Sunday Photo Fun March 30, 2008

[spankybird]

[kpolak]

Here are a few from Saturday's Motor City O-Gauge Railers meet.

 

[zwbob]

I got tired of looking at empty flatcars so I mde some loads. The red flat has an old rotisserie(spelling)motor from a grill. It kinda looks like a big machine of some sort. The blue car has a crate I made from some scrap balsa wood I had laying around.

 

 

 

The weather has been so cold and crappy around here I thought this would warm things up.

Have a good weekend, whats left of it.

Bob

[jonadel]

Just for the fun of it!

 I really enjoy this ice loader, kinda neat in an old fashioned way

 

 

 

Loading the beer truck and heading to Laz's place for the weekend :) 

 

A busy morning 

  

Hot checkers game on a Saturday night 

 

Still one of my favorite steamers, my first PS2 Mohawk and still runs like a champ 

 

[dougdagrump]

A couple from last fridays run at the museum:

Rock Island, Passenger Service

 

C&O Mikado with a string of tankcars

 

[Model A]

 HI GUYS  Looking for summer time fun . Train watching and other things summer brings  Have a nice day Model A

 r 

[raymans]

jonadel

the ice house scene is great, I particularly like the the old chicken coop and the cat sleeping on the tractor.

Old Harold is still roaming the town looking for a place to spend the night

 

Harold's Adventures..part 2

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hJPD_uyLpyo

 

[dmestan]

Jonadel, I really like how you've used operating accessories with realistic scenery.  This is the kind of look I'd like for my future layout.  Do you have any more photos or a website?  Don

[crip]

Great pictures everyone

Bought my first K-LINE car at the local train show and a few diecast autos. If I keep buying automobiles I'm
going to have install a freeway!

Mark

[alexweiihman]

Great photos Model A.  I really like the middle one.

 

Alex

[jonadel]

Don--
Here's a website photo album that we started in 2004, it's OK but nothing to write home about. It's kinda fun to see where we started and see the progress. I REALLY need to re shoot the layout now that I have a better camera.

http://jands.logicalgeek.com/main.php

In case you missed last weeks Easter photo fun here's a video my son and I put together a year ago, I still sit back and watch it once in a while.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7113039967492295449&pr=goog-sl

Thanks for asking about the layout, great therapy for just the two of us.

[fifedog]

Here is the new Meyesdale depot mocked up for site sizing.  It obviously isn't the ornate gem that Point of Rocks was, but is fairly close in dimensions to the B&O structure.  I love how the hillside juts out towards the trackage.

A shot of the scenery "framework", with Haystack mountain forming immediately behind the town.

Ceiling tile strips stacked at an angle give the tunnel interior a little more interest.

I want to take this time to personally thank the fine citizens of Toronto, Canada, whose hard work made this project all the more enjoyable.

[Northwoods Flyer]

Its hard to believe that its spring.  Here in Wisconsin there is still snow on the ground.  You would think by now that the kids would get tired of playing in the snow.  But I guess not.  Even the adults get taken up in the fun.

I sure hope things thaw out here soon.

 Northwoods Flyer

 

[ChiefEagles]

Fife, did you drink all of that?

The K-Line NS Switcher I upgraded to TMCC.  It is switching hopper cars on the Soundstop Desert Prairie Layout.

 

[FJ and G]

Putting up some bridges

rails next (Lionel tubular; outdoor tested and they last several years before succumbing); the joys of tearing down and rebuilding

Also, some of the cherry trees in my yard to blooming, as are the plum and peach; apple and pear are slower to open as usual

[ChiefEagles]

I see the building inspector [BB] is on the job.  Did you pass her inspection?

[FJ and G]

Hi Chief,

BB and I were out chasing rabbits and here, she's tracking a beaver

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY9qV26qzFI 

 

and chow hound

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_OSF6qRWXA&NR=1 

[RockIsland52]

Thank you all for taking the time to post pictures.  I hope you realize that some of the folks on the forum don't have a layout and really enjoy looking at your stuff.

Model A......someone else actually has postwar 2046 Hudson other than me and actually posted a pic!  Is that a 3 window cab earlier version?  

FJ.....looking at the cherry blossoms, there's some hope for us where it seems the snow is finally defeated.

Fife and Jon.....the Molson and Lowenbrau detail sent me a subliminal message, removed ice from the grill, and bought some propane.  Inspiration comes from strange places.

Doug.....so someone else on the planet has an interest in the Rock Island. 

Again, guys, thanks for posting.

Jack