a picture a day....

Twofir Tuesday.

CLIFFORD posted:

Man: What a pretty pup!

Woman: He must be lost. Come here boy... c'mere...

Dog: Wow. These peoples are dumb. Don't they know that big train is backing up?

p51 posted:

CLIFFORD posted:

Man: What a pretty pup!

Woman: He must be lost. Come here boy... c'mere...

Dog: Wow. These peoples are dumb. Don't they know that big train is backing up?

That's what I was thinking , the dog is barking "MOVE OFF THE TRACKS!!!!!!!!!!!"

Train time at Buladeen, Tennessee...

Under the El;

Fourfir Thursday. " Helper" and "  Three Points of View "

Some abandoned industrial rail.

I normally don't post photos from this angle, as I normally take shots from O-scale eye level but otherwise I never get this water tower into shots (as there's no good background for it in any direction at a low angle).

With Thomas coming to town at the end of the month I thought I would add something to the layout for the kids.... This is the dog from Toy Story... Hope he survives....

Saturday Six.  " MOW "

An homage to Suzukovich and the very last photo of these dang April snowstorms...

Stoshu, I would love to see a video of Slinky Dog in action.

Patrick, it looks like the MOW crew got the forklift stuck in the mud the way it's leaning backwards.

Johan, nice work on the generator load.

Today's photos.

coach joe posted:

Stoshu, I would love to see a video of Slinky Dog in action.

Patrick, it looks like the MOW crew got the forklift stuck in the mud the way it's leaning backwards.

Johan, nice work on the generator load.

Coach Joe - Actually the forklift operator is popping a wheelie

Patrick you've got me ROTFLMFAO!

Johan the patches on the concrete wall add reality to your scene.

One for Monday.  " BL2 Commin atcha "

Twofir Tuesday.

Wednesday's trio. " WM BL2 "

I was experimenting with late-afternoon light through an open window again, last night...









         

Late afternoon light + B&W = winner!

p51 posted:

I was experimenting with late-afternoon light through an open window again, last night...









         

Outstanding photography and modeling Lee.

Late afternoon light + B&W = winner!

Outstanding photography and modeling Lee.

Thanks much, gents! As I was converting the third shot (of the front of the store, again showed below), I noticed that one of the sitting figures looks like he's shielding his eyes from the sun:

It's really hard to see here, but I took photos of signs for products that were sold in that area in that timeframe, and printed them in card or paper and put them on the exterior walls on this store. It's the research and application of detail that I really enjoy.

p51 posted:

I was experimenting with late-afternoon light through an open window again, last night...









         

P51- Your photography is superb!!!   As is your modeling skills!!!  ALL of the photos look absolutely real!

Four today.

I saw this beast at a local short line. Any idea what it is?

briansilvermustang posted:

                       EMD NW-5 Switcher, Florida Railroad Museum

Nice! Are you local? I live right down 301 and this is one of my favorite stops while riding my 250 dual sport. 

                                  nope, I'm in Ohio, a little ways away...

Down on the farm.

Just some more cell shots...

Its 1972 and Amtraks Rainbow Era.

    Bill

More random cell shots, take last night:

p51 posted:

More random cell shots, take last night:

it's all about the details!

gandydancer1950 posted:

it's all about the details!

It is, indeed. I've made no secret of the fact I'm not one of these, "build a layout, step back and look at it, then immediately break out the saw to start over" types. I've enjoyed many building aspects of the hobby, but I didn't really enjoy my layout all that much until it at least looked like something other than track nailed down to plywood.

I'm enjoying it a lot now that I am going over areas of the layout, wondering how I can improve the realism, then trying my best effort at doing exactly that. Tyler Whitcomb, an amazing N scale modeler in Tacoma, said it best when I showed him photos of my layout when I ran across him at the Monroe WA show. He looked and said, "So, you're at the super-detail phase, huh?" The man has built a few layouts so he knew the progression, I guess. But he called it exactly.

This is the part I'm enjoying now.

A very old tank car that sits on our training facility.  We use it for confined space training on removing bodies.  Just love how the old weathered look. 

Nick. T

Nice photos all.  It's nice to see some of the details on others layouts.

Next Stop, Perth Ambroy;

Twofirtuesday and threefirwednesbay.

Lee, that loco in the sunrise picture rivals Erik's photos for realism between the modelling and the lighting.

coach joe posted:

Lee, that loco in the sunrise picture rivals Erik's photos for realism between the modelling and the lighting.

Thank you very much, I'm very flattered with any comparison's to Erik's amazing photo work (though I'm nowhere in his class). I just lucked up on that, as what is essentially a staging area with scenery on the layout straddles the one window in the room. Sometimes I can play with the lighting if the sun is in the right spot and I open the blinds.

I took this about 3 hours ago:

Stoshu posted:

With Thomas coming to town at the end of the month I thought I would add something to the layout for the kids.... This is the dog from Toy Story... Hope he survives....

Finally had a chance to run slinky... Ran perfectly all day....

This afternoon, I got an odd feeling that i was about to see something cool out on the mainline, so I grabbed my camera and went to the nearest spot to catch the action. I can't say why, i just had a feeling and I'd been wrong before.

Anyway, less than 10 minutes goes by and the Coast Starlight heads north, with a private car on the back end!

Then, in less than half an hour, I see two running meets within sight of where I was!

Not bad for less than an hour, huh?

p51 posted:

This afternoon, I got an odd feeling that i was about to see something cool out on the mainline, so I grabbed my camera and went to the nearest spot to catch the action. I can't say why, i just had a feeling and I'd been wrong before.

Anyway, less than 10 minutes goes by and the Coast Starlight heads north, with a private car on the back end!

Then, in less than half an hour, I see two running meets within sight of where I was!

Not bad for less than an hour, huh?

P51 - WOW!!  A private car on the tail of an Amtrak train!  Talk about a vanishing vista.  Lucky you!  

For Monday.

TRUMPTRAIN I would like to know who made the N&W car above and how long is it?

Thank You,

Redball342

1/32 scale Narrow gauge layout I participated in an op session at over the weekend.

redball342 posted:

TRUMPTRAIN I would like to know who made the N&W car above and how long is it?

Thank You,

Redball342

 

redball342 - its18 inches made by  K line ( early K line ) 

Twofir Tuesday.

Three of my favorite engines:

Some B&O F3 action

like them F-3's Bob, nice !!

Read all about it. Yankees take 13 out of 14!

Scorecards here! Scorecards here!

Back from the fishing trip.

A picnic  by the lake

Randy Harrison posted:

Back from the fishing trip.

A picnic  by the lake

 

Fabulous scenery and pictures.

Manager Boone calls for a play review at today's Yankee game:

And the Ump's call is reversed!

Peanuts, popcorn, cracker jack:

Beer here!

That's Yankee reliever Dave Robertson warming up in the bullpen:

His nickname is Houdini!

Hot Dog commercial during Yankee game:

The Yankees Win!

"Start spreading the news . . ."

Randy Harrison posted:

Back from the fishing trip.

 

Randy;

That is incredibly realistic water - very impressive  

And you’ve got to love Snoopy and the Beagle Scouts!!!

Next Stop 7020 Columbia Gateway Drive;

FrankRazz posted:

Next Stop 7020 Columbia Gateway Drive;

Frank, what gorgeous livery! Is that an Atlantic Coast Line?

For today.

Patrick, I'm glad you enjoyed my silly posts during today's Yankee game. I was a little concerned that I, once again, went way over the top on this Forum.

It was a lot of fun for me to watch my favorite team win yet another game (I think they have now won 14 out of 15 taking turns being the hero in each victory) and simultaneously posting on this Forum.  My favorite was the last one with Frank Sinatra (he loved Lionel trains as much as we do and he sure would have loved being a member of this Forum) singing The Theme Song New York, New York.

Arnold

trumptrain posted:

For today.

Breathtaking, beautiful scenery and pictures, Patrick. The glowing autumn colors in your photos are always something to behold!

For today's pictures, vignettes that feature dogs as friends......here and there around the layout.

FrankM, Moon Township, USA

One for Monday.   "Back of town"

Moonson posted:

For today's pictures, vignettes that feature dogs as friends......here and there around the layout.

FrankM, Moon Township, USA

outstanding photos Frank!

A PRR M1-A rumbles by with a long drag of coal hoppers.

Randy's gorgeous Pennsy Steamer and coal drag inspired me to make a video of my favorite Pennsy Steamer and coal drag:

MTH Railking K4 hauling 9 postwar coal dump cars and Pennsy postwar caboose.

When pulling that many postwar operating cars thru O31 curves and 022 switches, you want to be sure the wheels are well oiled.

Arnold

Here is a video of my Pennsy coal drag on the other end of my layout:

I love the look of the Pennsy coal drag because it reminds me of something from my childhood. I had a lovely aunt Ruth, whose husband was very successful. She gave me many Lionel trains and accessories as birthday and Christmas gifts throughout my childhood. She was a beautiful woman who was the spitting image of Donna Reed. Anyway, she and her husband lived on a 5 acre estate in Pennington, NJ with a sprawling split level home, and they were members of the Hopewell Country Club, not far from their home in NJ.  I would spend 2 or 3 weeks of my summer vacations with my aunt and uncle, when we often went swimming at the Hopewell Country Club. The Pennsylvania Railroad tracks went right by the pool area at that country club, where we would see Pennsy coal drags the seemed to go on forever! I was always astonished at how long those coal trains were.

The coal drags I saw there were pulled by powerful diesel engines, and maybe GG1s (though I'm not sure about that), but not steam engines. The Pennsy locomotives I saw were very powerful and made the ground shake.

I think memories like mine above add a lot to the charm of model railroading.

Arnold

Randy Harrison posted:

A PRR M1-A rumbles by with a long drag of coal hoppers.

Fabulous photo Randy!!  It captures the raw power of the locomotive pulling what appears to be a long train. 

Arnold, No, it's not ACL, it was a MTH RK 25th Anniversary set issued in 2005.  The set was a  ABA F3, and for separate sale, a matching four car passenger set.

Dog buddies...  vignettes, cont.

FrankM

Moonson posted:

Dog buddies...  vignettes, cont.

FrankM

these photos make your layout come to life!

Thanks, Gandydancer!

FrankM

Star Spangled Banner at Yankee Stadium before RedSox/Yankee game tonight:

LOL, Arnold

Happy Hump-day

Watching batting practice from right field bleachers before Yankee-RedSox game tonight:

Jeez, I'm getting bombarded out here by Judge, Stanton & Sanchez!

LOL, Arnold

Buyer Beware!  If you are going to the big game tonight, be sure to hold on to your wallet if you are anywhere near these scalpers:

LOL, Arnold

My sincere Thanks  to the forum voices who sent me "Likes" for my postings about "Dog Buddies" and "Dogs as friends." I appreciate every one of them. Thank you : Lou N; PRRronbh; Arnold D. Cribari; gandydancer1950 (and Thanks for your comment, too); trainsrob; trumptrain; briansilvermustang; Number 90; BAR GP7 #63; Trussman; RSJB18.

FrankM

Moonson posted:

My sincere Thanks  to the forum voices who sent me "Likes" for my postings about "Dog Buddies" and "Dogs as friends." I appreciate every one of them. Thank you : Lou N; PRRronbh; Arnold D. Cribari; gandydancer1950 (and Thanks for your comment, too); trainsrob; trumptrain; briansilvermustang; Number 90; BAR GP7 #63; Trussman; RSJB18.

FrankM

Frank, here's another Dog Buddy:

Arnold

Seven photos for Sunday.

trumptrain posted:

Seven photos for Sunday.

Nice, I'm kinda partial to the Budd cars.

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Very unusual for you to post a brand new shiny locomotive.  Looks nice, but I can’t wait to see the weathering.  

briansilvermustang posted:

Back in the late 70's & early 80's I worked for BFF (Berwick Forge and Fabricating) in Berwick Pa. They did an order of box cars for Ma & Pa.

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Buyer Beware!  If you are going to the big game tonight, be sure to hold on to your wallet if you are anywhere near these scalpers:

LOL, Arnold

Oh boy, what are the chances, that two out of three are standing at my station platform right now and the third has been spotted around town as well. Good thing I have added to my police force!

N5CJonny posted:

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Buyer Beware!  If you are going to the big game tonight, be sure to hold on to your wallet if you are anywhere near these scalpers:

LOL, Arnold

Oh boy, what are the chances, that two out of three are standing at my station platform right now and the third has been spotted around town as well. Good thing I have added to my police force!

 

 

Nice station!

briansilvermustang posted:

What is that ?   It looks like the New Haven electric I am familiar with.  

One for Monday

“Nice station!”

Thank you Arnold.