So, whats on your layout ready to be given the highball when you can ??
I'll start.......................
On my upper level is a MTH 2-8-0 UP Steamer with it's short freight in tow, and on my main line
is a MPC 8600 (the MPC remake of the PW 646), pulling 3 PW Irvington cars.
On track 1 of my Union Station a K-Line string of LIRR streamliners awaits it's time to make the express Friday trip to Montauk, with a MPC LIRR GP-20 in the lead and a K-Line LIRR alco at the end.
Happy Weekend !
Ken
A Day Without Trains is a Day Wasted
on the mainline the UP greyhound challenger with passenger consist.
branchline freight is headed by the UP heritage sd70ACe
and left in the yard doing shifting duty the UP dockside switcher
"Lionel trains are the standard of the world" - Jousha Lionel Cowen
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
This week is the usual freight, some MOW freight, and the usual passenger consist.
The freight is a Lionel Lines 2025 with a mix of PW, MPC, and modern box, and refer cars. GT flats are parked on a siding carrying triple crown semi-trailers waiting for the freight to make the rounds.
Crane parts are strewn about waiting for the MOW crew to complete the super structure. The crane cab, and boom have arrived, and are parked on a siding awaiting installation.
A UP 2033 A-A with 2400 passenger cars is at the station taking on passengers.
Kurt
Funny, but I was thinking about this the other night as I ran trains for a few minutes, how if I took a photo for CTT how there is not one single train on the whole layout that isn't kitbashed, rebuilt, scratchbuilt or repainted.
Locowise, my self-made Conrail 027-ized U36B is on the mainline. I have an overhead track that I used for locos not running, which has a modern scheme CP Rail Alco FA, a Conrail Industrial Switcher, a Norfolk Southern Industrial Switcher and a Lehigh Valley Alco FA done in the 2-tone "yellow-jacket" scheme, and a K-Line shorty 027 bay window caboose repainted in the late red Conrail scheme with a new scratch built frame and added caboose ends. And there's a repainted K-Line CSX S-2 done in the current Dark Future scheme sitting on a siding.
Freight car wise - all custom painted, is a yellow MOW Conrail caboose, a scratch built Conrail MOW car, a couple of short 027 K-Line gondolas - one in a yellow Conrail MOW scheme and the other in CP Rail, a CSX waffle box car, a Norfolk Southern waffle box car (both Lionel's, but repaints), a custom made, self designed Sponge Bob operating box car, a Norfolk Southern operating dump car in the orange MOW scheme, a Conrail ore dump car, a scratchbuilt self designed Erie Lackawanna operating car, a BNSF operating waste car, a CP Rail flat with scratch built transformers, a CP Rail box car done in the yellow reefer scheme, a custom made 027-ised TTUX car with trailer, and a CSX depressed center flat car.
But I do remember thinking that other night and laughing how so many of my trains are designed and made by me, or repainted by me. And how EVERY SINGLE paint scheme is also prototypical (I did the research) even though they are on less than prototypically scaled trains.
And I got to thinking if I had waited for K-Line or Lionel to make the smaller traditionally or 027 sized cars I have in the modern roads I want, I'D STILL BE WAITING... 18 years later. Amazing!! How so many of my trains have been so igrnored by the major train makers - at least as far as road names in traditionally sized trains go.
brianel, Agent 027
"Praise the Lord. I may not have everything I desire, but the Lord has come through for what I need."
I have two Lionel train stations with platforms, one from a kit and another that is a plasticville union station both have lights. I have another lighted brick building thats a Hardware store. And two yard towers that's lighted. Three lighted crossing gates from the 1950's. I have a K-line rotary aircraft beacon, an operating nodding donkey style oil pump, a lighted two story house and a firestation, and a smaller house. I have a tunnel that's made out of foam boards that I'll probably rebuild, and everything sits on a grassmat. I have a double track mainline with 0-27 track. Right now I'm running a 2055 that's pulling a pennsylvania passenger train, and a 1666 that's pulling a long freight train on the outside loop. I have a plasticville bridge trestle and a plasticville coaling tower, and a plasticville signal bridge.
Give me steam locomotives or give me DEATH!
Berkshire Junction, bringing fourth the cry of the Iron Horse since 1900.
In the dining Room suspended from the ceiling:
On Level 1: PRR 4916, JLC GG1; and 8 PRR Congressional Cars
UP M-10000 and 3 cars; CC II
On Level 2: NYC 4009, 4004, 4005, 4008, E-7 ABBA;, 8 NYC Milk Cars, U of Mich Box Car, Mogen David Wine Vat Car, NYC Caboose
Elvis Presley 2004, 2-8-4; Lionel Lines 2437, 2432, 2434 (New Haven LCCA Cars), 8 Elvis Presley Cars
On Level 3: NYC 5429, 4-6-4 Streamlined Hudson; 6 car Empire State Express Set; CC II
Polar Express 1225, 2-8-4; Lionel Power Car, Macy's Box Car, 7 Polar Express Cars
On Level 1: Marx Girard Station, Lionel Floodlight Tower, Lionel Rotary Beacon, Lionel Color Position Signal
Mel Hazen; Jax, FL Ride Amtrak. It's the only way to fly!!!
Outer loop:
Lionel Union Pacific GP-7 pulling an assortment of scale cars from Lionel, K-line, and Weaver. Off the top of my head, I think that I have an N&W PS-2 covered hopper(Lionel), N&W 40-foot flat car(Lionel), L&N PS-5 gondola(Lionel), a K-line Diecast "Kentucky" gondola, and two Weaver PS-2 hoppers.
On the inner loop, I have my K-line Trainmaster pulling several postwar cars.
I also have parked on sidings several woodsided reefers(from Atlas and K-line), as well as a 675 and 2056.
I've got an odd train on my outer loop right now. It's a 2020 Turbine and tender pulling a 6418 machinery car and a 6457 caboose.
Inner loop has Percy pulling a pair of troublesome trucks.
J White
On the 072 main line, MTH SP&S Z-6 freight, MTH SP&S Alcos passenger
On the 054 main line, MTH AT&SF F-7 passenger, MTH WP ACe SD-70 freight
On the 042 main line, Atlas Spokane International RS-3 freight, Lionel / LCCA New Haven Alco passenger
On the logging spur, MTH Weyerhaeuser Shay logging consist
Typically run 6 consists through DCS
Bill
Bill T.
On the backline is a 742 Reversing Handcar. Inner loop a 283 pulling 11 gondolas with loads and a caboose. Outer loop, a 290 pulling a REA 651, a 718 mail car, 5 650 passenger cars and a 630 caboose. A 312 is waiting on a siding
Jim
On the Layout's sidings or between them: almost all my postwar, most of my prewar, plus 3 MPC Geeps. I can't yet concieve of having stuff I can't put on the layout. Which has produced much layout expansion anguish. The layout is stuffed with only one loop open for running at any one time.
Running: SF2343 pulling (non prototypical) 25 car mixed postwar freight.
You don't really want the whole inventory.
runtime
CSX SD80 with pig train
Chessie GP38 with mixed freight
B&O FT ABA with matching passenger cars
Amtrak Genisis with Amfleet cars
C&O Mikado with refer and passenger cars
NYC Hudsen with Pacemaker freight cars
Amtrak FP40 is sitting on siding
GG1 sitting on siding
LV Beep just sitting
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
"No childhood should be without a train!"
cnw1995 wrote:Buckeye, what is a pig train?
Doug...I don't have a great photo, but here it is:
Two years ago I took this photo as an unpainted NS locomotives pulled a string of piggy back cars north towards Columbus from the Ohio River. Contractors, like myself , are always working with a seasoned NS railroad employee who has contact with the dispatcher. In this instance our dispatcher was in Fort Wayne, Indiana. As we waited, the dispatcher informed us we could get back on the tracks after the "pig train".
Here is my pig train:
Much better looking than those unpainted NS locomotives, don't you think?
"3-rail operators? I call my self a 2 railers with a spare!"
Buckeye Riveter wrote: [Much better looking than those unpainted NS locomotives, don't you think?
[Much better looking than those unpainted NS locomotives, don't you think?
210 square foot layout with a full coat of summer dust, wires, soldering iron, level, assorted hand tools, unpackaged cars & locos, a partial foam mountain/hill...... but I do have a small loop running with a Williams ABA PRR F3 pulling 8 MTH passenger cars.
Dennis
C&O Greenbrier w/ B&O HeavyWeights
PRR F-7s w/ assorted freight
NJT & NPS PCCs
PRR 2-8-0
not on the layout, but lots of hail in the yard.. golfball sized too
MTH GS4 with Coast Daylight on Track one. SP 2-8-0 (Lionel) with 20 car freight on track two. Long coal train with MTH N&W Y6B in siding. SP Black Widow F units with Lionel PS4 flatcars with trailers parked on yard track. ACL MTH F units on freight on yard track. Eight trains are parked in my Union Passenger Terminal. Four engines parked in engine facility. Ray
SPMan
On my current 11'x14' layout (still have one more small expansion to do to add a turntable ), I have the following
In the passenger sidings:
- B&O F7's pulling a streamline aluminum passenger set
- PRR K4 pulling a FOM streamline aluminum passenger set
In the freight yard:
- PRR Mikado pulling a string of coal hoppers
- CSX SD70MAC pulling a string of gundersons
- Southern Pacific SD35 (future repaint to Western Maryland) pulling mixed freight
- PRR A5 pulling a string of military flats
- Chessie GP15's pulling mixed freight
At the siding with the coal ramp:
- Reading GP35's pulling a string of coal hoppers
Alas, since I'm currently on a business trip, all the trains are doing is sitting!
Outside mainline has a D&H Challenger pulling freight.
Inside main has a Reading RR Pacific pulling passenger cars.
Paul
On the Sidings:
1666 w/tender & GM Electro Mobile Power Car w/generator & spot light
Pennsy Flyer with 3 passenger cars at the station.
Inside Mainline:
C&O 2743 (TMCC) with 1 American Gas & 4 2-dome Sunoco Tank Cars & PRR Caboose
Outside Mainline:
NYC Flyer 8670 with Tender, Acme Train Parts gondola (roadrunner & Wile E Coyote). Southern Pacific 2 rack car carrier with 3 roadrunners & 1 Dodge Challenger, PRR Texaco Box car, Baby Ruth Box car. PRR gondola with canisters, PRR Silver & Green Box Cars, lighted CNJ Coast Guard Caboose.
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
On my little 6x8 layout is my MTH S2 baby turbine hitched to my newly completed Famous American Railroads #5 freight set with the bonus stock car. The MTH turbine is standing in for the 8404 Lionel turbine I hope to get one day.
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