one of those! The '55 or '56 pink Cadillac Coupe (I'm all Shook Up) is a nice touch, except Elvis' 56 had a cream colored roof and it was a Sedan (Land Yacht). Is that Priscilla getting ready to leave? ;-) I think Elvis bought a new pink Cadillac every year, and the 55 and 56 were probably most well known.

Thanks for sharing your layout moment.

Scott

On standby at the corner of N. Main and Charles Street...

@Jeffery Boat, That is a very cool scene! To bad the model A is going for a ride! I hope the owner gets it before it goes up for auction!

@Dave Ripp. Love trailer with Jake watching guard!

@Capetrainman, I hope they stay there all night! I would hate to see anyone need there services! I use to drive ambulance, some days are great and some just suck!

FOR TODAY:  MOW crew is busy.  Foreman Jack Spratt, standing far left on the flat car with chin in hand, is working out a strategy for today's projects.   Willy Dee helps keep ties on the forklift.  J.D. Barrister, standing next to the pickup truck, thinks his pickup can't haul many more ties or else the rear tires will blow out.   One thing for sure; whatever the task Jack Spratt has in store, these fellers will gitter done!   Just another day on the railroad.

Well can’t run trains so here is a picture of my big boy I unpacked to just here it.

My small park.

Nice park, Dave. Here’s mine, which lends itself more to fishing and camping.

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Nice park, Dave. Here’s mine, which lends itself more to fishing and camping.

Thanks Artie, A water feature always adds interest to a layout. And I love fall layouts nice color palette.

It's time to pick the grapes off the vine. At the Garden Valley Vineyards.

Keep those trains running!

Jeff

@Jeffery Boat posted:

It's time to pick the grapes off the vine. At the Garden Valley Vineyards.

Keep those trains running!

Jeff

Jeff, Great idea. My grandma had a small grape orchard when I was a yougster. You did a nice job depicting it.

Thanks, Dave.

Wow, Jeff, very nice house and vineyard!

FOR TODAY:  On this day in 1950 there was much ado about the arrival of a new Studebaker automobile down on the railroad's team track.

Here's my park...they'll be skating there pretty soon...

It's just about impossible to distract these fishermen, intent on catching the big one before the season ends...

Dave and Artie, You both have great looking parks in there own special way!

Patrick your guys are always busting there rears!

Jeffery, Love the vineyards!

Paul, what a great scene! I guess its a good thing those guys don't go fishing with me! LOL

Great photos everyone!

Menards Motorcycle shop. A rider waiting for his wife to finish her call.

@Capetrainman posted:

It's just about impossible to distract these fishermen, intent on catching the big one before the season ends...

Hey Paul....... what's  supposed to distra................oh never mind 😉

@Dave Ripp. posted:

Menards Motorcycle shop. A rider waiting for his wife to finish her call.

I think I've seen an MC Shop like this before. 🤔

Dave, lots of great contributions.  Did you make the trailer skirting or did it come with the trailer?

@coach joe posted:

Dave, lots of great contributions.  Did you make the trailer skirting or did it come with the trailer?

That's how they come from Woodland Scenecs. They did a nice job but only made 3 models. The only liberty I've taken is changing the stipes on one to light blue.

Discussing todays shipments.

Great pictures y’all!  “The old lonesome Chessie hopper.”Set out last night, in the little trans load yard.  As “Fred” goes by on the CSX local she was once apart of.

Nice weathering on that hopper, Jesse, and I like the weeds and fencing.

@Jesse ferguson posted:

Great pictures y’all!  “The old lonesome Chessie hopper.”Set out last night, in the little trans load yard.  As “Fred” goes by on the CSX local she was once apart of.

Great picture, love the weathering,fence, utility poles,ect, ect. I see the back of a caboose and a ETD you must model mid to late 90s. Artie's right on everythings perfect.

@Jesse ferguson posted:

Great pictures y’all!  “The old lonesome Chessie hopper.”Set out last night, in the little trans load yard.  As “Fred” goes by on the CSX local she was once apart of.

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Nice weathering on that hopper, Jesse, and I like the weeds and fencing.

@Dave Ripp. posted:

Great picture, love the weathering,fence, utility poles,ect, ect. I see the back of a caboose and a ETD you must model mid to late 90s. Artie's right on everythings perfect.

Yup , great photo Jesse . 🤓

FOR TODAY:  It's 1952 and the Western Maryland will be fully dieselized in two years.  Number 729's days are numbered .. pun intended

Thanks everyone!! Artie, Dave, Dallas… I really appreciate y’all’s kind words. It means a lot coming from y’all. I like modeling what I remember in my childhood (early 90s’s “NS CSX rainbow years” in the south.)

Should be OK to go......

MOW

FOR TODAY:  A light dusting of snow fell on the Mountain Division last night.

@trumptrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  A light dusting of snow fell on the Mountain Division last night.

Patrick, Winter is my second favorite season to see on a train layout. I always love your fall colors but the light snow cover is fantastic.

@Dave Ripp. posted:

MOW

IMHO  Dave , that size material you have used on the roadway would also be something I would think I would like to use for ballast on my layout.  🤔

Everything is going along nicely with your scenery  Dave. 😉

@Dave Ripp. posted:

Patrick, Winter is my second favorite season to see on a train layout. I always love your fall colors but the light snow cover is fantastic.

Thanks so very much Dave!!  The snow is by Woodland Scenics and very easy to apply.   Woodland Scenics has the best snow that I've found to date.  

@trumptrain posted:

FOR TODAY:  A light dusting of snow fell on the Mountain Division last night.

Really COOL ( brrrrr ) Patrick.

Nicely done sir.  Makes one feel like getting in the Spirit at this time of year .     ( also a little guilty that I haven't been able to get out to buy my Lady any gifts yet 😶 )

OK  Patrick ,  big question , what did you use for ' snow ' .  It looks perfect. 👌

@Dave Ripp. Your track side scene looks outstanding! Nice job the MOW Crew is doing!

@trumptrain, Winter already? Now your starting to make me cold! Looks Outstanding Patrick!

Dallas Joseph, that shop photo is very realistic!
Dave, like the MOW shot!

Patrick, my deck had a coating like that this morning! I’m never ready for it anymore.

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Dallas Joseph, that shop photo is very realistic!
Dave, like the MOW shot!

Patrick, my deck had a coating like that this morning! I’m never ready for it anymore.

Thanks Artie.   I'm startting to finally post some photos  .

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Should be OK to go......

Dallas, Sorry I missed your shop! Very cool! I really like the hoist!

@mike g. posted:

Dallas, Sorry I missed your shop! Very cool! I really like the hoist!

You dont have to be sorry . That engine house isn't done yet Mike but I've been feeling guilty about not posting photos on the forum ........just enjoying the heck out of everyone else's. 😶

The hoist came with the RK Dual Stall Enjine Shed  (   it was featured in my reply as surviving the "TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE LEVELS BUILDINGS AT TWIN BRIDGES RAILYARD  "😁🤣😅😄😉   that I  shortened with my ' magic saw '  .   The hoist came with some heavy thread but I installed the small chain and dabbed some yellow and silver paint on it.

Keep busy and have fun Mike. 🤗

I agree with Artie, Pat's snow looks just like what we had this morning also!

The engine house scene looks great, Dallas!

@Mark Boyce posted:

I agree with Artie, Pat's snow looks just like what we had this morning also!

The engine house scene looks great, Dallas!

Thank you Mark.

The "Chief" pulls out with a crowded North Main Street in the background...

For today:  Meet Jake Talbott, switch tender.  

@Capetrainman posted:

The "Chief" pulls out with a crowded North Main Street in the background...

On the return trip my Chief waits with a full house in the background.

Trying some low light photography.

Fendermain

@Fendermain posted:

Trying some low light photography.

Fendermain

Nice . 😉

Fendermain  Nice shot'... How about taking a look at this thread and make a few contributions''. We'd love to see you there'...😉

to Imagineering in O Gauge Photography'.. SHOW Us Your Imagination With Your Night Shots'. 📸

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Fendermain  Nice shot'... How about taking a look at this thread and make a few contributions''. We'd love to see you there'...😉

to Imagineering in O Gauge Photography'.. SHOW Us Your Imagination With Your Night Shots'. 📸

Fendermain , the above thread is a perfect place for this shot and any others that you do Imagineering on.

@Capetrainman posted:

The "Chief" pulls out with a crowded North Main Street in the background...

Love that Santa Fe with the war bonnet paint scheme, it's something you never get tired of, (I have three).

Great Main Street scene.

Keep those trains running.

Jeff

Some pics of my coal mine. A little something different on  a layout.

Morning guys, great photos by all! I handed out alot of likes as I dont have alot of time this morning. But wanted you all to know I was looking!

Fendermain, wonderful night shot!

Farmer John, that is one heck of a mining operation! Then nice thing besides it being AMAZING is that you dont have to worry about dusting it!

The "Gansett" brewery is on three shifts these days...!

I was a brakeman on the Polar Express last night. It was a very late day, but once we got past some issues with our newly-leased diesel, it went pretty well. The kids seemed to love it, which is all that matters.

FOR TODAY:  Western Maryland Consolidation number 729 about to take on water at the tank.

Early morning freight glides through Patsburg.

Early morning with the Westbound Chief getting ready to pull out. Passengers await the Eastbound Chief. Messing with B&W, it's adds drama to the photos IMO.

An Espee extra grinds toward Donner Summit in the capable hands of a LionChief® Plus 2.0 A-A set. This is a great engine that fits a compact layout very well. However I still like the "growl" of my postwar F3's!

Finishing up an industrial building with a junk pile.

@Don Winslow posted:

An Espee extra grinds toward Donner Summit in the capable hands of a LionChief® Plus 2.0 A-A set. This is a great engine that fits a compact layout very well. However I still like the "growl" of my postwar F3's!

The crew may be able to see Lake Tahoe as they crest the Donner Pass.

Great layout scene, love the trees and the beacon.

Keep those trains running!

Jeff

@Don Winslow posted:

An Espee extra grinds toward Donner Summit in the capable hands of a LionChief® Plus 2.0 A-A set. This is a great engine that fits a compact layout very well. However I still like the "growl" of my postwar F3's!

Love those California/Nevada inspired layouts!

Keep those trains running!

Jeff

Thanks for the complements Jeff!

Here are those F3's again, still working hard high in the Sierras as the California sun sets in the west - just like the SP "Sunburst" logo.

FOR TODAY:  The folks at Smith Brother's Automobiles are open very early this morning as today is the first day of their Thanksgiving Week Super Sale!  Come on down to Smith Brothers located in Patsburg's Westend Neighborhood  and gobble up those great deals !!!