Sunday Photo Fun for 4-30-06

[Anonymous]

I'm up pretty late tonight, and I'd thought to start out this Photo Fun by posting pics of my new UP Big Boy steam along with a few cars. I know most of you guys already have, own and seen these engines many times before, but for me personally this is my first engine purchase in about 7-8 years. So quite a big step for me. [:)]

I made the small oval from the Fastrack that came with the PE set, so it's not much. I do have some tubular track to where I could have extended it, but don't have the transition pieces. And as I am quite sure, the loco had quite an overhang due to the O36 curves....it will look alot better on wider curves.

I turned the smoke unit off for now until I get it primed....but it did smoke up as soon as I powered it up!

So now its time for me to stop envying other people's engines and layouts and start making some action of my own. And now, my Big Boy's first debut on the tracks:

[spankybird]

Very nice Chris,

















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Lets have some fun [:D] [:)] [8D] [:p]
Tom

[Kooljock1]

A couple of quick projects this weekend.

I've added guests and a guy setting the anchor to the cabin cruiser, and a couple of weeping willow trees near the water:



And a new removeable mountain range backdrop:



Jon [8D]

[mitchelr]

OK Colin/TMCC - Here's a quiz for you. I know you'll probably get it right away, but here it is....




Mitch[swg]

[tmcc man]

Mitch, that is a BL2.

[Frank53]

only progress this week is on this scratchbuilt garage:

[mitchelr]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tmcc man

Mitch, that is a BL2.

As always you are correct...now for ten bonus points... who is the manufacturer?

[swg]

[Anonymous]

Jon, truly great scene "on the water" there. Thanks for sharing. Nice "smoking" going on "Tom".

[waltrapp]

The easter figures, including bunny, are from trainsformations. Notice the individually painted easter eggs in the baskets!!! She takes NO shortcuts that's for sure! :)

The house is by Lenox.

I will find a way to incorporate Easter, Halloween, and Christmas on this year's Christmas layout. Now THAT should prove interesting.

Just ordered 8 or 9 Halloween figures from trainsformations. I'll post pictures when I get them.







- walt

[pbjwilson]

Big Berk' rollin through.

[tmcc man]

Either a Williams, or an MTH PS1.

[jefelectric]

Great pictures guys,

Chris, Way to go, now to start working on that layout. Or are you going to run them on the floor like the Chief?

Tom, I have to ask, what kind of exhaust system do you have in your train room. Every time I run my trains, the wife runs down the basement steps and turns on the fan. I never even notice the smoke.

Jon, Nice layout. Looks like you have a lot of operating accessories.

Mitch, I like your new signature!

Colin, You are in top form as usual, still waiting to see if you get the bonus points.

No pics today, been to busy.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jefelectric


Great pictures guys,

Chris, Way to go, now to start working on that layout. Or are you going to run them on the floor like the Chief?

It may end up being a floor layout for now, since there's not much room at the moment for any benchwork. The track I used for the oval is from the PE set will pretty much be a test track. I am going to work on getting GarGraves track and some Ross switches and go from there. I can make a floor layout and not have to worry about anything happening since I am the only person that lives here, so no kids to worry about stepping on things.

Right now I got wo work on getting the money together for the freight cars I got on order that will probably be arriving next month and to get a better transformer, which will be the Z-4000.

I will also pick up some books regarding benchwork and get some education on that. Slowly but surely I will get there.

[cnw1995]

Dad's little helper and the rebuilding of the layout.
One of the new radon vents in the now mostly carpeted crawlspace. I also used some leftover Lifelike grass paper for hills. I'm layering them.
Trying to see the new black-colored ridgeline

[mitchelr]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tmcc man

Either a Williams, or an MTH PS1.

MTH - Way to go Colin!!!


Mitch[swg]

[mitchelr]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jefelectric


Mitch, I like your new signature!

Thanks John. That's quite a crew in that photo. Hope we don't get censured by the Eastern Division TCA Police for taking a photo on the fairgrounds. As far as I know we broke no rules.[}:)]

Mitch[swg]

[pbjwilson]

[mitchelr]

pbjwilson/Paul,

Love that Torpedo. Tell us about the passenger cars. They look gorgeous!

Mitch[swg]

[Buckeye Riveter]

Photos from Roger’s Corners, Ohio
Elevation 936 Feet


It's spring and that means the Garden Railroad is up an running.

First the track inspectors must have a look to see if it is safe again this year.

The fishing has been great!

Warm weather brings back the free riders.

And the Rio Grande & Southern 4-6-0 rounds the curve on to the high bridge..







If you are in the neighborhood stop in for a cold beverage as we sit on the deck under a clear blue Ohio sky and watch the trains run.[:D]

[tmcc man]

Well, here are a bunch of video's I took from the Garden Railway Club meeting I attended for club I belong to .

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M93wEos_71c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaQ69zmVw4k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybJ9F-3o9zY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iw6hSYXU3I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pjsA5HNDqM

Enjoy

(PS, ask any questions you want)

[GregM]

Next time we get to the Columbus area to visit family we might just take you up on this.

QUOTE: If you are in the neighborhood stop in for a cold beverage as we sit on the deck under a clear blue Ohio sky and watch the trains run

[1688torpedo]

Chris- Looks like you're off to a great start with your Big Boy. I think you'll have plenty of fun with it. Bob(mitch)- The Passenger Cars That PBJ has on his layout are the 1690 series made by Lionel from 1932-42. Between 1932-35 they had the Ives name on them & in the first year they were made they had blue roofs & yellow bodies with the Ives name on them & That was the first & only year they were ever made in that color scheme.As a result, They are among the most expensive & hard to get passenger cars to find. From 1933-35 they were made with Brown Roofs & Red Bodies with cream windows & the Ives name. Starting in 1936 Lionel put their own name on them and changed the colors to all Red Bodies with Cream Windows & in that same year they made a set of 1690s in Peacock Blue for Sears Stores(and possibly a few others as well) The Peacocks are somewhat hard to find.But, not as difficult as the Yellow Ives Versions from 1932. Some of the 1690s had Fish Bellies & others did not. Pauls 1690s have Nickel Box Journels & they are older than his 1688 which looks to be from about 1940-41 as it is Black in color. & Lionel switched to black journel boxes on their freight & passenger trains in 1939 as well. P.S. some of the 1690s & other 027 freight cars had no Journel Boxes on the Trucks as well as they were "Economy Versions" in the Depression Years.

[johnandjulie13]

My first contribution! Here is my recently purchased Pennsy S2 Turbine with a newly acquired GN Stock car.



Regards,

John O

[pbjwilson]

Keith - Great information on the 1690's. The pictures I posted are not a set. But that's the engine I use to pull the 1690's. A later 1688, i think it makes a nice set though. Have'nt been collecting much pre-war stuff lately, but heres some others I really like.
Bing in black and white



Shelfs full of good stuff


Fandor on Bing double span bridge

[mitchelr]

Keith - Thanks for the information. It never ceases to amaze me how much collective knowledge there is among members in this forum.

Paul- Impressive photos of the Pre-War in your collection. I love that Bing bridge. As a get deeper and deeper into this hobby, I am more and more impressed with the beautiful preWar lithographed trains.

Thanks for sharing guys.

Mitch[swg]

[darianj]

Great photos everyone!

[Frank53]

some additional work on this:

[FJ and G]

Nice photos, all. Next time I need a locomotive ID's I'll ask TMCC man. :-)

News Flash: Peanut Ridge Gets Second Bridge Over Hound River Canyon

Yesterday was nice weather for laying track and building bridges. As BB the beagle gnawed away at a beef bone, work commenced at O dark thirty, with the final bridge abutment for the planned bridge across Hound River Canyon and a portion of Beagle Pond.

After the concrete was poured and water added to the mixture of Quickrete, something totally unexpected happened. The concrete mixture started moving! We’ll get back to that in a minute or two but let me first backtrack.

I thought the entire bridge project would come to a halt because the wood ties I glued to the 8-foot-long steel stop sign post with silicone started coming loose as I was spiking the ties (the sign was not stolen, btw #9786;).

So, since I do my best thinking when I’m eating, me and BB the beagle sat down atop Peanut Ridge, the two of us nibbling on salty peanuts and cogitating.

Then, the idea hit me. I will convert the girder bridge into a ballasted girder bridge using concrete to secure the ties and then top the concrete with ballast.

Back to work and the moving abutment.

So, the abutment started moving. What could this be?

Then out through the concrete ooze emerged two blinking eyes. A toad had been making its home in the excavated area that I’d left unfilled for a couple of weeks, trying to decide the exact placement.

I quickly grabbed the toad and dunked to poor critter into Beagle Pond and sent him hopping on his merry way. Sure home he will be alright!

Well, to make a long story short, I finished the bridge and mounted it up on the abutments. As I was adjusting the abutment, the bridge collapsed, sending 4 freight cars I’d placed atop it straight into Beagle Pond. Thankfully, there was no locomotive there at the time!

While fishing the cars out, I noticed bird feathers. Later in the day, I spotted some small birds perched on the island in Beagle Pond (built so amphibians can escape and not drown), and washing themselves.

One the bridge was in place and the rest of the track atop Peanut Ridge laid, I decided to test run with my R/C-powered SD-45 and several cars (I’ve been laying track and landscaping so I won’t show the ugly trailing battery car with wires everywhere, but eventually, I’ll do a nice battery car).

First item was to get the train out of its 12-foot-long shed/warehouse. Out it came with its small train heading up the gentle sloping 1% Peanut Ridge. But it couldn’t make it up the grade!

I finally figured out that after many, many hours of running, the battery had lost its charge. Fortunately, I had another recharged battery and the train sprang to life, running atop the ridge without even the slightest hesitation and crossing safely the long bridge over Hound River Canyon.

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Visiting my parents next weekend, so further construction will be temporarily halted for a couple weeks before I show more progress. I know, progress is slow, but at least it’s steady!

[laz 57]

Great Photos GIZ,
BUCKEYE love that hand car.
Where did you get that life like character of me fishing?
laz57

[Jumijo]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Kooljock1

A couple of quick projects this weekend.

I've added guests and a guy setting the anchor to the cabin cruiser, and a couple of weeping willow trees near the water:



And a new removeable mountain range backdrop:



Jon [8D]

Jon,

Would you mind telling us how you made that removable mountain range backdrop? Looks great!

Jim