Weekend Photo Fun 7-11-14-??

Erie Triplex, a favorite on our layout.

#802 in route...

A NCTM (old Southern Spencer Shops) fly around.

Inside the weathered in Back Shop.

Note large HVAC units along East wall.

Ron

Details help tell the story...

Running some F3s -

Lorenzo is enjoying the trains -

A vintage sports car rally in Southern CA with Santa Fe No 20 approaching

Mark one more loco off the 'have to' list. Had a scale GG-1 but it was in Amtrak and I wanted a PRR scheme. It has a small scratch on one end an easy fix....but made it really cheap. Williams very nice unit........

Action on the Seattle & Yakima RR

A 2013 Christmas layout memory

- walt

Moonson,

I thought I saw a streetcar in the background of a photo you posted earlier in the week.  How extensive is your in street trolley run.

Yes, the details really make your layout special.

Nice. Who's the manufacturer of the E1's? And is that a Model Tech Studios "Mission Style"/"County Seat" depot?

Ron,

That looks like a Lake Aircraft amphibian parked in the NCTM Back Shop.  Is there a runway or river/lake nearby so you can land close to the museum and walk there?

Ron

Matt, they are Key E1's, and you are right about the station, it's a Model Tech depot.

I painted 12 new cabs this week. I have a preference for these extra length IC cabs, they are really large compared to other cabooses.

Ron, no runway and/or water that close.  The aircraft are part of the transportation side of the museum.   Inside the display area of the round house there is a full scale model of the Wright brother's plane plus other flying transportation displays.  At the far end of the Back Shop in my pictures there is an "Eastern" DC3 to go on display some day.

[The more I think about it I believe the DC3 is a "Piedmont Airlines" ship.  It has been so long since I have seen.]

Ron

SF AC6000 heading out of the yard

marker, just love the engine and the photo.

Just looking at some old pictures and decided to post one of them.  My Chicago Union Station.

Art

Conrail...old and new.

www.toytrainsontracks.com

A couple of my oldies...

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Alan

Outdoor running.

Enjoy your weekend and be safe.

Joe B.

Here's another oldie.  F units lined up for departure at Union Station.  In Chicago these three all left for the west coast, but from different stations.

Art

Antietam Creek, where it enters the Potomac River, C&O Canal path trail to DC.  The creek ran red with blood for three days.  10 miles from the battle field, Sharpsburg, MD.

The canal bridges-over the creek.

Mike,

It's been nearly 40 years since I was at Antietam.  Thanks for the photos!!

Roman,

Looks great!  That would really be neat running them outdoors an a day like you have pictured!

Whoo Hoooo! Its the weekend!

Have a good one and get out there and enjoy those live steam engines!!

The Kids and I are having a blast this summer.

Art, great shot. I have a weakness for F units. I assume the Burlington is planned to pull the CZ out of Chicago, then change out to the D&RG, and finally to the WP.

Thanks for the helicopter ride over your railroad empire, Alan. I never cease to be amazed as to how much you have shoehorned into that space. Keep this up, and your going to need another room.

New arrivals this week. A WBB trolley, a Corgi trolley, some On-30 log cars and an old 1949 NYC car.

  James

Oh and here is a shot from the layout too. Have a great weekend.

Various, around Mobile:

On an old siding (at Mobile Rosin Co.); cars now scrapped(?):

That oval to the right is intriguing...former owner, big NE road, fallen flag?? 

Looking North, up Mobile River and Mobile Delta; river to left is Chickasabogue. Track/swing bridge is former L&N, now CSX. Montgomery Northbound (right), New Orleans Southbound (left); barges are moored to the right:

Looking South, Mobile River, part of Mobile waterfront. Immediately beyond, out of sight, is Mobile Bay, and 30 mies South is the Gulf of Mexico.

There are actually a few RR tracks in the photo, but unless you know that they're there... 

Mark, Thank you for your interest.

The in-pavement trolley line partly circumscribes and partly enters a suburban neighborhood, reminiscent of how a trolley line served my neighborhood of Duquesne Place, PA during the 40's, 50's & 60's of my youth. I would estimate the closed-loop trolley-line dimensions to be an oblong shape 7'x4' approx.

The perspective of these first two photos is from the right front corner of the layout, near where one enters the trainroom. The trolley line is approx. in the middle of the 2-lane roadway, allowing at-curb parking and some passsage of vehicles, and is seen between that Chevy Impala convertible and the 'Benz limo in the first photo.

...in this second photo, the trolley is traveling toward the camera, westward, headed in the direction of the front of the layout.

...in this third photo, taken from a vantage point farther into the trainroom, we are looking back toward the front of the layout (westward), from a mid-section, and we can see the trolley making its way clockwise on its course, about to go into the neighborhood to its right...

...and in this fourth shot, it is seen entering the neighborhood, headed eastward...

That is incredible. The red and silver are amazing as is Keys rendition.

That's a sharp little vignette, Bar GP7. You did a really nice job of it, IMHO. Having the weed growth also inside the booth/shed is a particularly clever touch.

FrankM