a picture a day....

Lee, I’m glad to see you post!  Nice Bonneville!  You must be getting rain; I haven’t mowed in weeks.  This has been the driest here in many years.

Mark. Thanks yes I was mowing this evening and it started to rain had to quit I miss you guys I’ll try to post more outside chores are lighting up 

For today: " 2065 makes a grand exit." 

Kodak waiting for clearance.

          Marci's photo...

                                                     Diesel re-fueling facility at NJ Hirailers.

@briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

 

          Marci's photo...

 

Brian just have to say really like Marci's pics.  She has a good eye for things.

Ron

                                  I just let her know, and she says thanks Ron !

                  another one of her photos...

@briansilvermustang posted:

 

                                  I just let her know, and she says thanks Ron !

 

         

                  another one of her photos...

 

LEt Marci know I like her photographs as well!

One busy day on the layout 

A couple freights passing through on the S&Y RR.

The city decided to paint the top of the water tower Crayola Top just for fun. Also an AC6000 Sante Fe Road Diesel is waiting for a Go. I wish everyone a great day, stay safe, stay healthy, Pray Continually. Happy Railroading 

Morning guys, Its been awhile but I know one thing is for sure. I can always come back on here and see wonderful Photos! Lee & Larry great looking layouts as usual, Brian You might want to be careful or people are going to want you to take lessons from Marci! LOL Great photos!

Patrick & Bill, I know you will always have great photos waiting for everyone and it was nice to see  you havent let anyone down!

Wish I had some to offer but life is in the way right now, I sure hope to get back to trains as soon as I can!

I hope everyone has a great week and I will see if I can sneak some train time in this week! LOL

             Marci's photo...

@mike g. posted:

Morning guys, Its been awhile but I know one thing is for sure. I can always come back on here and see wonderful Photos! Lee & Larry great looking layouts as usual, Brian You might want to be careful or people are going to want you to take lessons from Marci! LOL Great photos!

Patrick & Bill, I know you will always have great photos waiting for everyone and it was nice to see  you havent let anyone down!

Wish I had some to offer but life is in the way right now, I sure hope to get back to trains as soon as I can!

I hope everyone has a great week and I will see if I can sneak some train time in this week! LOL

Mike, I'm glad to see you checked in!  

Have a great week everyone!

                                                            We got milk at NJ Hirailers....

For today:  More adventures with postwar trains ...." Rounding the bend."

Hey Brian, please let Marci know that I enjoy her pictures, too!

That hopper, that shot the end of, looks like it’s been there awhile.

Larry

          thanks Mark and Larry !  I'll let her know, sure that will make her happy !

                            she has been really liking taken pictures lately...

Mike. Thanks and glad to see you guys again 

Brian. I agree Marci is doing a great job 

Paul.  love that milk pic. Glad to see you 

Here’s a Custom Decaled Lionel Standard O boxcar I did awhile back 

The AT&SF Yellow Bonnets passing by on the S&Y RR.

Let’s take on some water for a long run later today. These pictures were taken from a video we made of my layout. Have a great day everyone, stay safe, stay healthy, Pray Continually. Happy Railroading 

For today: " Hot fun in the summertime!" 

BillT:  Great yellow bonnets, but what struck me was the NASA flatcar load on the adjacent track.  I am a NASA guy (going on the last 14 years) and would love to have you post some pictures of that payload with perhaps some text on how you got it or made it.  Thanks

Don

Here is a handsome little engine in Santa Maria, CA at the Santa Maria RR Museum:

UP / D&RG Heritage.

For today: " My view after taking a spill from my bicycle ... I was speeding down the avenue to see the steam engine at the station when the bike got away from me.  No injury resulted ... just this great view!"

keeping watch

I'm posting this based on a comment someone made about my layout and how from the outside of the house, you'd never know what's in there...

What evil lurks within?

Why, this of course...

...and yes, the house looks pink on the outside. My wife loves purple and wanted the house to be that color (the doors are deep purple, though), but went with a very light shade of lavender. It's pink. You can see it, I know it, but my wife will never accept that.

Time to climb up into this giant.

For today:  " An item from the 1956 Lionel catalogue." 

@trumptrain posted:

For today: " My view after taking a spill from my bicycle ... I was speeding down the avenue to see the steam engine at the station when the bike got away from me.  No injury resulted ... just this great view!"

Patrick please be careful but you did get a nice pic out of your spill 

Getting a crusher piece going to Guatemala last month in midtown St. Louis 

For today:  " The Post War Paradise Series :  In the summer haze ... The Master meets the Hudson." 

K-Line scale Mikado getting a workout on the S&Y RR.

An American Company

For today: From the Postwar Paradise Collection ... " The ballast tamper." 

BAR GP7#63, The ground-work is fabulous.

@Moonson posted:

BAR GP7#63, The ground-work is fabulous.

 

FrankM. Thank you Sir. 🤝

Johan

A freight train passing the lake.

Hobo jam session

A shot of our layout in progress.  We just installed the red edging on the layout.  

@t8afao posted:

A shot of our layout in progress.  We just installed the red edging on the layout.  

 

Love the red!

It looks like you added welting to the top.

Nice touch.

Is the red an upholstery fabric?

@jpc posted:

It looks like you added welting to the top.

Nice touch.

Is the red an upholstery fabric?

The top of the layout is sound board and pink foam. The edging is 1/8 mdf painted red. The end of the layout will have a mountain and has a 78 inch curve.  The 1/8 .do is easy to bend. 

These are two photos of our 2012 Christmas train store at Richardson Farms in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition to being our store's demonstration layout, the train layout was also for the benefit of the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. Collection boxes were at 2 corners of the layout for voluntary donations to the cause. 100% of the donations went to the Children's Center. Bravo, to our customers and the general public for their generosity.

Posing with me, below, is one of the many Johns Hopkins Children's Center success stories, Bridget Dively, the Children's Center's 2012 poster child. Bridget was born with severely damaged heart. After many surgeries as an infant and toddler, Bridget is a healthy child expected to live a happy life. Seeing such miracles of medicine gave special meaning to our charity campaign. Thanks to all who donated.

For today: Post war Paradise Series  " 2065 on the station approach track"

That's a very good photo T-train! Really makes the 2065 massive looking.

Andre

The D&RG running on the S&Y RR

For today: From the Postwar Paradise Series ... a follow up to yesterdays photo ... with 2065 smoking it up at the point, it  glides by the station platform, passengers will soon disembark and embark this fine postwar consist.  I got these passenger cars when I was in 6th grade ... cost new then was about $8.00 per car.   

One of my favorite pics of this truck 

The Empire State Building dominates the skyline.

For today:  " Meet at the portal."

Let the classics roll...

Great Northern transitioning to Sky Blue

T8afao, Wow, I like the red borders, very cool idea, you chose the perfect color of red. In the mid 1970’s, there was a really nice man in Chattanooga Tennessee that had a 25 by 25 layout in his basement, it had a beautiful red border board 1 by 4, attached at a 45 degree angle all around the walk around layout, I always thought it to be a cool idea. Everyone, your pictures are Amazing. Have a fun Thursday. Happy Railroading  (my friend Owen Fox is looking at his new Lionel Legacy Mountain Steamer L&N Black in color). 

Randy, nice use of the Empire State foam jigsaw puzzle.

CSXT  #8257 EMD SD40-2 in full Chessie System colors takes a spin on the NYS&W turntable at Little Ferry, NJ on Saturday July 3, 1988. #8257 will be the lead unit on Westbound stack train SU-99.

                                                                             MY PHOTO    

Sister RR's, the Northern Pacific and Great Northern.

Wow, it’s  Friday, TGIF, Amaxingly  It’s in the Mail, snail mail, but it’s going to arrive Someday, and this is what’s coming. I’ve always loved the Jie Lionel Hudson, this one however is K-Line, and I like the looks. Happy Railroading Everyone. 

For today:  " Within the early morning shadow." 

From and earlier iteration of our layout, here is Cruella De Vil's mansion. The Dalmatian puppies have Cruella cornered on the road behind the bare birch tree, very near her car.

Busy main line at the curve.

B&A passes through tunnel by motorcycle factory

For today:  A little boy's view ... " 2056 Exiting Portal 1956 into the present." 

                     morning run...

Downtown

For today: More Postwar Paradise Series ...." The Lionel RDC set."

@trumptrain posted:

For today: More Postwar Paradise Series ...." The Lionel RDC set."

Patrick, the girl in the green top and bluejeans is she from "back in the future" holding a cell phone to her ear?!

Ron

Taking on some sand for climb up the grade.

I took these yesterday of the tourist  RR on which I volunteer as a brakeman

Lee (P51) Is the tourist train running on former MILW Road? I see a MILW style target on the switch stand in picture #3.

Rusty

The BNSF passing by an ancient Northern Pacific F units.

Fellows, pictures of the day, Bill T, neat Katy SD70,  a terrific trio of beautiful diesels, Wow!,  Trumptrain, nice group of folks waiting for the train, Nice Budd units, Lee Drennen neat cars and trucks, running beside the track near a beautiful train,   sidehack, cool scene, I love see trains coming out of unique places, out of nowhere, next to neat buildings, coming out so close the floors are probably rattling, P51 Lee, Cool train looking like it’s powered by a 44 tonner, looks like a really neat excursion train, neat passenger cars, beautiful country scene.... Hope everyone has a great week. Happy Railroading 

For today: " The first crack of dawn." 

@Diverging Clear posted:

Lee (P51) Is the tourist train running on former MILW Road? I see a MILW style target on the switch stand in picture #3.

Rusty

Yep, the mainline from Tacoma came into the old  NP/GN main to Portland at Chehalis WA less than a half mile away (though the interchange is now gone). This line connects to that and used to extend toward the coast but now ends about 9 miles from this shot.

Here I am working that switch the week before:

Lee (P51) thank you for the information. It's good to hear, and, see it's still intact, and has a use, even today. Is this location where you run-a-round your train? I also like the center cab switcher, it reminds me a lot of the one on your layout.

Rusty

Wow. Some really  nice pictures  here. Trains are so much fun. Whats really nice is the people that we meet and are friends with in this hobby. If anyone  here has the opportunity  to  see Leapin  Larry's  layout you won't  be disappointed.  Its great. Here is my picture  for the day. 

John:

Your photo is fabulous! I love urban passenger station scenes. Your use of the stairs from the overhead pedestrian walkawy is superb! Bravo!

Farmerjohn, Wow, your passenger station station picture is awesome, the double decker train waiting for the tracks clear signal is beautiful. Also, thank you for the compliment, we both have a lot to be thankful for, sharing the best hobby with our friends. Happy Railroading 

For Today 8/11/2020:  " Arguably Lionel's most popular automatic car.... Got Milk?"   

@Diverging Clear posted:

Lee (P51) thank you for the information. It's good to hear, and, see it's still intact, and has a use, even today. Is this location where you run-a-round your train? I also like the center cab switcher, it reminds me a lot of the one on your layout.

Rusty 

Funny thing, I haven't run that Whitcomb center cab since I got my Baldwin class 10 trench engine.

As for the location, yes its a passing siding we use to move the locomotive to either end of the train. There are two passing tracks at the other end of the run as well.

https://steamtrainride.com/

MTH Northern Pacific with a string of KMT REA reefers.

@lee drennen posted:

                                                        Lee, I love that B Model Mack! 

Night at the underpass

Another picture  for the day

Farmerjohn, Fantastic, and the scenes look so real. Great work. Thanks for posting the upper and lower areas as it brings the passenger station into perspective. A fun to view focal scene. Great detail work. Now, my station scene. Happy Railroading 

Lee (p51) I followed your progress on your trench engine, it needs to be broke in, so, it seems the center cab is your stand-by locomotive, for now?

And, those chevron arrow targets from the MILW are not hard for me to spot. The ICRR then ICG and now the CN still use a solid red arrow target on their mainline switch stands.

Thank you for the link to the museum, I enjoyed checking out the site, I added it to my list of favorites.

Rusty

Postwar Texas Special 210 meets up with Texas Special 211 on the S&Y RR.

Yes, its Wednesday, Hump day, and hopefully everyone will enjoy there trains in some form or another. Bill T, I love the Texas Special RR very much, beautiful.  Lee Drennen, that’s a cool Corvair automotive, I used to own one..... Happy Railroading 

For today: " Running Lite .... number 4890 & 4875 with caboose."

               Marci's photo...

@PAUL ROMANO posted:

                                                        Lee, I love that B Model Mack! 

Thanks Paul me too 

@Diverging Clear posted:

Lee (p51) I followed your progress on your trench engine, it needs to be broke in, so, it seems the center cab is your stand-by locomotive, for now?

The Baldwin is pretty well broken in now, which happened not long after it appeared in the review in OGR earlier this year.

The Whitcomb prerty much only exists as I wanted a Army locomotive that I could switch with at each end. My ten wheelers are no good for switching except for the tender ends as the front couplers swing too wide on curves other than the main line.

Once Bachmann made the class ten trench engine, I then had EXACTLY what I'd wanted all along, a short military steam switcher.

If this had come out first, the Whitcomb wouldn't be on a shelf under the layout at all as I'd never have bought one.

@farmerjohn posted:

Another picture  for the day

@farmerjohn:

I love your Union Pacific station! Where did you get the concrete/stone railing around the upper level? It is a great way to finish off an elevated urban street!

Bill T. Love those Lionel FA’s 

Larry. Thanks for the complement always liked those Corvairs 

Lee. Great looking vintage pics 

thanks guys for all your likes and complements  

Randy. I bought the railing at York from the guys that make the bridges and buildings I think the name is Cresent. I painted the railings with a stone paint. Here is a picture of a bridge I got from them .

For Today August 13:  " Meeting the train at first crack of daylight." 

@lee drennen posted:

Bill T. Love those Lionel FA’s 

Larry. Thanks for the complement always liked those Corvairs 

Lee. Great looking vintage pics 

thanks guys for all your likes and complements  

Yep, the PW Alcos are fun to run. The 210 is a set I received for Christmas many decades ago. The 211 is a new acquisition, seems like I have been on a Postwar kick this past month. Fun to run and don't cost an arm & leg to acquire.

Bill I agree I’ve been in a PW kick for the last year on and off more on. I have the 202 I redone the Shell was faded so I done it up in NYC I’m sure you have seen it on here. Like to see more pics of them of them in the future 

@farmerjohn posted:

Randy. I bought the railing at York from the guys that make the bridges and buildings I think the name is Cresent. I painted the railings with a stone paint. Here is a picture of a bridge I got from them .

@farmerjohn

Thanks for the information. The bridge is spectacular (as is your entire layout)! Was the dealer from whom you bought the bridge in the Orange Hall, about halfway back in the first aisle on the side of the Orange Hall that is closest to what used to be the Brown Hall?

@Bill T posted:

Yep, the PW Alcos are fun to run. The 210 is a set I received for Christmas many decades ago. The 211 is a new acquisition, seems like I have been on a Postwar kick this past month. Fun to run and don't cost an arm & leg to acquire.

>>>>

@Bill T posted:

Bill I agree I’ve been in a PW kick for the last year on and off more on. I have the 202 I redone the Shell was faded so I done it up in NYC I’m sure you have seen it on here. Like to see more pics of them of them in the future 

Hm.

I'm going to have to quit extolling the virtues of PW here at OGR... seems I'm driving up the costs on myself!

Andre

Randy. Yes the dealer is in the Orange hall but the name is East Coast Enterprises.  Gave you the wrong name earlier.  The railings  are a new item .Stan Wisniewski is the main guy I talked to. Thanks for the compliment  on my layout. 

One of my favorite Custom Weaver trailers I’ve made. It sits on a Lionel PS 4 piggy flat that I weathered 

Another picture of the day. 

Passengers changing from the trolley to the Interurban.

@farmerjohn posted:

Randy. Yes the dealer is in the Orange hall but the name is East Coast Enterprises.  Gave you the wrong name earlier.  The railings  are a new item .Stan Wisniewski is the main guy I talked to. Thanks for the compliment  on my layout. 

Very Nice !! Beautiful !

For today: From the Postwar Paradise Series: "Three decades of Lionel history 1940's #2035 steamer, 1950's # 2065 steamer & FM Virginian Train Master, 1960's Santa Fe FA Diesels." 

              woke up to a rail line, right down the middle of my driveway...

Little Santa Fe action.  

MTH NS passing by MTH UP Heritage units.