My 2004 Christmas present from my wife:
This BLI 2-8-2 has performed flawlessly on the BRVRR for 10-years.
Show me another treasure from a year gone by.
My first train was a wind up. Almost 70 years ago. My SW8 was the first loco I bought when I started again about 7 years ago.
Hows that for a hiatis?
Keep up the treasures.
Lee
Okay, to give the thread a bump, here is a new stock car that was one of three my sister gave me for Christmas that year. It’s next to an older, seen many miles stock car.
Show me something new, next to something old.
The 3 buildings on the right are from a couple of my original layouts and are over 50 years old. I have done some restoration work on them. Many of the vehicles are new within the past couple of years.
Show me a winter scene
The thread has fallen to the second page.
Someone out there must have a photo of a winter scene. If not, George, can you change your request?
Here’s a winter scen on my N Scale “John Galt Line” portable layout.
Show me your favorite locomotive.
My favorite locomotive. A Walthers proto D&RGW SD45.
Alosmt falling off the page.
Here’s Kittanning Point Station. Show me another passenger station.
OK, Here is the “temporary” freight station at the Hopewell Yard… The old freight station burned down about 25 years earlier and they put this in place temporarily until they had the funds to build a new one…
Made from an old Pocher Combine car that I just couldn’t get to stay on the track… So it ended up doing a different duty. It originally came from a group of Pocher Overland cars my FIL gave me when I got back into the hobby about 40 yerars ago. He wasn’t going to use them anymore since he got them 20 years before that… Two of the other three are used in the Milk Run Train on the layout, and the other is permanantly in place on the RIP track awaiting repairs that will never be completed.
Show me something on your railroad you were given by someone important in your life!
Who is John Galt?
Sorry, impossible to resist GP9
Ain’t he the guy from Athearn Shrugged?
Or was it that other model railroad supplier… [:D]
Ed
My 2005 Christmas gift from my wife:
A BLI NYC Hudson, #5335.
Show me another gift or sentimental piece.
My 2011 Christmas present from my wife. 40’ Lehigh Valley box car from Bachmann Silver Series
She was going to get me a steam locomotive until she saw the prices and then said maybe later. [:D]
Show me another gift or sentimental piece.
This GP9 is a gift from my son.
Show me another gift you received from a member of your family.
Virtually all of the buildings you see here in the town of Carolton, that are not kits I built such as the ice plant, were gifts over the years from my wife and daughter.
I should have named the town Woodland after Woodland Scenics Co. but that was already taken by a place across the aisle! [:D]
Show me another gift, please!
Jarrell
My 25th birthday present from 1965. I’ll be 75 this next wednesday and both myself and this locomotive (Akane M-4 2-8-8-4) are still running. Actually, we’ve both been rebuilt a couple of times, lol!
Tom
Show me another Christmas gift or birthday present.
Tom, very nice and still running the rails. That engine is older than some of the members here.