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
spankybird
great pictures of layout and train room!
here are a few of garage area
Spent part of the day Saturday playing with 1:1 trains by being a "volunteer crewman" on the Walkersville Southern Railroad, just outside of Frederick, MD.
My "ride" for the day was this Wabash caboose built in 1949. I was in such a rush to get to the railroad that I forgot my camera so these photos are from another occasion. That gorgeous PRR N5b of my friend John Meise was not along for Saturday's run even though he was the conductor.
We have to run in reverse on the 2nd half of our trip and the caboose is equipped for this purpose with headlight and horn. The conductor or a senior brakeman rides the platform and provides "eyes" for the engineer.
These are some older photos. Both areas have a lot of new details not shown. Hopefully will have a new camera in a few weeks. The passenger station now features weathered rails in what has been an on going project.
Great pics all.
raymans - I see you're level of detail is starting to look a little relaxed...let's get some pin-ups on those garage walls!!!
Powatan Arrow led by a J-Class climbing through the mountains of Hendersonville
Some light passenger duty around the layout:
Frank53,
Excellent pictures as usual, great scenery and structures. Now if you would only replace that tubular track with some Gargraves or Atlas........
Yes. I have both the green and black version. Two of my favorite engines. Very smooth runners. Neither one seem to exibit the jerkyness of the more recent K-Line cruise engines I own. Both are weathered. These engines are loaded with detail such as added piping. I think the weathering really makes it jump out at you and notice it more. I found a picture of the black version.
Nice pictures, Guys.
Frank53....Love your tubular track.
Dave Connolly wrote:
Nice guardrails! Did you build them or buy them?
Kurt
Scott Smith
Great pics as always guys. Got my website working again, so here are my Halloween tank car and 4-4-2:
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Some moldy oldies. I need to take some new photos...
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Ahh, trolleys. Nice shots, Frank. Good way to start the week.
Love that camera angle showing off your curves, Jim.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
cnw1995 wrote: Ahh, trolleys. Nice shots, Frank. Good way to start the week. Love that camera angle showing off your curves, Jim.
I wasn't aware you could see me in those photos, Doug, but thanks! I've been working out lately...
One of my favorite trains to run is the one in the top photo. A pair of Williams 2023s pulling a set of Lionel Lines 2400 series passenger cars. It's funny, when I started in the hobby, I loathed passenger trains and deisels for that matter as being to boring. Now I run them almost exclusively and greatly enjoy them. Once in a while, my son requests a freight train, so I am only too happy to oblige him. He loves coal drags!
Jim
jaabat wrote: One of my favorite trains to run is the one in the top photo. A pair of Williams 2023s . . . Jim
One of my favorite trains to run is the one in the top photo. A pair of Williams 2023s . . .
that ain't right man . . .
Frank53 wrote: jaabat wrote: One of my favorite trains to run is the one in the top photo. A pair of Williams 2023s . . . Jim that ain't right man . . .
Help me stop this insanity and blasphemy, Frank. Sell me those 2343s! Please!! I'll even throw in a nice 2018!
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