Show Me Your Very Best

Nice looking and running engine. You have a lot of fun and scenic charm packed on your layout Arnold.

I am a fan of lightning stripes, Arnold.

This is a postwar 682 Pennsylvania turbine that I rescued from the attic of a run-down house.  The staircase leading to the attic, as I recall, was severely tilted.  I purchased this with several other items that I still have. This was around 1990 and was the first engine in my return to o gauge.

John

Off to a great start guys.  Thanks to both of you for sharing photos that can sure warm a model railroaders heart.

Nice milk cars there Arnold. I'm a collector of them myself.

I'm a big fan of the turbines as well. I don't see too many with the fancy hardware on the drivewheels!

@Fendermain posted:

I am a fan of lightening stripes Arnold.

This is a postwar 682 Pennsylvania turbine that I rescued from the attic of a run down house.  The staircase leading to the attic, as I recall, was severely tilted.  This  was around 1990 and was the first engine in my return to o gauge.

John

Gorgeous, John, and I'm also a sucker for Postwar Pennsy turbines. I have several.

Come to think of it, I'm a sucker for a lot of O Gauge train related things: NW2s, center cab diesels, F3s, Hudsons, K4s, turbines, GG1s, EP5s, etc.

Don't you find that if you fall in love with something, you just have to have it and it almost becomes totally ireesistible. I fall in love a lot. LOL, Arnold

This is just my latest not sure what I would call my favorite since that one is my very first Lionel which is in the display case but this video I took last evening.

My "best"? 

For O scale, I guess it would be this tired old Varney/All Nation Ten Wheeler:

As I posted in the 2 rail forum, when I got this the motor was seized up tight, some valve gear parts were missing, and one of the center drivers was just a little loose on the axle, causing a fairly serious bind.

Thanks to some of the guys here, I was able to get it up and running again; and it does that very nicely, I might add. A good learning experience and a project that gave me many hours of pleasure.

Dunno if it's my "best", but I like the fact that I had to put some time and effort into getting it road-worthy again... 

Mark in Oregon

What can I say - it's December and it's snowing...

This isn’t the best looking video I have taken but I like it the best because it shows a vintage 1950 Lionel 773 pulling a consist of modern era Irvington cars at speed.

OKHIIKER, 

Great trains, layout and one could assume you are into hiking.  I like your style!

John

@Fendermain posted:

OKHIIKER,

Great trains, layout and one could assume you are into hiking.  I like your style!

John

Fendermain, thanks for the kind words re: my Hudson and layout.  Yes, I am an enthusiastic hiker, fisherman, hunter, cyclist and anything and everything outdoors related.  I noticed your photo when you initially posted it and immediately wondered where the photo was taken.  Nice to have a partner to go along with you isn't it.

Robert Butler, Could I have permission to use your wonderful photo in this years OGR Christmas Video? Don

I think this was my best video. All electrics run off of overhead wire. Passenger car off of rail power. I had just started to take the layout down. Some of the lights in town were already disconnected. Then I thought I should film the last few times my electric "motors" ran. I shot what should have taken a week in one long day. Less than a week later nothing was left of the layout. Enjoy. Don

@scale rail posted:

I think this was my best video. All electrics run off of overhead wire. Passenger car off of rail power. I had just started to take the layout down. Some of the lights in town were already disconnected. Then I thought I should film the last few times my electric "motors" ran. I shot what should have taken a week in one long day. Less than a week later nothing was left of the layout. Enjoy. Don

At 2:40, the song, "SNOW FALL", great choice.

Arnold, weren't you suppose to be in Court this morning?  :-)

(Forgive my tardiness Your Honor, I was filming my train set!)

Twilight at Union Station

NWL

For those with a good eye for filming. You can tell I shot my old layout in a hurry. Of the four segments, the one with the long train and box cabs and Joes I forgot to put one of my film effects glass 4x4 filters on.  I personally don't like the look of those shots.  Being an old film guy I love the softness of film. I use either 1,2 or 3 power of these effects filters depending on lighting. Oh and I even cut this with iMovie.  No time for Final Cut. We were moving in a few days. Don

@scale rail posted:

I think this was my best video. All electrics run off of overhead wire. Passenger car off of rail power. I had just started to take the layout down. Some of the lights in town were already disconnected. Then I thought I should film the last few times my electric "motors" ran. I shot what should have taken a week in one long day. Less than a week later nothing was left of the layout. Enjoy. Don

Splendid in every way, Don.

Your camera angles enhance your model trains making them even more majestic, and  your structures and scenery making them even more spectacular. Love your background music too.

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Splendid in every way, Don.

Your camera angles enhance your model trains making them even more majestic, and  your structures and scenery making them even more spectacular. Love your background music too.

I couldn't agree more!  I've seen many video's of train layouts, but this by far is the best I've seen to date.   Beautifully choreographed with appropriate sound effects and subtitles sprinkled throughout the video.   

Don, you are a master at this medium.   

Such a shame that this layout had to be taken down.

Hopefully you'll be able to resurrect it to some degree in your new home.  I just can't say enough how well it this video and layout was done.

Inspired by O. Winston Link, I decided to try his style on my layout

Scalerail - I have been curious about the Last Run video. Everything ends at 8:30 but the clip keeps running until about 12:18  ?

Am also curious about the video camera you are using. I have used my phone, EOS Rebel and a GoPro knock-off (Akaso) to record video and they are OK, but I am not super happy about the frame focus on any. I kind of think they are not meant to capture video from only 2 to 3 feet away.  Any suggestions? (The Akaso does fine for cab rides being no wider than the rolling stock)

Thanks ... Jeff

Scale Rail - Don your video is absolutely superb in every way!!  The camera work is exquisite   The music you chose is perfect  The attention to detail in your scenery work is eye popping  There is an Academy Award awaiting with your name on it.

There is a model railroading theorem which states that your very best locomotive is equivalent to your latest purchase. I recently bought this Lionel Boston & Albany 4-6-6T steam locomotive.

MELGAR

Pretty simple. My scratch-built N&W Dynamometer car built by Brother Love.

My first and best kitbash.  I was very nervous with my first cut of a brand new building.

Now the kids say, "hide your stuff or Dad might frankenstein it."

Here are photos of post war locomotives.  The 2065 Hudson by Lionel is from my first electric train set, Christmas 1957.

@trumptrain posted:

Here are photos of post war locomotives.  The 2065 Hudson by Lionel is from my first electric train set, Christmas 1957.

Patrick, IMO the top and bottom photos could be ads for Lionel or postcards. Arnold

My Best? I have to go back to my HO days. I have a pair of Rivarossi steamers, a NYC Hudson and a PRR 2-8-8-2 Mallet. Both saw heavy run time on my old HO layouts growing up. More recently they have sat in boxes since I don't run HO much any more except for an occasional loop under the Christmas tree.
The Hudson is a bit worse for wear but the Mallet is in great shape. I've recently replaced the motors in both.

By Mel's standard of most recent it would be my Lionel New Haven RS-11

@scale rail posted:

For those with a good eye for filming. You can tell I shot my old layout in a hurry. Of the four segments, the one with the long train and box cabs and Joes I forgot to put one of my film effects glass 4x4 filters on.  I personally don't like the look of those shots.  Being an old film guy I love the softness of film. I use either 1,2 or 3 power of these effects filters depending on lighting. Oh and I even cut this with iMovie.  No time for Final Cut. We were moving in a few days. Don

Don,

That was one of the most amazing model train videos I ever watched. Thank you.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Scalerail - I have been curious about the Last Run video. Everything ends at 8:30 but the clip keeps running until about 12:18  ?

Am also curious about the video camera you are using. I have used my phone, EOS Rebel and a GoPro knock-off (Akaso) to record video and they are OK, but I am not super happy about the frame focus on any. I kind of think they are not meant to capture video from only 2 to 3 feet away.  Any suggestions? (The Akaso does fine for cab rides being no wider than the rolling stock)

Thanks ... Jeff

Jeff when I was editing I let the video at the end in black run too long. My mistake. The camera was an older Sony med. size HD camera with MattBox. (see photo) Used it for years. For the tracking shots I had removable metal brackets the length of the layout that I mounted 1x4 boards with Gargraves track mounted on the boards. They were placed so the camera was just a little above the top of the layout. I used a old Lionel Trainmaster frame, no shell or motors, with a camera mount on it as a dolly. The FM frame is heavy so the camera was stable. I hand pushed my "camera dolly" and after many takes got some fair tracking shots. I'm afraid I don't have any suggestions as the cameras I use are over kill for shooting layouts. Just get something you can hand focus and control exposure. Don.            

It gets no better than a grandson running the trains. He loves hitting the horn button. He is a smiler, very happy personality and a joy to be around. The first one is his "look".

New deck planks are staged for a replacement project. The crew works at one end of the trestle replacing deck planks and a post damaged in a fire.A CNJ MOW train moves into position with new ties, posts and lumber for a much needed trestle repair. A stack of ties awaits the crew.

@ScoutingDad posted:

It gets no better than a grandson running the trains. He loves hitting the horn button. He is a smiler, very happy personality and a joy to be around. The first one is his "look".

Scouting Dad,

You gotta love those big smiles as payment for the all the work you've put into the layout!

Here is my best

Some throwback media.  Proud to have had the honor to photograph Bill Henning's Train Tree in 2014.

Back in the past summer I began experimenting with photographing the layout using natural sunlight with my I phone.   Here is a study using my Docksider as the subject.

@SANTIAGOP23 posted:

Olympian Hiawatha GGD Video

Wow...  I bypassed this last night because it was late and I wanted to go to bed.  I'm so very glad I revisited it this morning.  WELL DONE @SANTIAGOP23.  WELL DONE Indeed.

Ron