Weekend Photo Fun 12-4-20-??

Photos and videos show my K-Line Metro-North #412 F-unit diesel pulling two Atlas O Horizon 21-inch commuter cars on my 12’-by-8’ layout. The cars are marked for Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York State) and Metro-North Commuter Railroad (Connecticut Department of Transportation). On Metro-North trains in Connecticut, there often were mixed consists with New York and Connecticut cars. Metro-North F-Unit #413 used to pull some of these trains on the branch line from Bridgeport to Waterbury.

MELGAR

                                                     DK's WESTERN AUTO samples...

Week one of the tree layout.    I always start with my 1973 Lionel Cannonball set.    Next week will be Amtrak.   My son wants his N scale around the tree, so week four we will give that a go.

Great photos everyone!  Here are my photos of fun for this fine weekend!   Enjoy your weekend everyone!  Be safe = Be well!

Night unloading operation.

Postwar paradise.

Yard job works the scraps yard.

My first Lionel locomotive ... 2065 Hudson ... still going strong!

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2065 in  charge of a passenger train.

In honor of Giving Tuesday, I ran my #FeedVin¢ent around my office loop. The banks popped up around the University of Hartford several years ago. My secretary keeps one next to a dish of candy in her office. (Hint-Hint!).

Hope all of you supported your favorite charities last Tuesday. If not, there is still time.

For you trivia buffs, Dr. Vincent Coffin was the President of the University of Hartford when the merger and new campus was built in the 50s.

Last year 2019 I had 3 public Christmas train villages on display for the public. From a big display with 10 trains running and lots of buildings tracks figures lights etc. over 4 weekends at the Polar Express at our railway museum, to a small display (will show this one next week). And a 1 weekend display with the 2 steam engines CN and GN at another railway museum. Here are a few assorted photos from these events and the home layout. I was to busy last year with the displays and repairing cleaning trains to post much last year, of course nothing this year. Really enjoy seeing everyone's photos each week!

A 2019 Christmas Layout memory

The smallish Christmas section of the layout.  Notice the ceramic house - it's a Lenox product.  Very nice.  I has a smoke option that can be remotely turned on/off.  The house can be lit with 7 different colors, or none, controlled remotely.  The colors can rotate thru or can be set to stay a certain color.  I like rotating.

- walt

Some samples:

This year’s downstairs Christmas tree

Great stuff so far!

I have lots of pics this week from our holiday train exhibits last weekend.....they will go up likely tonight......1st is a just under a minute video which I call"

"America's Busiest 4 Track Main Line"

Peter

A look about town.  

Happy Weekend To All.

Patrick aka Trumptrain,

I'm impressed by your layout. A variety of interesting scenes and a track plan with lots of activity. I also like the differing track elevations. My compliments.

MELGAR

@MELGAR posted:

Patrick aka Trumptrain,

I'm impressed by your layout. A variety of interesting scenes and a track plan with lots of activity. I also like the differing track elevations. My compliments.

MELGAR

MELGAR -  Thank you so much for your compliment!!  Coming from you, someone who has two fabulous looking O gauge layouts,  I'm humbled by your words.

Just having some fun.

ZW-C

ZW-L

The stand.

@trumptrain posted:

Great photos everyone!  Here are my photos of fun for this fine weekend!   Enjoy your weekend everyone!  Be safe = Be well!

Night unloading operation.

Postwar paradise.

My first Lionel locomotive ... 2065 Hudson ... still going strong!

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2065 in  charge of a passenger train.

Well, Patrick, we have something in common: the Lionel Postwar 2065 was also my first locomotive. Mine was included in the complete freight set (the set has a funny name that escapes me at the moment) that I got as Christmas present in 1954 or 1955.

Here it is pulling the freight cars and Lionel Lines caboose included in that set:

Here is that 2065 building up a head of steam:

Arnold

Tis the season folks...it's Vision Line Time!

Been busy getting ready for an IG inspection so have not participated much.  Still no time to take new photos, so here are some from a few years ago of my National Capital Trackers module from Kids Fairfax back in 2017.

  #1889,  Modern day track replacement idea by MTH but wrong  fallen flags road chosen for the era?