Weekend Photo Fun 8-7-15-??

Amen !!

Action on the Seattle & Yakima RR

 

 

      Bill T.

The Erie Limited excursion crossing the Genesee  River gorge  at Portage in Lechworth State Park

Letchworth won USA Today's Reader's Choice competition as the best state park in the United States.
The former Erie RR bridge, now Norfolk Southern, replaced a 1851 wood bridge that burned in 1875. The present bridge was originally designed for South Africa but was diverted to the Erie Instead
A new bridge is scheduled to be built just to the south of this one.

 

 

Portage bridge 1864

Maersk-Mania!!  

 

For all of you Chicago & Northwestern fans, here is the Observation Car for the 400.

 

 

One of the best uses of the warbonnet pain scheme. Great photo, Mike!!!!!

 

This weeks work....

 

This week's project....roofing....taking longer than I thought!

 

 

 

 

Peter

Pictures from East terminal, Glacier National Park.  Amtrak, Empire Builder was to arrive 11 AM. 

East Glacier Railroad Station.

 Part of the James J. Hill, Great Northern Railroad design of Glacier National Park was the two mountain-top chalets.  Sperry Chalet and Granite Park Chalet, both were hike-in only resorts with limited provisions.    Granite Park can be accessed from the Loop trail, a steep 4 mile climb. Also from Logan Pass an 8 mile trek across the mountain slopes.    Slideshow of the hike to Granite Park Chalet.

 

Great Northern mascot.

And a marmot or two.

 

Happy weekend everyone!  I've taken the last couple months off from weathering to focus on my golf game.  That really hasn't paid off so I'm back to weathering!

 

Here a few photos of the latest car out of the "weathering shop"--a Weaver C&NW 40' boxcar...

 

Home Depot

New "Ives Trains" from MTH has been renovated into an outdoors store!

 

Night shift action..................

 

 

Just back from vacation in PA & NJ Still have a ton of photos to go through
I was able to get the new layout up & running - Still have a bunch of work to do & I need to take some pics to show everyone.

in the meantime - here are some pics that I was able to finish from PA/NJ last week -

The N&W Heritage Unit leading eastbound 24Z heads through Bound Brook, NJ on the Lehigh Line

NS ES44AC 8087 leads Allentown bound 10N through Hummelstown, PA on the Harrisburg Line -

My wife Amy & Lucia on the Strasburg - My Pop took me a bunch of times , so glad I was able to take the kids They loved it!

 

The kids & I at the RRMP -

 

Follow up to last weeks photo fun. Scenery is progressing. Looking forward to the paving and planting crews.

A cameo of my new 1940's era, Texas desert secret desert Army base.

 

Steve and Lady

 

 

A 2014 Christmas Layout memory

 

- walt

 

 

 

Nice to see you making progress on your Army layout, Steve.

 

Beautiful night shot, Walt!

 

Brian - That is a beautiful observation car.  You don't have to be a C&NW fan to love it, but I'm sure our buddy Stan is drooling over it.

 

Art

Sirt, that grade crossing is beyond excellent!

Here's a flashback to when we were moving the modules from the previous layout and using them to create the present layout.  This is where my present Proviso yard is located.

 

Art

 

Got GEEP? Having a blast with GP7/GP9's from B&O, C&O, WM And PRR.

 

 

This weeks new releases from River Leaf Models:

 

Betty Lou's Tattoos:

 

 

FW Woolworths:

 

My latest little critter this week.

A PRR Standard Tool Shop being worked up.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture,s of MTH Premier Chessie Caboose a friend got me for my birthday which not til the 16th LOL.

Jeff,

Very nice!  Keep your fingers crossed.  Maybe your friend will forget s/he got you a gift and give you another on the 16th!  

Nice car. Who's the manufacturer?

Thanks Mark!!! ROFLOL I wish!

Now that's gotta be the coolest Bible school ever!

-Greg

"Nice car. Who's the manufacturer?"

 

Thanks Matt, it really is a nice car and set. The manufacturer is K-Line and the size is 21".

this just arrived in the mail from fedex today!

 

 

 

this one makes #4 when added to the rest of the fleet!

 

 

 

two #17's so i'll have to renumber one of them, either way today I'm doing the happy dance!!

 

 

Here is one of my favorite consist, FEC with a little help from the UP.  I can't believe I last ran this setup on the TMB2 back in November, 2009.  Enjoy;

 

 

My birthday is on the 16th too... maybe your friend could send me one!

Paul ROFLOL!

Here is a few pics of my MTH 2-8-0 recently weathered by Harry Hieke

 

An exciting view. "Scenery is progressing" is right! Wow!

FrankM.

I got one of the new MTH Premier NKP Berkshires out to play with - it's terrific....

 

Here's a video..... I'm still learning how to film with the camera and tripod on rollers - not the greatest, but this time I didn't trip while rolling it backwards.....

 

Thanks.....