Guess I will start this on off for the first time! Layout tours are coming to Houston and this seems to motivate to get work done.
Heading West
Local gas stop
Troops on the move
Wish I lived there
Thanks for starting Weekend Photo Fun. What a great start! Sante Fe is one of my favorites, and I really like those photos.
Here are a few pictures of my Burlington theme layout.
Garry, great dock scene and I also like the backdrop in the middle pic. DJ.
E8 No.5766 is plenty of head end power on this East bound local pulling into Stoney Creek.
A decoder here, a decoder there…
and a little something for the paint shop this weekend…
Lee
Nice images, and a great start to WPF, fellas. I like the all the tiny people in the shots, Garry. Lee, that is some nice looking hardware in a nicely done layout setting. DJ, great as always…wonderful depth and good focus. Knowcents, what marvellous images you have provided us to start WPF!
I show a J Class being admired by Dad and the kids.
My gratitude for the sky and smoke, including smoke shadow on the cliff face, goes to RRCanuck.
-Crandell
Nice start to the weekend already. Great shots all of you!
I am still getting photos to use for the NMRA AP Scenery Certificate. I finally figured out that an open spot behind the layout (used for maintenance access) would be a great place to get a few photos. It allowed me to get a good “overview” shot of the end of the layout that I couldn’t get before. I also got some shots of the back of the buildings showing some detail that can’t be photographed from the main aisle.
All of these are taken inside the Lighting Valence. You can see the valence in this one (the black and white area):
Here is one of the lighting showing both the 5000°K CFLs used and the blue rope light (not lit) used for night time:
This is the back side of the pond and Ice House at Cooley’s Blue Ice:
Enjoy!
73
DJ … thanks for the remark … I really like the E8 scene… I saw plenty of Pennsy E units at Chicago Union Station when I grew up near Chicago. … I could see them becasue we rode the CBQ suburban trains to get to downtown Chicago which also was at Union Station (for those who do not know). One good memory was ou family went to Philadelphia round trip on the PRR Broadway Limited. …Pennsy E’s were all tuscan red by then. .
Everbody else… Great photos!
Great photos guys, and thanks for you comments!
Great shots everybody. [tup]
Here’s a Corning hopper I’ve been working on. Not my normal “rust bucket”.
Looks like this week is off to a great start. Thanks to travel abroad and other obligations, I’ve done virtually nothing on the layout for 2 months. But I figured at least I could take a new photo or two, so here’s my contribution. (Backdrop added digitally). Cheers.
Ok, some of you may have seen my thread awhile back on tearing up my old 1st ever layout and starting new: http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/p/156917/1731024.aspx#1731024. I’ve been working on my smaller, but better detailed/working layout since.
Here’s a pic of the torn up old layout:
Here is the new setup. Not everything is done, there is always more detail or construction that needs to be worked on.
Shot some video of my 0-8-0 MOW train
Excellent work everyone!
As of now, I have nothing, but I’m home this weekend (for the first time in who knows how long), so maybe I can dig up something I haven’t posted yet, or get something new.
The Lebanon, NH, shop crew poses with GP7 #8569. That’s the shop manager in the tie! [;)]
One more, then I’m done.
Cheers.
Wow! Already some great work displayed.
I’ll add a few more that I took a couple days ago from the “hole”. These are some close-ups of the buildings from a view you can’t usually see.
If something looks wrong in these next few (and it should) tell me what it is…
73
Everytime WPF comes up, I get another chance to see why I love this hobby so much! [:P] Remarkable work, you guys, all of you. [bow]
And Ray–if you don’t win that NMRA Certificate, I am PERSONALLY picketing the convention when it comes here to Sacramento in '11!
Well, just one from me, this week–2-8-8-2 #3508 sliding down the Westbound main after a helper jaunt on Yuba Pass, while 4-8-2 #1605 heads a freight east up out of South Yuba Canyon. They’re both crossing the South Yuba River on adjacent bridges. At this elevation–3500’ above sea level, South Yuba is kinda/sorta a mere creek and we’re still in what we refer to around here as the Sierra Nevada “Foothills.” At this elevation, Autumn tends to hit BIG!
Tom [:)]
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Some more great work guys!
*Tri-State Railway GP9m 2201 tows a damaged caboose back to the Summit Shops for repair. (*As you can see, yes, the caboose did actually have a little incident. The “shop” will fix it as soon as they get more glue… And also, please excuse the lack of handrails on 2201. They were removed for the application of the patches, and were left off for painting, which hasn’t happenned because I’m still putting off getting an airbrush. For Christmas this year, for sure…):
Could it be the 25 foot wide train tracks Ray?