Photo Chain Game

@pennsyfan posted:

Sorry Randy, did I sneak in ahead of you?

@pennsyfan

That is no problem. We must have both been inspired at the same time and it took me longer to locate my photo and type. So, first come, first served. The building in your photo is great. I love that kind of old, urban architecture.

Following pennsyfan, a 3 story building with a picnic in the backyard. The folks heading home from work are getting hungrier and hungrier.

People at a concert in the park.

People:

People at the town park having some dogs.

People and friends playing in the snow, getting a Coke, enjoying ice cream, fancy muffins and a Hot Cocoa.

Don

Zephyr running thru the snow playland.

Fireman is placing a wreath at the flag memorial in Equestra Family Park.
Lionel NYC freight is entering the mid level tunnel.

Tunnel

The tunnel at Heat Pump Pass:

@Sitka: I'll see your tunnel and raise a tunnel. (Not much of a raise--we both have two lines running through them.)

Bob

Passenger train passes slow freight.

High Balling Pennsy K-4 with passenger train, passing a freight train at the stop

Pennsylvania Railroad...

@bobfett posted:

@Sitka: I'll see your tunnel and raise a tunnel. (Not much of a raise--we both have two lines running through them.)

Bob

Caribou crossing tunnels .

Fence

Ice Cream Truck unloading a refr full of ice cream.

Best Wishes

Don

2400 series passenger car as seen in Don’s photo. This one is on the scrap yard track; waiting for the torch.

Dairy truck with delivery man unloading milk.

EDIT:

Ouch.  Previous photo got in before I posted,

Milk car being spotted at local distribution warehouse...

PRR & LIRR Milk Reefers is

PW Lionel Milk car heading to the farm

Caboose

caboose....

MPC era cabooses...

Chain Game

Western Pacific cabooses.
One I made from a kit, one I bought new.

The caboose kit in WPs post made me think about this boxcar kit that my Dad made about 70 years ago. Since his BD is this week I thought it would be a fitting memory.

The car is wooden, the graphics are on card paper.

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Boston and Maine for Bobs Dad

@Sitka posted:

Boston and Maine for Bobs Dad

Thanks Mark!

Nice Bob! I remember those kits.

I wouldn't be in the hobby if it weren't for my Dad. The interest in trains goes back 4 generations...

@Don Winslow posted:

Nice Bob! I remember those kits.

I wouldn't be in the hobby if it weren't for my Dad. The interest in trains goes back 4 generations...

Thanks Don!
You stirred another memory, in the 80s my son had given me an LGB starter set with the #2 loco. After a few years of running it in the garden, I picked up a US style engine. I was going to phase out the #2. One day Dad stopped over when the trains were running, and he told me that he remembered his Grandfather running an engine like that in Germany. Nuf said The #2 is still running; and now it’s at my son’s on Christmas.  So there’s 5 generations, albeit not all modeling.

I failed to mention that my Dad built my first layout. He also built one for himself when he was 85.

Well I admit it fellows, Im confused a little.  Don't know if I am responding to PRR + other cabooses or SOM Products box cars.  SOoooo here are pictures of both!

Best Wishes Don

OOPS ... I forgot in my above response, I could be responding to B&M rolling stock, so I am adding my Marx deluxe B&M boxcar to my list.  Best Wishes Don

@Don McErlean posted:

OOPS ... I forgot in my above response, I could be responding to B&M rolling stock, so I am adding my Marx deluxe B&M boxcar to my list.  Best Wishes Don

Don,

I followed WPs caboose post with a B&M caboose; but my narrative focused on the SOM boxcar that my Dad built. Mark and Don both responded with SOM. So you were good with the SOM car. This post boxcar follows box car.

Box car State of Maine by Marx

@Greg J. Turinetti - Hey Greg, good to hear from you.  What a great CV set you posted.  I had forgotten about the little 6" SOM car but it looks good on your post!

Another SOM car. Notice the different wording.

Get the whole story here. You will have to scroll down aways .

https://www.metca.org/PastCars.html

Back to Bobs SOM This was my dad's HO Lionel SOM with a PW 6464 SOM

Horses as seen in Mark’s photo.

close up of billboard

Well I don't have any horses, but I do have some livestock cars including a very large cow!

The cars are Hornby,  from the 1950's although the one labeled "LMS" is from 1948 or earlier (pre-nationalization). The cow is mostly from my strange imagination!

Best wishes

Don