TRAIN THEME THURSDAY : close up shots around the layout......

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..........

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                                                              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.