Weekend Photos - 10/5/18

[christopher2035]

Happy Friday

Started ballasting! Going to try & work on this side of the board first






















NS Dash-9 9768 leads a northbound freight through the cuts in downtown Gastonia, NC on the Piedmont division


NS ET44AC 3678 leads a westbound helper set out of Hemphill Tunnel #2 in Capels, WV on the Pokey.


Seen through a 20mm lens, N&W 611 backs through the wye in Roanoke as she prepares to complete her journey from Spencer, NC to the VMT


NS SD70M-2 2698 leads Linwood bound 134 through Reidsville, NC on the Danville District


NJT ALP46 4639 shoves a Long Branch bound local train through Red Bank, NJ

[ogauge47]

I got the toy train itch a few weeks ago and I finally fulfilled a childhood dream of mine: a set of postwar Lionel Santa Fe F3s with the 2500-series aluminum passenger cars. I was outbid at the last minute for a set of 2343s, but I found a great pair of 2353s.
The Super O track was picked this afternoon at a garage sale, of all places. I'm super excited to have some trains again, and now that I have a house with basement I'm hoping to build a train layout in the near future.

[rogruth]

Christopher,
If you built a scene like the one from Gastonia on a layout some would say it is too toy like.
Again the real thing shows us that almost anything we can think up can be found on the real thing.

[christopher2035]

Looks nice Lucas !!