Sunday photofun 8-28-10

[fifedog]

rt - The B&O GP-9 (MTH Premier, original offering with QSI) is paired with a F3B unit (Railking, harness tucked back inside shell).  Both are first generation EMD.  A great paperback to check out is BLUE DIESELS AND BLACK DIAMONDS, which shows a lot of mix & match lashups on the West End.

dougnotta - I love the fireball on steamers, but for some reason prefer speed lettering on my diesels.

[rtraincollector]

Fife justnoticed in that last pic you have a GP with a ALCO A-unit or B-unit always wonder how it would look it looks fine to me.

All Pics look good tome all

[dougdagrump]

Great photos everyone !

Fife, That is nice, .

However if it were in the "old fashioned" Fireball Scheme it would have deserved .

[fifedog]

Arriving on the CONNELLSVILLE SUBDIVISION from the EMD plant at LaGrange (ok, it was the MTH folks in Columbia) is the newest member of my roster, WESTERN MARYLAND GP-35 3576.

The Meyersdale station crew has come out to inspect the new acquisition.

The WESTERN MARYLAND, never missing the opportunity to showcase itself, staged this photo op on the Keystone Viaduct.  Perhaps the image might wind up on a calendar, or a book of matches.

3576 is bringing a string of black diamonds across Viaduct Jct, in Cumberland.

The signal maintainer for the division gives a visual inspection as our train rolls past MY tower, in Ridgely (just outside Cumberland).

3576 is now pulling past the WESTERN MARYLAND station in Cumberland.  Emanual Episcopal church is on the hill just above.

The B&O has bought controlling interest in the WM, and in a few years this scene will be lost.  But for now, we can enjoy the WM crossing over the State line branch bridge, as a couple 1st generation units (running out their last miles) bring a freight w/b out of the Narrows.

[stebbycentral]

Northwoods Flyer

Each year at the end of the summer the Central Wisconsin Antique Steam and Gas Engine Club holds a show on a farm about 16 miles west of Wausau near the town of Edgar.  Yesterday may wife and I and some friends took a trip out there.  I took along my trusty Kodak Brownie, so I thought I would show you some photos of the steam engines that didn't run on tracks that helped build America in the previous century.

 

And since we have managed to drag this thread hopelessly off-topic I would note that next weekend (Labor Day weekend) is the annual Old Thresher's Reunion in Mount Pleasant, IA.  Another opportunity to see steam driven equipment both on and off the rails. 

http://www.oldthreshers.org/

[Northwoods Flyer]

Each year at the end of the summer the Central Wisconsin Antique Steam and Gas Engine Club holds a show on a farm about 16 miles west of Wausau near the town of Edgar.  Yesterday may wife and I and some friends took a trip out there.  I took along my trusty Kodak Brownie, so I thought I would show you some photos of the steam engines that didn't run on tracks that helped build America in the previous century.

 

 

This Case and its water wagon were running a sawmill.  There was also a threshing machine, planer, a shingle mill, stone crusher and numerous other steam powered machines.

 

Here are some photos of other steam engines.

 

 

 

I know the boy who is at the controls of this steamer.  He is 11 years old and loves anything to do with steam. He explained the operation of this one to anyone who would listen.

 

 

Here is a line up of steamers, all restored and all working.  It was impressive to walk past them and listen to them chuffing.

 

And for those of you who also enjoy other types of work horses, there were rows and rows of antique tractors, both steam and gas powered.  This is just one row of John Deere tractors, all restored and all working.

 

 

As impressive as all of those steam engines were my favorites are still here on the

Blueboard Central Division of American Flyer Lines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby

Northwoods Flyer

 

[jwse30]

 Looks like some fun additions to your layout. Your layout looks like it's a lot of fun too. However, I don't think I'd like to be the craneman of a crane being pulled by an electric engine. Gives a whole new meaning to boom.

 

Here's a side by side picture of the 2689t tender that came with my 1668 Torpedo and a Scout tender I repainted  to match it. Now I can run postwar cars behind the Torpedo

 

J White

 

[bigdogjeff]

I was bored on a saturday night so lets kick it off a little early. Here is some new stuff i picked up. I think this is some cool pennsylvania stuff.