PW as promised Frank, these were some of my 1st trains form 50 years ago
Messy, messy, messy…but a work in progress.
Hubby and I finally got to take a 3 day camping trip to the Alleghany Mtns. in western Va. We came across this piece of history which was built in 1857, restored in 1953 and is now the focal point of a wayside park outside of Covington, Va. The timing for the picture was great if you check out the background…
“Humpback Bridge, unique in bridge designs in the United States, has its original hand-hewn timbers which are put together with hand-made locust pins. The span is 120 feet long, with abutments placed 100 feet apart, with no middle support. The center of the floor and roof is about four feet higher than at the ends, thus giving the humped appearance from whence it was named. It is the only bridge of its design in the United States.”
Also got to see the CSX RY in Clifton Forge…
The old Freight Depot there is undergoing work to be open as a museum and archives for the C&O RR Historical Society…
This is a restored caboose that will be located on site as part of the museum. They have also restored some C&O dining cars that are elsewhere at this time but will return as part of the museum and future dining excursions. You can see some abandoned passenger cars in th
Nice pics so far. Two things to share. Went to the St. Croix RR, a 10 acre outdoor layout with around 30 or so elecric, gasoline, and steam powered engines to ride. My son is giving the thumbs up on the first photo with mom sitting behind and the second is the workhorse engine that pulled us. The last photo is my progress on my tinplate layout (my first ever). I hope to have the painting done this weekend. Look forward to more pictures…RJ
Oh, all the pictures are really great again today !! I only have a little short video clip today !!
http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/csxt30/?action=view¤t=DSCF0950.flv
This way I don’t have to leave trackside to eat !! [(-D]
Thanks, John
Nice video! Was that the music that the K-line Diner plays?
Thanks Alex !! No, that wasn’t from my diner ! It was a music video that a friend sent me & had on while I did the video so it would get in the camera at the same time . It really didn’t come as clear, through the camera . I’m not to good at that !! [(-D]
Thanks, John
spankybird: Great shots!
envfocus: Live Steam is so me! I want to do that when I retire! What a great toy.
Pete in W’brg: [#welcome] Nice layout!
Kurt
Some of my recent finds:
B&M boxcars
6457 caboose and 6464-225 boxcar
and ooh lal la, a nice 2343! In your face Francis, wherever you are…[|(][}:)]
[(-D] HA HA!!
“Dilapidation Station” in Elizabethtown, PA:
Very nice, Jim. Do you have the matching dummy " A " unit ?
Chuck
Nope, the only DUMMY is the owner!!!.
Nice to see the guy from Williamsburg VA.
Great pictures gang [Lisa too even though she knows CSX is “outlawed”].
Yes, Chuck. It’s in pieces on my bench being cleaned and polished. Nicest 2343 on the forum, huh? [:-^]
Right !!! That is truly immaculate.
Perty lights.
Click on image to make it larger. Can anybody tell me how not to make it a thumbnail?
Well, I dont have my layout built yet, but I decided I want to participate in Sunday Photo Fun, so, here is some pics of my PW Cell. Series B&O.
Grayson
Same lack of layout on my part too, so here’s my contribution…
My (mostly) pre-war streamlined “fleet”:
Left-to-Right - Lionel 1689, Lionel 1668 (my first “train collector” purchase waaayyy back in 1980 or so - I was 13!), Lionel 1688, Lionel 221 (post-war) and American Flyer 556 (3/16 scale/O gauge)
Somebody really wanted a semi-scale switcher so they went to work on a Marx Jubilee:
