Western Roads Wednesday

You think this is enough power? 😁 Rumor has it that the containers on the first car have new O gauge trains in them.

Fortunately at the next crew change point, another engine was available to add to the train, now we for sure have enough power to get over the continental divide going east bound 😁

These are scenes taken of a 2-rail O scale layout during the 2015 NMRA national convention in Portland, OR.  The layout was in a dark basement so some of the photos of moving trains are blurred.  NH Joe

It's Wednesday and ATSF Hudson 3464 is at the head of the Fast Mail Express heading eastbound towards Chicago at 70 MPH.

New Haven Joe posted:

These are scenes taken of a 2-rail O scale layout during the 2015 NMRA national convention in Portland, OR.  The layout was in a dark basement so some of the photos of moving trains are blurred.  NH Joe

Very nice pics Joe 

New Haven Joe posted:

These are scenes taken of a 2-rail O scale layout during the 2015 NMRA national convention in Portland, OR.  The layout was in a dark basement so some of the photos of moving trains are blurred.  NH Joe

                         Joe, wow from what I can see it is spectacular! Thanks for posting.

The Spokane Portland & Seattle passenger consist

Santa Fe Hotshot Train 1-991 is ready for cross country run

                                                    Atlas Trainman Cotton Belt RSD5s

Randy, I am going to have to quit looking at and posting in this thread. Not sure which version of the trainmaster you are showing but I have the Lionel MPC version from around 1980 and when I sold almost all of the MPC stuff, I just couldn’t part with the Southern Pacific version. Now it is off to the basement. 😊 Really enjoying the pictures in this thread.

Dudley:

The Southern Pacific Trainmaster that I posted was a modern era Lionel with TMCC.

Randy, thanks for the info. I just ran mine for about 10 minutes and it still runs great. I purchased my version in 1979, so 40 years later it still work well.

This is one of my favorite pics.

All taken on the Puget Sound & Pacific in the last week

Here are photos that I took of the New Mexico Rail Runner in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the TCA national convention in June 2019.  This train provides commuter service between Albuquerque and Santa Fe - about 60 miles.  Rail Runner also runs south from Albuquerque to Belen.  I have a HO model of this train.  I wish that either MTH or Lionel made this train O gauge.  NH Joe

Here are photos of a HO model running on a modular layout at the convention center.

Rusty

Just for New Have Joe, here is my O gauge Railrunner.  No, it was never made in O scale, I made it from KLine loco and cars, stripped and repainted with decals a friend and I put together.

A recent MTH acquisition...

I know, the SP never had any Sharks, but they sure wear the "Daylight" paint scheme well!

PeterA posted:

Just for New Have Joe, here is my O gauge Railrunner.  No, it was never made in O scale, I made it from KLine loco and cars, stripped and repainted with decals a friend and I put together.

Peter,

That is a great train.  You and your friend did an outstanding job repainting a K-Line set into the Rail Runner scheme.  I hope that one of the manufactures will offer this train sometime in the future.  Thanks for sharing.  

Here are more Rail Runner photos.  These were taken in Santa Fe.  NH Joe

Ready for a hard day's work in the yards.

                                                                       S.P. Alco S2

Some Western roads boxcars and a CN&W  flat car loaded with farm equipment.

Local headed out of yard to spot grain hoppers

The Santa Fe "borrowed" this C-30 many moons ago. It finally got back to the SP shops to get repainted along with the proper lettering.

Pete

PAs on The Chief and a 3460 class Hudson on the Fast Mail Express.

El Capitan getting ready to leave the Yard;

Northern Pacific

Here are the Chief and the ElCapitan ready to leave Union Station an the Chief on the road.  The El Cap consists of KLine 20" cars and the Chief consists of  the new Lionel 20" cars.

                           MTH S.P. "Black Widow" F7 A-B-B-A on the Green Line at NJ Hirailers.

My wife and I visited the Tehachapi Loop and the town of Tehachapi in 2011.  We didn't see any trains at the loop although we waited about an hour at the viewing area.  It was a hot day so we drove to the town of Tehachapi where we toured the rebuilt SP Depot and the museum.  The Depot burned to ground several years before our visit.  It had been completely rebuilt in the original style but to modern standards including a sprinkler system.  The museum has many interesting exhibits about the loop, the town and the surrounding area.

A couple of trains came through town while we were there.  This is a mountain area with steep grades and many curves and tunnels.  NH Joe

This is my wife and me at the marker overlooking the loop.

This is the marker.

This what you see from the overlook.  You can just see the track.

The Tehachapi Depot.

Below is the street side.

Below is the track side.

The Union Pacific (ex SP) mainline adjacent to the Depot.  Note the yellow track markings.

The following photos are some of the exhibits inside the Depot.

Exhibit outside the Depot.

End of the Depot.

Here comes a westbound train.  This train had five units up front to get up the hill from Mojave and to provide braking going down the hill to Bakersfield.  This train will arrive at the loop in about 30 minutes if it continues without stopping.  

Santa Fe Warhorse out on a spin

New Haven Joe, thanks for posting pictures of historic Tehachapi Loop and museum!

The Northern Pacific