PAUL ROMANO posted:

                                           Intermodel action at NJ Hirailers.

WOW!!!!   That is a lot of equipment'...

trumptrain posted:

Up close today: " The wrecked hopper car & the car dept. inspectors."  I actually bought this fire damaged Weaver hopper car, as is, off E bay for $5.00  plus $4.00 shipping because I wanted the trucks/couplers.  Once it arrived, I thought why not weather the car and create a scene.   I later photographed the car in different scenerios before removing the trucks.  Here's what I came up with ... including it's delivery by a B&O dockside switch crew.  It all takes place on the Free State Junction Railroad's Mountain Division. 

Very cool Pat'... Great imagination at work here'....

I know I posted this elsewhere but it fits in the spirit of this thread, too:

lee drennen posted:

Wow somebody likes the  piggy back system, and trailers'... Nice shots Lee'...  I love that driver figure'....

Plaza Liquors, Sharky's Loans and top floor is the USO

Here is my newest military piece,built from a 1/48 kit.

Watching busy freight yard

and here is what they see...

sidehack posted:

Plaza Liquors, Sharky's Loans and top floor is the USO

 A true GI hot spot'.  Everything needed in a three story building'...

lee drennen posted:

Nice Lee! Your up early, hope you have a great day!

mike g. posted:

lee drennen posted:

Nice Lee! Your up early, hope you have a great day!

Thanks Mike I’m up at 0400 central time every morning started in to work roads got bad turned around and came back home. You have a great day as well as the others here 

The fella in the tower is trying to figure out what that Southern GP9 really is (apparently he has never seen one) when a Union Pacific ES44AC is ready to pull out onto the main. A generational thing maybe?? 😁

Up close today: " A freshly painted WhiteHouse refer car has been spotted on a rural siding.  Apple growers are pulling up in trucks to off load their precious cargo onto the refrigerator  car.  Later this afternoon the local switch job will take the loaded car to Butler Junction Yard where it will be coupled to others of the same, forming a 26 car block.  The block of reffers will then be cut into the Merchants  Limited due east out of Patsburg.  

Speedway

People pics today..

Here are a few:

More people.....

stangtrain posted:

Here are a few:

Stangtrain: These figures are amazing! Would you mind sharing where you got them? If you made them yourself, my hat is off to you.

Kevin- They are a set from Woodland Scenics

https://woodlandscenics.woodla....com/show/item/A2721

lee drennen posted:

 Lee, nice shots'..  I like the looks of those Western Pacific box cars.  What manufacture/brand are they? or did you detail them'... yourself'..👍😉

 Hanging out at the station...🚂

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

lee drennen posted:

 Lee, nice shots'..  I like the looks of those Western Pacific box cars.  What manufacture/brand are they? or did you detail them'... yourself'..👍😉

Ted. Thanks the western way is a vintage Atlas O the silver one is a Weaver and the Santa Fe is a vintage Atlas O that has been decaled and I repainted the door 

lee drennen posted:

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

lee drennen posted:

 Lee, nice shots'..  I like the looks of those Western Pacific box cars.  What manufacture/brand are they? or did you detail them'... yourself'..👍😉

Ted. Thanks the western way is a vintage Atlas O the silver one is a Weaver and the Santa Fe is a vintage Atlas O that has been decaled and I repainted the door 

 Thanks for the info Lee'.. I'm working on an ABA Western Pacific F-7 set I got on the bay.  Now I need to look for those Atlas/Weaver box cars'.  They are real beauties'.... Nice work on the SF'...

Coastsidekevin: The figures are:

Train Mechanics Set (Woodland Scenics item A2721) in O scale

    Fresh load of lumber arrives for an addition on the old homestead

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

lee drennen posted:

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

lee drennen posted:

 Lee, nice shots'..  I like the looks of those Western Pacific box cars.  What manufacture/brand are they? or did you detail them'... yourself'..👍😉

Ted. Thanks the western way is a vintage Atlas O the silver one is a Weaver and the Santa Fe is a vintage Atlas O that has been decaled and I repainted the door 

 Thanks for the info Lee'.. I'm working on an ABA Western Pacific F-7 set I got on the bay.  Now I need to look for those Atlas/Weaver box cars'.  They are real beauties'.... Nice work on the SF'...

Ted

I was looking on eBay this morning there’s a Weaver one just like mine and other Weaver Western Pacific boxcars for a reasonable check them out. As for the Vintage Atlas O Western Pacific good luck but they do show up now and then and they are usually cheap they say there 2 Rail but they run just fine on Fastrack I run them a lot on my Fastrack with no problems there wheels have a high flanges hope this helps you 

lee drennen posted:

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

lee drennen posted:

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

lee drennen posted:

 Lee, nice shots'..  I like the looks of those Western Pacific box cars.  What manufacture/brand are they? or did you detail them'... yourself'..👍😉

Ted. Thanks the western way is a vintage Atlas O the silver one is a Weaver and the Santa Fe is a vintage Atlas O that has been decaled and I repainted the door 

 Thanks for the info Lee'.. I'm working on an ABA Western Pacific F-7 set I got on the bay.  Now I need to look for those Atlas/Weaver box cars'.  They are real beauties'.... Nice work on the SF'...

Ted

I was looking on eBay this morning there’s a Weaver one just like mine and other Weaver Western Pacific boxcars for a reasonable check them out. As for the Vintage Atlas O Western Pacific good luck but they do show up now and then and they are usually cheap they say there 2 Rail but they run just fine on Fastrack I run them a lot on my Fastrack with no problems there wheels have a high flanges hope this helps you 

Thanks Lee', I'll check it out'......😃

For this fine Thursday:  Random pics from around Patsburg. 

one of these trains

VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p0vnH1ZjVw&t=38s

Tourists checking out the local Postal Museum...🚂

sidehack posted:

one of these trains

VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p0vnH1ZjVw&t=38s

 

Totality Outstanding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Beautiful Layout Ray'... Lots of tedious detailed work has provided excellent results'...👍

Thank you Ted, I do like doing the details so that if you look at picture and have to look closer to see if it could be real then I've succeeded.

sidehack posted:

Thank you Ted, I do like doing the details so that if you look at picture and have to look closer to see if it could be real then I've succeeded.

 You're quite welcome'... and you have succeeded indeed'....

             Taking a well deserved break'....

A quick game while waiting for orders'

Station parking lot

Ted, nice.....there is no money on the table....right? 

my contribution to closeup shots........

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Free State Junction Railway and Patsburg up close today.

I've posted these elsewhere on the forum but what the heck...

           railfanning...

From my outdoor shelf layout.

Up close today:  Random shots from around the layout.                                                       

Giving the 0-8-0 the once over before sending her out on the road.

A walk in the park.

Some day her prince will come ... and there he is. 

Towing away the old and building the new. 

Nice shots!

I don't have anything real to add today, to speak of...

Note the head of the bunny at the left of the base of my scratch built water tower. I have three such bunnies on the layout and they're all sitting where you'd expect a rabbit to be in the day time.

Full blown sepia on a cell phone shot of the new shed in the Army area..

Good times and bad

Taking on water...

                                                              URBAN AREA..........

SIRT posted:

                                             

                                                              URBAN AREA..........

 I love it' how typical in urban areas'... first floor sealed up, yet tenants on the second and third floors'...  Nice looking structures'... The original DPM pieces have so many possibilities for structures'...

                                     LIRR set-up this week. Out with the CNJ.

Family outing in their brand new Tucker checking out a new paint scheme.

Spotting a hopper at the coal dock.

Two switcher crews getting ready to see which one has more power.

Happy Thursday, all. #goodtofeelgood

Random up close pics from around Patsburg for this fine Thursday. 

Oh, how I miss watching a baseball game:

However, I am grateful the everyone I know, including my Forum friends, are healthy.

My son Mark from 7th grade. we made a short replica of the Rockville Bridge out of wood, cardboard and foam board for a class project.  We both enjoyed building this. That was some 13 years ago; how time flies!

Here are some close-up photos from my train yard.  Layout is not complete so the train personnel do not have much to do. LOL 

I'd love to go over and have tea with Pinky but not a good idea right now  

Would be nice but we are going to have wait a while 

With the Yardmasters authorization, this tractor/trailer sits over two yard tracks as it is loaded with crates of household goods.   Otto, the truck driver, looks at his watch as Jim drags a pallet and shouts to Otto " Your'e going to be here for quite a while"  That box car is totally loaded!  You will probably have to make a second trip!"

The unloading operation as seen from the opposite side of the above photo.  Jack Meyers,  the forman, standing on the ground checks on things as he peers into the car.  Jack's a good boss, very reasonable, but expects the work to be done a timely manner.   

Rob steadies a crate as the forklift operator gently pulls forward. 

A different camera angle catches Rob at work. 

Andy and Mario handle the last crate.  After this crate the job is done!  Looks like there won't be a second trip for Otto after all. 

Fishing with dad at the harbor.

Up close for this fine Thursday:   " First light "

trumptrain posted:

Up close for this fine Thursday:   " First light "

I really like the effect you are getting with the natural sunlight photos. Also, it is good to see the workers of Patsburg are awake and on the job early.

The produce stand.

A K-Line, C&O Allegheny pulling a long boxcar train on the freight track through Terryville.

It's Your move.

Here are some pictures of my modules at various National Capital Trackers shows.

Here are some scenes from my layout, Inside Tunnel and around the layout.

A busy day on the Shenandoah Short Line for both workers and passengers.

Nighttime action in the yard. 



Trouble coming into town from the other side of the tracks. 

well it is now part of the headend.

Can any one care to guess what it is? Or whom it belongs to?

John Pignatelli JR. posted:

well it is now part of the headend.

Can any one care to guess what it is? Or whom it belongs to?

Thermic syphons in fire box.

Ron

Up close in Patsburg.  Pics taken 4/15/2020

some close-ups of some favorite layout spots ...FrankM

Moon Township, USA

Couple shots of the Zephyr. #rideslikeafeather

Here are some close ups from around the layout. 

Trying to post regularly on my layout Instagram - @chrismontrains 

S.I 1970

Wow. Really handsome scenes, there, SIRT.

FrankM

C Montagna,

Beautiful.

FrankM

The above are superb photos from everyone. Here is my humble contribution for today.

These are some photos from our 2012 holiday train display for the benefit of the Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore, Maryland

Monoon snakes through

Up close today:  " In and around Patsburg through the lens of a 12 year old kid ( me )  riding his bike in and around Patsburg."  

Sign posted just off the old narrow tar and chip crown road on the outskirts of town. " Mmmmm ... keep out ... must be interesting stuff going on beyond that sign." 

After disregarding the sign, leaving bike in upright position with kickstand down, and a little sneak through the brush for a closer look to see the MOW crew at work.... however one of the MOW workers spots me..... and I take off running back to my bike and hi tail it out o there!  

Once back downtown I see some folks reading newspapers in front of the Grand Royale Hotel. 

"Wowweee!!  There's one of those cool Tucker Torpedoes!  I sure hope my dad buys one of those!  They are super coooool! "

" Its nice to be on the outskirts of town again on this old dirt road.  The hill is a little steep but I like the view from here... I can sorta see inside the switch tower."

Back down town yet again!  There's Herman selling his world famous hotdogs.  At least they are world famous in his own little world .... that's what my dad says. Herman is a second generation German.  His dad Herman Sr. migrated from Germany back in 1937 and soon opened a butcher shop in Patsburg.  I must admit Herman's hotdogs are great tasting ... especially with sauerkraut and mustard!  Yum!  One day I four of em in one sitting!  Theres Wally teasing his dog Jed with a hot dog.  He seems to do this everyday and I know soon he will let Jed have that hotdog.  Both Wally and Jed are big fans of Herman's Hot Dogs!" 

"There's my friend Omar.  He sells papers for his dad's news company the Patsburg News Outlet.    The main store is further up Church Street.  This is just a little stand so that the commuters can by papers and magazines on their way to the train.  Mr. Greeley always likes to get sit on Omar's chair and read the paper.  Sometimes Mr. Greeley sits there for well over an hour reading and poor Omar can't sit down even for a few minutes to take a break.... but Omar never complains because Mr. Greeley is a regular customer.  He says he dad tells him that you have to make these sort of little concessions to be successful in business. "  

This poor fellow is clearly not a railfan as he barely looks up at a passing train. Perhaps he is preoccupied with dropping oil prices.

Trumptrain, Patrick, Wow, beautiful pictures, great story, Wow, it’s always fun to see your pictures. Don W, neat picture of the man near the oil well, great scenic effect, Briansilvermustang, your fleet of Diesels is fantastic, wow, SIRT, your pictures look real, Wow, SIDEHACK, your layout is so cool, the Monon switcher looks great in that scene, wow, I pray everyone is staying safe, staying healthy and enjoying their trains. Tennessee will Be partially opening to travel May 1, Hallelujah, Amen.   Happy Railroading 

Work continues on a project on the outdoor shelf layout. A flatcar with planks and timers for a bridge repair, and a gondola loaded with ties await the work crew

Driving through the pasture