Sunday Photo Fun 10/30/2011

[Seayakbill]

Well its past midnight Stanford / USC are in the third OT so some Sunday Photo Fun. A RMT Bethlehem Steel Beep hauling some molten steel.

 

 

[wallyworld]

Seayakbill

What an unusual move, one you don't see everyday. That matched set of Bethlehem equipment looks sharp. RMT has to be lauded for the variety of schemes they offer beyond the done to death PRR , SF and NYC. The colors and schemes they offer give hope to short line folks. Great photos..thanks.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I've been working on a few things this past week.

Got the '58 Plymouth set out, now I need to ad some junk to the scene.


Model Power Granite Rock hopper. Installed body mount coupler boxes and Kadee couplers. It has yet to be weathered.


Front Range 'Shorty' covered hopper. Road name and logo painted out. L&A decals still to be added.


Almost completely rebuilt Proto 2000 E6. Changed body shell to make it an E7.


Tyco Campbell's Beans hopper. Nothing done as of yet except to apply a coat of Clear Flat. The couplers will be changed to Body mounted Kadee's this week.

[Seayakbill]

The colors and schemes they offer give hope to short line folks. Great photos..thanks.

Yep, RMT offers a whole bunch of RR's in their Beep series. I also have the BNSF pumpkin and Ohio Central. They are neat little conventional locos that will pull a few cars and have no trouble passing through my Gargraves 100 series switches or Ross 072 switches.

[Blueberryhill RR]

100 Year Bridge Co. in Blue

[billbarman]

I really like that Bethlehem beep. RMTs doing a Bethlehem S4 now too.

I decided I'd contribute this week,

First off some diesel fun.

This is what we call the "Slime train". it puts sandite on the rails for better traction during the winter and to stop leaves from sticking.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__hd2URz8Nk&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLC77063C1F14ADF6F 

Gotta love the patriotic look...

Blue flames are always cool

But nothing beats the classics...

[wallyworld]

I riveted some slot and tab eyelet couplers on the Lionel prewar Baby Ruth cars with a caboose and they seem to fit in with the Marx pretty well. I thought there would be a coupler height issue, but there isn't any. I am working on a Baby Ruth advertising car..

watch?v=fgqwh11nx4&feature=youtu.be

[wallyworld]

Jeffry..

That Beans Hopper is a wonder. 

Billbarman..This is turning out to be a "rainbow of O gauge" thread between the Bethlehem, Beans hopper and yours.

Very enjoyable Sunday fare, Folks..thanks..

[jeffrey-wimberly]

wallyworld

Jeffry..

That Beans Hopper is a wonder.

yeah, I had thought it was a Tyco car but it turns out to be made by Life-Like. It's not on the car anyplace. Body mounting Kadee #242 draft gear boxes wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. The frame at the front and rear is just four plastic beams. Two at either side and two in the middle. The middle ones are set apart and the edges of the gear box rests on them. A little super glue convinces them to stay there.

[Northwoods Flyer]

The President's Special

(This is a long post, better get yourself a beverage and enjoy the read.)

Earlier this week, when it was much warmer and sunnier than it is today, I decided to take a walk through town to enjoy the last few days of the rapidly fading autumn colors.  I grabbed my Kodak Brownie and draped it around my neck as is my custom and headed out.  My favorite path takes me along the right of way and eventually to the local offices of The Blueboard Central Division of American Flyer Lines.  I walked up to the door with its familiar sign :

                          Station Agent

                  Clement Dahlquist

I have known Clem for more than 25 years.  We became good friends when he first moved to town and took a job with the railroad.  He always keeps me informed of what is happening up and down the line, and he has plenty of information about what goes on around town too, especially about the doings of the town eccentric Nils Jameson who owns Wausau Widgets and various other businesses. (Ask fifedog about the flamingo raising escapade.)

I walked into Clem's office expecting to have a nice chat, but when I opened the door Clem was in a state of panic.  He was shoving papers and books and ledgers around and talking on the phone while staring wide eyed at the message that had been brought to him by the telegrapher.  He glanced up at me and said "No time to talk today, the president is on his way."  Clem has always been an excitable sort and tends to over react to any change in routine.

I chuckled to myself.  I have known the president of American Flyer Lines all of my life.  Preston Wainrite and I had started kindergarten together and had gone all the way through school together until I went to college in Madison and he went to some big school back east.  He came from one of the wealthiest families in town and had no problem in letting everyone know it.  He always claimed that his family had made their fortune in the lumber business.  The Old Guys down at the coffee shop had their own version of it.  Some of them claimed that the Wainrites had made their fortune in the lumber business alright, but Preston's great grandfather supposedly owned a string of saloons and brothels in the north woods that catered to the lumberjacks from the camps who got paid on friday nights after being out in the woods all week. 

I had not seen Preston in many years but I knew he had gotten married to Whitney Vanderbilt while in college.  He became the president of American Flyer Lines about 2 years ago.  His first act upon becoming President was to take over three of the finest passenger cars in the fleet and outfit them for his personal use.  He had them painted in a very distinctive blue color - supposedly the color of the ocean at the place he and Whitney had spent their honeymoon.  The train was known as the Presidents Special, and it is supposed to be a beauty.

I thought it would be fun to get some photos of the train as it came into town and maybe have a chance to greet Preston and Whitney if they happened to step out of the observation car.  In the midst of his panic Clem told me the Special was due to hit town in about 15 minutes.  I darted out of the office and planned my route.  Here are some of the photos I caught of the special with its white flags flying.

 

 

The President's Special with those beautiful blue cars wound its way through the west side of town.

 

 

And headed over the river and to the east side and downtown.

 

 

It got held up just long enough for me to get over to the west side to catch it coming into the station area downtown.

 

 

 

 

 

Say what you like about Preston Wainrite, but he sure can paint a pretty train.

 

 

Once the engine had slowed to a stop and the observation car was near the station I headed to the end of the train and positioned myself where Preston and Whitney could see me.  The door of the observation car opened and I had my camera to my eye to get a good picture.  Imagine my total surprise when I saw this in my view finder:

 

There waving at me was THE PRESIDENT and First Lady!  I'm sure my chin must have hit my chest.  Clem was right.  The President was on his way on the President's Special - but it sure wasn't Preston and Whitney!

I had just enough time to get one more photo.

 

 

And then I was wrestled to the ground by four big burley Secret Service men.

What an afternoon of excitement.  I heard later that the Obamas were heading up to the North Woods for a little rest and relaxation.  I never did see Preston and Whitney, but then a photo of them wouldn't have been nearly as interesting.

 

Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby

Northwoods F-liar 

[JamesP]

Hello Everyone,

I wanted to get in on the Sunday Photo Fun, but my layout isn't very photogenic yet.  I am building a small layout just to run my old Marx clockwork locomotives... however, no scenery yet, just track, lumber and a couple of bridges.  With that in mind, here are a couple of old-timey sepia photos from today to go along with the old trains!

First up, a clockwork Mercury with my custom-painted passenger car crossing the bridge over the yard lead.

 

Next, a lineup of windup Commodore Vanderbilts wait in the yard with a lowly freight hog in the back.

As the layout progresses this winter, I'll try to participate in more Sunday Photo Fun...

 - James

 

[AF53]

I for one really enjoy the postings on this thread every Sunday. The mix of newer and older, like the clockwork trains, make even more enjoyable. Thanks everyone.

Ray

[dougdagrump]

Short handed at the museum so I figured "what the heck, would be a good to run the halloween trains".

Conductor is franticly signaling to get the show on the road.

The "Beanie Bears" were all dressed up for the day.

The "Senior Men's Crew Team" decided to go by train.

And last but not least:

Great fun had by all, runners and guests alike.

[RockIsland52]

Thank you guys for taking the time to post pictures.  I love this weekly thread.  And thank you Doug for the Halloween goodies!!!!

Jack.

[sir james I]

Yes, thanx, always like the pics. esp. Marx

[balidas]

Seayakbill

That molten ore car liooks like one of those Schnabel cars we've been talking about in another thread.

 

Great pix this weekend!

 

Well its past midnight Stanford / USC are in the third OT so some Sunday Photo Fun. A RMT Bethlehem Steel Beep hauling some molten steel.

 

 

[tim o'm]

This past weekend I took a tour of the Auburn Heights Steam museum in Delaware.

It is housed on the property of this beautiful home.

They have the largest collection of operating Steam powered cars.  Two were running that day.

But inside was quite a collection of Standard Gauge trains.

Above is a tin tunnel with a 400E about to enter.  Along the back wall was this 392 with state cars.

An o gauge spiral.  Unfortunately, none of the trains were working at the time, and there was no o gauge train to run on the spiral.

Another really nice addition is this Erector set train.  I've never seen anything like this.  There were plenty of neat surprises here.  The cars were just the beginning.

 

[wallyworld]

Tim,

Where is this? East Coast ? ( I hope) It looks like a great place to visit..maybe rent a room ( LOL) ..This is definitely on my summer visit list and so many thanks for taking the time to share this...

[jeffrey-wimberly]

wallyworld

Tim,

Where is this? East Coast ? ( I hope) It looks like a great place to visit..maybe rent a room ( LOL) ..This is definitely on my summer visit list and so many thanks for taking the time to share this...

Delaware.

[Seayakbill]

That molten ore car liooks like one of those Schnabel cars we've been talking about in another thread.

 

The molten steel transporters were built for heavy loads but nothing compared to the weights that the Schnabel flats were designed to carry. MTH certainly has designed and manufactured some very interesting rolling stock.