Well, it's Thanksgiving somewhere (New Zealand? ) so why not notch up to Run 8 and start posting pics? Here's a holiday-themed one as the La Sal Zephyr is hustling West out of Durango after a busy exchange of passengers at the station. Those aboard can sit down for a simple turkey dinner in the dinette or carry it up to the dome to enjoy it while watching the passing scenery.
Many of those who disembarked at Durango make the last leg of their journey home for Thanksgiving via the narrowgauge. Some may board the eastbound New Mexico Express when it arrives in Durango from Silverton, the quickest route to Santa Fe, via Chama and Antonitio, powered today by DL-535E #60.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
Thanks, Mike. One of these days, I've got to get out and ride some of those mountain trains myself.
I've been slowly working on the tannery. Today, I had pretty much the whole day to myself, so I assembled the jigsaw puzzle that is the pavement around the buildings.
Each section of concrete is a Hydrocal casting from a home-made latex mold. I added some WS concrete color, which brings the stark-raving-white down to something more manageable.
There is still much to be done. I've got to trim and level the sections, and probably sanding-screen the edges into alignment. There are a few spots that came out low, too. I'm going to try to turn that into a plus, and make them a puddle complete with water.
Still a lot to be done, but today got me off to a good start.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
A little something I painted up some time ago, but only recently took a photo of:
Based on these:
I have 3 more undecorated models awaiting a similar fate.
Brad
EMD - Every Model Different
ALCO - Always Leaking Coolant and Oil
CSX - Coal Spilling eXperts
The Sante Fe 3754 excursion train at the Moffat Tunnel.
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
mlehman Well, it's Thanksgiving somewhere (New Zealand? ) so why not notch up to Run 8 and start posting pics?
Well, it's Thanksgiving somewhere (New Zealand? ) so why not notch up to Run 8 and start posting pics?
Well, Technicaly it won't be thanksgiving untill after midnight Eastern Standard time as this is a United States holiday only. But, I am willing to play.
Here is a Kato GP35 I painted a while back. It is the Ohio Bicentennial engine that the Wheeling & lake Erie RR had.
Mike L :I can see why you were anxious to get started. Nice photos. .... Michael: Moffat Tunnel looks great. ... Pike 62: I like #200. .... Mr. B: Glad to see so much progress with your tannery...... Brad: your tri-level looks great!
Here are reefers being spotted with food for Thanksgiving. The second photo shows coordinated rail/bus service for Thanksgiving travelers.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Mr. B.: That's one heck of an impressive complex. Looking forward to seeing it continue to develop.
Brad: Nice work on the autorack. I always liked the clean graphical presentation of the Southern.
Michael: Gen. Palmer is spinning in his grave, but I like it.
Pike: The W&LE has a soft spot in my heart for that speed-lettering. A nigh-nose GP35 is a rare thing.
Garry: Thanks for the kind comments, as always.
Since there's plenty to go around, everyone should feel free to jump in for seconds, thirds...
And those who are full can just sit and digest.
Garry read my mind about subject matter. It was a busy week at Thompson's, which handles groceries and camp supplies for many of the mines and small communities served by the Silverton Union RR.
The SURR's excursion train is made up, ready to transport Santa Claus into town on Friday to open the Xmas shopping season after he lands his sleigh at an undisclosed location in the mountains . Meanwhile, over on the Cascade Branch, the local accomodation makes its way with the newspapers, fresh oysters and shrimp, and the last mail before Thanksgiving for the loggers and quarrymen who live along this remote branch.
The SURR's excursion train is made up, ready to transport Santa Claus into town on Friday to open the Xmas shopping season after he lands his sleigh at an undisclosed location in the mountains
. Meanwhile, over on the Cascade Branch, the local accomodation makes its way with the newspapers, fresh oysters and shrimp, and the last mail before Thanksgiving for the loggers and quarrymen who live along this remote branch.
Meanwhile, over on the Cascade Branch, the local accomodation makes its way with the newspapers, fresh oysters and shrimp, and the last mail before Thanksgiving for the loggers and quarrymen who live along this remote branch.
mlehmanWell, it's Thanksgiving somewhere (New Zealand? )
Well worth a crack Mike, but I suspect that you are well aware we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving Day as it’s an occasion for you American Chaps, but does an early start to WPF really need an excuse????
Great start too gentlemen.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
My critter is nearing completion!
My critter is mearing completion!
Where is that SPELL CHECK when you need it? I guess I'm not the only one, whose finger gets lost while I'm typing.
Turkey is in the oven so have a good Thanksgiving.
Lee
How right you are!
Somewhere in the Appalachian Mountain foothills a Southern Railways 4-4-0 tries to get it's passengers to their destinations.
Jarrell
mlehman Well, it's Thanksgiving somewhere (New Zealand? ) Hmm Well worth a crack Mike, but I suspect that you are well aware we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving Day as it’s an occasion for you American Chaps, but does an early start to WPF really need an excuse????Smile, Wink & Grin
Bear,
Thanks for your effussive holiday greetings! I figured you'd be the very last person to object to any excuse to stretch the "rules" a little to accomodate more WPF.
BTW, those are some sweet-looking covered hoppers!
At least we know the kiwi hasn't been hunted down to serve as the national holiday dinner entree. And there's no doubt the kiwi has to be a whole lot smarter than the turkey -- at least the domestic ones. The wild ones are pretty smart, but the domestic turkeys have hung around humans too long, watching cable TV I suppose, and now their IQ is one point above a box of rocks.
So I'm coming back for a third serving...
This time the topic is heavy lifting...which is what millions of Americans will be doing when they get up from the table after that big holiday meal.
At the team track, steam is up in the old crane one more time...
Meanwhile, up at Camp 10, the crew has already headed out for a few stiff ones at the saloon before heading home to prepare to carve the turkey.
Great modeling everyone. Here are a couple of older layout photos. Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Good stuff!
Here's one from me.
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Playing with the new camera last night, I found that it (a Canon T3) can be coaxed to perform miracles in miserable light.
I have been having far too much fun playing with ground cover on this part of the Operations Road Show layout.
-Fritz Milhaupt, Publications Editor, Pere Marquette Historical Society, Inc.http://www.pmhistsoc.org
here some more of my layout. in this first pic im deciding where my indutries are going to go on my pennisula. come to find out that they take up more room than i remembered. the center was going to be half mine and the other side some industries, but with height differences it wasnt going to work. so the mine will continue to follow the room around to the wall on the right in the pic.
just another view, the string is where my view block wall will go.
here is my yard in the works tacks are from right to left
first two tracks are the main lines on the lower level leaving my staging. which is the lower level of the pennisula.
then you see my card/car holder for the yard.
next two tracks are the main on the upper level. that train on the main is heading east on the west tracks just for storage while working on the upper pennisula. and yes the heli flies.
next three tracks are arival and departure tracks 21 cars long. then the bare area will have six classification tracks.
FB page of my layout *new*
https://www.facebook.com/ghglines
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thread to my layout
http://www.warcrc.net/forum/showthread.php?t=10505
pics
http://s237.photobucket.com/user/rockcrawling/library/#/user/rockcrawling/library/ho%20scale%20trains?sort=3&page=1&_suid=1388183416990004180295067414064
Bought some N scale DB freight cars, now to get a loco to lug them around, and a size comparison. Please pardin some of the other non train related items.
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SGTDUPREY?feature=guide
Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
A great beginning guys. Keep the photos and ideas coming!
Here is a little comparison from the BRVRR:
Posed.
In motion.
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. You always make WPF the best thread of the week.
I had to use Chrome to get onto the forum today. Haven't got a clue whats wrong with IE. A bug in the site software I wager.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
Happy belated Thanksgiving everyone!
Old man Winter dropped in early here in Western New York, we have about 10" of the dreaded white stuff on the ground already. Of course, that gives me an excuse to retire to the basement! We made the trek north to the Greater Buffalo Train Show at the Hamburg fairgrounds last Saturday. It was a great show with lots of vendors and modular layouts in HO, N, and O scale. Here's a look at the massive HO layout:
The drive up wasn't bad, but it was a different story on the return trip:
Anyway, we made it home safely, and had time to enjoy our bounty. I found some used Atlas number 6 turnouts for $5 each, and some Shinhara #8 turnouts for $10 each. All were in excellent condition. I avoided buying any locomotives, but I did get some nice cars including a couple of Branchline 40' NKP boxcar kits.
We finished our Christmas layout at the rail museum last week, and it looks pretty good. Actually, it was my friends Ed Braker and Dave Fryburger who deserve most of the credit for the layout, they took an old "HO Layout That Grows" layout and converted it into a winter wonderland. I mostly covered the ordering of products for them and helped with some of the small details. Here's Ed with the finished layout:
On the home front, we continued with the rebuilding of Bradford Pa with all of the industrial tracks back in order. When we widened the mainline curves, it left a large void between the yard lead and the main tracks so we had to reconfigure that part of the scene. That gave me additional room for structures that don't need a siding. Here's a view of the first laser etched wood structure to find a home here:
My favorite views of Bradford usually include the old grain mill. Here's a look at the side opposite of the RR siding with a Jordan Products Model T:
My nine year old son is bugging me for the computer, and I think I've covered everything for now!
-Stan
Here is another video from my layout. 5 SD-70s pulling a rather long mixed freight train. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mSZsac1-OE
Still trying to post photos, so I try this one. hope it works.
Sam
Nope I guess not
Finally got to spend some quality time down in the train rooms on the SLOW. Been trying to get a handle on a scratch built octagon blacksmith's shop I am trying to both figure out how to do and get reasonably looking like the prototype. Orghinal was built in 1832 in Alloway, NY from local cobblestone. It is still standing and being used for storage by a local farmer. My version should be something like it probably looked in 1925 which is the date for the Seneca Lake and Ontario RR.
First two walls are just about done. Have a bit of clean up to do on the one with the door, and will need to add the shop sign later after it is assembled. Only non scratch parts are the commercial windows. Everything else on the building will be made by me.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!