Weekend Photo Fun 9-23-21-??

Some PRR 'Motor' action

Lionel JLC in Tuscan and Williams 'BlackJack' in black

Boston & Maine Railroad #117 is an MTH Premier PS3 model of a General Electric 44-ton diesel-electric locomotive. It’s just the right size for my 10’-by-5’ model railroad which is just an oval with Atlas O-54 curves on which I run short trains at slow speeds.

#117 was the only GE 44-ton locomotive built for the Boston & Maine during World War II, entering service in August 1942. It was permitted to run at a maximum speed of 35 miles-per-hour and powered by two Caterpillar V8 engines of 180 horsepower each.

MELGAR

Thanks Scott for getting us rolling!

Photos of the fun kind for this fine weekend!  

Railroading in the fall time of the year.

Great looking layouts, looking forward to seeing more photos.

Just found another New Ray car hauler and mounted it on a IXO Diamond Rio Truck. Along with a delivery of 1970 Ford Pickups on the Mack is a new delivery of 1970 Mustangs has just arrived at the dealer!

Train running this past week......

Now that Run 320 is out, I can go back to shooting picks at the "Fall Corner"....

Modular club member PatrickB placed a Lego loco on an MTH trolley chassis.

There is a new stop on the Harlem Division below Harmon, and it's called Menardsville!

....and lastly, the trains came home this week, and......are now back in the attic!

Have a great and safe weekend, folks.

Peter

Here’s a few from this week.

A few weeks ago, I posted photos of my model of the Pennsylvania Glass Sand plant and said it was finished. Well, not quite. I was waiting for some electrical components to show up so I could finish the job, so I moved on to another part of the layout and then held off on the electrical work for a few weeks. I finally went back and got that work done. It included building a flashing highway sign as per the prototype and installing structure lighting.

First, here is a photo of the flashing ‘Truck Crossing” sign. I probably spent a good 6 to 8 hours building and installing the darn thing! I could not locate my ancient Dallee grade crossing flashers (over 30 years old as I recall!) so I ordered a new one. There is a photo of it after installation and it is used to flash the lights. Then there are some videos of the sign in service. This sign is prototypical, and there are two of them on Route 655 by the plant:

The next shot shows the inside of the sand loading structure (a modified Lionel engine house) with the whitish-blue industrial lighting installed.

Finally, here’s a shot of an Atlas Conrail MP-15 switching the plant. The turnout is a scratchbuilt curved 3 rail turnout built by my friend Mark Vinski. Mark is a true craftsman, and did a fantastic job on this piece of custom track work.

Till next week, enjoy!

@PRRMiddleDivision posted:

A few weeks ago, I posted photos of my model of the Pennsylvania Glass Sand plant and said it was finished. Well, not quite. I was waiting for some electrical components to show up so I could finish the job, so I moved on to another part of the layout and then held off on the electrical work for a few weeks. I finally went back and got that work done. It included building a flashing highway sign as per the prototype and installing structure lighting.

First, here is a photo of the flashing ‘Truck Crossing” sign. I probably spent a good 6 to 8 hours building and installing the darn thing! I could not locate my ancient Dallee grade crossing flashers (over 30 years old as I recall!) so I ordered a new one. There is a photo of it after installation and it is used to flash the lights. Then there are some videos of the sign in service. This sign is prototypical, and there are two of them on Route 655 by the plant

The next shot shows the inside of the sand loading structure (a modified Lionel engine house) with the whitish-blue industrial lighting installed.

Finally, here’s a shot of an Atlas Conrail MP-15 switching the plant. The turnout is a scratchbuilt curved 3 rail turnout built by my friend Mark Vinski. Mark is a true craftsman, and did a fantastic job on this piece of custom track work.

Till next week, enjoy!

Love these 2 shots.  Always inspiring work!

@MartyE posted:

Love these 2 shots.  Always inspiring work!

Thanks Marty!

With York less than 30 days to go.  It's time to look through my MPC catalogs, and find stuff to put on my lookout list.

@PRRMiddleDivision posted:

A few weeks ago, I posted photos of my model of the Pennsylvania Glass Sand plant and said it was finished. Well, not quite. I was waiting for some electrical components to show up so I could finish the job, so I moved on to another part of the layout and then held off on the electrical work for a few weeks. I finally went back and got that work done. It included building a flashing highway sign as per the prototype and installing structure lighting.

First, here is a photo of the flashing ‘Truck Crossing” sign. I probably spent a good 6 to 8 hours building and installing the darn thing! I could not locate my ancient Dallee grade crossing flashers (over 30 years old as I recall!) so I ordered a new one. There is a photo of it after installation and it is used to flash the lights. Then there are some videos of the sign in service. This sign is prototypical, and there are two of them on Route 655 by the plant:

Neal,

Great job on these. I could easily see myself riding along a curve in the road and seeing this type of sign in the real world. Is "flasher" the name of the item I would look for from Dallee if I was get one? Do you have a part number?

Thanks,

Dave

Erecting cataenary

Two weeks ago with the Trackers at Kensington, Md…

@Putnam Division posted:

Train running this past week......

Now that Run 320 is out, I can go back to shooting picks at the "Fall Corner"....

Modular club member PatrickB placed a Lego loco on an MTH trolley chassis.

There is a new stop on the Harlem Division below Harmon, and it's called Menardsville!

....and lastly, the trains came home this week, and......are now back in the attic!

Have a great and safe weekend, folks.

Peter

That's a big step!

@luvindemtrains posted:

Neal,

Great job on these. I could easily see myself riding along a curve in the road and seeing this type of sign in the real world. Is "flasher" the name of the item I would look for from Dallee if I was get one? Do you have a part number?

Thanks,

Dave

Dave,

The item is number 367, Grade Crossing Flasher Controller. Let me know if you cannot track it down.  Their site is:  www.dallee.com

A 2020 Christmas Layout memory

A few night images this week

walt

Neal,

Awesome and thank you.

Dave

Here's my entry for today. I just snapped this for WPF.

Dave

Scott Smith