Inner loop: Lionel 681 Turbine with some MPC Pennsy passenger cars in tow.
Outer Loop: Lionel 384E with a short consist of 500 series freight cars.
Power: A ZW saved from the trash that a friend of mine and I heavily rebuilt a few years ago. Right arm = O ga. Left arm = Std Ga.
CJ Meyers
Let's see ...train wise I have 2 short frieghts on the interchange tracks, one is headed by an MTH 2-8-0 and is a five car mik train the other is heade by a K-Line GP7 and is a five car mixed freight. In staging I have my seven car mixed freight headed by an MTH Baby Turbine. I have a four car streamlined set at the passenger station headed by a K-Line Alco A/A set. In the upper passing siding is a Lionel Heaveyweight set ( 4 cars) headed by a Berk also from Lionel. And ready to go in the coal mine is a seven car coal drag headed by a Lionel K4 # 2035. I also have a MTH Doodlebug waiting at the passenger station. There is an A-B-A set of Alcos ( K-Line) and a 2-8-0 (MTH) holding at the engine house. There is also an MTH trolley running on the street car line. And just remembered the Lionel 0-8-0 that is working the yard.
Car wise I have about 37 freight cars at the industries and about 15 in the yard with about 17 on the shelves about the interchange tracks.Also about 8 egines from MTH K-Line and Lionel are up there too. I think thats about it.
Tr1= Lionel SD70ACE Katy and Mopac pulling long consist of mixed freight
Tr2= Lionel SP U33 & SP SD70mac long consist mixed freight
Tr3= Kline F7 A&A pulling about 20 boxcars
Tr4= Tonight I pulled out one of the 736's for passinger duty 4 railking SF and the three polar express cars
NO ACCIDENTS LIFE IS GREAT , Ron
I have an Alaska RS-3 with a four car mixed freight.
Primer is what is on my layout at the moment I was hoping to be up and running by the end of this month however money flow is tight and I can only work on it as I get a few dollars saved up, will finnish applying the primer tomorrow and then go get some green paint Then will have to save up for the track that I will need
My layout has two loops; the inner one is all 27" curves, and the outer is mostly 42" except for a few 34" (Marx) curves.
On the outer loop is my newly aquired MPC era SP Trainmaster pulling 1 6462 gondola, 6 6464 boxcars, and a 6517 bay window caboose. The gondola and a few of the boxcars are carrying an assortment of miniature farm animals thanks to my 3 year old daughter.
The inner loop is occupied by Thomas and Annie and Clarabel. The coaches are also carrying an assortment of farm animals.
Sorry I don't have pictures; we were too busy playing to think about cameras
J White
Lionel NYC GP-9 That I just got in Pulling my Pa Railking Passenger cars looks great. I think the best part I like about tmcc is that I can bring the train to a stop at the station and don't need to cycle it to nuetral to keep lights on in the engine and the passenger cars and also don't need to cycle it back to forward to get going again.
I have the SD-90 N/S on stand by incase the NYC gets tired and then the C&O Chessie GP-30 is also waiting its turn
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An AF 290 pulling 8 640 hoppers with homemade simulated loads, 283 pulling a 651 REA, 718 Operating mail car, 4 650 passenger cars and a 654 Pullman, all RED, 310 parked on a siding.
Jim
mdainsd wrote:Those are beautiful pictures. the guides would do well to include photos like yours.
Thanks. The pics actually didn't turn out as well as I had hoped... but I guess they serve their purpose.
- Clint
My recently-acquired Ives set:
I'm running a Marx Illinois Central Gulf diesel switcher with assorted Marx freight cars.
Carl T.
From time to time I can work from home, and thanks to AT&T's aircard my laptop works in my
my "train barn", so I can work and run the trains.
That said, there is something to be said for running plain, old-school, non-sound,
conventional mode engines.
So today on my mainline I have my always reliable K-Line Chessie System (C & O) MP-15 2210
pulling a short freight of K-Lines semi-scale, and classic cars, including the "Keokunk
Canning Company, Pickle and Tomatoe Juice Vat Car".
The upper level has a MTH CNJ 0-4-0 switcher (non proto sound), and a string of CNJ freight cars including an air whistle caboose.
As it's Friday, the LIRR Cannonball is waiting in Union Station for a Lionel/MPC GP-20for it's
4:06 departure to Montauk.
Enjoy The Weekend.
Ken
TR 1 Lionel Niagara pulling 7 MTH Michigan Central NYC LINE passenger cars. looks cool.
TR2 Another Lionel Niagara pulling 25 coal and beer reefer cars.
TR3 K-Line Reading tank engine pulling freight.
Tr 4 Lionel El Capitain set with B unit and 4 passenger cars.
laz57
Day 2 trains on mainline. SP SD45T-2 powered and dummy (MTH) with mixed freight
MTH GP20 powered and dummy with work train including scale ATSF crane and boom car.
MTH Southern Pacific Black Widow F units A-B-A and solid Lionel PS4 Piggyback TOFC train.
Ray
SPMan
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.
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
Outside mainline has a D&H Challenger pulling freight.
Inside main has a Reading RR Pacific pulling passenger cars.
Paul
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!
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
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
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
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?
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
"3-rail operators? I call my self a 2 railers with a spare!"
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?
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
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