I got these coming through town at dusk last night.
Waiting to proceed
Crossing Main Street after sunset
Caught in the evening light
FYI - These are all straight from the camera. No editing, retouching or photoshopping to add elements or change the characterisitcs of the image.
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Nice work everyone!
As usual... Nothing to post here. Maybe next weekend.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
I guess I will add what I have done so far. I added a few new hills and mountains last night. I didn't get around to the layout to much. I had to do a couple of weathered cars for a guy. Got a chance to dull my engine down real good. I am doing my layout on a coal/industry layout. Had to make the engine look dirty/faded. So....... I still have a ways to go on my layout. Wiring, mountains, landscape, etc. I am replacing all of my old track with new and it might be a few weeks, till I geta chance to put down some ballast. I guess the plan tonight is to work on MY cars to weather, and some layout work. Oh yeah, and check on my powerball numbers to!!!!!!
"Rust, whats not to love?"
JK, as you can tell, I like night photos too. Yours are really good - capture to mood with just enough detail. But I think you must have photoshopped that moon in the first set, didn't you?
My efforts for today are to show a few trains running on the layout and more structures - I like structures. My shortline is the Prattville and Northern and it interchanges with the CSX, Southern, UP, NKP, and whatever else I pick up that I like to run. It is a model, after all.
First one is the P&N 70 tonner moving some cars at the yard. You can just see the small and worse for wear P&N engine facility on the left:
Next we have the 638 doing some street running, shoving a boxcar down to the paint plant at the end of main street, to the consternation of the car drivers dodging the move:
I'm hoping the guy in the Gremlin knows there's a box car behind him!:
The UP Farmer John train is coming through the cut into town:
The Farmer John leaving town:
The caboose from the station platform
The 638 has pulled up on the station track with the Dianna, the combine/baggagecar/RPO/caboose that's the pride of the P&N. Management is hoping for few passengers and some LCL freight from the Southern local:
The Southern local approaching the station. Looks like the boys forget to fix that bent grab iron last time she was in the shop:
Nothing much to help the P&N balance sheet today - one passenger and a few boxes of LCL freight:
The Southern local leaving town north past the pond and P&N yard:
The lone passenger waits to board the Dianna. He's a country lawyer on his way to the state capitol to do a little lobbying with the boys in the legislature:
Meanwhile, life goes on in Hillside. The fire department isn't too happy about the street being blocked by the street repairs but they've got to fix that busted sewer line:
They've got the old Seagraves parked at the side of the station for some hose drying work:
One of the locals left his pickup at the loading dock at Sunrise Feeds while he visits with the boys in the mill.
I really like all the things I've seen so far, especially the layout under construction photos. I wish I had taken more of mine when I was first starting. Keep up the good work everyone.
Jim,
None of the posted pictures have had any editing done to them other than resizing so that they are easier to view. Resizing took them from 2272 x 1704 down to 800x600. The moon was NOT edited into the pics. Lighting for the pics was nothing tricky or special. Just the natural light from the models or a simple incandescent light bulb. All the pics were taken on a simple 2x4 module built by my 9 yo as his 4H project. We used mostly basic scenery techniques for ground cover and ballasting. As I've always said, if you have the right materials and techniques, it easy for even a 9 year old to get good results.
I still find natural sunlight to be the best though.
JK,
That moon looks awfully cool for having been done with just some lights in the right place. You do have a talent for this. I'm still trying to get focus and exposure down right so more than one out of ten of my pics is good enough to post.
This may be a breach of ettiquette, but I took a railfanning trip with my family today to get some shots of the CSX and ORTA tracks that service Honda in Marysville, Ohio and sidetracked to shoot some covered bridges (got some measurements on one of them too... So here's some of the photos
There will be NO self enjoyment here.
This is a serious hobby!!!!!
Have fun!
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: selector wrote: Jeffrey, I like that last one best of all of 'em. Are you enjoying yourself?-CrandellOf course.
selector wrote: Jeffrey, I like that last one best of all of 'em. Are you enjoying yourself?-Crandell
Jeffrey, I like that last one best of all of 'em. Are you enjoying yourself?
-Crandell
There will be NO self enjoyment here!
This is a serious hobby!!
Can't get any more serious about it, I've been enjoying it for 40+ years.
Lothar,
Yes, Indeed, thats all the covered Bridges that cross the Big Darby, atleast all of them I know of... There are six others in Union County, but I didn't get up toward Byhalia today...
My main project was getting to photograph the CSX yard at Honda, but CSX didn't want to play ball, so I had to shoot and move...
Do youstill live in Union County or have you moved?... I live in Springfield, but I work for an appraosal company, so I spend a lot of time traipsing around the countryside...
I am still working abroad so have nothing of my own to contribute. Just sending kudos for nice pics from everyone... seeing them keeps me interested in the hobby while I'm away, and they are always a source of good ideas. Electrolove, the benchwork looks outstanding, and JKtrains, love the night shots. Cheers.
PB & J, your photos are intriguing. They are a fantastic example of how structures differ from region to region. The midwestern bridges have covers over the side openings seperate from the roof and extend out from the base in both directions over the road. New England covered bridges are quite different. Interesting.
And by the way, every time I read your handle I get the urge to go to the kitchen and eat a big spoon of peanut butter .
railroadyoshi wrote: PB & J, your photos are intriguing. They are a fantastic example of how structures differ from region to region. The midwestern bridges have covers over the side openings seperate from the roof and extend out from the base in both directions over the road. New England covered bridges are quite different. Interesting.And by the way, every time I read your handle I get the urge to go to the kitchen and eat a big spoon of peanut butter .
Not a bad name for a model RR
Peanut Butter and Jelly RR
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jeffrey-wimberly wrote:
You don't happen to have any pictures of your layout, do you?
Greetings all! Got a bit of inspiration from all the great members and their photos. This is my first attempt at posting photos so.... here it goes. (lol... ok first time was a bust, second try)
This is a shot of my two Verandas. I don’t have much of a layout, only a 10x10 room with track tacked down to experiment with. #61 was the first engine I ever programmed (just a few days ago!) followed by #71.
I hope to have a few more photos to post up detailing all of my UP motive power. But I’ll just keep this short.
Let's say it all together now:
DNFTT...that's right...DNFTT. Do not feed the troll.
If you have something to say to him, please send him an e-mail. I already did conveying my honest feelings, just as he prefers. Keep the rest of this off our beloved WPF. We don't need one of the best threads in this forum's history, never marred by those who seek to damage the productive, constructive discussion we all enjoy, ruined just like that.