Sunday Photo Fun 6-11-06

[spankybird]

We have really been busy this week at the museum, so here are some pic from there.

This is part of the Trolley Historical Society that has joined the museum.






work continues on the large ‘O’ gauge layout.





An ‘S’ gauge American Flyer tin plate layout has be started.





Thomas the Tank layout is being displayed at the museum.



Foam road bed has been cut, painted and added to the tin plate layout.











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

[Locomotive681]

QUOTE: Originally posted by spankybird

We have really been busy this week at the museum, so here are some pic from there.

This is part of the Trolley Historical Society that has joined the museum.




Spankeybird dose that trolly work on large gague track?


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

[spankybird]

Yep it runs on 7 1/2" track and is battery powered.

[csxt30]

Great Tom !! I can't wait to see the trolley & the layouts !! Looks like lots of progress being made there ! I also have a friend interested in the S-gauge & still has his flyer train ! I'm trying to bring him up soon !
Thanks,

[pbjwilson]

"Now thats what I call a trolley."

Lookin good Tom.

[Brutus]

Great pics - my kids love the Spongebob - is that yellow blur the Bikini Bottom train set from MTH???

I want that trolley for my yard - how cool!

[Buckeye Riveter]

Photos from Roger’s Corners, Ohio
Elevation 936 Feet


It has been awhile since I posted some photos. I have been very busy at work and so I thought today, I would share some "work" photos.

As several of you know I worked on a grade separation project near Cleveland and many of you have seen this photo of the construction in progress.

Here is the finished product. Cost? $22,000,000. And you think O Gauge Trains are expensive?

And just after I took the photo above look what roars through.

Here is a current project. Can you believe they want to build something like the bridge pictured above here? Well that is what we are looking into now with a feasibility study.

Who would like to bid on the concessions for the Baltimore, Ohio and Wabash Railroad?

The Baltimore, Ohio and Wabash Railroad, headquartered in Roger's Corners, Ohio was contracted to move the Buffalo Sabres Zamboni to and from the games.

Does anyone know of a K-Line Switcher like this for sale? I need some parts to make mine run great again. A plastic gear broke off from the axle. Incidentally, this switcher has a TAS TMCC inside. It was my first conversion.

[Frank53]

had teh good fortune to be at the local hobby shop when a fellow came in looking to sell a couple of boxes of post war trains. The shop didn't want to buy them but gave me the green light to make make him an offer on them.

Picked up a very nice set of F-3's a bunch of rolling stock, track, operating accessories, etc for a very reasonable price.

Never had Santa Fe's before - they're pretty sweet:

[nitroboy]

The soon-to-be constructed, bigger and better, DM&M Railroad.

The real estate has been approved by the board of directors(wife), and ground-breaking will begin as soon as supplies are procured.

I will build around the girl, she just won't move.

[Demon09]

Great pictures everyone, as always.....[:)]

So here's the first piece of MTH rolling stock I've ever bought.... It's the Alaska Railroad crane car (unfortunately that was the only road name they had in for that piece.... I don't even run any ARR pieces other than that....) It still makes for a great MOW look though....



And the new Soo Line boxcar I got off ebay from Industrial Rails...



You can sort of see the new siding I added around the mainline here, inbetween the figure 8 and mainline....



Here is an attempt at making the yard look busy.... Clutters of rolling stock and a Chessie 4-4-2 steamer sit on the track sections...

[RRCharlie]

I am making my first attempt at posting pictures on the forum. My wife and I agreed to place a loop of track in the dining room above the windows. First picture:



I have many trains I can't run so she suggested Level TWO. Second picture:


While work was being doen to finish level two, Madge came in and asked when we were going to do Level THREE!!!

The last pictures give an overview:




Thank goodness she likes trains. Our honeymoon was on Amtrak in December of 1995.

Mel Hazen
Jacksonville, Florida

[dougdagrump]

Friday was a fun day at the museum. It was especially liked by kids and almost as many adults. [:D]

Sponge Bob with a helper


Percy was there


As well as thomas


But sometimes the boys don't play well together, I think Sponge Bob needs a timeout. [:D]

[jefelectric]

Here are some pictures of the camera installation in my Reading FA.

First picture shows the high intensity headlight mounted on a wood spacer to line it up with the lens. It is fed from the left hand circuit board. The right hand PC board is the power supply for the camera. The camera is mounted on the cab ceiling with double stick foam tape. Antenna is visible fastened to ceiling with double stick as well.




This is a closeup view of the cab. The gray ABS plastic is the crew seat that I added. Very spartan crew accomodations in this loco. The camera is positioned so that you are looking out the left hand windshield as the train runs, that gives a view of the outside of the curves. I had to remove the original lamp as it created a glare on the windshield for the camera. The headlight does spill a little light into the cab.




This is an internal view of the powered unit, which runs as a pusher, with the TAS, TMCC conversion.




Here is another project that I am working on. A military train. Just added wood floors to these Weaver flat cars, which greatly improves the appearance. I need to add blocking and tiedowns and maybe weather the wood a little. Also going to add some tarp covered crates front and back of the tanks.

[jefelectric]

I forgot to mention how much I enjoyed all the picture posts.

Buckeye, I would guess a lot of the cost involves keeping the line in service while the work is being done.

I noticed the new Weaver wooden flat car floors did not show up in the other picture so here is a closeup. Weaver just started making these. Very nicely detailed.

[dwiemer]

great photos everyone.
Frank, that is a great story, never happens to me. Is it for real, or are you going to get us again? I don't have a hobby shop anywhere near me so the chances of that happening are very slim.
Dennis

[Buckeye Riveter]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jefelectric

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Buckeye, I would guess a lot of the cost involves keeping the line in service while the work is being done.

Very true. We also kept the roadway open for emergancy vehicles. [:D]

[cnw1995]

Wow, what a trolley.
Hope these come out. The yard end of the layout.
New beacon atop Mt. Seaman
Farms and the 031 loop for the 248 on this end of the layout- along with fake siding (unconnected) for the tanks.


Front end of my beloved GG1. You can barely see the man repairing his 1906 Indian motor cycle in front of the billboard.

[Frank53]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dwiemer


Frank, that is a great story, never happens to me. Is it for real, or are you going to get us again? I don't have a hobby shop anywhere near me so the chances of that happening are very slim.
Dennis

yup - happened just last week. All I did was stop in on my way home for a can of paint and some bulbs to fini***eh Lionel project:

Here is the rundown of what I picked up:

A very nice A-A set of Sante Fe F3's. The front paint is suprisingly nice, although it does have some rub and what have you on the silver. These were in the original boxes with liners, and the box for the powered unit is a brick. They were wrapped in the original wrapping paper and according to the seller they hadn't been out of the boxes in at least 30 years. We put it on the display layout at the store and it tooled around in forward and reverse really nice and smooth.









The whole set is seven cars plus a caboose.



The rolling stock is very common, including a Sunoco two dome car, a Bucyrus Erie Crane, a NYC gondola and a Lehigh Valley Hopper. All of which I don't mind having, and I have been tyring to pick up these at reasonable prices to building longer frieghts and future yard scenes.



The boxes were for the most part typical and partly flapless:



Came with a nice transformer - original box with instructions:



Also a #256 freight station in the original well kept box, with the parts envelopes:



The condition of the station is near excellent, I don't see any flaws.



And a box of track that is in surprisingly nice shape.



Also included was a #50 Gang Car, missing two workers, and two #22 switches that look outstanding.

In addition to the cars mentioned above, there is a full operating cattle car with the operating track, platform and the car in really nice shape. A New York Central operating box car, which I am always looking for, and a 6311 pipe car, which is something I wouldn't probably go looking for, but it has the original pipes and looks like a keeper.

Most of the stuff came with original instruction sheets as well.

I'll keep some of it and sell some. The frieght station I won't keep, as I'll never have room for it, but it is super nice condition. I'm torn on keeping the F3's as the Santa Fes will be out of place on my northeastern urban themed layout, but they are pretty sweet and Mrs likes em, but I am leaning towards selling them

All in all, this was a pretty nice find.

[pbjwilson]

QUOTE: Originally posted by RRCharlie




Thank goodness she likes trains. Our honeymoon was on Amtrak in December of 1995.

Mel Hazen
Jacksonville, Florida

Mel - Thats something else. I'll have to show my wife this.

[FJ and G]

nice Trolley, Tom, wish I had a layout big enough to run that on!

Frank, looks more like an E3 or E6 than an F3, with the sloped nose, but my diesel knowledge is lacking; anyway, very colorful

RRCharlie, that's quite a nice and unusual contraption layout you got there!

Nice photos, all

Completed the entire mainline this weekend; working on 1 spur and then can run trains!

I hooked up a water pump and ran water thru the stream (shown here), but need to buy some cement sealer, as I’m getting leaks.



The greenery is growing up to add some real life to the toy train layout…



Sun setting over Hound Central RR



The railroad’s owner, BB the Beagle gets her ear blown inside out by a passing breeze



Dry grass makes for a good back scratching surface



BB supervises the railroad from a good ground-level perspective



Here’s my yard yesterday (it rained 1st time in a month so it likely will be greener today)



It seems that the grass likes to grow where it is NOT wanted, along this overflow area for the lake

[darianj]

Nice pic's all. Alway enjoy the Sun. Photo Fun![:)]

[1688torpedo]

Nice Pics everyone. Frank- The Santa-Fe F-3s look like a keeper also. If you sell them you may never find another original set as nice as they are. Dave- You need a Engineer's Bandana around BB's Neck to make her "Official" & a Hat to go with it.[:)][8D] That way. Everyone will know who owns the outdoor railroad.[;)] Take Care.

[Frank53]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 1688torpedo

Nice Pics everyone. Frank- The Santa-Fe F-3s look like a keeper also. If you sell them you may never find another original set as nice as they are.

While I don't disagree regarding their condition, this looks like an unlikely sighting to me, as I working on a northeastern themed layout:

[jefelectric]

Frank,

That is the nice thing about running 3 rail O gauge. The rule is "there aren't any rules" you can run whatever you want. In your world the Santa Fe can have trackage rights on the NYC, no problem.

[Locomotive681]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cnw1995

Wow, what a trolley.
Hope these come out. The yard end of the layout.
New beacon atop Mt. Seaman
Farms and the 031 loop for the 248 on this end of the layout- along with fake siding (unconnected) for the tanks.


Front end of my beloved GG1. You can barely see the man repairing his 1906 Indian motor cycle in front of the billboard.

Doug who makes that that trolley on the turntable there?

[FJ and G]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Frank53

Originally posted by 1688torpedo

QUOTE: While I don't disagree regarding their condition, this looks like an unlikely sighting to me, as I working on a northeastern themed layout:

LOL!!!!!!!!!!![:D]

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