Some more pics from the Sebring MR Club Open House last weekend.
OK, I fixed the links. They're now on photobucket. Can you see them?
EDIT: Love the CP caboose!
Railphotog wrote: Although the Canadian Thanksgiving has already come and gone, this railroad employee is doing his part to celebrate the US Thanksgiving: Happy Thanksgiving!
Although the Canadian Thanksgiving has already come and gone, this railroad employee is doing his part to celebrate the US Thanksgiving:
Happy Thanksgiving!
Bob,
Is this an Athabasca model?
2nd question: should the roof be black on this caboose... I don't recall seeing any with yellow roofs. I love both models!
Don Z wrote: Terry,They're right there in your post.....is your monitor powered up? Don Z.
Terry,
They're right there in your post.....is your monitor powered up?
Don Z.
Ok now i see one but were's the rest ?
Also using IE 7
TerryinTexas
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SpaceMouse wrote:Bruce and Dave,Nice nice layout pics. Guys, don't you just love those N-scale layouts. They are just so cute!
Uh-oh Chip, them's fightin' words!
Great work, everyone! Thanks for the nice comments about my pictures. Bob, your shop pictures are more realistic than my shots of the real thing. Colin, yes the BR&W staff are about the nicest I've run into, and their passion for their work is undeniable. Even the reading material in their restroom was Trains magazine!
The smokebox photo and the closeup of the drivers were taken a week prior to the others, and it was dark in there because the shop doors were closed on that first visit. I was doing my best to get everything in frame while not taking a ride on the rows of spare flues, or getting tangled in the welding gear.
Here's a few I forgot to include. I stuck my head inside the firebox to get a shot of #60's new flues and grate. The large pipes circulate water to the water jacket surrounding the firebox.
Yes, the overturned bucket is for sitting.The BR&W headquarters are in Ringoes, NJ, a very rural farming town not far east of the Delaware and new Hope, PA. Number 60's sister engine, ex-Great Western 2-8-0 #40 is currently in service on the New Hope & Ivyland. The tracks southwest from Ringoes to Lambertville, New Hope's companion town on the NJ side of the river, have been condemned. They would like to restore that trackage, but the funds are lacking. The excursions I rode in the early 70's behind #60 went all the way to Lambertville.
Here's something for the Pennsy fans.
Beside the shop with #60, this privately owned PRR Doodlebug is showing its age. In the 70's the paint was fresh and it ran regular excursions. I never rode it, because I was too preoccupied with #60. I don't know what the owners' plans are for it.
This round-top boxcar is also privately owned, and is undergoing restoration. I don't think there are too many examples of these around anymore.
Their trackage was originally a branch of the Pennsylvania, so there's a good bit of Pennsy equipment stored here. There's also a restored PRR flatcar, caboose, and an ore jimmy. And they let us climb on any piece of equipment we wanted, even a caboose with no floor!
End of the line in Ringoes, looking towards Lambertville from the back of a coach stored there, where the trains used to run.
Nelson
Ex-Southern 385 Being Hoisted
Research; it's not just for geeks.
TrainManTy wrote: All right, I've finally got these up! Forthose who don't know, I've been experamenting with night photos.I don't know which one of these I like better:Extra 408 passes the New Poland, NH depot as another train waits behind it getting helpers.The Extra waits on the other side of the pass for the train behind it to pass.Train 406 approaches 408 on the other track. After it passes, 408 will switch to track 1 and follow it.
All right, I've finally got these up! Forthose who don't know, I've been experamenting with night photos.
I don't know which one of these I like better:
Extra 408 passes the New Poland, NH depot as another train waits behind it getting helpers.
The Extra waits on the other side of the pass for the train behind it to pass.
Train 406 approaches 408 on the other track. After it passes, 408 will switch to track 1 and follow it.
Ty
your images aren't loading for me
Maybe it's just my computer !
Anyone else see them ?
Thanks Selector. I'm still new at this photo thing and I will admit that I have lots to learn especially when it comes to arranging the shot. The camera I use is borrowed so I'm still learning it as well. Once I take the shots I use the standard windows program to download them to my computer and IrfanView to convert them to jpeg's and to crop them. Then I upload them to PhotoBucket and edit the photos to 640x480 for message boards. I am limited to taking the shots outside because I have a problem inside-unwanted flash bright spots.(haven't figured out how to turm the flash off) If anyone has anyother suggestions on how to inprove my pictures the are surely welcome.
One other thing-I clicked on the last two images and was ableto see them in a larger size.
Thanks again-Bob
FoulRift wrote: Happy Thanksgiving all-great shots as usual My track plan is almost done then I can start to build. Here are a few of my favorite pics.Bob
Happy Thanksgiving all-great shots as usual My track plan is almost done then I can start to build. Here are a few of my favorite pics.Bob
Foul Rift, there is a huge amount of promise in these images of yours. The technique of the imaging could stand some improvement, if it wouldn't be indelicate of me to say so, perhaps it's a limitation of your imaging system or software...or web host....dunno, but the items you show are very nice indeed. I would like a clearer and expandable shot of the hopper and the village, the last two images, but they don't enlarge when I click on them.
I would say you can look forward, with confidence, to a marvelous layout once you have it all put together. Very nice work.
-Crandell
Ryan, those colors in your cornfield are really nice.
And, Bob, that is one heck-of-a-camera. Good photo skills.
I've been tinkering with Sandy's George Town Sand and Gravel plant. Decided to build a loading platform from some stained railroad ties I had.
Test fit ... oops ... missing some steps ... now where did they go.
Regards,
Tom
IronGoat wrote: Bob Boudreau: Awesome modeling and photography, Bob.... I really enjoyed the tour of your site.Is that interior engine shed photo of a FSM "John Allen" shed? I am building one at present (an old "yellow box" kit) and your interior is certainly a masterpiece!!!!Bob/Iron Goat
Bob Boudreau:
Awesome modeling and photography, Bob.... I really enjoyed the tour of your site.
Is that interior engine shed photo of a FSM "John Allen" shed? I am building one at present (an old "yellow box" kit) and your interior is certainly a masterpiece!!!!
Bob/Iron Goat
Thanks for the comments! No the engine house was all scratchbuilt by yours truly, board by board. When I got back into model railroading I had a plastic Pola engine house. Wanting to take photos that were different, I poked out a rear window and placed the camera right up to the window. Photos weren't too bad, except for the plain smooth and shiney plastic walls and windows with no inside trim. So I decided to scratch myself a model that would be better for photography. I added skylights and made the windows large to allow lots of light in for photos.
Bob Boudreau
CANADA
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This came in the mail the other day, rather quickly from the online store that offered it for a song...and some plastic. I like its lines and those huge three-axle trucks. This must have been one whale of a diesel in its time; darned near as big as my Pennsy J1 2-10-4!
modelmaker51 wrote: SpaceMouse wrote: I found this and a brick building on Ben and Jerry's website. I can't say I'm impressed with the result, it is a little small, but it looks better than the photo. I was planning to use paper models as place holders while I investigated the structures, so I'll use it for temporary. While the above took upwards of 4 hours, the one below, was already colored, if cartoony, and took only about 25 minutes. You might want to check out the Modular Building Drawings at this site : http://www.westportmodelworks.com/
SpaceMouse wrote: I found this and a brick building on Ben and Jerry's website. I can't say I'm impressed with the result, it is a little small, but it looks better than the photo. I was planning to use paper models as place holders while I investigated the structures, so I'll use it for temporary. While the above took upwards of 4 hours, the one below, was already colored, if cartoony, and took only about 25 minutes.
I found this and a brick building on Ben and Jerry's website. I can't say I'm impressed with the result, it is a little small, but it looks better than the photo. I was planning to use paper models as place holders while I investigated the structures, so I'll use it for temporary.
While the above took upwards of 4 hours, the one below, was already colored, if cartoony, and took only about 25 minutes.
You might want to check out the Modular Building Drawings at this site : http://www.westportmodelworks.com/
Thanks. They look interesting, but what I meant is that I want to find old photos and replicate the buildings as close as I can.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
Jay
C-415 Build: https://imageshack.com/a/tShC/1
Other builds: https://imageshack.com/my/albums
tomkat-13 wrote: HAPPY THANKSGIVING to ALL!!!! Some heating oil for the winter arrives in a pair of MKT tank cars. Still replacing some old track ties on the team track.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to ALL!!!!
Some heating oil for the winter arrives in a pair of MKT tank cars.
Still replacing some old track ties on the team track.
Tomkat-13,
If I ever had to go into a dark alley, I'd want that guy carrying that tie by himself for backup.
Railphotog wrote: ...Seems to work pretty good!
...Seems to work pretty good!
I'll say!
Canondale61 wrote: Bob Do you use a timer or a remote to fire the shutter?
Bob
Do you use a timer or a remote to fire the shutter?
Yes, I always use my infrared remote, set for 2 seconds. The shutter remained open for 1.6 seconds at f/22, ISO 100 in my enginine house interior shot.
To all that have posted excellent work. Love the PRR scene Dave, Chip the buildings are interesting might have to try some, Mass Bruce excellent scene the Guilford engine is really cool. Ryan nice composition excellent scene,WCFan great dirorama,Nelson,Lee, Loathar great shots.
Kevin
SpaceMouse wrote: Bob, your cheating somehow, I can't put my finger on it. No one is that good.
Bob, your cheating somehow, I can't put my finger on it. No one is that good.
No cheating:
Trying out a recent lens, a Tamron 11-18mm on my newest camera, Canon Digital Rebel Xti. Seems to work pretty good!
Ryan,
What a cool concept for a module.
Bruce and Dave,
Nice nice layout pics. Guys, don't you just love those N-scale layouts. They are just so cute!
Lothar and Lee, love the train pics, Nelson, nice stuff as well.
It's getting there WC.
Cox, there's something sacreligious about that concept.
Railphotog, you're pulling our legs! That has to be real!!!!!
I've been experamenting with night shots, I'll post some as soon as I can!
SteamFreak wrote: Happy Thanksgiving, all!I'm thankful that the Black River & Western is finally restoring their Consolidation. She's a pretty hefty example of her breed. The crew talked to me in the cab for at least a half hour, and I think they would have let me stay the whole day. I took these photos in September, right after the Tracks Ahead film crew had been there. So that's how they create the draft - box fans!A builder's photo taped to the tender.
Happy Thanksgiving, all!
I'm thankful that the Black River & Western is finally restoring their Consolidation. She's a pretty hefty example of her breed. The crew talked to me in the cab for at least a half hour, and I think they would have let me stay the whole day. I took these photos in September, right after the Tracks Ahead film crew had been there.
So that's how they create the draft - box fans!
A builder's photo taped to the tender.
I remember going there a few months ago. My dad and I were walking around looking at the rolling stock and one of the crew asked us if we wanted to see the engine they were restoring. My mouth dropped when I saw it. One of the crew explained to us what the chalk lines meant, and answered all the questions we had. Needless to say it was a really cool experience.