Here’s my Lionel NW Switcher pulling some All Nations cars that I restored and some Custom AHM Flatcars I made into Piggybacks.
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Right on Rick. The SOUTHERN Serves the South!
Ran my Lionel F3 with a manifest of Standard O cars with Early Bird Reefers on the point
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Freight trains of the transition era.
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@FrankRazz posted:Bill, you always surprise me with your engine rooster. Who made the above NP Heritage engine?
Hi Frank, the NP Heritage diesel is from Lionel about 5 years ago or so.
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How about a Penn Central grain train?
Tom
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I still need to put details on this UP RS3 but I had to put some freight on it and give it a test
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At the TMB model train club A Lionel CSX Clinchfield heritage AC6000 hailing mixed freight Check out the graffatti
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Anyone want to show us their freight trains????
@Trainmaster04 posted:
You have some beautiful engines!!
@W&W posted:You have some beautiful engines!!
Thanks, but I cannot take all of the credit. I work for a fellow forum member and he has been generous enough to allow me to borrow some of his new locomotives to video.
An afternoon freight passing thru town.
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That was a great video. I particularly like the billboard view at the end.
Let’s roll back the clock to the clickety clack of the original Tinplate Era....Enjoy!!
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I don’t think there was enough power in that consist to pull all those auto racks!😉
Larry
When I put a freight train together it is going to resemble an abbreviated version of a train that actually ran over its home road. Here is southbound FW&D 131 that has just filled at Quanah, TX. Picked up were loads of wallboard and bulk gypsum from Georgia Pacific and boxcar loads off Frisco 537. Next comes plug door boxcars of Coors beer from Golden, CO., and loads from affiliated Hill lines cars coming out of Wendover, WY. The rear tonnage is ag commodities from Amarillo, TX.
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Your video is GREAT! I have just one comment on your post. The Diesel in your video looks to be an EMD PRR E7 locomotive based on the body length and the 6-wheel trucks. The F7 was a shorter locomotive with 4 wheel trucks.
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@Randy Harrison posted:Your video is GREAT! I have just one comment on your post. The Diesel in your video looks to be an EMD PRR E7 locomotive based on the body length and the 6-wheel trucks. The F7 was a shorter locomotive with 4 wheel trucks.
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@Rich Wiemann posted:Today I ran my Lionel Rio Grande freight set 2291W, which I received for my first Christmas in 1958, on my Super O postwar layout. This was such an action packed consist for a child or an adult to enjoy. Lionel certainly knew how to keep your interest. It has logged many miles these past 62 years and still looks great and brings back lots of great memories.
Rich. I have the exact same set. That was a great Christmas wasn't it. All my friends wanted the red and silver Santa Fe. Nobody wanted the yellow & green D&RG. Sure glad Santa made a great choice. Luv that magna traction.
@tynaskos posted:A couple Of BNSF trains on Rooster Railroad!
Truly an astonishing sight. Is this a club layout or are you building it yourself?
Winston, great video. I like the string of reefers. What brand is the Mikado? Sounds great.
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"Retirement Special" train for Geoffrey ToyRus, Yank and Met from the Bronx Zoo and another giraffe friend...
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A long Penn Central freight with five locos on the front:
Tom
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@pennsynut posted:Winston, great video. I like the string of reefers. What brand is the Mikado? Sounds great.
Thanks! It’s a 3rd Rail Sunset Model.
B&O and Santa Fe with a string of old fashioned auto carriers.
@Rob Leese posted:When I put a freight train together it is going to resemble an abbreviated version of a train that actually ran over its home road. Here is southbound FW&D 131 that has just filled at Quanah, TX. Picked up were loads of wallboard and bulk gypsum from Georgia Pacific and boxcar loads off Frisco 537. Next comes plug door boxcars of Coors beer from Golden, CO., and loads from affiliated Hill lines cars coming out of Wendover, WY. The reartonnage is ag commodities from Amarillo, TX.
Nice work, Robert! That sure is made up prototypically for the pre-merger era with typical SD9 power. I notice that you added some undulating track, which is also prototypical for Fort Worth & Denver.
Your personal record has been awarded ten merits for acquiring and coupling up a prototypical freight train consist from long-departed Texas railroads, and for incorporating undulating territory en route, as is prototypical for the FW&D.
@Virginian65 posted:Truly an astonishing sight. Is this a club layout or are you building it yourself?
I can actually answer your question. To answer your question, no, the layout is apart of his personal collection. I have been working for him for three years now and we have been working on the layout for about a year now. Recently, the layout has reached a point where we can run about two trains on its mainlines so we have taken a break in construction and now we have been building trains. Hope this answers your question. Thanks and happy railroading!
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@Dennis Holler posted:
👌👌👌. Wish I had a yard.
Some turn of the 20th Century freight.
Ken
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@kanawha posted:Some turn of the 20th Century freight.
Ken
Ken, nice video!
Dennis - your yard is amazing! I can't began to identify the make of the cars in your photos! And Ken, thanks for the beautiful "vintage" train - well done!
My son assembled this MPC era GS-2 powered freight train with an eclectic collection of cars. His theme today was "edible" products.
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Forgive my feeble memory. I may have posted this video before.
It is night time in Terryville and there is a camera in Ghost Train Park to film the night freight coming through on track #1 lead by a 736 postwar Berkshire pulling a train of 17 cars.
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Anyone have freight train pics and/or videos to share??
Here’s a video of a crude oil tanker train. It’s not the greatest video but it’s better than nothing.
Larry
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Well fellows, I have nothing than can compare with the length and scale look of PSAP2020's tank train, but thought you enjoy something on a little smaller scale as well (really not scale at all). This is a combination German / UK train using Mettoy Ltd (UK) freight consist pulled by a Konrad Dressler loco (labeled made in U.S. zone, Germany). All the cars/loco from the late 40's through the early 50's.
Here is the Konrad Dressler loco and tender, CW from the 50's, ready to leave the depot with its short consist of Mettoy Ltd freights.
Here is a view of the consist. All 3 freight cars are from Mettoy Ltd in the UK.
Shell tanker
Stanchion Car - set to deliver a vintage sports coupe (not its original load but it fits perfectly so I use it)
LMS Open Wagon
All cars date from '49-'51
Well my contribution of the freight train post for this weekend. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and have a happy and healthy weekend.
Don
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Here's some shots taken at dusk of a trio of postwar Santa Fe F's moving a fast freight train. The engineer is hard pressed to keep these powerful locomotives from exceeding the posted maximum authorized speed.
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A long freight train winds it way around the harbor and the outskirts of Christopolis in the background.
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Let’s see those FREIGHT TRAIN pics and/or videos.......
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Arnold
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Tom
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@Tom Densel posted:Tom
Tom - fantastic video!! Love that you captured such genuine realism as the train approached and crossed the diamond
@Arnold D. Cribari posted:Arnold
Arnold - wonderful video!! I've always loved the ALCO RS11 locomotive ever since I modeled HO way back in the 1970s. That's when I purchased one for my HO layout. I must say the RS 11 in D&H livery even makes the engine more attractive IMHO. You also have an impressive line up on Lionel dump cars!
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@Tom Densel posted:Tom
Excellent presentation'!! The speed of the train is right on the mark'.. A beautiful scene and nice realistic modeling'...😀👍👌
Yesterday I heard on the radio that freight train business is up these days. More people are having things delivered, including by train, which is an economical way of transporting huge quantities of things. Arnold
Notice this freight train includes 2 boxcars full of cookies. Keep them cookies movin'! LOL, Arnold
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Some AC&Y action:
Tom
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Good morning and happy new year to everyone! Noticed this thread came back to life so I thought why not add to it. There are a total of four trains running at the same time. Three of the trains are freight and the last one is passenger. Thanks, and happy railroading!
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I caught this Penn Central freight passing through town:
Tom
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Ken, that old-time C&O steam engine is terrific! Is that a custom paint/lettering scheme?
David
Nice train and scene Tom. Craig, that busy place on your layout reminds me of the tracks at the KC Union Station where I can sit and eat BBQ and watch freights for hours. You have cool trains and lots of track.
Local freight service on the corridor.
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At the TMB Model Train Club a pair of legacy CSX AC6000 pulling a colorful string of 86 ft box cars fromlionel
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A CSX manifest rolls by on the bridge over two BNSF trains waiting in the yard.
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Here is my Lionel Legacy black bonnet Santa Fe Alco's pulling K-line freight.
Let’s see your ****FREIGHT TRAINS****
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Tom
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Freight Trains ———- Let’s SEE them
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A noisy freight train passing. Crank it up!
Tom
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Hey guys, show us your pics and/or videos of your FREIGHT TRAINS. . .
Here's a mid 90's 3rd Rail C&O T1 2-10-4 that I upgraded with a TAS EOB system a number of years ago (when TAS was still in business!) pulling a string of Atlas cars and a 3rd rail caboose.
Ken
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Three frieght trains at once.
BNSF Crude oil train, CSX units pulling a string of box cars, and 2 BNSF dash 9 units pulling a string of covered hoppers.
Enjoy!
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Ran this Lionel GP7 with a manifest of Lionel Standard O cars the other day.
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BNSF coal train. Mix of MTH and lionel coalporters.
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Running a Weaver Union Pacific RS-11 with a empty Western manifest collected from local towns on the line.
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Ok fellow Forum members, let’s see your freight trains this weekend!! Show us your pics and/or videos of your freights!
I’m sharing my yard on the SOUTH FORK RAILROAD.
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Ran this Missouri Pacific Lionel GP7 freight today
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Tom
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C&O 0-8-0 pulls a road freight.