A 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive crosses a river on my S gauge model railroad. I scratch built the trestle from strip wood and created the river using paint and an epoxy resin.

Note the activity by the river bank where two travelers have set up a campfire. It's actually a small LCD bulb that is powered from a transistor radio. Instead of HEARING the music you SEE a flickering "campfire."

L&N 552 rolls through Appalachia in warm late evening light.

One section of my N scale city of New Essen starting to take shape.

Magnifique réalisation

N scale Lunde Studios "Chadwick Tower" building with modified entrance. Will be the Essen County Court House in the City of New Essen on my Schuylkill Valley Railroad layout.

N scale kitbash of 2 Kato #23-433 buildings. The New Essen Broadcasting Co.

A shot from my S Scale model railroad. I constructed the urban Elevated using pieces from various model railroad kits and structural elements from Plastruct and Evergreen Styrene. Buildings are kitbashed from S scale and HO scale structures.

... some place in a little world ...

One section of my N scale city of New Essen starting to take shape.

Réseau hyper détaillé

CO-OP Hopper, Western Maryland Western DivisionHO Scale Layout, Loudoun County MD, August 26, 2014

Foreign power on the local, Western Maryland Western Division layout, Loudoun County VA, August 19, 2014

L&N 552 rolls through the town of Jakers on my former Model Railroad.

CB&Q 49536 is an XM4C boxcar. The prototypes were built by the CB&Q Havelock shops in 1966. They were the only waffle side boxcars on the Burlington.

This model is 3d printed sides, Moloco roof, Branchline ends, Accurail underframe, Plano end platforms and lots of fabricated styrene bits. Decals are an old Modeler's Choice set.

Foreign power on the local, Western Maryland Western Division layout, Loudoun County VA, August 19, 2014

Crowded yard, Western Maryland Western Division layout, Loudoun County VA, August 19, 2014

HO Scale banner test, Lovettsville VA, August 5, 2014

This is another recent purchase I made on Ebay. It is an early United model (Tokyo, Japan), that was imported to the USA In 1958. This came in, and still has, it's original green PFM/United box. These are considered "Crown" models because of their limited production, however, they are not rare since there were 494 of them made between 1958 and 1962. All brass construction. The photo was taken in very dark conditions, so when I lightened it a little, it became grainy, sorry for the bad photo.

Scale: HO

Category: Steam

Type: ARTICULATED MALLET

Road: Norfolk & Western (N&W)

Whyte: 2-8-8-2

Description: Y-6B

Importer: Pacific Fast Mail (PFM)

Catalog: CROWN

Builder: ATL/ASAHI (UNITED)

Year(s): 1958-1962

Qty Made: 494

Dampflok der Baureihe 52 der Deutschen Reichsbahn.

Bekannt auch durch ihre Einsätze während des 2. Weltkrieges.

Steam Locomotive of the Deutsche Reichsbahn from World War II.

Hier eine H0-Version von Märklin,

in Wehrmachtsgrau.

Focus-Bracketing mit Helicon Remote.

Stack aus 25 Aufnahmen mit Helicon Focus 7.

Is one of the primary caretakers of the Mississippi Coast Model Railroad Museum located in Gulfport, Mississippi. The museum hosts multiple working train sets with different gauges and home to the largest LEGO Railroad Display in Mississippi.

Here is the same TT scale locomotive as in 'Soviet steam I', just seen from the other side. The environment was made by Midjourney version 4.

A man & his train ... "gettin her all shined up for todays run".

Foreign power on the tire plant siding with just completed scenery, Lovettsville VA, September 15, 2014

Young people (ie. kids) still enjoy watching trains.

A morning Harlem Line commuter train passes a Conrail local freight waiting in the siding during the summer of 1982. Once the commuter train is in the clear, the Conrail local crew will drop off a loaded boxcar at King Lumber. HO models photographed outdoors on modules I built and scenicked.

Happy Miniature Fence Friday ...

Typ: Personenzugtenderlokomotive, Bauart 2'C2' h2t, Gattung Pt 37.17, pr. T 18 (DRG Baureihe 78), Königlich Preußische Eisenbahn-Verwaltung (K.P.E.V.)

Vorbild: Saarbrücken 8411 (später DRG 78 028 [1])

Nachbildung: Epoche 1

Modell: H0, DC, ohne Kurzkupplungskulisse, ohne NEM-Schacht [2]

Informationen:

[1] Die Baureihe 78 (1990): Seite 22, 23, 284

[2] Liliput Neuheiten 1985: S. 2-3

Leihgabe: TSH A409.2177

Typ: Elektrolokomotive, Baureihe E 16, Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG)

Vorbild: E 16 07

Nachbildung: Epoche 2

Modell: H0, DC, Räder brüniert [1,2]

Informationen:

[1] Roco Neuheiten 2004: Seite 24

[2] Roco Katalog 2004/05, Neuheit: Seite 56

Leihgabe: MBU A372.1919

in 1963, the CB&Q Havelock Shop built 300 XM4 boxcars, 47500-47799. The last 10 were built with Transco side sheathing.

I had often wondered how to go about building one of these unique cars until Kurt Kruse, as a great modeling gift (or perhaps as a mean trick) had sides 3D printed for this car.

It was still something of a challenge to build. In addition to the resin sides, it uses Branchline ends and roof, Accurail underframe, Plano roofwalk and brake platform, some DA freight car detail parts and a bunch of bits fabricated from styrene. Painted with Model Master insignia red and my galvanized mix. Decals came from a bunch of sets including Microscale and some Modeler's Choice leftovers.

Trying a B&W iphone filter on a car model. Ended up looking well.

Just completed CGW 106A and CGW 116F. These are detailed and painted Highliner bodies on Athearn Genesis drives. Now I only need three more to complete the set I have planned for trains 192/143 coming in at Dubuque Junction.

HO Scale Rapido Trains B36-7

Typ: Personenzuglokomotive, Bauart 2’B n2v, pr. P 4.2 (DRG Baureihe 36.0-4), Königlich Preußische Eisenbahn-Verwaltung (K.P.E.V.) [1]

Vorbild: Halle 1933, gebaut 1906 bei Henschel nach Musterblatt III-1e [2]

Nachbildung: Epoche 1, Zweilicht-Spitzensignal

Modell: H0, DC; Motor mit Schwungmasse, Räder brüniert, Gestänge blank [3]

Informationen:

[1] EFA 1.1: Dampflokomotiven, Baureihe 01-39 (1987): Seite 203-205

[2] Die Baureihe 36, EK-Verlag: Seite 100

[3] Roco Neuheiten 2004: Seite 4

Leihgabe: MSI A427.2261

New parlor car at Fredericksburg

Typ: Güterzuglokomotive, Bauart 1'E h3, Gattung G 56.20, SNCF Baureihe 150 X (DRG Baureihe 44), Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF)

Vorbild: 150 X 146

Nachbildung: Epoche 3; Zweilicht-Spitzensignal

Modell: H0, DC, Kurzkupplungskulisse, Radreifen und Gestänge blank, Motor ohne Schwungmasse

Leihgabe: UKU A425.2245

HO Scale Rapido Models Procor car on my layout

Typ: Schnellzuglokomotive, Bauart 2'B h2, Gattung S 24.18, pr. S 6 (DRG Baureihe 13.10-12), Königlich Preußische Eisenbahn-Verwaltung (K.P.E.V.)

Vorbild: 636 Altona, gebaut 1910 bei Henschel & Sohn in Kassel [1]

Nachbildung: Epoche 1, Zweilicht-Spitzensignal

Modell: H0, DC, Kurzkupplungskulissen, beidseitig NEM-Schacht, Gestänge blank, Räder brüniert [2]

Informationen:

[1] EFA 2.3.1: Lokomotiv-Archiv Preußen (1996): Seite 182

[2] Fleischmann Katalog 2001/02, Seite 203, Teil der Einmalserie 2001 ("Preußischer Schnellzug der Epoche 1")

Leihgabe: TMN A294.1252

Typ: Schnellzuglokomotive, Bauart 2'C1' h2, Gattung S 36.18, Baureihe 03, Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR)

Vorbild: 03 2202-4, Witte-Windleitbleche

Nachbildung: Epoche 4; Dreilicht-Spitzensignal

Modell: H0, DC, Räder und Gestänge brüniert [1, 2]

Informationen:

[1] TRIX Neuheiten Katalog 2008: Seite 63

[2] TRIX Katalog 2008/09, Neuheit: Seite 95

Leihgabe: AST A268.1161

I was admiring this model railroad display at a local bank when a delightful older woman joined me. We shared our nostalgic love of trains, both real and in small form. We had both thrilled to the old steam locomotives and spent hours playing with Lionel, American Flyer, and other toy trains of an earlier time.