Weekend Photo Fun 1-18-19-??

I've been busy designing cars with Lionel.  This Ore Car 6-pack is coming later this year as you can see HERE.

Stu

Been working on our track plan. I think I'm set for my elevator area. nice tunnel portals Scott and like the Santa Fe ore cars. Nick T. 

Happy Friday!!

Busy week on the railroad! I raised a barn this week - 







Picked up this cool Cow 'aquarium' car for my cow crazy daughter - 


Also picked up the Virginian coal set from the late 90s. Nice quality set - 






2025 rolling by the farm house - 


by the tower - 


and meeting the 2329 as it pulls out of the station - 


Decided to go with more of a theme, as the layout takes on more of a hi-rail look, so I ordered a couple of Reading engines & passenger cars. Expect to see them showing up in more shots going fwd  

CSX ES44AC-H 784 leads high & wide movement 098 through Robesonia, PA on the NS Harrisburg Line-


UP SD70M 4987 is in charge of Jersey bound 212 as it heads through China Grove, NC on the Piedmont main line - 


NS SD80MAC 7228 (ex EMDX 8000, exx CR 4128, exxx CSXT 812/4602) leads 836 through Sharpsburg, MD on the NS H Line-


The race is on as NS 194 running on the N&W w/ SD60E 6928 paces NS 188 running on the ex VGN in Salem, VA-


Amtrak P42 85 leads the eastbound Pennsylvanian over Sherman's Creek in Duncannon, PA on the eastern end of the NS Pittsburgh Line-

Hope you have a great weekend. Here is my contributions today.

Nuff Said

If you look at my posts on this thread with any regularity, you know I have been building a model of the town of Port Royal PA over the past nine months or so. It's still not finished, but with the streets finally getting weathered and the utility poles going in, it's starting to get a finished look. So while it's still not done yet, here are a bunch of photos I snapped off last night with my cell phone, some in black and white.

aubv posted:

Good pictures everybody!

Christopher:

The new barn looks nice! Photo texture/card stock, or a weathered plastic kit?

Also:

The above pic is a very nice scene! I shore like the "expanse" it portrays. Good job!

All:

More pics! More pics!

Andre

Wonderful pics everyone!  Here's my fun for this weekend.

Christopher....Wow! Does that bridge in your photo ever look like the one on my layout or what?!?!?!

A 2018 Christmas Layout memory.

A very nice Lenox product - lights up with varying colors and smokes too.

- walt

It was part of the overall winter/Christmas section of the layout visible here:

MTH had the Bangor and Aroostook 'STATE OF MAINE' PS-1 50' box cars produced. 

Here is the one that I got for Grand Trunk Western freight trains of the 1960's and 1970's. 

Andrew

Falcon Service

VL Hudson repair , all finished 

Happy Weekend To Everyone.

pennsy484 posted:

These are super neat- your user name makes more sense now! I went to school in Downingtown so it’s pretty neat to see it. A lot of great railroad history in the areas- between the Lincoln funeral train passing through and the Downingtown trestle being a target for espionage during WW2.

Sadly was sick this week missed a couple days of work. Also missed working on the side work which equals train money. So this week I’m in notch 8 in the shop finishing up job in time for the Amherst train show next week. Was well enough to get some painting done finally. 

New Menards truck. 

Catenary Signal Bridge finished. I might draft a "HOW I DID IT" post

NOT LionelLLC posted:

I've been busy designing cars with Lionel.  This Ore Car 6-pack is coming later this year as you can see HERE.

Stu

 

 

 

 

 

I like that charles chips van.When I was a kid I eat many chips and cookies.I will always remember those tin cans of theirs.

I haven't posted any photographs on this topic for a while.  I don't know why.  Great photographs everyone!  Here is the almost brand new PS2 Premier Western Maryland Shay #6 I bought from a Forum friend recently.  I gave up some fine engines to pay for it, but it was certainly worth it.

Unloading a generator at a new factory last summer. Have a great weekend 

I've had these Sunset/3rd Rail Santa Fe FT's for years and never got to run them. I took them over to a friends recently and he was nice enough to give me some track time. They ran perfectly right out of the box. I still can't figure what they were doing in South Omaha.

Today I'm enjoying Chessie & AMTRAK

MTH Erie Mining RS-11 hauling supplies to the mines.

You shouda taken that left turn at Albuquerque   

Night and day, you are the one
Only you 'neath the moon or under the sun
Whether near to me or far
It's no matter, darling, where you are
I think of you day and night

Night and day, why is it so
That this longin' for you follows wherever I go ?
In the roarin' traffic's boom
In the silence of my lonely room
I think of you day and night

Picked up one of these Lionel TMCC PRR Inspection Vehicle.  Cute little novelty.  It's smaller and more scale sized than I was expecting, quite nice looking.  Very underpowered though, or it's a lemon 🍋. It runs fine, but barely makes the grades. 

I took a quick video of it: https://youtu.be/KzUud_L0jA4

Historic station in Montpelier VA

I'm working on a couple of paint projects that also include putting interiors and the "little people" in 15" LIONEL passenger cars that didn't have them originally.

So, here is a Santa Fe dome observation car, 6-19113 "Super Chief", with a donor vista dome interior from a UP offset dome car, 6-15372 that I test fit for concept validation--in other words, the passenger cars use the same extrusion so what works in one will more than likely work in any of them, provided they have the requisite opening in the ceiling:

And the same thing worked when installing lower level and upper level interiors in a TCA full dome:

Alex M posted:

VL Hudson repair , all finished 

WOW!!!

Lots of varied trains from last weekend.....

1st to run is USMC_Chris' Lincoln's Funeral Train

Then, we have USMC_Chris' custom designed Light Consolidation, decorated for an Upstate NY short line.....

Peter

I did some New Haven passenger running........I know, I know.....the New Haven never had a Hudson that looked like this......but when New Haven steam is offered, one has to jump!

Peter

Some N&W coal running......post the Virginian merger.......this train is by our member Kevin.....

Peter

Some Amtrak flying through.....

Peter

PRRMiddleDivision posted:

If you look at my posts on this thread with any regularity, you know I have been building a model of the town of Port Royal PA over the past nine months or so. It's still not finished, but with the streets finally getting weathered and the utility poles going in, it's starting to get a finished look. So while it's still not done yet, here are a bunch of photos I snapped off last night with my cell phone, some in black and white.

 

Neal.....your work is unbelievable.......but I believe because I've been fortunate enough to see it!

Wow!

Peter

pennsy484 posted:

Love the pics, Jeff!

Peter