Model Train Journal

Happy Friday Guys!
Thanks for starting the photo thread last week. I was In D.C for the week & didn't have time to get to the computer.

Here's a couple of older shots -










Took Lorenzo to do a little railfanning near Roanoke last weekend -








NS SD40-2 3560 (ex BN/HLCX 8141) leading a light power move through downtown Atlanta




611 breaks the stillness of the early morning as she steams through Webster, VA on the Blue Ridge district, headed towards Lynchburg on an excursion


NS SD60I 6718 (ex CR 5578) leads 236 under the Blue Ridge Parkway as it heads towards Lynchburg & points east


NS Dash-9 9493 is in charge of ethanol train 64M as it passes an old barn on the former Virginian main line outside of Elliston, VA

Nice pics Christopher (as always)!

Maryland Midland SD40-2 3448 leads a local through New Windsor MD:



A local antique mall find:



Invested a buck.

Remembering our veterans this day:



Thanks for all of it.

Healey

Christopher,
What issue of what magazine was your layout in?
I have not beem able to find it.

Union Pacific Yard, Tucson, Yesterday.

Also from last week's trip south of Charleston, WV:



I find that color scheme very attractive.

Dave,
Does the Kanawha River RR follow the river from Point Pleasant to Charleston, old NYC?
Or is it from Charleston eastward?
That IS a nice paint scheme.

"I know nuthink!" Seriously, seeing those motors parked across from the Shoney's that we went to for breakfast was the first time that I had ever heard of the Kanawha River RR.

Today I received a package of Union Pacific Aluminum Cars, 6-39146.

They will negoitate O-31 curves.

How cool is that?

I believe the LionMaster Big Boy can run on O31 curves. Looking, looking for Big Boy...

$899.99 in Lionel catalog.

RARE LIONEL 6-11208 UNION PACIFIC LIONMASTER SCALE 4-8-8-…$1,599.00 + $40.00 shipping on eBay.

I have patience. I can wait for one to show up that is no more than catalog price.

Wayne,
You just gotta get some wider curves or some smaller cars.
Waiting for the video.

rogruth wrote:Wayne,
You just gotta get some wider curves or some smaller cars.
Waiting for the video.

I need a bigger house. Still considering extensive modificaiton on my car carrior to get it around O-31 curves.

Looks like Huell Howser:

Are these equipped with kinematic couplers?

Roy wrote:Are these equipped with kinematic couplers?

No.

rogruth wrote:Christopher,
What issue of what magazine was your layout in?
I have not beem able to find it.

Roger,

It was the 30th Anniversary Issue. Which was the Nov 2017 issue

webenda wrote:

rogruth wrote:Wayne,
You just gotta get some wider curves or some smaller cars.
Waiting for the video.

I need a bigger house. Still considering extensive modificaiton on my car carrior to get it around O-31 curves.

When ever i see photos of your yard. I see an already ballast right of way waiting for track. Build outside