Photos around the S&Y RR during the holidays
Bill T.
Santa found this NYC Big 4 caboose (Lionel 1990) MIB for me.
I am a person with a very active inner child. This is why my wife loves me so. Willoughby, Ohio - the home of the CP & E RR. OTTS Founder www.spankybird.shutterfly.com
One last shot from the holiday layout. Not sure how Fireman Fred braves the winter tempratures without his turnout coat, but he says he feels just fine.
And a little boasting:
I have figured out what is wrong with my brain! On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!
UP Genset #2701 spots some cars in the mainline holding siding
AC6000CW #609 waits patiently on track #1
(Testing my abstract photography)
"Lionel trains are the standard of the world" - Jousha Lionel Cowen
Christmas is always a busy time here on the Blueboard Central. People have been coming and going, and with the kids out of school the energy level seems to be even higher.
I took a walk around town today with my Kodak Brownie and caught a few interesting sights. Today is the first day that the band that Nels Jameson (the town magnate and eccentric) hired to play for the skaters in the park was on site. He promised to have them play daily all the way through the Winter Frolic. I caught them as they were warming up at the depot parking lot.
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Northwoods - The BC is really taking shape. You really are selecting some handsome structures to occupy the landscape. Nice pics everyone.
fifedog Northwoods - The BC is really taking shape. You really are selecting some handsome structures to occupy the landscape. Nice pics everyone.
Thanks for the compliment fifedog. Your layout and photos have been a great inspiration.
Its been fun finding structures and figures and other accessories to bring life to the Blueboard Central.
Northwoods.........Holy Name Cathedral by chance? You are right.....there are so many nice buildings out there for layouts. Among others, my wife has 3 Thomas Kincade lighted buildings for her under the tree display and, while they are too small scale-wise, they look beautiful with the trains running.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
The holidays have kept me busy, so I am a bit late in posting here. I hope Santa Claus was good to everyone out there in CTT land.
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This year, the mainline is ruled by Marx tinplate 898 and set from the late 30s. The loco runs flawlessly, and the cars are pristine.
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Not only that, but I finally opened the plastic on this gem, which I bought in 2005 or 2006. Hershey's trolley by Bachmann in On30 scale running on HO track.
They operate totally differently, but when they meet up like this, all ideas of 'scale" get thrown out the window, and Christmas fun takes over.
RockIsland52 Northwoods.........Holy Name Cathedral by chance?
Northwoods.........Holy Name Cathedral by chance?
Hi Jack,
While the church on my layout does look like Holy Name Catherdral, the church I attended was a much more modest Lutheran church in the Logan Square area.
http://www2.elca.org/archives/chicagochurches/zionnlca.html
It really only bears a faint resemblance to the porcelain building. Things that you remember from your childhood always seem larger and grander than they are in real life.
You have a great eye. Didn't you grow up in inner city Chicago too?
Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby
Northwoods Flyer
Greg
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