Sunday Photo Fun 1-16-05

[spankybird]

Here are some pics of our K-line MP15 and Kennycopper cars.













We put the boat in the pond, ores in the water and the young kids what a ride, so they said, and look what they are doing.

Oh to be young again



and if you missed this great oil painting I received for Christmas



If you are new to the forum and Sunday Photo fun and wi***o know how to post your pictures, click here

Photo Posting

and of course you know, to enlarge the pics, just click on them.

Lets have fun
tom

[Buckeye Riveter]

Some of my favorite photos from my layout








And if you have a high speed connection or a little more time than most here is a video you will like:
http://www.gahannawedding.com/Video/TakearideontheBOW.avi
The sound effects are from a K-Line Mikado and a Lionel SD-80.

[mcattardo]

Nice pics. My contribution this week is a shot from my brother's HO layout. Something about this pic I like.

[ChiefEagles]

Tom, John Deere colors [green and yellow]. [:D] Everyone needs to watch Buckeye's video and pat your foot. I have it [and some others of his] saved in my hard drive. Great to listen too.

[spankybird]

Chief - where is the pic of your new enigne [?]

[jonadel]

Good Morning from the frozen Tundra of Iowa,

Here's our contribution for Sunday Photo Fun.
Jon

First shot is our oldest son (years ago) pushing his little brother.


These boys don't seem to care about danger.


And the last shot makes you wonder how they survived.

[Anonymous]

Great pictures!!! Enjoyed the vidio Buckeye. Thanks.
Larry

[pbjwilson]

My picks and pics for best paint job on a non-streamlined loco.



Great pictures guys - Nice video too!

[Anonymous]

Currently under construction

This side has the turntable and roundhouse,built into a mountain.

An Amtrak Genesis pulls out from the station, thru the mountains.

A view through the double track 60" long Howe Truss Bridge.
Alas, back to work (on the layout that is).....Tim

[laz 57]

Hi GUYS,
Heres my contribution to the ever popular Sunday photo fun.
The story to this part of my layout(under the celar steps) is that where I grew up in NE pa. we come from hard coal country people are Known as COALCRACKERS.
I wanted to make astrip mine operation. When we were kids we played in the stripping holes and one of the games was called bowling fo junk. People would throw away old used tires and other junk and we would roll them down into the holes to see what we could hit. With enough said here are my bowling pics.

Bowling for junk......













Enjoy????????????????
Laz57

[ChiefEagles]

MAN. I'm ashamed to post my prictures on my temp carpet layout.
Well, my new Lionel SD80 MAC in TMCC being run by DCS and DCS remote pulling a precious cargo of John Deere tractors and passing a coal train.


Another view.


A close up of the Lionel SD80 MAC [you can just see the diesel smoke comming out if yu look at the coal in the hopper car behind it. light carpet will not allow me to show smoke]


Another view.


Catching the double headed NS 90's

[jonadel]

Chief--no reason at all to feel ashamed, you just retired, got a daughter married off and that knife mark on your chest is a pretty good excuse to take things slow. Life just gets better and better, now if it's next year at this time and you're still on the carpet we will need to have a discussion[:)]

Jon

[:D]

[Buckeye Riveter]

And one more thing Jon, if he takes me fishing for some of those big suthern bass, I could help him build the benchwork.

Is a miter saw considered carry on luggage? [:)]

[spankybird]

I don't kown Chief, you can see the smoke from my engine against light blue walls



are you sure that has smoke [?]

[}:)][}:)][}:)][;)]

[laz 57]

Hey CHIEF are they my new Williams SD90s? Be careful with them[;)][;)][;)]
Wouldn't want anthing to happen with them.
Looks good CHIEFIE
Laz57

[tgovebaker]

Hi everyone. I check out your photos every Sunday and for the first time have something to post myself. And its a DOUBLE FEATURE! Today was a big day in San Francisco, because not only did I complete my basic benchwork (and install the wine cellar underneath -- this is Northern California, afterall -- but I got the new Lionel Overland Freight running, complete with the great new SD-70 engine, intermodal cars, and autocarriers. This new round of autocarriers is made of better materials, and has metal ladders. Its a great looking train, and the sound is fantastic.

Here is a general shot showing the engine blowing diesel fumes past my very first accessory, the lighted Lionel freight station.



Here is another shot of the train as it makes its way into a turn, moving past a bunch of stuff that's headed to eBay, the sad reminder of my attempt to conserve space by switching to N). Note the exciting riches that lurk beneath the surface. You guys in the South have your oil, and WV has its coal, but here in NorCal, we have our wine.



Thanks again to Spankybird for posting the instructions about uploading photos.

Best to all,

Tom Baker
San Franicsco
Where Stripping is a Career Choice

[ChiefEagles]

Tom B., I see you drink PEPSI [born in the Carolinas, actually NC]. [:D] Send me the Cal. wine. Been ot Napa. [:D] Enjoyed the trip. Been to San Francis but no strippers, just China Town [wife was along]. [;)]

[cnw1995]

I'm full of superlatives today. Chief, your NS engines look really sharp! Tom Baker, is that a Denver Broncos pennant? Don't feel bad about your N scale goodies - I did exactly the same thing. Laz, what a great looking mine - is the stuff in your gondolas a special color (yellow) because it is a certain type of coal? Paul, can you tell us a bit more about your wonderful engines - are they Marx? Buckeye, I love the evocative feeling of your sepia or black and white photos.

[pbjwilson]

Doug,
The two engines pictured are by Unique Arts. The blue one in the top picture is electric, the multi-color is a wind up. I think these were made between 1948-50.

Unique also made a set of E8's in Rock Island colors, very colorful. I read in a collectors book, from 1990's, that these were the ugliest locos made. Today, however, they are very collectable.

Both my engines are lithographed tin with a very simple 0-4-0 drive.

Unique Art made other very collectable wind-up toys prior to world war II. If yoy want to see more go on e-bay in the antique toy catagory and search for Unique Art.
The trains are usually listed in O gauge "other manufacturers"

[laz 57]

DOUG,
That was some of that yellow rock next to the coal mine we have lots of it up here I just can't find it myself. I think they call it gold?
Laz57

[Anonymous]

Dont woory Cheifie. You have a bigger floor layout than I do!!!

[cnw1995]

Thanks, Paul. I have to look them up. They look really sharp. Oh, Laz, I know that gold stuff. Yeah, those large nuggets litter all the local streams - scaring the fish.

[Frank53]

The coal mine is neat as a pin. I have been considering planning a coal area in my next layout. It would be neat to have some track disappear down a tunnel and have a small train emerging pulling a series of carts containing coal. DOn't quite know what what I would use though - perhaps I would settle for a hand car, but haven't seen any around.

[tgovebaker]

Yes, cnw, that is a vintage Broncos pennant, from King Soopers, circa 1982. The orange and blue flies proudly over the layout (where, in honor of the Chief's heritage, we only drink Pepsi products).

[laz 57]

DOUG,
Is that where the breed of GOLDEN Trout came from[:O]
Laz57

[laz 57]

FRANK53
You could probably do it but you'll have to use a sub platforn under the layout sort of like the disappering train tunnel from back in the 60's. I have considered this just can't find the place to add on?
Laz57

[Anonymous]

Hi guys, heres my photos. I am still way behind. Hope you like my poor layout.

(We are expanding.....about to buy more tracks and stuff for a layout.)










And the last one... After a long days work, The PlasticVille diner and the train station close....


Hope you guys like 'em. See ya!

[Anonymous]

A pic from part of my layout With a GG1, 0-6-0 switcher and a SD-35

[laz 57]

Pretty Cool COLIN keep us posted.
Laz57

[Frank53]

Laz:

thanks, that is what I had in mind, to go beneath the layout and hit a bumper.

As I think about it, mining vehicles are these gigantic-wheeled monsters, at least today. I have done a lot of work in the gold mining industry and have gotten a first hand look at what the sites look like. Coal is a different colored horse, and I like the potential interest factor of having a small train emerge from the mine pulling carts, however, it may a giant case of overkill.

Another option is to have an exit from the tunnel and have it emerge on a far area of the mining area. You know it's the same car, but looks like two different events. In this case, I could use a reliable old gang car.