Nice Parade Garry! The hioliday needs a concert in the park, I think...
"Saturday, In The Park, I think it was the Fourth of July........"
Nice stuff, everyone!
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Great stuff everybody . I just retruined from being out of town for a week.
Here is an older photo of a parade. (If I ever get around to retaking the photo, I'll have more people watching the parade).
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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Another great beginning to WPF guys.
Does anyone remember this old TYCO 1776 loco?
A Happy 4th of July to Everyone!
Something a little more recent. Pennsy #9822 at the head of a short freight consist is overtaken by PRR #5713 leading passenger extra on the BRVRR layout.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
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Here is a 4th of July weekend special! Railroad officials thought a 4-4-0 "american would be a more appropriate locomotive for the Independence day special then the more commonly remembered T-1s which were busy on freight duties that day.
Stick around for the end of the video where I do a segment on how the temporary decorations were made.
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Bear, Thanks for getting the WPF parade underway. The Hudson brought me back to my beginnings in the hobby and first purchase of MRR Mag., the 88' issue that featured NY Central's 20th Century Limited. That magazine fired my imagination and the shot heard around my household!
It's that time again, parades, BBQ picnics and fireworks. Also, the beginning of Le Tour with the first stage finishing at Utah beach.
The early break hopes to stay away!
Thanks and Regards to all, Peter
To my memory, the class 141 started out with an electric steam boiler for passenger train heat, which was later changed to electric heat.
The class 141 saw many changes and updates in her service life, as well as number of "face lifts", which made here look rather sad at the end of her life. She was intended to be a multi-purpose engine, also pulling express trains, hence the initial blue livery. When the speed of express trains was lifted to a minimum of 140 kph in 1962, she was back to regular passenger trains, commuter trains and shorter freight trains. Subsequently, the livery was changed to green.
The last engine was taken out of service in 2006 - I never took a ohoto of one!
Tony,
Less is definitely harder, especially so if you're an airbrush klutz like me.
Ulrich,
OK, part of the same postwar design iteration. That clears up my somewhat inaccurate recall of their relationship. The 140 was primarily a frieght loco then. More power?
And no accomodations for passenger train heat in the 140 class, but yes in the 141s? My memory is not telling whether it was steam or electric in the early 70s, but I'm thinking steam?
"Never mind that steam stuff, it's just old and in the way"...then it was gone. You did have the luxury of it lasting almost two decades longer than here in the US, though, although there wasn't much after the mid-70s IIRC (and I was back here by then...)
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
mlehmanThought I had a pic of a 141 class, but looks like it's a 140, which IIRC was a sorta design predecessor of the 141?
Not really , as the class 110 (express trains), 140 (freight trains) and 141 (local and commuter trains) were all developed at the same time. Classes 110 and 140 were prioritized, so the class 141 came a couple of years later.
Hard to believe that my Dad and I went to the train station to see the new electrics, without risking an eye on the steam locomotives. That changed rapidly in the mid 1960s.
mlehman Tony, One of your best yet!
Tony, One of your best yet!
Mike- Thanks! Now that I have finished my heavy weathered cars, I have moved on to the med- light weathering. I am not sure which is more difficult, more or less.lol
Also, great catch on that shoving platform, very interesting..
Tony
EK Sub in HO Scale
Thought I had a pic of a 141 class, but looks like it's a 140, which IIRC was a sorta design predecessor of the 141?
Grampys,
Nice pic! Love the close-up ambiance.
Ah, then we're all about the same age. I, too, remember them in the prime of our youth, when we were all fast, strong, svelte, and could put away the bier. Now that's sadly all gone, but - on a positive note considering the alternatives - at least those of us here aren't posting from the museum track
Sadly, my Firefox updated recently and it and youtube are back to no longer playing well together...
I'll have to fall back on my memories of youth, hazy, but happy.
Folks still traveling by train for the Fourth of July weekend.
mlehmanUlrich, That's a classic DB loco. IIRC, lots of the 141 class or am I thinking something different? 4 decade old memories are kinda rusty. And that loco would've been virtually new when Marklin released it. Are any still running?
Mike - It´s an old E 41 (later named 141 when the computer supported numbering scheme was introduced) Marklin introduced this engine in the same year as this class hit the rails of Deutsche Bundesbahn and that was 1956 - my year of birth, that´s why I got this loco! 60 years later, none of them are in service anymore, they just disappeared all of a sudden. A few have been preserved, though.
While popular among the aficionados de trenes, it was not so loved by the public. Acceleration was a little bumpy and was accopmpanied by a loud "bang" when the next speed step was selected. This distinct noise gave the loco it´s nickname "Knallfrosch" or firecracker in English ( the literal translation is "bang frog") a rather appropriate name for the color (green since 1962) and noise.
The following video was taken in 2005, the last year of regular service.
4th of July greets, everyone.
Bear, some nicely atmospheric pics in B&W. Thanks so much for your cheerful and encouraging presence!
Terry, I hope business pics up and someone finally rents those storefronts...
PJM20, Loving the little railways video.
Rick, Lowkey, but very distinctive paint schemes, my favorite kind.
Ulrich, That's a classic DB loco. IIRC, lots of the 141 class or am I thinking something different? 4 decade old memories are kinda rusty. And that loco would've been virtually new when Marklin released it. Are any still running?
Mike, Looking good, in fact, looking great!
Not many pics here, as I've been prepping for NMRA visiting operators the next two weekends. Big train show in Indy starting at noon, Friday July 8 and into the next weekend even if you can't make the whole convention (like me.) Here's a pic of what's in store for my visting ops -- weird narrowgauge like you've never seen -- but wish it were so
Did get some better shots of NS 555250, a "shoving platform" that recently showed up here a few blocks away in the former P&E/NYC/Conrail yard.
Morning,All(at least it is here in Denver),great pics - and video.
I haven't done much on the layout lately,but I did enlarge the hole through the wall,and lay some track into the back room:
The inside track off the turnout will run to some stock pens(if I ever get them built) a bit to the right of the picture.
I'm "stuck" on what to do with the depot - I think the front has a lot of character,but the only way it really fits in the area is facing away from the viewer.
Guess I'll just leave it be,lay some more track,and hope inspiration stikes at some point...
Happy 4th,or Happy Canada Day,or Happy Weekend,as fits.
Mike
This week I have finished this Wisconsin Central box, and continued detailing a gas station (inside and out).
PJM20This small railroad is 600mm gauge and is run mostly by children, which is quite common on park railroads in Europe.
Only in former Eastern Bloc countries. These miniature railways called "pioneer railways" were used to train and educate children 12 years and above in the rules and regulations of operating a railway. The engine driver had to be an adult, though. The surviving lines were converted to tourist attractions, like the one in the video at Berlin-Wuhlheide.
I am slowly expanding my collection of vintage Marklin locos.
This one will be my wife´s present to me for my upcoming birthday in August, so I could only take a sneak look at it.
The quality of that old Marklin stuff is still stunning. The loco was first released in 1956 and this one is also 30 years old, but in mint condition. Detail is not up to today´s standard, but the lettering is opaque. With a little care, these engines are literally indestructible.
Good morning Bear and thanks for sharing, I have one of those Streamlined Steam Engines for pulling the 1938 Twentieth Century Limited.
Terry, thanks for sharing your C&O pictures, another of my favorite railroads. Those engines used to run to Toledo delivering 160 loads of coal for shipment by the lake boats.
I managed to finish a couple of cars this week!
Intermountain PS 2980CF Covered Hopper kit, painted with Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered with Oddballs Decals, second car I have done like this.
Exactrail Evans 4780CF Covered Hopper Kit, Exactrail did the Green Version but the first 25 cars were painted a bright red. Car was painted with Scalecoat II ATSF Red and lettered with Oddballs Decals.
And for Bear!
Key (Microcast Mizumi) NYC J3A Super Hudson, painted for use with the 1938 Twentieth Century Limited.
See you all later!
Rick Jesionowski
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Continuing with my upload of the video I got from my trip to Berlin, here is video of the Wuhlheide Parkeisenbahn. This small railroad is 600mm gauge and is run mostly by children, which is quite common on park railroads in Europe.
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