Weekend Photo Fun 7-21-17-??

Paul Moore posted:

Loaded stone train southbound on the Delmarva Central Railroad earlier this week.

I used to work for NS as a conductor out of Newark/Edgemoor De,. I worked that train many times. Nice pic!

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Some cars at lake Laha.

Johan, nice photos with the lake in the background, especially with the reflection of the blue sky, clouds and tree.  Great way to show off your weathered cars!!

scale rail posted:

A slow uphill climb through the Cascades. Don

Great photo!

an oldie but a goodie....

Fabulous photos everyone!!!  Here's my lot for this weekend's photo fun!!

Ashland VA Virtual Railfan 

If I could retire and live along this street I would.  

I haven't been on here in quite a while. It's been a real busy summer. I have however made a good amount of progress on detailing (perhaps "fixing" would be a better word) this pair of Weaver U25Bs. These things were absolutely stripped of detail out of the box. Changes I've made include renumbering to the 2500 series in preparation for roof antennas, painting of the window frames and steps, the installation of grab irons, windshield wipers, miscellaneous piping, fuel fills, cutoffs and sight glasses, dummy MU receptacles, lights over the drop decks, cab signal boxes, and the drop decks themselves. That's quite a list! There are still a few more things to be done on these, I still have to install bells, cut levers and roof antennas, and I may redecal the number boards if I can find a more accurate font. The comparison photo at the end is about a week old, so even on the lower photo there are a few details seen on the other photos that are missing. Still a hire difference.

CNJ #1601 posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Some cars at lake Laha.

Johan, nice photos with the lake in the background, especially with the reflection of the blue sky, clouds and tree.  Great way to show off your weathered cars!!

Joe A. Thank you very much. I really appreciate your kind words. I like take pics with a natural light and this is a also nice way use many different sceneries. 

Paul Moore posted:

Loaded stone train southbound on the Delmarva Central Railroad earlier this week.

Question for you Paul. What kind of traffic does that line get? Also I know it splits into two legs as it goes south, which one is busier? I have been doing a lot of trips to Delaware in the last few years and would be interested in railfanning it, I just don't know much about it.

briansilvermustang posted:

very nice pictures BAR GP7 #63

BRIANSILVERMUSTANG: Thank you very much.

Johan

  EJ & Grace...................

Farmer Bill,

I Live about 15 minutes away from Ashland.  Great little town.  Good train shop - Tiny Tim's - and several very good restaurants, the Iron Horse being one of our favorites for refreshments and watching the big trains.

And since I haven't posted to the Weekend Photo Fun in awhile, a couple of shots around a newly installed retaining wall.

not my photo

New shots of my depot and trolley connection.

This project has taken me about four days when completed. I still have four more lamp posts to wire up. When completed, there will be ten double lamp posts in the front and two on the side of the station (31 led light bulbs including building spot lamps). The wires at the bottom will be hidden when the project is complete. So far this project has gone very smoothly.

scale rail posted:

A slow uphill climb through the Cascades. Don

Must be Westbound?  Several years ago my wife, my sister and brother-in-law rode bikes on the Iron Horse trail (Milwaukee Road ROW) from Hyak to Easton and then back.   Believe it or not, Don, we came back up quicker and easier than we went down.  We had a tail wind.  The grade on the eastside must only be 1% or less.  We also rode the westside from Cedar Falls to Hyak and back.  Finally got to see and go through the Snoqualmie Tunnel at the top.  If I recall it's about 2 1/4 miles long.  You need headlamps on your bike.  There's no light at the Hyak end since it curves to the right not too far from the portal.  I'd seen the portal from the highway many a time when going over the pass to my and aunt and uncle's place in the Kittitas Valley.  I used see the Milwaukee Road trains every once in awhile, too, before they abandoned the Pacific extension.

Larry

Laidoffsick posted:

Very nice photos!