Steam switcher at rest.
A steamer at work...
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Steam and diesel on the ADK&LC
Another Baldwin please.
Harrison
Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.
Modeling the D&H in 1978.
Route of the famous "Montreal Limited"
My YouTube
HarrisonAnother Baldwin please.
A pair of Baldwins with lots of wheels!
IMG_9353_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
Something from Fairbanks Morse, please.
Fairbanks Morse Erie Builts ...
Please show another Fairbanks Morse or another Baldwin.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CB&Q Please show another Fairbanks Morse or another Baldwin.
Pair of Fairbanks Morse C-Liner's with a coal drag.
More Fairbanks Morse or Baldwin Units!
Rick Jesionowski
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!
Rick: "More Fairbanks Morse or Baldwin Units!"
A PA/PB set with a short streamlined passenger train at the west end of the layout.
Lets keep the Fairbanks and Baldwin thing going, please.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
BRVRRLets keep the Fairbanks and Baldwin thing going, please.
Some FM Consolidated, or "C" Liners on the move...
NYC_Cliner by Edmund, on Flickr
Show me any six-axle diesel, please.
The NS Conrail Heritage unit on the Cape Vincent switching layout.
Another Blue train, bonus for Conrail.
Harrison Another Blue train, bonus for Conrail.
dti406Show me a green train!
Green it is — environmentally green, maybe not but sure nice to look at!
BnO_5300_full-sm1800 by Edmund, on Flickr
More green machines (trains), please.
What better than MEC Pine Green?
Show me a red locomotive
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
G PaineShow me a red locomotive
The GE More Power To America Alcos are as red as red can get!
IMG_5491_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
Another red locomotive, Please.
Red locomotives...
Please show some stripes.
Heartland Division CB&QPlease show some stripes.
Here's CN's "sergeant stripes" on an Atlas C-425....
It's my favourite "modern" paint scheme, but CN never owned such a loco, although they did have a lot of C-424s in that paint. It's going to the train show in November, hopefully to a new home.
More stripes, please!
Wayne
doctorwayneMore stripes, please!
Nickel Plate switcher with stripes:
NKP_switcher2 by Edmund, on Flickr
Let's stick with stripes, please.
Here's some stripes on a brass plow, which I painted for the owner of a now-closed LHS....
...and weathered, as requested....
Show us some more stripes, please.
doctorwayneShow us some more stripes, please.
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Here are some bright stripes on a circus tent. This is on the North Georgia Tinplate Trackers modular layout.
Show me a trailer.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190Show me a trailer.
This Bischoff Polytrac has a trailer-in-tow at the Jaite Scrap Yard:
Payloader1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Payloader2 by Edmund, on Flickr
Another trailer in a scene, please.
gmpullmanAnother trailer in a scene, please.
Ed: That is a great scene you have there.
There is a trailer being toted behind a green tractor in this scene. It looks like he is losing part of his load as he goes down the road.
This scene is on the First Coast Model Railroad Society's module On30 layout.
Show me yet another trailer of any sort.
SeeYou190It looks like he is losing part of his load as he goes down the road.
I've heard of road apples before
SeeYou190Ed: That is a great scene you have there.
Thanks, Kevin
— Ed
Trailer ..
The slogan (Surprising Results) on this Fiasco Transport trailer is appropriate.
Please show another trailer.
Here's a train of trailers.
Show me more vehicles with trains.
Kevin
http://chatanuga.org/RailPage.html
http://chatanuga.org/WLMR.html
chatanugaShow me more vehicles with trains.
Wally spotted a train of empty ore jennies so he stopped his Model A right on the bridge and jumped out for a photograph:
Wood-Bridge by Edmund, on Flickr
Another vehicle/train scene, please.
gmpullmanAnother vehicle/train scene, please.
How about a train and what was, a few minutes ago, this vehicle....
Show me more vehicles and trains, please.
Vehicles and trains ....
Please show your most recently acauired locomotive.
Heartland Division CB&QPlease show your most recently acauired locomotive.
I have not bought any new locomotives recently, so I believe the USRA Heavy 4-8-2 is my most recent acquisition.
Show me something else that is new to you.
SeeYou190 Show me something else that is new to you. -Kevin .
This train car just showed up in the interchange a couple weeks ago. I would check your interchange in the next few days Kevin.
Another new train.
HarrisonAnother new train.
Several arrived in a short period. I've only had the chance to photograph a few:
CPR_4-6-4a by Edmund, on Flickr
PRR_P5a_BLI2 by Edmund, on Flickr
Please show more recent layout acquisitions.
The latest addition to the BRVRR. It will be part of my George Bush tribute train.
More recent additions, please.
Got this about a year ago,but it is my newest engine...
Show me the oldest engine you have.
Mike
middlemanShow me the oldest engine you have.
This LMB New York Central Mike is circa 1962 and probably my oldest loco on the roster.
IMG_6600_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
I always liked the look of that external dry-pipe. Here she is with some details modified and a paint job:
IMG_8547_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
Show me another of your oldest locomotives, please.
Save for a little 0-4-0 steamer that now resides in the scrap box, this Santa Fe FP45 is the oldest locomotive on the layout. I bought it because my oldest grandson had a fixation on the Santa Fe Warbonnet livery.
Lets continue with your oldest locomotive.
I was in my early teens when my Dad brought me this Tenshodo New York Central Hudson from Japan in the late 1950's.
Please show your oldest locomtive.
Heartland Division CB&QPlease show your oldest locomtive.
Every so often Show Me Something gives me the opportunity to show STRATTON AND GILLETTE number 4. A completely freelanced N scale boxcab I built when I was in High School.
I have used this picture too many times. I think I might take a new one this weekend.
Show me another something that is special to you.
SeeYou190Show me another something that is special to you.
I've always had a fondness/fascination for the President's railroad car U.S. No.1 the ferdinand Magellan:
IMG_8227_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/presidents/us_car_number_one.html
Show me another heavyweight passenger car.
gmpullmanShow me another heavyweight passenger car.
I do love the Ferdinand Magellen. I might need to go give it a visit again soon.
Here is a NEW YORK CENTRAL RS-3 pulling a heavyweight train across a steel girder bridge. This scene is on the Atlanta Interlocking Railroad Group's HO scale sectional layout.
Show me a mine, quarry, rock pit, sand dredge, etc.
SeeYou190Show me a mine, quarry, rock pit, sand dredge, etc.
Here's an 0-6-0 working the coal mine:
IMG_7345_fix_web by Edmund, on Flickr
SeeYou190I do love the Ferdinand Magellen. I might need to go give it a visit again soon.
I may have to plan a visit to Florida for the very same reason, Kevin
Show me another 0-6-0 please.
gmpullmanI may have to plan a visit to Florida for the very same reason, Kevin
I just wish it was somewhere other than Miami. That is the only place in Florida I really do not enjoy going into. So many aggressive drivers over there. Great food though.
I think we are still looking for mines.
This is on the Scale Rails Of Southwest Florida N scale sectional layout.
Whoops! I missed this:
gmpullmanShow me another 0-6-0 please.
Here is an 0-6-0 on the Atlanta Interlocking Railroaders portable layout:
Show me a 4-6-2 pacific type steam locomotive.
As it has been quite, here is a NYC passinger E unit pulling a consist across a bridge in Anderson IN.
Another passenger liner towing it's consist please.
Roger: "Another passenger liner towing it's consist please."
Pennsylvania E-8 #5713 heads eastbound at the head of a short 'Pike-Sized' train of Walthers passenger cars.
More 'short' passenger trains, please.
BRVRRMore 'short' passenger trains, please.
Here's a shorty, all right.
NYC_M-10_tone2 by Edmund, on Flickr
Please show another "pike-sized" compact passenger train.
Here's a little pike sized rail Motor. You can probably guess its heritage. Still a bit of work to do on her.
Show me another small passenger train.
Alan Jones in Sunny Queensland (Oz)
Short passenger train ....
The Kansas City Zephyr sometimes had just three cars shortly before it was discontinued.
Please show a short train.
Heartland Division CB&QPlease show a short train.
A special move on the Union Pacific only has three cars in-tow:
UP_4141_SD70sm by Edmund, on Flickr
Another shorty train, please.
This is the Butte Creek "Bullet." Four passenger cars, all shortened to 30 feet so they can negotiate the tight curves on my railroad.
Show me something modified.
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
The GP mill receiving building was once an engine shed...
Show me another road.
Here is an older highway, meandering along the edge of my 1950s layout......
How about some more roads!
ENJOY !
Mobilman44
Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central
mobilman44How about some more roads!
You got it, here is a road and some freight cars.
More roads with trains please.
Shoving a SGRR car across Boynton Ave.
Another road, bonus for RR Xing.
HarrisonAnother road, bonus for RR Xing.
A small, country crossing:
Fillin_Station by Edmund, on Flickr
Show me another gas station or railroad fuel station.
LOVE THIS SCENE EDMUND! How charming! -Rob
'Hope a coaling tower counts,Ed:
Please show a servicing area - steam or diesel.
Mister MikadoLOVE THIS SCENE EDMUND!
Thank you, Rob. I appreciate it!
—Edmund
More servicing areas if you will.
rogerhensleyMore servicing areas if you will.
Yes, indeed. Servicing thirsty Pennsy locomotives:
IMG_9771_fix_w by Edmund, on Flickr
More scenes of locomotive servicing, please.
Ed: "More scenes of locomotive servicing, please."
Road power awaiting service or assignment
Show me locomotive service buildings, sheds, roundhouses, please.
Roundhouse:
Please show any type of railroad structure.
More R/R structures please. Regards, Peter
HO-VeloMore R/R structures please.
Maple Grove tower:
MG_tower by Edmund, on Flickr
More sheds, structures or any RR related building, please.
gmpullmanMore sheds, structures or any RR related building, please.
Here is an engine house.
Please show me another railroad related structure.
Oops, sorry.
rogerhensleyOops, sorry.
No apology necessary, Roger post a photo anyway
Here's a scene with two RR structures, a tower on the left and the diesel shop on the right.
PRR at the end of the day by Edmund, on Flickr
Show me another caboose on the move.
Caboose on the move:
More cabooses,please - moving or not.
Here is a string of ATSF caboose(s), Athearn kits modified per an MR article by Andy Sperandeo many years ago. The layout is in testing mode, prior to ballasting and scenery........
OK, this may be a stretch......how about something Illinois Central RR related?
mobilman44OK, this may be a stretch......how about something Illinois Central RR related?
Maybe not so much of a stretch. Due to an undertaker's convention, the NYC RR was borrowing all the passenger equipment it could find to handle the traffic!
I-C_coach2 by Edmund, on Flickr
I-C_coach by Edmund, on Flickr
Anything else Illinois Central?
mobilman44....OK, this may be a stretch......how about something Illinois Central RR related?
gmpullmanAnything else Illinois Central?
Not a problem, thanks to Varney....
...and Accurail...
Show me some Southern Pacific stuff, please.
Southern Pacific ? .... When Mel sees this request, I bet he has something to show.
I have an SP cab forward which I don't really use, but I can pose it on my layout.
Another Southern Pacifc, please ...... (Hoping Mel sees this )
Here are a few Espee subsidiaries...
...and a modified Athearn car, based on a photo of the real one...
...and a couple of PFE reefers, too. This one's from a Tichy kit...
...and one from Intermountain...
C'mon, Mel!
Still looking for Southern Pacific...
This is on the Orlando Area N-Trak groups sectional layout:
Please show me something else Southern Pacific... Mel... Maybe...
A LV PA leads some SP daylight coaches around the ADK&LC.
Last chance for SP...
HarrisonLast chance for SP...
My "Ferrous Extractor Car*" is an Espee covered hopper:
IMG_7267 by Edmund, on Flickr
(* a pair of neodymium magnets secured to the bottom)
Let's stick with S-P for just a little while longer, eh?
gmpullman Let's stick with S-P for just a little while longer, eh?
2 for 1.....a Southern Pacific ES44AC patched out for Union Pacific drags a loaded centerbeam across the southwestern United States desert.
We are approaching Halloween, how about an orange hopper, smooth or ribbed, open or closed.
Terry
Inspired by Addiction
See more on my YouTube Channel
Terry,that is outstanding!
PennCentral99We are approaching Halloween, how about an orange hopper, smooth or ribbed, open or closed.
Orange is the new Black
(Possibly a foobie but nice to look at just the same. [edit] Actually, I did find one photo of three Waddell hoppers in orange paint scheme! )
Waddell Coal-107 by Edmund, on Flickr
More orange rolling stock, please.
middleman Terry,that is outstanding! Mike
Thanks Mike, I appreciate it!
Ed, those hoppers look good!
gmpullman More orange rolling stock, please.
gmpullman My "Ferrous Extractor Car*" is an Espee covered hopper: IMG_7267 by Edmund, on Flickr (* a pair of neodymium magnets secured to the bottom)
That's a great idea! Iv'e gotta make one of those.
You can see an orange MEC boxcar in the background of this photo.
Anything Orange(or fall related).
Impressive photo, Terry!
An orange reefer that could use some weathering, I think...
More orange, please.
doctorwayneMore orange, please.
There is plenty of orange in this scene on the BNSF layout in the Chicago Museum Of Science and Technology.
OK... eleven days until Halloween, my favorite holiday, keep the orange coming.
Orange Tiger stripe's on this Southern Pacific T&NO branch AS616.
THERE!!! I got in a SP subject, AND a Orange thing too !!!
Anybody got any "Black Widow's" out there ?
Rust...... It's a good thing !
B T W :
Wayne, I cant tell you how many of these I have built over the year's . And now I have none.... ( I gave away, or sold them all.)
your picture brought back fond memory's of late night's with decal sheet's .
Thank You........ now I gotta make more ......
HarrisonThat's a great idea! Iv'e gotta make one of those.
I think it was RR-Mel that gave me the idea. That's why it is an S-P car.
IMG_7270_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
This is how much gunk I picked up on the first pass around the layout.
Cheers, Ed
doctorwayne Impressive photo, Terry! Wayne
Thanks, I appreciate it!
Continuing on for the latest request of a Black Widow
SeeYou190 OK... eleven days until Halloween, my favorite holiday, keep the orange coming. . -Kevin .
And why have you not posted your annual Halloween thread yet?
I just had to ask...... carry on.
TF
Track fiddlerAnd why have you not posted your annual Halloween thread yet?
Next Saturday... I think I have done it the weekend prior to Halloween before.
I have an OK picture this year... There have been a lot of bad attempts so far.
I think we are still looking for a SOUTHERN PACIFIC in the "Black Widow" paint scheme.
SeeYou190....I think we are still looking for a SOUTHERN PACIFIC in the "Black Widow" paint scheme.
Apparently, that Espee diesel is having some mechanical issues and is unable to make an appearance.
Here's a stand-in, one of my Genesis Mikados, in black and yellow...
Show me the paint scheme on one of your freelanced locomotives, steam or diesel, please.
doctorwayneShow me the paint scheme on one of your freelanced locomotives, steam or diesel, please.
A vintage, but well maintained, EMD NW-2 switcher works the furnace:
IMG_5330_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
Another free-lance locomotive, Please.
gmpullman...Another free-lance locomotive, Please.
Here's the Grand River Southern's 5303, originally a used Bachmann USRA 2-6-6-2...
Show me more freelanced locomotives, please.
doctorwayneShow me more freelanced locomotives, please.
Here is one of the STRATTON AND GILLETTE Geeps in zebra-stripe, unfinished, on the cardboard layout of a few years ago.
Show me something else incomplete or unfinished.
SeeYou190 Show me something else incomplete or unfinished. . -Kevin .
It's called my layout... mostly the self section, where track needs to be cut and fitted better before scenery.
Show me another industry with a boxcar spotted at it.
SeeYou190Show me something else incomplete or unfinished.
I didn't have to wander far to find something like that
IMG_7463_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
These Hulett ore unloaders and ore boat have been begging my attention for, oh, fifteen years or so
Please show me another project needing completion.
This sawmill was the first structure to be placed on my On3 layout,about 3 years ago.It still sits empty,with no detail. Someday...
Please show something you have completed on your layout.
Mike: "Please show something you have completed on your layout."
The new Black River Station:
More 'new' completed things on your layout, please.
The most recently "completed" item on my layout is this modified Korber roundhouse....
However, there's no ground cover or details around it, and the turntable needs to be modified to improve its performance. Both the turntable and the roundhouse are useable, though, and hopefully will look better when their surroundings are done.
Show me a project in-progress, please.
doctorwayneShow me a project in-progress, please.
i am working on my new painting box. I hope to have it ready in a couple of weekends.
Show me another project in progress.
SeeYou190Show me another project in progress.
A few weeks ago I had this orphaned corner of the layout:
Chem_plant-bare by Edmund, on Flickr
Recently I've been inspired to turn it into a chemical plant, possibly a bag balm and sheep dip factory.
Chem_view1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Chem_pave-tar3 by Edmund, on Flickr
Let us continue with "works-in-progress" please.
A quick project:
Took this of the layout for a minor repair,then decided to replaced the old decoder with a Tsunami 2. I should have it back together for this week's WPF.
Show me your largest rail served business,please.
middlemanShow me your largest rail served business,please.
At 78" in length, GERN Industries is the largest on my layout, and also the biggest generator of traffic for the railroads serving it....
...the modelled portion represents about 2/3 of the plant's size, not counting the mine, which extends out, under Lake Erie, for about 2.5 miles, and still growing due to the boom in the world's demand for high quality flux.
Show me more of your largest industries, please.
Largest industry ........ The steel mill.
Please show another large industry .
Well, "size is relative", and on my layout this canning facility is the biggest.
OK, lets some some more of your big industries........
mobilman44: "OK, lets see [sic] some more of your big industries ..."
The Farmers Union Elevator is the largest industry on the BRVRR:
More big industries, please.
BRVRRMore big industries, please.
This cement plant generates about six cars a day for my railroad:
Cement1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Another large industry, please.
gmpullmanAnother large industry, please.
Size can be relative I guess. The Omar Iron Works is the largest industry on the Country Roads portable model layout.
Show me a scene with any type of boat or water craft.
Some Canoers on the ADK&LC.
Another stream please.
More waterways please. Thanks and regards, Peter
HO-VeloMore waterways please. Thanks and regards, Peter
The First Coast Model Railroad Club has this nice small steam on their On30 sectional layout.
Show me anything water related.
SeeYou190Show me anything water related.
How about a spare tender in MoW water service...
More water-related stuff, please.
Water tank:
More water,please!
middlemanMore water,please!
Don't bother to raise the bridge —
Bascule1_sm by Edmund, on Flickr
Water, water everywhere. Show me more.
More wet stuff. Peter
Running through the fields and woods, and then over the Maitland River...
Mo' whadda, please!
More water if you please.
rogerhensleyMore water if you please.
As requested... more water.
It is forecast to rain today, so lets have some more water.
The waterfall and river on the Boothbay Railway Village layout
More water scenes please
A river on Fred's BN layout.
It's been pouring all day, so lets have some more wet stuff.
HarrisonIt's been pouring all day, so lets have some more wet stuff.
Here is a bridge scene on the Athens Bend Track modular N scale layout.
We were told it was going to rain here today, but then it did not happen. So... please show me something dry.
SeeYou190So... please show me something dry.
The laundry is dry and ready to be taken off the line:
IMG_1533 by Edmund, on Flickr
Sebring, Ohio Model RR Club.
Something else arid, please.
gmpullman Something else arid, please.
It's almost as if you called me by name
Any more desert scenes out there?
PennCentral99 Any more desert scenes out there?
WOW, nearly 24 hours and no response. Well, in that case, here's some more dry, arid, desert scenery
How about some intermodal?
PennCentral99How about some intermodal?
Tyin' down and checking seals:
Tructrain1 by Edmund, on Flickr
More intermodal, contailer, LCL or TOFC, please.
Well, the Illinois Central dabbled a bit in TOFC in the earlier years, and here is my example. Guess the riggers have not yet gotten to this car as of yet.
Any more early TOFC examples out there?
mobilman44Any more early TOFC examples out there?
Here are some Flexi-Van cars being switched:
IMG_5950_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
Flexi-Van flats had high speed trucks and steam and signal lines for use in passenger trains for hauling mail and express.
Any more TOFC, container cars?
Well, its been a couple of days so I'll change the subject......how about some livestock RR related pics.........
mobileman44: "...how about some livestock RR related pics..."
A pastoral scene.
More livestock, please.
Caught this Central Valley stock car at the crossing in Lowbanks...
Show me some more livestock-related stuff, please.
doctorwayne Show me some more livestock-related stuff, please.
SD40-2's with a grain extra passing the stockyard!
More grain related covered hoppers!
Grain still moves in boxcars on my layout, but I do have lots of covered hoppers...
More covered hoppers, please.
doctorwayneMore covered hoppers, please.
Here's a brand new (I havent even had time to weather the wheels) Thrall carbon black car:
Carbon_ccx by Edmund, on Flickr
Another covered hopper, please.
gmpullmanAnother covered hopper, please.
Here is an Airslide covered hopper decorated for the BURLINGTON NORTHERN. This is on the Athens Bend Track modular N scale layout.
Show me another green freight car.
A couple green boxcars on the Mohawk Valley train store's layout.
How about another cowl unit?