Sunday Photo Fun 10-16-05

[spankybird]

This week we wanted to share our Halloween Village [:o)][8)]

























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Lets have some fun [:D] [:)] [8D] [:p]
tom

[Buckeye Riveter]

Done for the season.

As many of you know that have been on the forum since spring, I arrived home from fishing in Canada to find my Garden Railroad buried beneath a 75’ Hickory Tree. This is what I saw when the sun came up.


The railroad is done for the season and here are the photos as of today.


The next project will be the replacement of the elevated section with a wooden trestle.


The trolley and the train are now shuttling people to the weddings. We have many weddings, but most of the people are only two inches tall.


Clang-clang went the trolley. A trolley must have very clean track to operate properly outside.


My C&S Mogul was bought second hand and refurbished by LGB. It is a great engine. No complaints.


The Lodge’s guests arrive by train.


Getting ready for the pumpkin show. Those look like winners to me.


Hey, Chief, when are you going to get your boat out of my pond?


Jimmie D’s Grandpa watches as the Drover Car at the end of the train rounds the curve.


West end of layout with pond.


Control center. Notice the quick release for the red and black wires. Those connections are from Radio Shack and I think they are used for remote control cars. Needless to say, they have worked perfectly even in the rain and snow.


Now I start refurbishing the old Christmas Train Board for Baby Buckeye. [:D] BTW, for those that don't know, Baby Buckeye is my married daughter, 25 years old and has always had a train around the tree as she grew up. This year she has her own house and wants a train around the tree.

Great photos again for Halloween this year, Tom.

[tmcc man]

hey guys great photos. Buckeye, the drovers caboose is an LGB model, right? I was looking at a PRR mogul from LGB, but they are wayyyyyyy tooooo much. If i could afford it, i would buy it and letter the drovers caboose in the PRR roadname.

[Buckeye Riveter]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tmcc man

hey guys great photos. Buckeye, the drovers caboose is an LGB model, right? I was looking at a PRR mogul from LGB, but they are wayyyyyyy tooooo much. If i could afford it, i would buy it and letter the drovers caboose in the PRR roadname.

Colin,
Thanks for the compliment. Yes, that is a LGB Drovers Caboose. You might want to take a look at this LGB Pennsylvania set
http://www.davistrains.com/search/displayproduct.asp?id=21197&mfgid=29&gaugeid=2&roadid=16&catid=-1&perpage=25&orderby=sku&skusearch=&keyword=
I have seen "shortys" at shows and they look real nice. Ask if the engine has sound tripped by the magnets on the track. If not ask if there is an LGB sound kit. [:)]

[tmcc man]

thanks buckeye,
i have a little thought put into what i want to buy. I was ant Nicholas Smith yesterday, and they have the MTH gauge 1 NS dash 8 that i have had my eyes in for a while. It is the best price i have seen so far $400.00. If i go with that, i will same all of my money from caddying to purchase DCS and then get the engine for Christmas, and some cars. It would look out of scale with my 1:29 scale cars. The MTH model is 1:32

[laz 57]

SPOOK SPOOKY SPANKYBIRD looks like another GREAT set up. I love it.
BUCKEYE nice to see you got the backyard railway working and all seems well. I like your PUMPKINS? (wink) But the ones at Victorias Secrets are better.(wink).
laz57

[Blueberryhill RR]

Great Photos, Guys
Spankybird...I like that one with lights out. Spooky.

Buckeye..That is a great looking setup. Gotta see that.
Do you have a snow plow? Or did I miss it?

Chuck

[siberianmo]

[wow] You guys are rather serioius about these pix! Nicely done. [tup]

My humble offering for those who may enjoy stopping off after work at the local bar 'n grill (from my Can-Am HO layout):

This looks like my kinda place!


That was fun!


Canada Day at "Our" Place


Independence Day at "Our" Place

[pbjwilson]

Some great tin litho -







The mighty Bing

[highrailjon]

[:D]

[highrailjon]

Hey, Buckeye!! Here's the start of my garden railroad!![:D]

[highrailjon]

[:D]

[jwse30]

My newly aquired switcher moves a cut of hot metal cars.



J White

[Buckeye Riveter]

Highrail, a great start.

Here's a web site that you may find helpful.

http://www.btcomm.com/trains/primer/roadbed/ladder1.htm

For some strange reason, Columbus, Ohio is a hot bed of Garden RR. (It may be connected to our German heritage.) There used to be a big layout at the State Fair. Fair managment, that has since ben fired, ran off all the model train exhibits, but now our Easton Towne Plaza has a huge layout constructed by the people mentioned in the web page above. The layout pictured on the web page is at Franklin Park.

[Blueberryhill RR]

Here's a couple of pics of my layout under construction.





I think I'm finally doing this right. Need a digital camera.
Chuck

[Anonymous]

Nice pictures everyone. Here are some pictures of the train cars that i have and of some of the tools that i found and the bench that was with the tools.

[laz 57]

Heres my new Southeren(dang word) 0-6-0


Big Poison and little poison?

laz57

[Anonymous]

if any one is interested in some of the tools let me know. I'm going to keep a couple of them and give some to R.R. museum here in town and the rest i'm going to give away.

[jwse30]

Chuck,

Looks like you're on your way to having a very nice layout! Keep us updated.

J White

[Anonymous]

Tin plate ozone

[wrmcclellan]

Lionel 258 coming around the bend...



My original 218 SF Alcos and SF 2412/14/16 passenger cars from when I was a kid...

[Frank53]

Latest progress on the Downtowne Deco Bus Depot turned nightclub:

started off to be this:



Took a turn to the wrong side of the tracks and started looking like this:




A little extra work plus some Lightworks USA touches and now it looks like this:









Little bit of touch up work yet to do, like cleaning up some of teh damage from installing teh neon, but all minor.

[ChiefEagles]

Buckeye, you have added a lot since I visited Buckeye Railroad. OH, I hear that Baby Buckeye is getting Polar Express add on cars. OH, that is a secret. [:I]

Frank, great looking night club. Looks like you could "just walk right in and sit right down".

John, you laid your track on stone. Bet that does not move. You anchor it with plastic anchors and screws?

Good pictures from all. [:)]

[BudKarr]

Gentlement!

I am not a toy train enthusiast nor a model one either. However, in browsing the forums this day I noticed the photographs and commend those of you for your work. Nicely done!

Siberianmo, I know those bars! I have visited your photo album and must commend you for the effort you put forth with your three different scales in model railroading and toy trains. Amazing stuff.

BK

[zwbob]

I finally finished the office building I've been working on for months.

[waltrapp]

Well, now that York is over I can get busy on my Christmas 2005 layout. But, one last sendoff to a FUN 2004 Christmas layout:





And one last shot of the sketch:


Nice pictures everyone! Walt

[1688torpedo]

Super Photo's everyone! Spankybird-The Munsters sure would love your layout[;)][:)] Magoo - The photo of your Flying Yankees at the crossing is excellent.