Trains.com

Subscriber & Member Login

Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more!

Weekend Photo Fun: 18, 19, 20

16180 views
84 replies
1 rating 2 rating 3 rating 4 rating 5 rating
  • Member since
    June 2005
  • From: Hot'lanta, Gawga
  • 1,279 posts
Posted by Rotorranch on Friday, July 18, 2008 10:51 PM
 Pasadena Sub wrote:
 Rotorranch wrote:

I've been taking pics of some of the local train stations lately. I found out there are a couple more, so I'll be looking for them soon.

This is the Emory University Station in downtown Atlanta. It's now a bar & grille called "Dooley's Den", named after Emory's unofficial michievious mascot, a skeleton from science class.

Rotor

Rotor, The Emory station saved my butt from a thunderstorm the other day when I was shooting some CSX video over there! Also just saw some historical pics of the old Seaboard "Silver Comet" making a station stop at Emory. I have been living in ATL for 15 years now and never realized that was an active passenger depot at one time. Jamie

Jamie...I've been here over 30 years, and going to Emory for over 2 years, and I just found it by accident day before yesterday! Whistling [:-^] Glad you got out of the rain. Got a link to the video?

I found this link today while researching the Emory Station. It lists many depots still standing here in Georgia by county. I just found out there is one less than 5 minutes from my house!

www.rrshs.org/Georgia

Rotor

 Jake: How often does the train go by? Elwood: So often you won't even notice ...

  • Member since
    July 2002
  • From: California
  • 3,722 posts
Posted by AggroJones on Saturday, July 19, 2008 12:29 AM

Time for some before and after....

 

Cool [8D]

 

"Being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses"

EXPERIMENTATION TO BRING INNOVATION

http://community.webshots.com/album/288541251nntnEK?start=588

  • Member since
    August 2004
  • From: Amish country Tenn.
  • 10,027 posts
Posted by loathar on Saturday, July 19, 2008 12:44 AM
AggroJones -I'd sure love to be a fly on the wall watching how you do that magic sometime!Wink [;)]
  • Member since
    April 2007
  • From: Lilburn, GA
  • 966 posts
Posted by CSXDixieLine on Saturday, July 19, 2008 7:33 AM
 Rotorranch wrote:
 

Jamie...I've been here over 30 years, and going to Emory for over 2 years, and I just found it by accident day before yesterday! Whistling [:-^] Glad you got out of the rain. Got a link to the video? ... Rotor

I did not get any video from the station that was good enough to keep. However, here are a couple of videos from the overpass there a couple of months ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQW8OkP8l14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueNmRSuh1VQ

Should have posted these on the WPF thread for May 23-24-25 Smile [:)]

Back on topic, I am doing some n-scale mockups of Atlanta depots (Lawrenceville and Tucker) to see how buildings will fit on my layout. No pics yet, maybe next weekend.

Jamie

  • Member since
    June 2007
  • 148 posts
Posted by Maurice on Saturday, July 19, 2008 7:44 AM

Grampy -> sharp looking layout, especially like the backdrop. Is that a commercial one or did you make it yourself?

 

Steemtrayn-> That is Mayfield yard of the O&W, or it was. I believe those cars are gone now as new road went through there. There were some real beauties in there.

  • Member since
    June 2006
  • From: northeast ohio
  • 966 posts
Posted by 0-6-0 on Saturday, July 19, 2008 10:43 AM

Hello some great stuff here. here is my 120 ton steam crane it's a tichy kit it was a lot of fun to build but kinda hard. I still need a boom car for it . Have a good weekend Frank

 

  • Member since
    March 2007
  • From: nebraska
  • 142 posts
Posted by slow train Ed on Saturday, July 19, 2008 10:49 AM

 conrailpolice

you need to call the police and get that guy laying out in the middle of the feild .Looks like the train hit him. He might be hurt or dead.lol hagd

slow train Ed

  • Member since
    January 2008
  • From: Elizabeth City, NC
  • 155 posts
Posted by V&AL on Saturday, July 19, 2008 11:28 AM
 slow train Ed wrote:

 conrailpolice

you need to call the police and get that guy laying out in the middle of the feild .Looks like the train hit him. He might be hurt or dead.lol hagd

slow train Ed

 

actually you might need t ocall the Center for Disease Control... looks like folks are dropping like flies!!  someting more serious than a loose train might be the cause!

Virginia and Alleghenny Railroad Texas and Gulf Coast Railroad (The Dixie Road) PACE: Pittsburgh Area Commuter Express Texas Express
  • Member since
    April 2008
  • From: Columbia, Pa.
  • 1,592 posts
Posted by Grampys Trains on Saturday, July 19, 2008 12:03 PM
Hi Maurice: Thank You!  That is a commercial one from Realistic Backrounds.
  • Member since
    November 2007
  • From: Southern California
  • 1,475 posts
Posted by New Haven I-5 on Saturday, July 19, 2008 12:50 PM

...

- Luke

Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's

  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Metro East St. Louis
  • 5,743 posts
Posted by simon1966 on Saturday, July 19, 2008 1:41 PM
I caught a couple of reefers in a cut heading out of the yard.





Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum

  • Member since
    July 2006
  • From: Plymouth, UK
  • 169 posts
Posted by Brian M on Saturday, July 19, 2008 2:39 PM

We decided to re-model the yard's eastern end on the club layout, and install a small locomotive facility - here's what it looked like this afternoon:

 

The keen-eyed will note my patent method to semi-fix buildings to the ground and/or backscene, inside the locomotive shed in the middle picture. Yes - I use Lego; with the top brick (white) stuck to the side of the building, and the lower brick (blue) stuck to the concrete.  They remain very stable, with no wobble, but can be easily removed - the loco shed straddles two baseboards on a portable layout. The Lego will be disguised soon. 

Brian

  • Member since
    April 2006
  • From: THE FAR, FAR REACHES OF THE WILD, WILD WEST!
  • 3,672 posts
Posted by R. T. POTEET on Saturday, July 19, 2008 3:35 PM

 myowngod wrote:

Boy! It sure took a lot of plaster to create this scene; do they ever plan on painting it?

From the far, far reaches of the wild, wild west I am: rtpoteet

  • Member since
    March 2002
  • 228 posts
Posted by mike33469 on Saturday, July 19, 2008 6:35 PM

 

1st attempt at hand laying track in over 25 years.

When i previewed this post thumbnail enlarged now it won't, what went wrong?

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Carmichael, CA
  • 8,055 posts
Posted by twhite on Saturday, July 19, 2008 6:53 PM

Just some silly stuff this weekend.  We had a post about 'pets on the layout', so here's a couple. 

My best buddy Don and his Great Dane 'Fido' (spelled P-h-y-d-e-a-u-x), who can never pass up the single fire hydrant in Sierra City. 

Meanwhile, me and my cat Lowell up at Bassetts sitting on a pile of ties waiting for a train to watch:  Don took this after we hit the saloon in Sierra City, so it's a little out of focus (so were we, LOL!)

Tom Whistling [:-^]

 

  • Member since
    July 2006
  • From: Austin, Texas
  • 875 posts
Posted by jasperofzeal on Saturday, July 19, 2008 7:02 PM
 AggroJones wrote:

...

Cool [8D]

 

Nicely done.  Why does it have your name as reporting marks?

TONY

"If we never take the time, how can we ever have the time." - Merovingian (Matrix Reloaded)

  • Member since
    February 2008
  • From: Nebraska
  • 173 posts
Posted by 4-6-6-4 Challenger on Saturday, July 19, 2008 7:03 PM

FINALLY! some benchwork.  I am going to be adding another 5ft on it next weekend.

What would you do to hide the plug-in I cant put a building on it because that is going to be a bridge right there.  I was thinking of making a sandbar and put some large trees on the sandbar to hide it.  Any other ideas

Here is a new fruit growers express CB&Q reefer

Nothing is better that a big old Union Pacific Challenger or Big Boy rumbling the ground as it roars by! Modeling the CB&Q in the 1930's in Nebraska
  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Carmichael, CA
  • 8,055 posts
Posted by twhite on Saturday, July 19, 2008 7:10 PM

4-6-6-4--

Nice work on the benchwork.  As to the wall-plug, you could hide it with a scenic backdrop if you don't plan on using it.  If you do plan on using it, just extend the backdrop out the width of the plug.  It should work. 

Nice work!  I like your Burlington reefer--those BREX reefers always looked good!

 

Tom Smile [:)]

  • Member since
    June 2004
  • From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana
  • 25,640 posts
Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Saturday, July 19, 2008 7:16 PM
 twhite wrote:

Nice work on the benchwork.  As to the wall-plug, you could hide it with a scenic backdrop if you don't plan on using it.


I did the same thing with a light switch that I never use. Just put the backdrop right over it. 

Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana
          Joined June, 2004

Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running Bear
Space Mouse for president!
15 year veteran fire fighter
Collector of Apple //e's
Running Bear Enterprises
History Channel Club life member.
beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam


  • Member since
    February 2008
  • From: Memphis, TN
  • 3,876 posts
Posted by Packers#1 on Saturday, July 19, 2008 8:44 PM

Aggro- Great weathering. i'm surprised the car can even roll, LOL.

4-6-6-4: Finally! Some benchwork. Great job.Thumbs Up [tup]

Sawyer Berry

Clemson University c/o 2018

Building a protolanced industrial park layout

 

  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Metro East St. Louis
  • 5,743 posts
Posted by simon1966 on Saturday, July 19, 2008 9:05 PM

Here is a visiting Reefer getting spotted at the mine complex, delivering some perishable supplies.  The mine crew must be getting some better fare for a change?

 

Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum

  • Member since
    November 2007
  • From: Southern California
  • 1,475 posts
Posted by New Haven I-5 on Saturday, July 19, 2008 9:25 PM
 Should I enter this photo in a contest?  Any comments?

- Luke

Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's

  • Member since
    February 2008
  • From: Nebraska
  • 173 posts
Posted by 4-6-6-4 Challenger on Saturday, July 19, 2008 9:53 PM

Thanks for the comments.  I know I have been talking about starting it for quite some time but finally got every together and have an idea that will work with that space I have.

Kyle

Nothing is better that a big old Union Pacific Challenger or Big Boy rumbling the ground as it roars by! Modeling the CB&Q in the 1930's in Nebraska
  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Carmichael, CA
  • 8,055 posts
Posted by twhite on Saturday, July 19, 2008 9:58 PM

 New Haven I-5 wrote:
 Should I enter this photo in a contest?  Any comments?

New Haven--

YES!! 

I like it!

Tom Big Smile [:D]

  • Member since
    November 2007
  • From: Southern California
  • 1,475 posts
Posted by New Haven I-5 on Saturday, July 19, 2008 10:13 PM
 Thanks! That was taken before a monsoon hit.

- Luke

Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's

  • Member since
    November 2007
  • From: Southern California
  • 1,475 posts
Posted by New Haven I-5 on Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:13 AM
 4-6-6-4: A mountain or a waterfall may work.

- Luke

Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's

  • Member since
    February 2006
  • From: Gahanna, Ohio
  • 1,987 posts
Posted by jbinkley60 on Sunday, July 20, 2008 5:56 AM

 

Here's my contribution this week.  A new set of Kato Gunderson MAXi IVs show up at my intermodal terminal.

 

 

Engineer Jeff NS Nut
Visit my layout at: http://www.thebinks.com/trains/

  • Member since
    April 2005
  • 318 posts
Posted by VAPEURCHAPELON on Sunday, July 20, 2008 8:09 AM
 Tjsingle wrote:

...maker unknown 

Hi Tj,

tell your grandpa this is a UNITED model imported by Pacific Fast Mail probably in the 1970s - unless it is the extremely rare last run from 1989, but this was painted.

I have one of these myself. These C&O K-4 Berks have been imported by several Companies and built by different builders, and I have seen them all. The detail of the later Korean built K-4s is better, but I would clearly prefer that PFM/ UNITED piece because nothing can compare to the solidity and impressive craftsmanship of the JAPANESE built models. Lokking to these you actually can see that our Japanese friends were really PROUD to build high quality models! And this K-4 is a fine piece which always was highly regarded within the brass community.

  • Member since
    December 2006
  • 1,207 posts
Posted by stebbycentral on Sunday, July 20, 2008 9:23 AM
 simon1966 wrote:

Here is a visiting Reefer getting spotted at the mine complex, delivering some perishable supplies.  The mine crew must be getting some better fare for a change?

Cold chisels?

I have figured out what is wrong with my brain!  On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!

  • Member since
    June 2004
  • From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana
  • 25,640 posts
Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, July 20, 2008 9:45 AM
 stebbycentral wrote:
 simon1966 wrote:

Here is a visiting Reefer getting spotted at the mine complex, delivering some perishable supplies.  The mine crew must be getting some better fare for a change?

Cold chisels?

Laugh [(-D]That reminds me of the doctor keeping bandages in the fridge for cold cuts.Laugh [(-D]

Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana
          Joined June, 2004

Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running Bear
Space Mouse for president!
15 year veteran fire fighter
Collector of Apple //e's
Running Bear Enterprises
History Channel Club life member.
beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam


Subscriber & Member Login

Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more!

Users Online

There are no community member online

Search the Community

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Model Railroader Newsletter See all
Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter and get model railroad news in your inbox!