Weekend Photo Fun 1-22-16-??

Some photos of the framed D-145 Lionel dealer display poster from the Madison Poster Company my Mom gave me for Christmas.I am a lucky son.

Tried my hand at some heavy weathering, I'm happy with the results.

As if I don't already have enough unfinished projects, I started another. Redecorating a York found CN MTH snowplow to the MEC.

Here are a few Central Railroad of New Jersey diesel switchers at work around my layout. VO1000 1062, a Weaver model, is assigned to work train duty. The car behind the unit is painted for the CNJ Jersey City Service Train. Later that same day in fading light, SW9 1093, an Atlas locomotive,  has paused so the crew can get coffee to fend off the effects of working in the frigid conditions. Located immediately adjacent to the engine terminal, the diner is a family owned affair which has served generations of railroaders. Even the Maintenance of Way boys have retreated to its cozy confines as evidenced by their truck parked outside. This all seems very appropriate for the weather we'll be experiencing on the Eastern Seaboard over the next few days. I hope all the professional railroaders manage to stay safe and as warm as possible during the storm.

Bob

My son Steven, wishing to authentically recreate the atmosphere and level of passenger service provided by the Pennsy in its glory days decided to dress for the occasion when operating our new passenger PA's at the point of a crack PRR train rolling across the Middle Division...

From a garage...somewhere near the swamps of Jersey.

Cape Cod Northern posted:

As if I don't already have enough unfinished projects, I started another. Redecorating a York found CN MTH snowplow to the MEC.

Hey Al, I'm working this weekend.....I need that snowplow!  

Peter

PRRMiddleDivision posted:

My son Steven, wishing to authentically recreate the atmosphere and level of passenger service provided by the Pennsy in its glory days decided to dress for the occasion when operating our new passenger PA's at the point of a crack PRR train rolling across the Middle Division...

Attaboy, Steven! Great pic, Neal!

Peter

mike.caruso posted:

From a garage...somewhere near the swamps of Jersey.

 

Mike.....love the "close ups" I feel like I'm right there.

Peter

A 2015 Christmas Layout memory

For the last 10 years or so I've featured a "candy train" on the layout for the enjoyment of visiting kids.  It's always a big hit.  This year I created THREE separate candy trains.  For the kids' enjoyment this year we had 2 types of candy canes, lollipops, pretzels, red licorice 'sticks', red licorice 'niblets', assorted bulk candy, and a cookie car.

- walt

A bit of musing and still fussing at one neighborhood spot around the corner and down the street , which is very close to the tracks so it's not the toniest (if any are) section of Moon Township ...

A key player in the neighborhood, just down the street from the parochial school, is the "Blue Angel Club," which helps set the tone.

(If you wanna play train layout with me and have a viewpoint on which arrangement at curbside is best, please feel very welcome to say so.)  FrankM.

I like the last version Frank, it looks more realistic plus it's a hoppin' place and that scene fits!

I'm still working on a bunch of different projects all at the same time and finished with none, thanks ADHD but here is a couple of shots of the ol' 681 my grandson chose to run this week.

Still smokes like crazy with some old smoke pellets I found at a local show!

Paul

Great scenes Frank!

RUST KING #1082  ....................

it's still Christmas in Ohio

My office is closed today in central VA.....just starting to snow in Midlothian......unfortunately, I'm on call this weekend and I'll be working in the hospital both.....it's why a have a 4WD SUV......just say I prayer for me that I can get from place to place... my biggest concern will be getting all our dialysis patients to their weekend treatments....I actually worry more about them than me....

Alright, I need stop gabbing and start posting......last weekend, the River City 3 Railers ended our 7 week run at the Great Big Greenhouse in Midlothian......we end it at "Kids Day in the Garden",  an annual event that drew over 300 kids......here are some pics:

Always the most fun day of the year!

Peter

Putnam Division posted:

mike.caruso posted:

From a garage...somewhere near the swamps of Jersey.

 

Mike.....love the "close ups" I feel like I'm right there.

Peter

Thanks Peter.  (Close-ups hide the messy garage!)  Stay safe this weekend...you should move back up north where it hardly ever snows!   ha!)

Lots of Roundhouse builds in process. The large Korber 304 and the smaller version 320.  Still lots to do. 

Thanks

alex 

First photo with my new I Phone 6s:  Lionel PRR #9631 rests between runs.

Moonson posted:

A bit of musing and still fussing at one neighborhood spot around the corner and down the street , which is very close to the tracks so it's not the toniest (if any are) section of Moon Township ...

A key player in the neighborhood, just down the street from the parochial school, is the "Blue Angel Club," which helps set the tone.

(If you wanna play train layout with me and have a viewpoint on which arrangement at curbside is best, please feel very welcome to say so.)  FrankM.

Frank as usual great photos. Also Its good to know that the local law enforcement provided you with surveillance photos of the clubs activities.  I suppose the guy ducking out the back door in the alley knows something and decided not to stick around. 

Layout pictures

Just another day in Winterton.

jvega2 posted:

Experimenting with some window tinting on the GGD El Capitan lounge car. Used 2" wide green transparent tape.

Jvega2,

Looks great.  Can you PLEASE supply some close-up and the brand of tape?

Thank you.

suzukovich posted:

Moonson posted:

A bit of musing and still fussing at one neighborhood spot around the corner and down the street , which is very close to the tracks so it's not the toniest (if any are) section of Moon Township ...

A key player in the neighborhood, just down the street from the parochial school, is the "Blue Angel Club," which helps set the tone.

(If you wanna play train layout with me and have a viewpoint on which arrangement at curbside is best, please feel very welcome to say so.)  FrankM.

Frank as usual great photos. Also Its good to know that the local law enforcement provided you with surveillance photos of the clubs activities.  I suppose the guy ducking out the back door in the alley knows something and decided not to stick around. 

A fun interpretation, and Thank you for the approval, Suzukovich. Though not easily discernible from my initial photos, he has a hand-truck in his hands and is making a delivery to the dumpster located in the shadow in the right rear corner. However, lordknowz, he could still be up to some sort of nefarious shenanigans, given the neighborhood which, apparently, I have managed to convey a possible sense of since you suspected something worthy of "surveillance" and"ducking out" was transpiring. That in itself is a compliment, too, so Thanks, again!

FrankM.

Moonson posted:

A bit of musing and still fussing at one neighborhood spot around the corner and down the street , which is very close to the tracks so it's not the toniest (if any are) section of Moon Township ...

A key player in the neighborhood, just down the street from the parochial school, is the "Blue Angel Club," which helps set the tone.

(If you wanna play train layout with me and have a viewpoint on which arrangement at curbside is best, please feel very welcome to say so.) 

FrankM.

Nice work, like either of these two. When we lived in OKC, down the block was a state controlled liquor store with no sales on Sunday IIRC, a church, and a strip club.  All in a residential neighborhood of single family homes.

Serows1 posted:

I like the last version Frank, it looks more realistic plus it's a hoppin' place and that scene fits!...Paul

Thank you, Paul. Your assessment of the Blue Angel & its "'hood" as being a "hoppin' place" is encouraging since it was part of the look I think I was going for.

FrankM.

SIRT posted:

Great scenes Frank!

RUST KING #1082  ....................

Thank you, SIRT.

And you know I always love your weathered freight cars.

FrankM

Putnam Division posted:

My office is closed today in central VA.....just starting to snow in Midlothian......unfortunately, I'm on call this weekend and I'll be working in the hospital both.....it's why a have a 4WD SUV......just say I prayer for me that I can get from place to place... my biggest concern will be getting all our dialysis patients to their weekend treatments....I actually worry more about them than me....

Alright, I need stop gabbing and start posting......last weekend, the River City 3 Railers ended our 7 week run at the Great Big Greenhouse in Midlothian......we end it at "Kids Day in the Garden",  an annual event that drew over 300 kids......here are some pics:

 

Always the most fun day of the year!

Peter

Peter,

I will say a prayer for you.  We were Northerners transplanted in Virginia for a number of years, so we understand.  I worked for Virginia Power in Fredericksburg, and my wife was a dialysis nurse in Warrenton and Culpeper.  We know about getting called out no matter the weather in an area that isn't used to as much snow as we are back in Pennsylvania.  

Now on to the photos!  Thanks for posting so many!  As always, it looks like a big event that excited a lot of folks young and old!  Your photos are always good.

Moonson posted:

suzukovich posted:

Moonson posted:

A bit of musing and still fussing at one neighborhood spot around the corner and down the street , which is very close to the tracks so it's not the toniest (if any are) section of Moon Township ...

A key player in the neighborhood, just down the street from the parochial school, is the "Blue Angel Club," which helps set the tone.

(If you wanna play train layout with me and have a viewpoint on which arrangement at curbside is best, please feel very welcome to say so.)  FrankM.

Frank as usual great photos. Also Its good to know that the local law enforcement provided you with surveillance photos of the clubs activities.  I suppose the guy ducking out the back door in the alley knows something and decided not to stick around. 

A fun interpretation, and Thank you for the approval, Suzukovich. Though not easily discernible from my initial photos, he has a hand-truck in his hands and is making a delivery to the dumpster located in the shadow in the right rear corner. However, lordknowz, he could still be up to some sort of nefarious shenanigans, given the neighborhood which, apparently, I have managed to convey a possible sense of since you suspected something worthy of "surveillance" and"ducking out" was transpiring. That in itself is a compliment, too, so Thanks, again!

FrankM.

I didn't see anything on the hand truck and it looks like he is wearing a suite. That in its self is an indicator. Maybe he is the target of the surveillance? Of course two guys working an Ice Cream truck is not normal either.( one in the back and one looks to be sitting in the passenger seat.) And the suite who appears to be talking into his hand under the awning( hope I spelled it right). Local Police raid layout of well respected O Gauge modeler!!!  come up empty handed.  News at nine, pics at 10.

You have a wonderful imagination, Suzukovich, exactly the kind of creative mind that's a treat to have visit Moon Township because so much of it is open to interpretation, like this little neighborhood.

FrankM.

Here is update on my Williams B&O EMD NW2 Switcher Engine. I put Evans Designs 5 mm Warm White LED's in. I was not happy with the bulbs from china.   

Moonson posted:

A bit of musing and still fussing at one neighborhood spot around the corner and down the street , which is very close to the tracks so it's not the toniest (if any are) section of Moon Township ...

A key player in the neighborhood, just down the street from the parochial school, is the "Blue Angel Club," which helps set the tone.

(If you wanna play train layout with me and have a viewpoint on which arrangement at curbside is best, please feel very welcome to say so.)  FrankM.

Frank - All of these photos are great!  The two that call out to me the most are the last one and the next to last one.   Your wonderful creative work continues to inspire me!

Here is something from Patsburg and the Free State Junction Railway where we are expecting a HUGE snow storm later today and lasting the weekend.  I'll have more photos up this weekend as the FSJR MOW crews tackle this mega storm.

Well, Fed Ex is delivering......found my new bow-tie on the front porch....

Peter

Peter please take care out there, take a charger for your phone to hook up in the car, also take food and water with you. It is not going to be safe out there anytime soon. God bless.

John

Pictures of train crossing at The Bridge at Remagen,the first bridge that the Allies crossed the Rhine in 1945.

Putnam Division posted:

Well, Fed Ex is delivering......found my new bow-tie on the front porch....

Peter

A man with style!

Mike

Putnam Division posted:

Well, Fed Ex is delivering......found my new bow-tie on the front porch....

Peter

Peter, like it.  But it is a clip-on!

Ron

The snow is coming!