Any Train Enthusiasts Out There?

[1967redrider]

Very cool find, David. The topography around Roanoke is very similar to the Cumberland area.

[1967redrider]

Railfanning across North America on July 4th & 5th. Cameo of Santa Fe 2913 4-8-4 Northern in Madison, Iowa along with lots of BNSF, NS, CP, CSX and more freight and AMTRAK in Ashland, VA. Very cool vid, wondering how they pieced all of this together.

[TPK]

Looks like fun.

Looks lit a load of fun!!!

[TPK]

Railfanning across North America on July 4th & 5th. Cameo of Santa Fe 2913 4-8-4 Northern in Madison, Iowa along with lots of BNSF, NS, CP, CSX and more freight and AMTRAK in Ashland, VA. Very cool vid, wondering how they pieced all of this together.

Trains, Tanks & Fireworks. What more could ya ask for?

[DM11]

Railfanning across North America on July 4th & 5th. Cameo of Santa Fe 2913 4-8-4 Northern in Madison, Iowa along with lots of BNSF, NS, CP, CSX and more freight and AMTRAK in Ashland, VA. Very cool vid, wondering how they pieced all of this together.

Enjoyed that Video John!

[DM11]

So I'm sitting here watching Steam Locomotive videos on full screen and when the engineer looking out the side window goes by I catch myself waving at him. Might be time to turn off the computer and go to bed.

[1967redrider]

So I'm sitting here watching Steam Locomotive videos on full screen and when the engineer looking out the side window goes by I catch myself waving at him. Might be time to turn off the computer and go to bed.

Too funny, David!

[Quick Steel]

David, the most important time to turn off the computer is when you see the engineer waving back at you.

[1967redrider]

David, the most important time to turn off the computer is when you see the engineer waving back at you.

[cody6268]

I got my Marklin stuff out and am getting ready to get it running again. Thought I'd show off the rolling stock first.


I got my Marklin stuff out. I'd bought it around the time the pandemic had first started, only to find a pile of problems. I decided I'd finally make good use of it and get at least one running locomotive and a small oval layout setup on the dining room table that's rarely ever used.

Various goods cars.


Some are marked for Schering-Plough. They came with my DRG Class 89.0 and a pile of tracks, so I suspect it was a giveaway to doctors before the feds reined in that stuff.

Beer car! I don't drink, but I really like the wide variety of "beer cars" Marklin did. I think they covered basically every beer sold in Germany--this one being Spaten-Franziskaner brewed in Munich.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaten-Fr ... -Br%C3%A4u

Here are my two locomotives.

DRG Class 89.0; ca. 1980s. It has a plastic shell, not diecast as did those which originated in the '60s. Runs rough, and I had to borrow a pickup shoe from a another locomotive to get it running. I cleaned a ton of crap out of the mechanism. I suspect the previous owner mostly used it as a Christmas train, let their kids play with it, and never did any maintenance.

The black flatcar is actually a chassis from a tipping car that came broken. I accidentally dropped one of the box cars and broke a coupler, so I'm swapping chassis.

Hanomag Henschel DH series shunter. Produced starting in the 1960s, and many are still in use today. Marklin still uses a variant in many smaller sets.

The odd thing about mine is that normally, all three axles are powered. This one only has two, and only the rear is powered. I presume it was a cheaper version made for a starter set or something.

If it weren't for space considerations, I would've stuck with American Flyer S or Lionel O. However, I found my Lionel 0/27 Scout that needs a ton of work recently, and I think I'll switch over to O.

[DM11]

David, the most important time to turn off the computer is when you see the engineer waving back at you.

Duly noted Garry! So far the engineer hasnt waved back so I guess I havent totally lost it.

[1967redrider]

I got my Marklin stuff out and am getting ready to get it running again. Thought I'd show off the rolling stock first.


I got my Marklin stuff out. I'd bought it around the time the pandemic had first started, only to find a pile of problems. I decided I'd finally make good use of it and get at least one running locomotive and a small oval layout setup on the dining room table that's rarely ever used.

Various goods cars.


Some are marked for Schering-Plough. They came with my DRG Class 89.0 and a pile of tracks, so I suspect it was a giveaway to doctors before the feds reined in that stuff.


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Beer car! I don't drink, but I really like the wide variety of "beer cars" Marklin did. I think they covered basically every beer sold in Germany--this one being Spaten-Franziskaner brewed in Munich.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaten-Fr ... -Br%C3%A4u

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Here are my two locomotives.

DRG Class 89.0; ca. 1980s. It has a plastic shell, not diecast as did those which originated in the '60s. Runs rough, and I had to borrow a pickup shoe from a another locomotive to get it running. I cleaned a ton of crap out of the mechanism. I suspect the previous owner mostly used it as a Christmas train, let their kids play with it, and never did any maintenance.


100_0910.JPG

100_0912.JPG


The black flatcar is actually a chassis from a tipping car that came broken. I accidentally dropped one of the box cars and broke a coupler, so I'm swapping chassis.


100_0906.JPG

Hanomag Henschel DH series shunter. Produced starting in the 1960s, and many are still in use today. Marklin still uses a variant in many smaller sets.

The odd thing about mine is that normally, all three axles are powered. This one only has two, and only the rear is powered. I presume it was a cheaper version made for a starter set or something.

100_0919.JPG

If it weren't for space considerations, I would've stuck with American Flyer S or Lionel O. However, I found my Lionel 0/27 Scout that needs a ton of work recently, and I think I'll switch over to O.

Those are cool, cody. S gauge? I've had a few Spaten and Franziskaner, they must have split at some point? Lionel Scouts are pretty cool, check YouTube for maintenance videos.

[cody6268]

I got my Marklin stuff out and am getting ready to get it running again. Thought I'd show off the rolling stock first.


I got my Marklin stuff out. I'd bought it around the time the pandemic had first started, only to find a pile of problems. I decided I'd finally make good use of it and get at least one running locomotive and a small oval layout setup on the dining room table that's rarely ever used.

Various goods cars.


Some are marked for Schering-Plough. They came with my DRG Class 89.0 and a pile of tracks, so I suspect it was a giveaway to doctors before the feds reined in that stuff.


100_0903.JPG

Beer car! I don't drink, but I really like the wide variety of "beer cars" Marklin did. I think they covered basically every beer sold in Germany--this one being Spaten-Franziskaner brewed in Munich.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaten-Fr ... -Br%C3%A4u

100_0914.JPG



Here are my two locomotives.

DRG Class 89.0; ca. 1980s. It has a plastic shell, not diecast as did those which originated in the '60s. Runs rough, and I had to borrow a pickup shoe from a another locomotive to get it running. I cleaned a ton of crap out of the mechanism. I suspect the previous owner mostly used it as a Christmas train, let their kids play with it, and never did any maintenance.


100_0910.JPG

100_0912.JPG


The black flatcar is actually a chassis from a tipping car that came broken. I accidentally dropped one of the box cars and broke a coupler, so I'm swapping chassis.


100_0906.JPG

Hanomag Henschel DH series shunter. Produced starting in the 1960s, and many are still in use today. Marklin still uses a variant in many smaller sets.

The odd thing about mine is that normally, all three axles are powered. This one only has two, and only the rear is powered. I presume it was a cheaper version made for a starter set or something.

100_0919.JPG

If it weren't for space considerations, I would've stuck with American Flyer S or Lionel O. However, I found my Lionel 0/27 Scout that needs a ton of work recently, and I think I'll switch over to O.

Those are cool, cody. S gauge? I've had a few Spaten and Franziskaner, they must have split at some point? Lionel Scouts are pretty cool, check YouTube for maintenance videos.

They're 1:87, three-rail AC. Also VERY mechanically complex compared to the Scout.

[1967redrider]

Very cool.

[1967redrider]

Got some shots yesterday of Norfolk Southern EMD action in the Vulcan Yards, and AMTRAK blowing through before I could get a decent picture. That thing is always zipping along.

[DM11]

Nice ones!

[Waukonda]

A couple shots of GT locos on an old GM&O line.

[TPK]

Nice pictures John & Ike!

[DM11]

Ike, it's great to see those GT loco's still pounding the iron!

[Quick Steel]

Very nice shots Ike.

[Waukonda]

Thanks, Tom, David, and Garry.

[Waukonda]

Evansville Western Railway is a short line RR that operates on an old L & N line from Evansville, In, West into Southern Illinois. They haul grain and coal to a dock on the Ohio. I came across a couple of their old "geeps" paired with road slugs yesterday, taking some filled grain cars from a small town mill on the line. I wasn't able to get a decent vantage point to get photos that pleased me, but here they are.

[DM11]

Ike, thanks for those pics.

[1967redrider]

I don't know, they look like great shots to me, Ike!

[Quick Steel]

I like the color of that engine.