Weekend Photo Fun 8-22-14-?

Great photo's everyone,

 

NYC Speeder

 

Boy that brings back some memories. Scratched a lot of On30 stuff years ago. This freight shed started out as one of my home brew On30 boxcars....

 No body bought me this for my fifth birthday! I wish I had a papa as cool as me.

Thanks G, the new battery works great!

No body bought me this for my fifth birthday! I wish I had a papa as cool as me.

Your a good man!

 

My brother's grandson,Jaysson,playing with the same Child Guidance toy trains I played with 40 years ago.He couldn't get enough of playing with the train set.

Dan 

Forgot all about this train. Enjoyed this identical train, and still have it, somewhere. I hate to admit though, mine predates this 40-year-old set by more than just a few years. It was also my first turntable.

 

Thanks for rekindling the memories.

aubv:

 

Love this bridge. It is spectacular.

 

LOVE this shot! Very nice!

 

How did you make the viaduct? I've often thought about building this.

 

Chris

LVHR

 

SIRT,

 

by any chance do you still have photos of the Atlas Signal Tower on your layout?  I remember liking the way you shaped the land and the landscape around it.

One of my favorite shots.

 

Chris

LVHR

Live from the Fair:

 

 

 

Peter

Great Pictures this week! Great Custom Work! Keep it coming.

From a recent trip to the Illinois Railway Museum. I find it interesting that no matter how many of us go there and take photos we all find something different to see.

 

A bit of perspective:

 

One of the driver wheels of the Santa Fe Northern #2903.

 

 

My dad, me and my son on the trolly ride. My #4 nephew is looking out the window on the left.

 

 

Got the shutterbug bug and the train bug from my dad.

 

And then I'll just place these here:

 

 

I too love this bridge.  It makes a very dramatic scene with the "wow factor" and must be a highlight to your layout's guests.  Great job!

 

Art

Peter - This scene looks very realistic.  While fairly simple it has a lot of subtle details like the pavement stains and the weeds along the road.  The farmers market is a great way to fill this small space.

 

Art

Thanks, Art.....that corner module was decorated by Forum member Kanawah.....his work is fantastic!

 

Peter

Here's another little layout spot I much enjoyed crafting. I esp. enjoyed weathering the bridge - my first one ever - and the water feature (village effluence?) was the second time I ever attempted doing a faux water feature.

FrankM

 Wow, great shot.

In the words of our grandson, that became a family joke still used....

( rings around in my head)

"Is that choo choo blue????????????" x 52 repeats......

 

611 today (8/23/2014) in the Spencer Shop(NCTM) roundhouse.

 

Ron

A few pictures of the first successful run on the new layout, as well as a few pictures and a video from the D.A.R.E. Model RR Club. The Amfleets are MTH Railking models from forum member eaaii. Oh, and sorry about the poor video quality. It's an upload direct from my phone.

Day out with Thomas...before the down pour!!

 

Once again the folks at Illinois Railway Museum have done themselves proud with an amazing event. The staff are very helpful and make sure people are seeing it all!!

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas arrived on a flat-bed truck the day we were there. I overheard someone say we could get all the pictures we wanted, but we wouldn't get the see his face. That apparently was for his special day only (and paying customers!).

I grabbed a shot when I was out there the other week...no face but....

 

 

One question, was this the fired operational Thomas or the non-fired unit?

Ron

The "real" Thomas has main rods.  The "rollers" only have side rods.

I too say thanks - my 2 year old daughter was playing with my set of Child Guidance toy trains yesterday!

This is a test. Anyone think they might know where this shot was taken? Don

Don,

 

The engine appears to be CB&Q (Burlington) 2-8-2 number 4960 after it was purchased and modified by the Grand Canyon railroad.

 

RAY

NS Conrail ES44ac leads a stack train across the heavy metal bridge

holy jehosaphat, you got the engine but where is it now. Don

 

 

 My Pan-Am SW-1 switcher fresh out of the paint shop. 

 

 

 

Actually, it's not 4960, take a good look at the sand dome.  It's Grand Canyon 18, a 2-8-0. 

 

Here she was sitting on a flatcar in Provo, Utah in 2007, which would place her on the Heber Valley railroad, so the photo in question would be Heber City, Utah:

 

This is ex-CB&Q 4960:

Rusty

Originally Posted by lehighline:

Originally Posted by Chugman

Thank you for the comments. I was asked to build the bridge and the bridge is installed in a layout in NE Pennsylvania. The problem in replicating this bridge for a layout, the real bridge is huge!

 

The bridge has had a dramatic effect to the layout. Including major changes to the scenery plan and even the colors and placement of some buildings.

 

This picture might make you queasy.

 

Thanks to Scott for always starting WPF!

       
Awesome job on this, Chris!  Where did you find the Pan Am decals?

aubv:

 

You must have one lucky customer. This is one of the nicest bridges I have ever seen in O-Gauge. What are the dimensions?

Thanks Joey.  I found them on E-Bay. They are actually HO decals but with this size engine it worked out pretty good. Depending on what your doing you can get away with HO decals If O scale are not available. 

 

 

On your new layout perchance?