Weekend Photo Fun 7-21-17-??

Have a great weekend, everyone! 

Imagine it's 1969 and ALCo RS3 #1545 is fresh out of the paint shop dressed in the Jersey Central's "new-look" blue and yellow scheme inspired by parent company Baltimore & Ohio.  Heck, the trucks and fuel tank are still shiny black...not yet showing any signs of the heavy sand and grime typically associated with railroading in this hilly part of northeastern PA!

In fact, this new, blue look is such a departure from the CNJ's traditional Deep Sea Green, that several employees have gathered to check it out!

The locomotive is from Atlas O and the plywood-sheathed caboose was scratch-built by Forum member "Brother Love" and 3-rail scaled & weathered by me...

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

Planes, trains and automobiles.

Last weekend (July 15-16), the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL, hosted their annual Day Out With Thomas weekend event. While I’ve been there many times with my kids when they were young, this year’s “visit” was a unique experience.

Day Out With Thomas - July 2001, with my son and Dad

My son just received his private pilot’s license and wanted to take me up as his first passenger, a high honor indeed. When asked where we should go, I suggested IRM since his airport is fairly close to the train museum. So off we went. A perfect day for flying and for some train spotting – from above!

What a fun day. Celebrated with donuts afterward to commemorate the event.

Tom

eenie, meenie, miney, moe ???   what direction do I wanna go........

MOW #1339....................

A 2016 Christmas Layout memory

Not the greatest lumber yard in the toy train world but it is mine

- walt

I always laugh a little when I see an incredible picture of a detailed rail car and think "I bet it's SIRT" and I scroll back up to see who posted it and "yep it's SIRT".   

briansilvermustang posted:

eenie, meenie, miney, moe ???   what direction do I wanna go........

That is a lot of switches and crossovers.

Christopher2035 posted:

Happy Friday! 

Here's my shots for this week:
CNJ RDC cars making a stop at Red Bank on the NY&LB

Christopher

Is that fence on the left made out of paper clips?  Ingenious.

You do nice work Christopher, not that you need for me to say that.

- walt

Walt,

I believe the fencing that Christopher has on his layout is an Atlas O product; #4001006 - O 28" Hairpin Style Super Flex Fence - Modern Kit

Tom

Having some fun on my temporary layout.

briansilvermustang posted:

eenie, meenie, miney, moe ???   what direction do I wanna go........

Where is this at?

A slow uphill climb through the Cascades. Don

In recognition of Shark Week, I decided to run my Pennsy Sharks with my new express boxcars.

https://youtu.be/veMcMD422XM

Some cars at lake Laha.

very nice pictures BAR GP7 #63

Have a great weekend.

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!