Dear Scott,
I enjoyed seeing your trains under the tree. I’m a “bit” older then you and have never had a tree under the xmas tree. I’m looking forward to this being the first year and putting a train set together for the first time xmas morning. 
Thank you for your enjoyable pictures. I am very envious of you having picked up trains in your youth. I feel like I’ve missed out having just begun myself.
Happy Holidays!
Tess
Hi All,
A few weeks ago I added a new “Picture of the day” section to the front page of my Port Kelsey weblog. A new picture is added every morning (well, almost every morning) and will contain mostly railroad related pictures I have taken, and the occasional image from others.
I have found over the years that the sites that are the most interesting are ones that change often, and the addition of a picture of the day should help keep the blog fresh in interesting (I hope) I think it might be of interest to others too, have a peek…
http://www.port-kelsey.com/index.php?cat=18
Here is a sample image, to “whet your appetite”…
Inside the cab of one of CN 5700’s. For some reason this forum resizes the images, and doesn’t always make the full size one clickable, no idea why. The full size version is on the blog if this one doesn’t work- Tim
I also posted this message on the main forum, if you have seen it already, please forget that you read this…[^]
Here’s the start to my servicing terminal
She needs a little touchup paint and some weathering.
Next step, 9 stall Modern Roundhouse!
~D
Here’s the direct link to the unresized image (64K)
http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/1922/coaltower17kw.jpg
Nice Pics ,Ok heres a couple of Sleepy Canyon,Im working with these Basil trees i found There working out great
A look down the tracks with the trees on the left
And a look into the river valley finally poured the water
Carl…
In between bouts of Christmas shopping, I’ve been working on a trestle for a two track mainline over the Animas River. The last few pieces of track were ordered from Walthers via my LHS and supposed to be in Tuesday, but the holidays seem to have slowed things down, and until that track’s laid I can’t proceed with foam, so I thought I’d work on the bridges instead.
This is the jig I’m using to get the ties laid so the ends line up straight:
…and here I’ve got one of my son’s Christmas presents doing some of the heavy lifting:
The rails are just sitting in place on the ties, unspiked, but I did finish laying the last of the ties earlier today. A little sanding, notch out the longitudinal braces, add the guard timbers and she’s ready for paint.
Scott, how much did you get the Phantom for. I think it is TMCC equipped, correct?? I want to pick one up for my O gauge layout, but have not been able to locate one.
Scott, the MTH set he has, is it Proto2, with DCS? I had that, but the board went so I sold it.
I scored in bigtime at the greenburg
A B&M spectrum doodlebug for only 20$(normaklly75$ and its discontinued)
also 20pieces of track for only 10$
It was Christmas Open House today and most crews pulled primo assignments like the “Frontiersman” crack passenger train, or guest trains like the Superchief, and California Zephyr, strings of reefers full of christmas figgy pudding and egg-nog, loads of flat cars with Christmas trees and wreaths… But everyone was not so lucky. The local packing plant still had to be serviced, so trundling along the back of skid row we go, with stock cars to be set out and then cleaned, and an empty flat car to pick up a rusted out steam boiler. The crack trains got all the good caboose. Well, at least the coal stove is close to everything and helps keep out the single digit temperatures.
Got a few more of the vehicles I’ve been assembling. This one is a Diamond Reo Tank Truck kit by WS. A bit easier than the Jordon kits but still frustrating at times. Lots of flashing to remove and quite a bit of fitting and triming parts before gluing. I spent most of today on this one and it still needs some touch up painting.
Nice pics people. I came into the possession of a coal train. My logging layout was not designed for this but I got it to work some. It took two engines to pull it up my grades and some of the track work that was good enough for a climax and three logging cars needed a little help but it runs sort of.
Here is a long shot crossing Kimm’s Canyon
Here it passes the hunters
It is longer than the Helix getting down to the desert floor
I needed a place to store the train so I finaly built a staging area just like you all said I would.
This has been a fun but unexpected addition.
Looking great Guys!
Merry Christmas
TrevorG
Art,
As you say it’s not logging but does look fun and interesting. With that length of train I could hook the engine and caboose together on mine.
Some nice stuff on page 2 guys. Art I’ve nver seen a shot of your layout where you show the to the floor mountain.
I decided to show some of my layout although I haven’t worked on it for weeks. However, the room is coimg along nicely. If all goes well we’ll be painting the backdrop, uh walls, by Christmas.
Art,
What kinda of consist is that? A good steam engine with a GP? on point! Ha ha I love it man.[:D]
On a seriuos note, that floor up canyon wall you got there is pretty cool. I wish I had the right room for somethign like that. Looks really impressive[8D]
Okay so I went nuts and built two trains. Well, they are together with Kaydees and metal wheels, but they haven’t been detail painted and weathered. So anyway there are 4 Overtons, an ore car, a cattle car, a box car and 3 cabeeses. Two aren’t pictured as they made the tree. A Canadian National for my son. I couldn’t find a Dixie. He’ll either like it or he won’t. It’s a cool orange color. I can always paint it.
For me there is the G&D Drovers Caboose. The G&D a big ranch on the Great Divide owns all the cattle seen on the Rock Ridge and Train City. The caboose will fit right in.
Arthill, That’s pretty slick! I REALLY like the bridge in the corner off of the mountain… Nice work!!
Jeff
Spacemouse, nice work. Is that a Bachmann 4-6-0 in the third picture? How does it pull?
Also, did you make those tents or get them somewhere? My son has a military bent and they’d be perfect for an outpost I have in mind.
Nope those are two MDC 2-6-0 RTR old-timers. They look good, but don’t upll well up steep hills.
The tents are from a Lifelike campground scene. I got them at a dis*** store for around $7.
great pics 1 and all i bet that refinery will look great when it’s on the layout and the mine in the canyon is superb