OK. I'll start. I prefer full name because new people may not know what WPF means.
Here are 2 BLI Blue Line E7's with DCC and sound. Also, there is a Stewart VO 1000 with DCC.
The train has mail and express cars full of Christmas gifts sent to loved ones.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Couple of photos of my RS-3 going to work.
That's a great scene and photo, Heartland.
I'd really, really, rather be fishin. DJ.
Love the E7s Garry!
Here's mine....
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Love all these photos. Unfortunately, i don't have any shots (yet) that would be worthy of this thread. Crandell, how'd you do that with the smoke and the snow? Is that why God invented PhotoShop? In any event, great shots, all.
Here is my first contribution for this month.Another D&TSL 1958 CF Covered Hopper, Eastern Car Works Kit with a few added details, like wire grabs on the hatches.DT&I XLI Boxcar for Campbell Soup Service. Front Range Kit with plug doors, Ends and Roof painted Boxcar Red, Armour Yellow Sides. Champ "We have the Connections" Decals.DT&I XLI Boxcar for Campbell Soup Service, latest paint scheme with Star Herald, Armour Yellow Sides, Galvanized Roof and Black Ends, Herald King Decals.Thanks for looking!
Rick
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!
Here it goes for this weekend. Pic of the original diesel for the Joppa Iron Works at Furnace "A" with a hot metal car.
Mike Habersack http://rail. habersack. com
Maryland - the land of pleasant living...
Here is a shot of the Plymouth diesel taken in the 1960's at the mill at Joppa Iron Works.
E-L man tom Crandell, how'd you do that with the smoke and the snow? Is that why God invented PhotoShop?
Crandell, how'd you do that with the smoke and the snow? Is that why God invented PhotoShop?
Tom, the snow is actually WS "Soft Flake" snow sprinkled as a light covering. Jarrell did the border and changed my grey winter sky to something a bit more pleasing, for which I am grateful. The spindrifting snow beside the engine is done using a clone brush with a reference point in bright snow somewhere in the photo, and the 'pressure' is set very close to zero. Then I just swipe the brush tool beside the engine until the white shows enough. As for the smoke and steam ejection over the boiler, first cover the path with white using the clone brush so that bushes and stuff behind don't reappear when I begin to darken it with the smoke. Then, I added dabs and swipes of the clone brush using the tunnel darkness as my reference point. The small area means I had to save and restart the brush multiple times, more than I care to remember.
The programme I am using is called Sagelight.
Crandell
One of my nephews sent this link to a song and still pictures of UK locomotives. The song is "Slow Train" by Donald Swann and Michael Flandershttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6OHD2uCpfU
Another WPF-ish thread currently underway is Show us your Blue Boxes! http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/t/183654.aspx
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
I'm finishing up another town, Iaeger, WV. Still need to add some details, stripe and weather the roads. Then it will be installing the detection and switch motor for the crossing signals.
Lots more to do.
Larry
http://www.youtube.com/user/ClinchValleySD40
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52481330@N05/
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/page/1/ppuser/8745/sl/c
Great photos, everybody!
Crandell ... That's a great shot! Snow looks real.
Tashtego. ... Nice close up of the GN RS3. Does the brakeman need a Gillette?
DJ.... Any bites with the fishing pole?
Michael ... the NYC train looks great!
Jeff ..... "Wash Me. Sincerely, the GP 38."
Rick ... The freight cars look great this weekend.
Mike H ... I like the Joppa Iron Works photos. Neat locos, real and model.
Larry ... Your roads look very nice.
No photo yet, just a drawing, but I am working to get this layout off the ground:
It´ll be the first step towards a new "empire", should the current negotiations with SWMBO result in any real estate gains.
Very nice shots! Espcially Crandell & Garry! I'd post some pics, but my layout is a mess from my leave of absence.
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Dennis,
This forum goes to the whole world. Here in Australia there are many subscribers to MR Mag and the forums. Indeed you often find an Aussie starts the WPF because we are 10 hours ahead of US time.
cheers from Down Under
Alantrains
Alan Jones in Sunny Queensland (Oz)
As i am getting my layout put back together from the move cross county I wanted to share this from before I took it apart.
Chris
Warner Robins, GA
Check out my railroad at: Buffalo and Southwestern
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both were models. One is a Plymouth critter and the other is a 44 tonner with a boxcab shell. Thank you.
Nice texture to the pictures. They look like old shots from a magazine. Well done.
Recent layout progress:
Guy
see stuff at: the Willoughby Line Site
Say, Odie, that's a pretty darned good Pennsy setting you have depicted there. Well done!!
Another great WPF!
Odie - NICE scene. I like how it all comes together. Great scenery and weathering.
Here's my shot this week, with some help from an interesting digital backdrop:
Its been a long time since Ive posted. See my website for the whole story (*GASP* HE ACTUALLY UDATED THAT THING! I know... It has gone from a weekly to a bi monthly to a quarterly blog almost...)
Anyways, I got some progress shots for you all.
First, I have totally replaced all the track I have laid so far, and I am experiencing few enough electrical problems that I can freely run the train around. Heres a pic.
Also, I recently got around to building the first wall of my huge JV Models craftsman kit. I think it looks pretty good. Watch out, Scotty Mason, here I come!
Lastly, I managed to draw up a trackplan for those who were interested.
Great Job, everybody! AltoonaRailroader, Nice progress. MAburce, Nice shot! Motley, moving right along there! Grampy, great shot angle. Crandell, awesome snow! Mike, you fooled me with both those shots! VulcanCCIT, good work with the background. Guy, Superb Scenery! Odie, Awesome Shot!!!
~G4
19 Years old, modeling the Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade Railroad of Western Washington in 1927 in 6X6 feet.
selector Say, Odie, that's a pretty darned good Pennsy setting you have depicted there. Well done!! Crandell
I wish I could take credit for the modelling Crandell, but this is a photo I took from our local club layout. They have done an excellent job of capturing the PA anthracite region!
Well, I still say you did your layout credit, and yourself for the way you captured it. It's a very nice image.
IVRW First, I have totally replaced all the track I have laid so far, and I am experiencing few enough electrical problems that I can freely run the train around. Heres a pic.
Hey John. Does your mom make you eat all that soup before you can run trains again?
I had the same problem, the Beer was easily taken care of though.
You're an interesting, cool kid and I always like to see what you're up to. Keep up the good work.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
selector Well, I still say you did your layout credit, and yourself for the way you captured it. It's a very nice image. Crandell
Thank you Crandell!
Here is one more for the road...