Howard, it's an MTH MKT GP and a nice looking one at that. Here is a better photo of it switching cars at the Lone Star grain elevator.
Steve, Lady and Tex
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Love your study in transients, Frank. Father Christmas certainly appears out of his element. I see he's holding the obligatory tree and can make out the platform horse, but what are the other items?
Originally Posted by Mill City:
Love your study in transients, Frank. Father Christmas certainly appears out of his element. I see he's holding the obligatory tree and can make out the platform horse, but what are the other items?
Freight. He has snuggled in there so as not to intrude on the passengers several feet to the left at the passenger building at that station.
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Farmer Bill: I live in New Freedom PA about 3/4 mile from the Station. I love hearing that whistle blow when they're running. Hope you enjoyed the ride.
Originally Posted by Moonson:
Originally Posted by Mill City:
I see he's holding the obligatory tree and can make out the platform horse, but what are the other items?
Freight. He has snuggled in there so as not to intrude on the passengers several feet to the left at the passenger building at that station.
Thanks, Frank. I should have been more specific with my query. The items of mystery are the two white things to immediate right.
This is indeed a busy town. Great scene.
"Oh NO Brian, where is the Texas Special???????????"
Steve, there is a story behind the missing TS. While Joe was shooting the video, the TS F3 lead engine accidentally hit the camera. A small derailment resulted. When I got the engine set up correctly, it powered up momentarily and then went dead. The good news was Joe got plenty of shots before the mishap. The engine is now off for repair.
The F3 in better days.
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Thanks Brian for the TS info. I sure hope the damage is not too bad. I'm glad Joe got some good shots of it before the accident. Was it "hit and run"? 
Steve, Lady and Tex
"Was it "hit and run"?"
Well it was hit alright, but the run part, DOA. 
Originally Posted by Mill City:
Originally Posted by Moonson:
Originally Posted by Mill City:
I see he's holding the obligatory tree and can make out the platform horse, but what are the other items?
Freight. He has snuggled in there so as not to intrude on the passengers several feet to the left at the passenger building at that station.
Thanks, Frank. I should have been more specific with my query. The items of mystery are the two white things to immediate right.
This is indeed a busy town. Great scene.
Those two white round objects are the light globes of this lamp-post...
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Worked on the office Christmas layout today.......
I guess you can call this a mixed train!
Peter
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Great start 3 pages of great photos. Yesterday I got to visit Side Track Hobbies new location;
Scott Smith
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Howard, I love your photo. It reminds me of our 15" Super Chief set from about 1992.
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No rails at all, but still a train...
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Originally Posted by Putnam Division:
Worked on the office Christmas layout today.......
I guess you can call this a mixed train!
Peter
I love the Nativity on the flat car. That is what Christmas is all about!!
Originally Posted by artyoung:
Farmer Bill: I live in New Freedom PA about 3/4 mile from the Station. I love hearing that whistle blow when they're running. Hope you enjoyed the ride.
Farmer Bill,
I live about that far from the Bessemer and Lake Erie RR and the Buffalo and Pittsburgh RR in Butler as thy wind down either side of Connoquenessing Creek. They blow the whistle for the Center Avenue crossing. There is also switching done at AK Steel, so there is lots of action. Both railroads have yards on the other side of town. I yacked too long to tell you I love to hear the trains from my home also.
Originally Posted by walt rapp:
Originally Posted by Sam:
Walt
The wiring you set up each year is amazing. No wonder you capitalized LOTS of Planning!! Any tips as to how you keep track of what goes to where?
I always enjoy your contributions here.
Sam
It's not all that hard.
For track power, I have a hand-drawn diagram with markings where I want power connections. From the centrally located distribution point I just run 2 wires to each spot where I think the lockon will be and am really just guessing at exact location. But i get it pretty close. Using masking tape, I mark the lockon so I know what's what.
For the AIU, I have all ports' usages written down ahead of time so I know what each SW and ACC port will control. Using the hand-drawn diagram, which also has where I want houses, lights, etc, I run wires from each AIU to the location for that SW or ACC port. I then use masking tape and mark the very end of the 2 wires where the ACC will be so I know what those 2 wires are for. As for the switch wires, I get out the needed switches and hook them up to the wires as I go, again guessing where each switch will be.
Here's 2 samples from a prior year:
Walt,
The track plan for your Christmas layout is a lot more elaborate than I thought!! Thanks for sharing all the photos over the years!!
A visit to the CSX Yard in Winchester, VA this past Thursday:
