a picture a day....

"Good Riddance"

Yesterday, we began the process of removing the red reflective tape from the skirting of Reading T1 no. 2100.

Christmas Eve 1964 aboard The Capitol Eastbound.

"The Stockings were hung by the chimney with care":

Number 90 posted:

Johan, that it a magnificent weathering job you did on your Fairbanks-Morse Train Master.

You spent a lot of time getting the details just right, to depict a locomotive that is being worked hard and getting very little appreciation in the form of wash jobs.  It is covered with oily grime, but not over-done.  The only clean spot on that locomotive is the American flag, which somebody took the time to wipe off.

I commented once before on how realistically you had weathered the chicken wire on an F3A.  And here you have done it again.  

My hat is off to you, Johan. 

Tom. Thank you very much Sir. I really appreciate your kind words. I remember when you commented JC F7A chicken wire. Lets see what coming next.  It's would be a nice get a couple BAR F3's.🤝

Johan

For today: " A GE 44 tonner trundles across the Bollman bridge with a flat car of logs and transfer caboose on the FSJR Mountain division.  It's always fall in and around Patsburg. 

Well its late in the day on the Leonardtown and Savannah (most everyone is "social distancing" so there is not too much traffic in Small Town.  Just about dinner time, the local switch job comes out of between the suburban platforms with some cars for distribution in the morning.  The mainline express disappears into the "mountains" taking the folks from Savannah to Atlanta. 

Have a good evening, stay healthy

Don McErlean

Huh. Woke up this AM to this:

Went to the doggie park and we all enjoyed the walk, staying 6ft apart of course.....the dogs didn't do social distancing though. 

For today: " A view from my bicycle." 

Johan, two excellent scenes!

coach joe posted:

Johan, two excellent scenes!

Joe. Thank you very much. New trees are changing the landscape.

Johan

Hudson rounds curve

For today: " New tractor delivery .... just in time for planting season."

geysergazer - SNOW!! on March 25th You need to come to Texas...it was 85 degrees and sunny here today!    Zeke really like the b&w photos, they remind me of so many of the classic especially steam era photos from my RR magazines (which I devoured as a kid).  Sidehack - great picture and what a super job in making realistic trees that look like they are just beginning to leaf out in spring. BillT - love the Santa Fe RDC's...maybe I will repaint my plain Jane B&O ones with that warbonnet scheme GP7#63, sidehack and trumptrain -great pictures and super realistic scenes.

Hope everyone is staying healthy

Don McErlean

B&O Pacifics were out last night. One with Madisons the other pulling a 5 car consist of premier streamlines I picked up this week.

            me, Marci & Izzy, had to get out of the house for a little while...

                                                                  so we went out train watching... 

          Marci's photos...

Marci does a great job on the photographs, Brian!  Did you buy Izzy a take out ice cream on the way home???  Our DQ and privately owned stand are open for business! 

         we did stop at our favorite hot dog place... but it was closed

                                             I think she was happy just to get out and go for a ride..

               even though it turned into a rainy day...

For today: " The loading dock."

"Daydreamer's Delight":

geysergazer posted:

"Daydreamer's Delight":

                    

         

Lew, there is and has been one thing that bugged me about this layout.  I am a couple of year older and the cover of the Lionel booklet "How To Operate LIONEL TRAINS and Accessories"  that came with my 1958 Super-O General set had (has) this layout pictured on cover.  Behind the ZW there is a trestle support mounted right on top of the track!

Ron

Don M - thank you!

Ron, that trestle bent in the middle of the lower level track has been amusing people ever since the catalog was released. It makes me think of Arnold's "Good Layout Flaw? Huh!" thread. 

Ray, gotta' love that '56 Crown Vic. My first ride was a '56 Merc 4-door sedan with a dinged rear quarter-panel but even it had some of those Crown Vic lines.