Weekend Photo Fun 7-18-14-??

These two arrived this week , just need to pluck up the courage to start them. Oh yea they are O scale running on N gauge track. James 

Scott......Love that dark blue N&W F unit!

Peter

Some old shots....

Everybody's working....

Rush hour....

Pulling the days consist off the interchange...

Action on the Seattle & Yakima RR

UNDERGROUND...

Some views from the coal loading area. I also replace one of the company row homes with this barn. Have a great weekend. 

The Pittsburgh to DC bike trip that I posted pictures last week, has two very good days on the trail (Great Allegheny Passage) before we reached Cumberland and the C&O Canal Path part of the trip.   Additional pictures.  The ride is uphill to the Continental Divide at the village of Deal, PA just before the Big Savage tunnel.
Start point is the Boston Bridge, McKeesport, PA south of Pittsburgh.

First break is West Newton.  Old P&LE railroad to Connellsville where we will switch railroads and continue on the Old Western Maryland Connellsville extension.

The support equipment.  Just about anything you would need.

Switch railroads. We biked through downtown Connellsville to the Western Maryland Right of Way.

The Yakagany river.

Ohiopyle for the night.  First day's ride complete.

Tomorrows ride.  Frostburg MD.  in this direction.   Uphill all but the last 10 miles.

Here are a few more shots from last weekend.

In honor of the LOTS convention being in town, I brought a couple of my LOTS custom cars to run:

I also brought a bunch of other custom/special-run cars to run:

And a few of my local favorites:

My train, at various times was pulled by various combinations of my NKP 765, PM 1225, PRR and NKP Heritage diesels in combinations of two, and for a while all four, and for a while, fellow PIHR member Bob P. lent his Monongahela Heritage diesel and dummy for a 4-unit all-Heritage diesel consist.

More photos from last weekend can be found on this thread.

Andy

Just got back from a trip to Greece. Saw these ancient Greek trains at the Parthenon. Two railers will be happy.

Ray Marion

Great shots fellas!

Some heavy iron moving though the yard and around the trestles

Andy, love the Hummels. 

A 2013 Christmas layout memory .

Three of my Pittsburgh related Miller signs.

- walt

For Heaven's sake man, where's your humanity? You threw out a miner and his family so you could put up that old barn????

Very nice old barn though!

That has to be one of THE most artistic/creative scenes I've seen you model, and you model some great ones!

What an awesome photo

- walt

Its Friday ... and we are just counting the cars go by!

Traffic is busy on Mannhiem Rd in Chicago on a summer morning over UP's Proviso Yard.

Art 

Have a great weekend Everyone!!

Alan

Here's an oldie and moldy. Now that the mountain branch is complete, I'm bringing these guys down to the club this weekend for another run on the branch with a longer train in tow. This photo was a "cab hop" test run.

Wow, Mannhiem never looked so good.

And that would be in Bellwood/Stone Park...

Rusty

Hobos having a good time before jumping a train heading out of the yard.

Here is another photo of Marty Fitzhenry's wonderful layout.

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Beautiful pictures everyone.

Here's my VL Hudson with MTH NYC chrome plated passenger cars

Alex

Here are pics from an older layout of mine

Completely agree. Well done sir1

SIRT.....thanks for the inspiration for my subway to be built under my big city. 

GREAT work!!!!

Great photo of your turntable area and control station.  Very impressive Brian.  Thank you for posting.

Steve, Lady and Tex

Have a good weekend and be safe.

Joe B.

Great photos tks all for posting.

Love the bike ride rail trails are fun and good history.

Here is progress on the "Wedding Cake Train Layout"

Wedding cake in the form of a snowy mountain will go where the castle is now.

Click each photo for a larger view.

Last photo my cheap $1 store trees.

There are various plastic fake green things at the $1 store that are good for modelling trees and bushes.

In the 3rd photo the trees over the engine are made with the wood rods and wrapped in double sided tape and tape on plastic vine stuff from the $1 store then spray with glue and sprinkle with ground foam and coarse turf. They come in plastic vine looking stuff for a $1 or 2. Just pull the bits of the vine sections off of the main plastic vine and clip the little knobs off the end and tape on, wrap bottoms in another layer of double sided tape.

I guess you could drill out some larger tree trunk things from branches and glue the ends of the vine in but that takes a lot more work and time. This a bit faster.

The last photo shows most of the others trees I made. These come as plastic mats about a foot square these little plastic things are stuck to a plastic grid thing that is used as a mat. Just pull them off, put them on the wooden rods as shown as tall as you want you can shape clipping off some of the points as the top etc.

Spray with glue and sprinkle with ground foam and coarse turf.

There are some mats that look like grass and other shapes. $1 or 2.

Still need to add in some more ground cover.

Ballast went well and trains look great running through the 2 tunnels. ON30 Bachmann train runs really slow love the gears moving.

More pics of a Train Theme wedding to come in the future!  

Not much time for trains the last few weeks, with a ton of stuff to do during the summer, but here are a few shots -

Set 1621WS - 1959 -

Set 1471WS - 1950 -

Lackawanna out of the tunnel -

We also got a new puppy this week - Chloe - 11 month Black lab out of the shelter -

The photos aren't great, and the sun wasn't cooperating ("cloudy-bright" days can be

annoying), but, a couple of years ago:

The town of Atmore, Alabama, near the Florida line, north of Pensacola (FL) and NE of

Mobile. The first photo is on the Alabama Gulf Coast (now a subsidiary of G&W, along

with everything else), train heading South toward Pensacola on the old Frisco line. I

find the road name on the first unit (now repainted) to be amusing, considering that

this photo was taken in the Heart of Dixie (Alabama's slogan):

Same spot, same day. The train timing could have been better. The CSX train is 

Southbound to Mobile from Montgomery on the old Louisville & Nashville.

Atmore AL is actually a substantial small town of several thousand people in slightly

rolling countryside, and has this interesting crossing involving two railroads and US Hwy 31. It begs to be modeled. The "urban" area is mostly out of sight in the distance:

Found 2 old photos cleaning out a dresser drawer in the attic.....the 1st one from 1980 while living in Baltimore (catch the 70s look on my upper lip!) and the 2nd one from about 1986 having just moved to Richmond from Philly.

Peter

Wow! What's with the crane and Rr tracks? Are the greeks finally looking to stabilize the parthenon?

This should be one happy dog, Chris. Good for you!

Good real life scene. Now here is the same scene to a model railroader...have them all at once! That's more like it... 

Came across this one yesterday that we took back in fall of 2010. These are RK 'Scale' F3's front row with a few a freight cars with the popular Lionel B&O I-12 caboose

Happy weekend,have a good weekend 

Have a great weekend all.....

Have a great weekend!

Spectacular concept and execution, GEF. That is really cool. Authentic looking. I can just about smell the damp ground and coal dust.

FrankM

Peter. That is classic! Almost better than your signature bow tie!

Some views around town...

A local rural repair shop where friends often gather to compare experiences and expertise...

Nothing like a good ol' carpet layout  

Greg

www.youtube.com/trainbros89

Chrome plated passenger cars, what a nice compliment to your engine, Alex.

I loved the LEGO train display at Train Expo 2014 Michigan.  Just a few picks.

PRR Joe.....great pics of the Lego layout!!! My oldest son never outgrew his Lego and still creates today......with trains I'm happy to say!

Channeling some inspiration from Lee, I added me and my wife's favorite detective to the layout... Or at least the Psych office and the Blueberry.  Still on the lookout for suitable Shawn and Gus figures .  It's an Altoona Model Works depot, with some LEDs installed for lighting.

-Dustin

Continuing on the Great Allegheny Passage.
Early morning Confluence, Pa.  Yes the fog is a bit much. Humidity at 100%

The fog quickly burns off.

Detour around the close Pinkerton tunnel.  The downed trees are for the CSX tunnel, that parallels the Pinkerton tunnel.  CSX tunnel was Day-lighted late 2011/2012.

After lunch, Garrett, PA, on to the Salisbury viaduct.  Some preferred to walk across.

CSX main and US Rt 219 below.

Quick break at the Meyersdale Station which is also a small museum.

From here up to the continental divide.
A transplanted Bowman cast steel bridge.  It was originally on the other side of Meyersdale, with in sight, of the Salisbury viaduct.

Keystone viaduct. Western Maryland RR. that bridges over CSX mainlines to Sandpatch.

Up to Sandpatch.

Downhill, through the Big Savage Tunnel, there are lights and doors.  The tunnel is closed during bad weather months.

Maryland, Note the bare cliff area is very close to Cumberland.  We will spend the night in Frostburg, MD, half way down the mountain.

Dustin

Are you the gentleman, that had the Bridgeboss, ceiling bridge , and moved or ???

Did you do another around the ceiling trackage,  I just see that curve bridge

and that looks like James Robinson's work

thanks

Finally picked up a Legacy engine. Very soon this Union Pacific Mikado will become the EJ&E #755

Just a little progress on the layout. So I decided to go take some photos of the real trains this morning.

Continue to weather rolling stock.  Just finished weathering the trucks. Always revisit my weathering projects....sometimes takes weeks before I'm satisfied, but this one is coming along nicely.  Model is an Atlas Hopper. 

Terry,

That's me!  We moved from Colorado out to southern California.  That ceiling layout is no more (it's now a very nice around the room shelf), and the layout out here is actually a 8x10ish table in the garage.  We're renters out in CA, but I'll eventually do a bigger/better ceiling layout again when we settle down in our "forever" home.

....and you're right, that bridge in the foreground is also a Bridgeboss. It leads to a 4' girder bridge on our main loop.

-Dustin

The first addition to the engineer roster.  Andrew Paul Jeter with his proud grandpa. Tipped the scales at 8lbs. 13oz.

Congratulations Neal. I can relate to the proud Grandpa except all four of mine are Grand Daughters.

Great experience for all[especially engineer Pop].  

Thanks Dewey.  Can't wait until he is old enough to help me run the trains.

Neal Jeter

WOW that is looking fine!

Running trains with my daughter today at AGHR!  Started with her pink GG-1 set, then moved on to my Daylight.

Congratulations. Good looking Grandson.

Live from Penn Station, New York.  I have to join those posting real train photos this weekend. I rode some new miles on NJT, out to Long branch.  Here's some photos there and at Newark:

Now, I sit aboard PV Mount Vernon. Our scheduled departure at 3:40 has come and gone. A rockslide at Peekskill has caused delays, and we have no idea for how long. But, at least I am on a PV, with a comfortable bedroom. I may be asleep before we leave New York!

Legacy A.T.&S.F. AC6000. One of the prettiest modern diesels around IMO..

I agree Sam, that Sante Fe AC6000 is just beautiful.

How can you not love a warbonnet?

Art

Down hill to Cumberland.  Great Allegheny Passage.
Main Street Frostburg Md.  The Gunter Hotel.

Temperature early morning, with a lot of miles today (75).  Destination is Hancock Md. on the Canal path.

Brush tunnel from another photo file.

Helmstetter Barn along the Western Maryland Scenic RR.  John Helmstetter's barn burned, 2010, and was rebuilt with the aid of Railroad photographer Carl Franz. Click on the underlined phrase for a CBS news Clip.    The trail shares ROW to Cumberland.

Willis Creek, entering Cumberland.

Cumberland, Western Maryland Scenic RR, Station.

Lock #75.  C&O Canal.

Mike CT; looks like your having a great trip.

Mike, I'm enjoying your trip.

Marker, what make 3-rail track is that on the right?

Ron

Marker, I like very much how you have the random coal (deposited presumably from passing coal tenders) detailed sparingly along trackside. A nice touch.

Details matter. They add to the enjoyment. IMHO.

FrankM.

Ron posted:

Marker, what make 3-rail track is that on the right?

It's 3 rail I've made from Code 148 MicroEngineering 2 rail.  

Here is another picture of it.  On the left is part of a switch I made up from an Atlas 7.5 2 rail turnout.

A few assorted pictures taken over this past month.

My MTH Steelers dump car is parked under the (unwired) coal loader in the town of Stanton, Pa. on the D.A.R.E. Model RR Club's O gauge West Penn Railroad.

Frac sand and natural gas in a Wheeling and Lake Erie (?) yard near Latrobe/Greensburg.

Wheeling and Lake Erie hoppers east of/in Belle Vernon, Pa. (you might want to zoom in).

HO P&WV Mikado with DCC/Sound on the train club's Montour RR.

Action (and clutter) on the West Penn.

Pittsburgh and Ohio Central train near Bridgeville, Pa.

Wheeling and Lake Erie/unknown railroad bridges west of Belle Vernon, Pa. There are CSX/NS tracks on either side of this valley below the bridges. The bridges look like ex-N&W/P&WV.

Antique car and T trolley at Mt. Lebanon car show.

I shot a video of the extended loop-to-loop run off the Mountain Branch and secondary mainline. This operation will support multi-train operation, but the operators really have to pay attention to avoid having a "Gomez Addams incident."

The video is here on YouTube. Here are some captures from the video.

A lot has changed in this area. The tunnel in the background was "daylighted" and the On30 is being installed as is evidence of logging activity.

Here are other screen captures from the video.

Heading into the upper reverse loop/auxiliary staging.

Here it is about to hit the newly-installed sprung crossover to reverse in the staging yard. The turnouts are set up so that normal running of the secondary main hits the turnouts in trailing point mode. The turnouts are also equipped with pins to lock them closed if needed. The springing is firm enough to hold the points, but soft enough so even scale wheels will pass through safely.

Here it is on the return.

The video shows as private?????

Nice pics anyway.....

Matt

The club layout looks terrrific. Been way too long since I've been there. 

Hey Matt, the club is looking good. The wife and I will be out there around October 11th for some biz and we will be taking some extra days of Vacation to hang around So Cal. 

I see the ships funnel was found, I want to do some work on it when I am there.

John

Some of these layouts need to be covered in OGR magazine!

BTW Peter, your pic is EPIC! Total model train bliss!

More more more!

It hadn't finished processing. Should be visible now.

Thanks. We've been working pretty hard the past year. Stayed there four hours after "closing time" doing some cutting to set up a scenery modification,

We've missed you John. I'll let the guys know. Of course, you run the risk of us not letting you leave.

railhead - Great Shot!

Marker, thank you!  You know, it's just a matter of being at the right spot at the right time! LOL.  Thanks again, Bo

A new engine I picked up last week.

The layout is coming down but I was able to shoot up to Flint today to photograph the Rio Grande 464 Mudhen at Huckleberry Railroad

Sweet! Beautiful loco, can you provide a little more info like manufacturer and model? i'd love to find one like it. i have a k line switcher i plan to paint and remake into an SCL. Congrats on a nice pickup. 

This is "Dusty" from "planes" my wife bought for me. 

Here is a bridge made from Erector parts I got at Charles Ro for $10. I sprayed a couple of coats of metallic silver. 

Its a lionel legacy engine. I know that Nassau hobby has them for sale and if you use the promo code: freeship you will get it for like 280

http://nassauhobby.com/Trains-O-Loco-Diesel-C-420/

c.sam

Is that the 38051 Lionel berk from around 2005 ?

How do u like it, sounds, etc. ?

Thx

Joe S

Is Ed the guy in the top hat? He wouldn't be any kin to that similar shaped guy on the Island of Sodor would he? 

I picked these up from Nick Smith....

Lets see how they compare with the "Old Guard"