a picture a day....

I've just been so busy this summer that I've forgotten to post these on here. We put the bell and bracket back onto Reading T1 no. 2100 at our work session last weekend. Despite being a relatively small item on this steel giant, it really makes a big difference on the appearance of the engine.

Here was the appearance of the engine in September 2018...

...and here it is now. We still need to do some work on the clapper mechanism on the bell, as one of the parts has some damage and we need to find an actuator for it. At least the bell itself is hung back up for the time being.

Nick,

I chased and rode behind 2100 during her ill-fated Tacoma 'dinner train to nowhere' operation. I'm glad to see a normal headlight back in place!

laming posted:

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

NOW you're talkin'!

That picture was taken by one of my longest-term model railroad friends: Dr. Mike Condren.

Mike took that photo in Van Buren, AR (one of my favoritist Frisco locations) in the mid-sixties near dusk. You're looking at the last months of the "Meteorite" passenger being pulled by FP7 #5047 as it heads north to connect with the "Meteor" at Monett/Springfield, MO. ("Meteorite" was a slang term for the little train, for it was a split off of the "Meteor" further north.)  Over in the hole is an extra freight waiting for the Meteorite to pass.

That particular day, the Meteorite was longer than typical, for I recall Mike telling me it was doubling as a business train that day.

The Meteorite passed into history in September, 1965.

Andre

Andre: Thank you for the great narrative and verifying the photo's location. Both are important to me when viewing 12" = 1 foot railway photos. I am a bit of a history fan.

p51 posted:

I took these on Sunday evening...

These are GREAT photos. What is the location/s?

Randy Harrison posted:

p51 posted:

I took these on Sunday evening...

These are GREAT photos. What is the location/s?

Thanks, Randy!

From top to bottom:

Chehalis, WA, behind the fairgrounds, northbound

Just north of Napavine, WA at the crest of the hill, northbound

Tenino, WA, northbound

Tenino, WA, southbound

The last two shots were taken from the driver's seat of my SUV, within less than 15 minutes of each other

Lee: Thanks for the clarification. Washington is a beautiful State and your photos are post card quality. Bravo!

Randy Harrison posted:

Lee: Thanks for the clarification. Washington is a beautiful State and your photos are post card quality. Bravo!

Thanks again, Randy! I have some more here if you're bored...

" A young lad comes across a relic from yesteryear." 

                            " I have some more here if you're bored..."

              LEE,  you have some really GREAT photos in your album !!  awesome !

                                      have a good weekend !

For today:  "WM BL2 Rounding the Bend"

Put the brass hybrid (6-84472) on display today.  Absolutely one of my favorites.

"Another day another way freight in late 1940's Patburg."

Ted W, neat display with the Lionel #3222, very nicely arranged, Trumptrain, neat picture of the early years of Railroading, Briansilvermustang, Great Pictures, Happy 4th Of July Everybody, 

Thanks Leapinlarry!  Btw- I love the El Caps drumhead on the observation car!

Happy 4th everyone!

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

 

    Westbound Chesapeake and Ohio Railway steam  locomotive no. 614

    passing through Lansing, Michigan, on May 31, 1981.

 

 

 

Speaking of Lansing...

(it's not a picture, but it fits)

Not a picture, but a video instead.

Here's a video showing an MTH Railking NY Central Mohawk steamer hauling freight on the outer loop, and MTH Railking NY Central diesel F3s hauling passengers on the inner loop. Both locomotives are early MTH, before Protosounds.

I can imagine seeing trains like this in NY along the Hudson River in the 1940s/early 1950s.

These early MTH locomotives are nothing fancy, but very durable and reliable, are nice models, and are otherwise of very good quality. They were a good deal when I bought them, significantly more economical than comparable locomotives made by Lionel at the time. Locomotives like these helped MTH develop a very good reputation and grow as a manufacturer of model trains. Arnold

                          My On30 Bachmann T- Top Boiler Shay on the bookshelf......  

A Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotive at the Great Northeastern Railway's engine servicing facility being made ready for its next assignment.

I took these yesterday...

P51, Lee, Beautiful Pictures Of some very nice trains. Wow. In my neighborhood it’s CSX....and RJ Corman....At Guthrrie, Ky.

Dad consulting his Rio Grande timetable sitting in the Grill-Lounge car aboard the Royal Gorge. Can't read the year of the timetable but circa 1964.

Lew

Out for a bike ride before work on Sunday morning.  Would be a great car for Father's Day.  Nick T. 

Steam, Electric, and Diesel power all in one place ... must be around 1950 in Patsburg! 

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

 

 

Great photo Brain!! 

         thank you Patrick !

" The Power Pool "

This Santa Fe Brakeman had just thrown the switch back to the Main and was hurrying to step onto the last car as the train slowly rolled out of the siding and onto the Main after a meet.

The pic looks odd because the left side is a mountainside on the Plywood Empire Route and the pic was cut to fit.

Lew

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

 

 

Beautiful photo, Brian.

          thank you Arnold !

Trumptrain, Briansilvermustang, T8AFAO, Geysergazer (Lew), Great Pictures, Thank You all for posting, there are many great pictures to view, very interesting. Trumptrain, I sure like the Corvette you posted earlier, Nice ride....Have a good evening, and Happy Railroading...

Took this photo  Jan. 1987 in front of former L&HR station- NYS&W train SU100 on the Conrail Hudson Secondary, Warwick, NY. Third unit is Alco C430 #3006.   

       bridge shots taken by Marci in Defiance...

Reading Ramble!

2124 and 2100 doubleheading October 23, 1960

Lew

Bill T posted:

New custom run from Andy Petersen, Bardahl oil tanker

"is Blackie Carbon ridin' with you, tonight?  Are you sure your car is runnin', exactly right?"

"Fairbank Morse on the Point"

i’d say the modern locomotive fleet is almost complete

" 1952 when the old and new co-existed on the rails "

                      MTH NS C40-8 on the "Orange Line" at NJ Hirailers Paterson, NJ

Looking at a CZ dome from a CZ dome:

Lew

Hi Bill T, those are nice looking RJ Corman Cars, could you let us know who made them? They are very colorful. Lew, great dome shot, 2 views at 1 time, also, Your Layout is interesting, Gandydancer1950, your train room is awesome....Paul Romano, nice layout, neat signal system and very nice NS diesel, Trumptrain, 1952 was a great year, nice picture, LOGAN1982, you have The Diesels, Briansilvermustang, Great Pictures....Johan, super neat weathering, great layout. Happy Railroading 

                                GREAT layout and photo LEAPINLARRY

Lobster claws, anyone? 

Lew

            Lionel SP AC12 Cab Forward (1st run) on the "Red Line" at NJ Hirailers.   

Larry, I agree with Brian, that looks like one heck of a layout.

coach joe posted:

Larry, I agree with Brian, that looks like one heck of a layout.

I'm right there with you and Brian Coach Joe!  Larry has a terrific looking layout for sure!!

" View from behind the wheel of my 53 Studebaker. " 

leapinlarry, the RJ Corman boxcars are from Lionel, the covered hopper from MTH.

Christmas Dinner, 1964, aboard the Westbound Capitol Limited:

Our main course was B&O Cornbread Pie, served in individual Ramekins. Mom asked the Steward for the recipe and we still make it today.

Lew

geysergazer posted:

Christmas Dinner, 1964, aboard the Westbound Capitol Limited:

        

Our main course was B&O Cornbread Pie, served in individual Ramekins. Mom asked the Steward for the recipe and we still make it today.

Lew

 

WOW Lew!!  On the Cap on Christmas Day!  What a wonderful memory this must be for you.  Love the photo!! 

Patrick, that was indeed a fine adventure. We got on the Eastbound late in the evening Christmas Eve. The old P&LE station on Smithfield St in Pittsburgh had a decorated 25' tall tree in front and another one inside on the main concourse. Spent Christmas Day walking around DC. We were disappointed the Smithsonian was closed (on Christmas Day-who'd 'a thunk it ) so walked to the White House and looked at the National Christmas Tree. Got back on the Capitol in the late afternoon and returned to Pittsburgh.

Lew

Oct.1986: NYS&W ex-LIRR Alco C420, two 1800 series EMD GP18s and a leased ex-ATSF CF7 struggling up Sparta mountain with a stone train for the Southern Div. re-build. The roar was deafening. Sea Land stack trains were running by the end of the month. 

geysergazer posted:

Looking at a CZ dome from a CZ dome:

        

Lew

                nice photo Lew !!

briansilvermustang posted:

                nice photo Lew !!

    

  

 

 

Lew

In those days this is where the adventure began:

I still remember the excitement of approaching that desk!

Lew

" Bobber and boxcars "

" The last crate has been unloaded .... aah!" 

The inspector was out and about today checking on layout building progress........

Took this the other day in St. Louis. 

Lee, nice overhead shot of the TRRA!

Rusty

The farm 

Brake smoke. With modern motive power able to equal maximum tractive effort in dynamic brake mode the sight of trains wreathed in smoke descending mountain grades on hot Summer days is a thing of photographs only:

Dad took this pic down the Hill from Gallitzin but still above Horseshoe Curve.

Lew

" Mr. Good Humor ... the most sought after mobil merchant in town this weekend!"

Patrick they must be chasing him down the street!

NOT where you'd want to be today:

In the cab with only a bit of lagging between you and a screaming hot boiler.

Lew

Just hanging out with grandpa at his work bench on a hot summer day in Michigan.

Lunch time & watching some YT videos, to get away from 98°F................

Gary

7 for Sunday:  " Look what I saw down by the station this morning!"

trainroomgary posted:

Just hanging out with grandpa at his work bench on a hot summer day in Michigan.

Lunch time & watching some YT videos, to get away from 98°F................

Gary

                                            sounds like a GREAT day Gary

The CZ on the WP!

Lew

" Logging railroad "

Alco C430 at NYS&W Little Ferry roundhouse Oct. 86'. This engine is now owned by the Western New York & Pennsylvania RR.

For today: " Westend Patsburg "

trumptrain posted:

For today: " Westend Patsburg "

Pat:

The photo is superb! It really captures the look of a major city and its outskirts. The clouds in the sky lend a great realism to the scene. Your sky scraper back drop blends in and complements your 3D structures beautifully. Bravo!

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

 

 

Aha, Brian, the ill-fated coal-fired steam-turbine-electric!

Lew

trumptrain posted:

For today: " Westend Patsburg "

Great modeling, Patrick!

I was about to say: wait, the skyscrapers should be down in the river valley like in Pittsburgh but there are lots of cities with the tall buildings up the mountain.

Lew

DOGGONE IT EARL!!!!

You for got the key again!!!!

Randy and Lew - I truly appreciate your kind words.  Thank you! 

" At the grade crossing "

          a nice shot from Marci...

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

 

Marin County, California, circa 1921. "Mount Tamalpais Tavern and Gravity Car with REO auto."

 

 

 

 

Pittsburgh circa 1905. "Monongahela Incline up Mount Washington."

 

 

The view from the top of the Mon Incline:

I took the pic June 1, 1985. Can anyone figure out the Obs on the back of Roomie's T shirt?

Lew

For today: " The lonely hobo." 

Patrick, eggcellent!

Because of the Hobo Telegraph my Grandma (lived beside the old BR&P mainline) often fed a hobo who would stop and ask. Heh. Grandma was a bit of an evangelist so the price of the meal was her standard Fire&Brimstone sermon. 

Lew

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

        told 'ya,  this wasn't a save place to park here last night !!

 

 

EGGCELLENT, Brian! That had me ROFL!

Lew

Ron

Ron

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

 

 

 

The Yampa Mail, Summer '66. The Royal Gorge was truncated by then and the Dome went on the Yampa Mail.

Lew

" It's Miller Time "

I took these this afternoon:

Hi Lee/P51, Your photos are especially instructive for modeling the ballast for our tracks and getting it as true-to-scale as possible. Your photos clearly show their proportions to the rails and ties. Thanks!

FrankM

" Fresh out of the paint shop .... Ma & Pa switch job."

Ron

            MTH water tower that I weathered on the "Red Line" at NJ Hirailers.

A slightly different view of Horseshoe Curve. 

One Summer day Dad&I climbed the hill to the outside of the Curve. Dad took the pic and I inherited it.

Lew

Lew

Ron

For those of you who like posting photos that aren’t yours, you may want to give this a read: 

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...-this-applies-to-you

For today:  A moving picture ... " Switchers on the point "

trumptrain posted:

For today:  A moving picture ... " Switchers on the point "

Pat:

The video is superb! As often as I have seen your layout, both in person and on the forum, I still find your scenery to be spectacular.

             S.P. brakeman coupling up to Alco S2 switcher at NJ Hirailers Paterson, NJ.           

                                                  THESE ARE MY PHOTOS.

March, 2014 at the Carnegie Science Center on the North Side, Pittsburgh

Grandson watching Thomas zing past. That is one honkin' big High Rail layout. Speakina' steel mills....

Lew

Ron

For today: " Ma & Pa all the way." 

geysergazer posted:

March, 2014 at the Carnegie Science Center on the North Side, Pittsburgh

        

Grandson watching Thomas zing past. That is one honkin' big High Rail layout. Speakina' steel mills....

Lew

The Carnegie Science Center Layout is amazing! I was there in June and couldn’t believe the amount of Legacy and Visionline models they had on the shelves! My favorite loco was the Lionel Legacy NS IT heritage unit...

NS6770Fan posted:

geysergazer posted:

March, 2014 at the Carnegie Science Center on the North Side, Pittsburgh

        Grandson watching Thomas zing past. That is one honkin' big High Rail layout. Speakina' steel mills....

Lew

The Carnegie Science Center Layout is amazing! I was there in June and couldn’t believe the amount of Legacy and Visionline models they had on the shelves! My favorite loco was the Lionel Legacy NS IT heritage unit...

I know! The static shelf displays are a big bonus one wasn't expecting.

I'm so old I remember a much smaller layout in the basement of Buhl Planetarium 

This public domain pic is of the current Sharon Steel replica:

Anyone here who doesn't know about this......shall we say.....cultural landmark can read the story at the Wiki thingy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...Railroad_%26_Village

Lew

For today: " The trolly "

   photos by Marci...

That's me in the pic and Dad took it so I own it.

Lew

For today: " Christmas in August "

     Marci in Maumee...

" At the end of the day. "

Grand Tetons in the background. We rode across Jenny Lake on a ferry and then walked 2mi in to get that pic. The UP was a Park portal in those days.

Lew

I took these on the last couple days