Weekend Photos - 8/17/18

[christopher2035]

Happy Friday -

I promised photos & I deliver



























NS SD70ACe 1171 is leading a westbound manifest as it passes one of the many farms that dot the landscape along the Reading Line in Topton, PA.


NS Dash-9 9965 & a UP SD70ACe lead southbound 213 through Paw Creek in Charlotte, NC on the Piedmont Division.


Rutherford - Morrisville 24K, with SD70ACe 1164 on the point crawls through Hummelstown,PA on a very chilly February morning. Unbeknownst to the crew is that just 2 miles ahead, they will strike a female trespasser around MP 101.5. Reports were that she survived.


NS Dash-8 8450 (ex CR 757) pops out of Montgomery Tunnel as it leads 201 on the Christiansburg District.


As the sun begins to drop behind the mountains, NS SD70M-2 2711 struggles up the grade at Switchback, WV with eastbound 188

[HONDO74]

How do you get into the control area. Is that a crawl under or maybe the section lifts out ?

[christopher2035]

you duck under. Doesn't bother me. Kids can just walk under (for now anyway)

[HONDO74]

You accomplished the early postwar look. Looks like some of the plans from my Model Builders Handbook that I lusted after in the late 40s. Now you need a few prewar trains to go with this.

Here is a link for you to all the model builder magazines from 1937 through 1949. They are in PDF format so you can download them to have.

Model Builder Magazine Archive
https://trainlife.com/pages/model-build ... ne-archive

[christopher2035]

You accomplished the early postwar look. Looks like some of the plans from my Model Builders Handbook that I lusted after in the late 40s. Now you need a few prewar trains to go with this.

Here is a link for you to all the model builder magazines from 1937 through 1949. They are in PDF format so you can download them to have.

Model Builder Magazine Archive
https://trainlife.com/pages/model-build ... ne-archive

I used 2 old track plans from the late 40s ( may have been published in MB) as the inspiration for this. I am VERY tempted to get some prewar gear, but that's a slippery slope! I keep resisting but I know I'll wind up with some down the road. I'm going to check out those MBs

[HONDO74]

You accomplished the early postwar look. Looks like some of the plans from my Model Builders Handbook that I lusted after in the late 40s. Now you need a few prewar trains to go with this.

Here is a link for you to all the model builder magazines from 1937 through 1949. They are in PDF format so you can download them to have.

Model Builder Magazine Archive
https://trainlife.com/pages/model-build ... ne-archive

I used 2 old track plans from the late 40s ( may have been published in MB) as the inspiration for this. I am VERY tempted to get some prewar gear, but that's a slippery slope! I keep resisting but I know I'll wind up with some down the road. I'm going to check out those MBs

I love prewar and early postwar. That is my favorite. And yes getting into prewar is a slippery slope. There is something about metal vs plastic that is attractive to me. I like American Flyer accessories as well as I do Lionel.

My mistake on the Model Builder Magazine Archive. You can look at them but not actually download them. They had this differently a few year ago when I first got them.

[healey36]

I am VERY tempted to get some prewar gear, but that's a slippery slope! I keep resisting but I know I'll wind up with some down the road. I'm going to check out those MBs

Gotta go for it, Christopher...the stuff rocks!



There's a lot of operator-grade gear out there, and the prices are falling.

Healey

[christopher2035]

stop tempting me w/ the pics!!