Sunday Photo Fun 9-30-07

[spankybird]

Here are some pics from the last Open House at The Western Reserve Model RR Museum.

 

[envfocus]

Spankybird, love the pictures with the children.  Nice ones to start with.  I've been working on my magnetic crane and was up late again when I took these shots.

Have a great day everyone......RJ

[Frank53]

Keep chipping away at odds and ends this week:

Picked up this K-Line truck for $4.00:

Now, it's a bit distressed:

Picked up this neat retro city bus, in my favorite colors:

Started the first of two loading docks for this Ameritowne fatory:

One down, one to go:

Started stringing some telephone poles from DM&M Railroad:

Workers doing some clean up work in preparation for tourist season:

while the local wildlife steps out:

[ChiefEagles]

Great photos guys.  Tom, is there anywhere for people to buy trains near the museum?  Would be nice as you all get the "blood pumping", they can go buy trains.  Good job Frank.

[laz 57]

GREAT PICS GIZ.

TOM love the fields, both football and baseball, good job!

FRANK, outstanding job on the truck and layout!

I'll try to grt some pics up later?

laz57

[spankybird]

Great photos guys.  Tom, is there anywhere for people to buy trains near the museum?  Would be nice as you all get the "blood pumping", they can go buy trains.  Good job Frank.

There are two local hobby stores within 1.5 miles of the museum.

 

Frank 53 - I love what you did to that truck!

[Frank53]

Frank 53 - I love what you did to that truck!

Thank you - am finishing up the loading dock, and the Amish Carpenter wants to know what happened to his red truck:

[Blueberryhill RR]

Great pictures, Guys.  Good to see your layout again, Frank53.

Here is Fall at Blueberryhill........

This is a new Atlas car that I got. Great details............

[spankybird]

Frank 53 - I love what you did to that truck!

Thank you - am finishing up the loading dock, and the Amish Carpenter wants to know what happened to his red truck:

Frank, no wonder why that Amishman is comfused, his TRUE truck would have look more like this!

 

[csxt30]

Nice pictures everyone !! 

Chuck : that's one beauty of a car !!

Thanks, John

[Frank53]

the Amish Carpenter wants to know what happened to his red truck:

Frank, no wonder why that Amishman is comfused, his TRUE truck would have look more like this!

 good point - perhaps he is not so much Pennsylvania Dutch as he is Ohio Dutch.

[Frank53]

Other then adding in some fencing, additional overgrowth and some trackside clutter, this is the outcome within the the reversing loop:

 

[laz 57]

Hot off the camera......

DA BEARS attack a TIGER.......

ALL out war breaks out.....

My new WEAVER HUDSON....

And finally my favorite corner

laz57

[PhilaKnight]

Here's a Williams GG-1 I picked up at a train show today for only 60 bucks

Doing some night operations

[Jumijo]

Just back from church, hayrides, horsey rides, and apple picking. Now off to paint the bedroom trim...

Great photos, Laz! Love that new steamer!

Frank's new industry came out great. Another step towards that magazine feature.

Here's a few for Doug M. to keep his interest in Thomas up.

He seems to be in awe of what's beside him. I don't blame him. They are in super great shape, and run silky smooth on our FasTrack. Please note that I finally glued the missing porthole back on.

Here's a hopper I just re-painted as B&M

It's sitting on some shelves I made a few months back. Here's a blurry photo or two of them.

And here is what you see as you walk down the stairs into our train room.

Jim

[raymans]

Frank.......see, great minds think alike! , great job!

 

 

[tex702]

OK Spankybird, I thought I was the only San Francisco 49er fan in this forum!!  GO NINERS

[Frank53]

Frank.......see, great minds think alike! , great job!

LOL Ray! Yours looks much better. Probably won't be the last idea I pilfer from you. 

Great job!

[Anonymous]

Well, this weekend was the first of three weekends for Thomas to be here in Oklahoma City. Of course we all had to go!

Here's the three train guys.



What better place to have a layout than in a luggage car!?



Posing in front of the RS3



Can anyone guess the vintage of this boxcar? The railway museum owns two of them.

[Anonymous]

  Very nice everyone. Wish I had a camera.

Frank, how much longer till we can see you in CTT?

Raymans, I really dig that fruit and plants, ingenious!

[pennsy_fan]

Daylightfan, Im gonna wager that the old wooden boxcar is from the 1880's.I'm thinking that the little window in the upper corner means it's either a boxcar-turned-caboose or a military or payroll carrier....Am i close?

[Frank53]

Lackawanna FM creeps through the city:

pretty enormous photo when you click on it - carumba

[Brutus]

Eye- Carumba!  Terrific work Frank!  Great pics everyone!

[Anonymous]

Very close!!! It is fom the civil war or before. I didn't get to hear much about it, just that it was that old! This was my first trip to our railroad museum but it wont be the last. I'll find out more in the future.

[PostwarMan07]

Frank, that layout is amazing!  The website is looking great as well.

[FJ and G]

Here’s the finished concrete pot. Used a ramp to hoist it up, as I used 120 lb of concrete, plus with the water mixed in, I didn’t want to hurt my back.



Tree tunnel



Here’s some photos of some trackage that needs rehabilitation:

tree fell (you can model this indoors as well)



additional photos

[cnw1995]

David, do your outdoor trains have enough pulling power to go through 'weedy' track? Is it an issue?

Jim A, thanks for in the inspiration! It is tough to find actual photos of 'ol Thom.

Spanky, what is that unit on the 2nd raised loop in your 4th photo opening this thread at the museum? It looks like an ETS unit - like one of those Swiss 'gators.

[spankybird]

Hi Doug,

I am not sure on it. The G gauge layout was on loan to us for just the one day.

[cnw1995]

I didn't know it was G gauge. I thought I had discovered a new electric to be pursued. Here's the latest project I've mentioned in another thread, and a new meeting place for trolleys.







Have to fix the yard

[Jumijo]

She's a beauty, Doug! I hope it runs as good as it looks!