Weekend Photo Fun 2-10-12-??

This was the initial planning stage , did not bother with landscaping as I wanted to run the trains   

Thanks Scott for starting this week , was waiting and watching for your first post 

Love this picture from Patrick's RR.  Thought it was worth a re-post.  Too bad you can't see the hobo hotel just around the corner.  It is one cool accessory with harmonica music.  When I was there in December I heard the music and couldn't believe it was coming from there.  The Hobo's are floating in the water tower on little rafts.  Nice accessory.

Is that Louis?

B&O YMCA

Railroad YMCAs were located at many railroad division points and terminals to provide lodging and also to provide services to train crews who were away from their homes, families, and churches

The model is a MTH country house with an added side porch left over from a previous project. The three dormers are from Ameritown Dream house kits and the stone foundation is flexible stone wall from Chooch Enterprises. The mullions were removed from the windows. The building has been repainted the in way it was common in the 1950s.

Richard E  Rochester NY

Scott Thanks again for getting us started of the weekend photo fun.

More progress on yhr 15' wall section of our layout. In this area we will have a Grain Mill and Storage complex, Power Plant Complex, and a Coal mine complex. The Power Plant is pretty well done and we are working on the coal mine area. Alan Graziano is working on the upper level support systems for the coal mine. Alan has fabricated the small boiler house with water treatment tanks and aux fuel supply tanks.

A different perspective

Finally pulled the trigger on a set of the “Fleet of Modernism” passenger cars.  I was persuaded by MTH’s most recent release including the observation car named “Juniata Narrows.”

The RS-11 makes a nice addition to the early N&W diesels.  And the NS Genset with horse looking in the right direction makes a good companion to the NS OCS F-Units.

Three new cars are added to the LCN&J roster. Thanks Matt for the Whale gondola.   

Photos of the crews busy at the engine servicing facility

Race day!

Around the layout:

Jim

Hi everyone,here's a couple of engine shot's

THANKS,ALEX

The build date on my colorful Burlington refrigerator car is November, 1961.  That’s a 1931 Chevrolet truck pictured with it.  In 1960, there were still a few old clunkers on the street where I grew up.  However, they weren’t as common as my photo would have you believe.  The guy across the street had a 1930 Ford Model A coupe with the trunk lid removed and a wood box inserted to make it into a pickup.  There was also a white 1938 Dodge coupe and a dark green 1939 Chevy coupe.  Lastly, my wheels, a 1934 Plymouth coupe which I had paid $25 for.  Have a great weekend, Jim

Photos are from the Angels Gate Hi-Railers Club and the recently completed roundhouse that was scratch built by David O'Connor, a long-time member of the club.

I love those old Marx tinplate trains.

I also love Lionel Postwar 027.  Here is my workbench where I am refurbishing Lionel 2018 and 2037 engines.

Another 2011 Christmas Layout memory

Looks like a traffic jam is in the works with people lining up hoping to get a glimpse of Santa:

Santa is more than willing to go along and greet the passers-by:

Even in daylight hours!

- walt

That is a very nice job! It really turned out well and makes me want to make one similar for my layout, thanks for sharing.

Art

Here's my newest acquisition a basket case Lionel postwar 2025.

Here's the before, lots of missing paint, casting defects and corrosion pitting...

And here's the after restoration....

It runs like a top and smokes pretty good once I cleaned out the smoke chamber.  Next up is applying the numbers and working on the tender.

Paul

A picture of my namesake engine.

Just a few shots to test out the new photo posting procedure.

Oops....both ended up as thumbnails.....what should I have done so they show as a full pic?

REV

when you are doing the upload files process and after you select (and "OPEN") the image file, a checkbox will appear that asks if you want to embed the photo into the text.  Select it.

- walt

OK.....i'll try it.......Thanks Walt.....here goes....looks like it worked.

My turn now, see if I can post a pic as well.

Ken  Nice roundhouse.  Are you coming to Lincoln next weekend for the train show at the event center.  If you do and have time come check out our layout.  It should be a good show.  Nick

The workers and supervisor are deciding on what type of railing/fencing to add to this large support/platform.

I've got Western Maryland fever(!)...picked up a couple more items to enhance my WM 'stable'

This GP9 makes a cool 'odd couple' lash up with the FA and with teir 'circus' apint, you can't miss them going down the tracks.  Love the snow plow too.



Found this nice MTH Premier WM Caboose...



I really like 'loud & proud' paint schemes like this and Chessie System.  
In an era of mostly drab locomotives, these really stand out.

I am new to this forum so I will give this a shot. If it don't work will someone let me know what I need to do?

 Tks,

 Kev.

Okay I did a cut and past from Shutterfly on the first picture, it looks okay and a attachment on the other two. I see why the first attachment did not post, but why is the attachment picture distorted?

Thanks, Kev

Keith....I really like that platform.  Is that textured paint that you used?

Alan

"The Apprentice" has been busy again, having painted the sides of his PE Tower Car project. The Home Depot paint looks like it matched the PE colors pretty well. I'm still trying to help him track down some parts. He has some more work to do on the roof and chassis before adding paint.

I can finally add to this thread....some shots of my new 4x8.

Here is an update on the granary complex.  It has changed quite a bit over the last week or so since I posted the earlier pictures.....

Alan

Alan, thank you! Your granary looks great.

The paint is Rust-oleum American Accents "Stone Textured Finish" paint in Stone Pebble color. I purchased it at Wal-mart. I first primed the MDF with Glidden Creamy Buttermilk (Home Depot).

Lionel 282 Gantry Crane and Barrel Loader busy at work.

A couple of pics of my scratch built Summit Tractors building.

I completed a refurbishment of a Lionel post war turbine shell this week.I was able to keep the vast majority of the original paint. Its for sale if anyone needs one. Free shipping!

Before:
The shell had some kind of glue stuck to the ladder, and red sparkly stuff stuck to the boiler. No chemical paint stripping, media blasting, etc., was employed. I wanted to save as much of the old paint as possible.

After:

The lighting makes the paint look much flatter than it really is. I may take new photos with better lighting. It has the same perfect post war Lionel sheen as the 726 in the background. In this photo, you can see that sheen towards the front of the shell, where the light wasn't as harsh.

A few more as I wander around the layout. Here's a Lionel 4-4-2 that I repainted pink for my daughter. It's been running this week after a long sleep.

I've begun making new trees. These will replace ones I made a few years back. Here's an example.

Another shot of the turbine shell.

From Christmas layout to Basement Carpet Central all in a month or so!  Some great shots and great layouts!  Looks like the easier posting is making this weekly thread pretty popular!  My Carpet Central is in such bad shape financially they had to get an old tired E6 Atlantic to pull those shiny new PRR passenger cars!