WPF 10/16 - 10/18

[howmus]

I went on a trip with the Central New York Division of the NMRA today.  They traveled from Syracuse, NY to Medina, NY to visit the Medina RR Museum.  First stop was Ridge Road Station, a Train/Model/Hobby/Christmas all year around store.  Inside there is a huge "G" scale layout.  A couple of photos:

Then we traveled on to the Medina Railroad Museum which also has a huge layout that fills most of  an old NYC Freight house.  This one is HO.  Here is a shot from just past the halfway point of the layout.  The Dispatcher's Office is at the halfway point of the layout and the florescent lighting in the middle goes to the other end of the layout.......

Here is a couple more of that layout:

This is the 1/1 scale loco that pulled the NYC 20th. Century Special cars we rode on for a couple of hours:

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[tomkat-13]

 Dave, the video of the Sep running session was GREAT!.....

 

Loading dock at Prestage Tool & Gear, Hawk Point Mo. on the Missouri & Arkansas Railway.

Here is the link for my vast collection of signs for your layout & buildings. Please feel free to copy for your own use. They are for HO but can be re-sized for any scale. Most are pre-1970 ....So check them out!

http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/album.php?albumid=721

 

 

[ac4400fan]

 Hi Guys! Been awhile since i posted anything. Nice pictures everyone! This is one i took a bit ago i was working on this scean last spring but it got to hot so i had to stop,Now just picked up where i left off and im working at it little by little.

 

 

Have a great Weekend.

[0-6-0]

Hello great work this weekend everyone. I started a new project it's the Buckmaster truck & radiator repair by Evergreen hill designs. Here are some work in progress shots.

This is a craftsmen kit so I had to do all the framing. It took a week to get this far. This is my first kit by this company and what a kit it is. So far this is one of the best kits I have built easy to work with and lots of detail parts it even came with a sink.As I get more done I will post more pics. Have a good weekend Frank

[wm3798]

Not much on the workbench this week, although there's still plenty of work to do...  This week's highlight was volunteering as a car host on the CRHS Conrail Express on Saturday.

We got a very early start, 4 a.m. ish, but it was extremely cool to be below decks at 30th Street in wee hours...


The Juniata Terminal E units, as usual, were impeccable, standing at the ready to pull our train of over 700 merry makers around southeast PA.


We tried to get Vanna White, but she wasn't available, so we settled for Sean...  As one of the primary organizers of the trip, Sean deserves a huge amount of credit.



The weather was pretty dismal, but having the opportunity to ride the Port Road was not to be missed.  Due to the rain and overcast, you couldn't get much leaf-peeping in, but just being in the remote areas where only the train has access was pretty remarkable.  It was also cool to see the several power generating dams that line the Susquehanna.  The view above was taken as we crossed from the east side of the river to the west via the Shock's Mill bridge.


After rolling through Enola Yard, we crossed back over at Rockville Bridge.  This was one of the few times I could witness the engines at work.  Unfortunately, the rain and slow speeds through the yard left a lot of spots on the windows...


At Harrisburg, we got a short platform break.  Here, we got to enjoy the company of 4859, which is owned by the Harrisburg Chapter of NRHS.  It's noted to be the first electrified locomotive to pull a train into the Harrisburg Terminal after the wires were strung, so it's displayed there along with a wooden caboose.



I had the pleasure of working with Dave Foxx, as well as Jonathan, the guy from the NRHS working our car.  Here we are with 72 of our new closest friends...



It was a great day, and a very memorable experience.  Thanks go to Russ, Sean and Ed, who extended the invitation to me and Dave.  We truly had a blast!

Lee

[cudaken]

 This is Richard Head with Channel 5 Action news with a breaking story! There has been a train wreck on the south side of Kingsdown by K-10 mining. A north bound Conrail freight train lost part of its train by K-10 mining while heading to the Kingsdown yard. Spoke person for Conrail stated "we had a coupler fail while passing K-10 Mining company, we contacted the dispatcher as soon as the engineer knew he lost part of his train". Kingsdown yard master is not available for comment at this time.

 We now switch to our Eye In The Sky, take it Guy. This is Guy Great in news copper 5 over the wreck site. Seems a south bound Mono coal train hit the stranded Conrail cars by K-10 Mining company. There where 3 tank cars in the wreck, one went over the 100 foot cliff. At this point authorities do not know the content of the rupture tank cars and evaluating the men from K-10 mining.

 Few pictures from the ground crew before the forced evacuation.

 

 This engine was found near the wreck, but it seems it may not be involved.

 

 OK, this wrech happened last night while I was posting on this site. As stated the 40 box car came off the freight drag. I missed it till it was to late. White tanker on it side matching Walther's tank car went over the side! Still looking for missing parts.

 Cuda Ken, no HO pepole where lost for the post.

[alfadawg01]

Ken, you are having waaaaay too much fun.....

[secondhandmodeler]

 Tis the season for train trips!

Though I took many more pictures than this on our trip, I don't want to bore you.  Here are a few snaps from the train ride from Minneapolis to Winona MN.  We basically followed the Mississippi river the whole time.  We ended up riding in the Amtrak coach.  Oh it's old alright, 1985!Oh well, it had a nice ride with clean bathrooms!

[IVRW]

Amazing WPF everyone.

[wedudler]

 I've participated in the FREMO meeting this weekend. I've made quite a few pictures and a video with narrow gauge. This here shows my friends Pete's "Joevalley.

Wolfgang