Front End Friday

@mike g. - Thanks for those thoughts Mike, appreciate it.  Don

Great pictures and trains everyone.  RSJB18 great shark design, I can hear the music!  Strap Hanger - wonderful subway scene, great work .  Sitka - a PW beauty to be sure.  Have a great weekend all.

Don

Wow so much great stuff starting so early on a Friday!

I'll see Patrick's pair and raise another Y6B

Don I'm glad our little gathering place can offer respite from your burden.  Still working the prayer beads for all y'all.

Since we're paraphrasing great movie lines:

She's a beaut Bob

With apologies to Sheriff Brody, "We're gonna need a bigger boat, a U boat!" Thanks for the inspiration Paul.

Arnold that 20th Century Ltd is gorgeous.  Who made it?  The B&A Hudson made like the Enterprise and went to maximum warp speed when it cleared that S curve.

Strap you're gonna some of those movable platforms West Side Joe is cooking up.

@coach joe - Thank you for your prayer support, means a lot.  Don

@coach joe posted:

Wow so much great stuff starting so early on a Friday!

Since we're paraphrasing great movie lines:

She's a beaut Bob

With apologies to Sheriff Brody, "We're gonna need a bigger boat, a U boat!" Thanks for the inspiration Paul.

Did someone say U Boat??????

(Ironically I got these MPC beauties from Paul.....)

Bob

@Don McErlean posted:

@coach joe - Thank you for your prayer support, means a lot.  Don

Add my prayers to the list Don. I hope your wife is doing ok and makes a speedy recovery.

Bob

BUMP...BUMP...BUMP....BUMP....BUMP......BUMP.......(que the trombones....)

So here's the back story of @Apples55 Paul and my little back and fourth. I have to give an honorable mention to @Arnold D. Cribari who's comment about my RS11 started the latest thrust and parry.....

I had bought a D&H GP9 several years ago. I loved the paint scheme as soon as I saw it. Sensing my weakness...Paul had offered me a pair of MPC UBoats (previously shown) as he was clearing out some old stuff that he didn't run anymore. Being a techno-peasant, Paul didn't want to mess with them. After a mutually agreed upon transactional fee....a quick run through the RSJ&B shops yielded very few problems.  A quick cleaning an lube and the MPC classics were ready to run.
As my liking of the D&H had quickly turned into an obsession, I found the above set of Williams Sharks on Trainz at a good price. That was April of 2019.....needless to say given that last night was the first time they've been on my layout under power, Paul had a good reason to keep "poking the bear" so to speak. I should note that I took them out of the boxes and right on the layout and off they went. The "B" unit has William's tru-blast sounds.
So now that they have finally seen the light of day, and the planted seed has grown, matured and been cut down, I guess the only thing left to do is sit back, pour a single-malt and enjoy!

Happy Friday!

Bob

Oh... then there's always that pesky "time to building a bigger layout"........ nudge!

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming......

@RSJB18 posted:

BUMP...BUMP...BUMP....BUMP....BUMP......BUMP.......(que the trombones....)

Oh... then there's always that pesky "time to building a bigger layout"........ nudge!

You said it, not me (this time anyway )!!!

And since you’re raising the “bigger layout” issue, you know what would look spectacular behind those sharp sharks??? A nice set of blue/silver/yellow D&H passenger cars

Don’t forget, Bob… no drinking Single Malt (or other adult beverages) and driving trains - don’t want to see an entry on some “My Worst Accident” thread

@Apples55 posted:

You said it, not me (this time anyway )!!!

And since you’re raising the “bigger layout” issue, you know what would look spectacular behind those sharp sharks??? A nice set of blue/silver/yellow D&H passenger cars

Don’t forget, Bob… no drinking Single Malt (or other adult beverages) and driving trains - don’t want to see an entry on some “My Worst Accident” thread

You mean like these.......

And I always drink and train responsibly.....

Bob

RK PS 2 NYC GP9

@coach joe posted:

Strap you're gonna some of those movable platforms West Side Joe is cooking up.

So true, Coach, That’s a pretty hefty 1/48 scale gap between the train and the platform.  Until then, everyone needs to take a leap of faith!

Nice pics everyone!

@RSJB18 posted:

You mean like these.......

And I always drink and train responsibly.....

Bob

Now that’s what I’m talking about… Sweet!!!

Happy FEF from the Smoky Mountains!

FEF, a rainy day project. I am repainting the lower red stripe to blue on a Williams B unit to go with my Menards AA. Also going to modify the dummy A to a power unit by swapping shells with a spare red bonnet.

Wow, I’m on page 148 and from here to the end of page 149 are some beautiful pictures and videos, @Don McErleann, your antique tinplate trains bring back great memories, your collection must be very uniquely beautiful, now please know your friends here in Tennessee has you in our prayers for your wife and family, hopefully she’ll get better soon, @Sitka, your older Lionel steamers look fantastic on your cool layout, Wow, @Strap Hanger, wow, your R40 subway looks like it’s ready to round the corner into Queens Plaza and take folks to their destinations, Awesome, @RSJB18, Bob, I see the light shining brightly, Beautiful diesel, @Randy Harrison, Wow, that’s a beautiful Lionel NYC Hudson, amazing outdoor picture, looks almost real, Wow, @TedW, I love your dioramas, especially the top one with the awesome 765 Locomotive, Wow, @Arnold D. Cribari, that’s an amazing Dreyfus Steamer running beautifully around your empire, Wow, What a great Front End Friday…Happy Railroading Everyone

Happy FEF everyone!  Today I have my 1-700E on the track, taking a break from command control and running some conventional.  Have a great weekend everyone!

Hi guys just wanted to get my offering in before close of night.

New meets old.

Kind of like Bob and Paul! 😆

@corsair29 posted:

What the heck is that? Frankensteam?

@Apples55 posted:

Now that’s what I’m talking about… Sweet!!!

Not really what I expected out you Paul.  I thought for sure you were going to tell Bob the RKs needed to go for some scale size cars.  18 inchers at least.

Oh and Bob on the single malt!