Little quick Roos, I was still adding pictures.
David Russell said:There are about two or three hundred captions I could come up with for that first one. Priceless :D
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Picture stolen for future use!
Ric Golding said:
Little quick Roos, I was still adding pictures.
Didn’t realize that Ric…I do now! This one is mine Mr Golding!
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/jgolding/101109%20J%20033.jpg)
Oh and this one as well
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/jgolding/101109%20J%20040.jpg)
…Great stuff all around guys!!! Keep the pics coming!
HEhehehehe Actually we promoted Jane to Trainmaster …she did the hard part…I just ran the trains there and back again… Bruce and Ric…this needs no caption…
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/bart_salmons/kvrr2010/kvrr201001.jpg)
Jane’s trees are AMAZING…hard to tell this is a modeled scene…
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/bart_salmons/kvrr2010/kvrr201002.jpg)
Steam Special WV&K 120 waits in the hole for the grain train to come through…
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/bart_salmons/kvrr2010/kvrr201003.jpg)
OK Bruce…its been photographed ON a layout…does this mean its finished now?
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/bart_salmons/kvrr2010/kvrr201004.jpg)
And here’s the picture I was taking while my picture was getting taken with Bruce …
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/bart_salmons/kvrr2010/kvrr201005.jpg)
J&B No4 just SECONDS before hitting the ties…
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/bart_salmons/kvrr2010/kvrr201006.jpg)
I tried to steal the Camillia …but the couplers aren;t compatible…(but the airlines are!)
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/bart_salmons/kvrr2010/kvrr201007.jpg)
Oddly I didn’t get many pictures at Rics…I got started on the ROW gang driving poles in…then got promoted to Track maintenance spreading ballast and sweeping up acorns (and killing the leaf vac) then the next day I got promoted to Dispatcher and fer a short time Acting Southern YArdmaster! Who says ya can’t work yer way up! I’m actually pleased Ric trusts me enough to give me stuff to do on his railroad! Thats a High Compliment to me!
Besides the presence of the Kaskakia Valley RR, there is another minor attraction in the Carlyle area…a small body of water …how it got here in the middle of nowhere is anyone’s guess.
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/KV%20Ops%202010/Lake%20Carlyle/kvops027a.jpg)
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/KV%20Ops%202010/Lake%20Carlyle/kvops032a.jpg)
Bart and I arrived about noontime and after a quick lunch at the Little Nashville with Ric and Doug, scooted on down to Andy’s and a tour of the Bluestone Southern RR. Just to put into perspective the size of this thing…
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/KV%20Ops%202010/Bluestone%20Southern/kvops007.jpg)
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/KV%20Ops%202010/Bluestone%20Southern/kvops005.jpg)
and Bart finally found a layout he can run his big honkin engines on without leaving pieces and parts scattered along the ROW…
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/KV%20Ops%202010/Bluestone%20Southern/kvops013a.jpg)
Some visitors from Virginia…
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/KV%20Ops%202010/Bluestone%20Southern/kvops020a.jpg)
J&B #4 takes the Camellia for a tour of the RR…
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/KV%20Ops%202010/Bluestone%20Southern/kvops025a.jpg)
Andy gets a close up view of his Loooooooooooooong grain train crossing the bridge…
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/KV%20Ops%202010/Bluestone%20Southern/kvops018a.jpg)
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/KV%20Ops%202010/Bluestone%20Southern/kvops009.jpg)
More pix of the Ops session to follow.
Ken Brunt said:Cool :) Ralph
More pix of the Ops session to follow.
The grumpy old guy who guards his domain at Consolidated Yard was back this year and he sure looked a lot better than he did at this time last year. Welcome back, Andy, you were missed (well, maybe not…
).
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/KV%20Ops%202010/kvops033a.jpg)
John Bibles colorful powered boxcar on it’s way through Pin Oak.
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/KV%20Ops%202010/kvops034a.jpg)
More action in Pin Oak.
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/KV%20Ops%202010/kvops036a.jpg)
Bruce’s sweeper train…
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/KV%20Ops%202010/kvops037a.jpg)
Robbie Hanson’s “Back to the Future” looking loco passing through Seaweed…
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/KV%20Ops%202010/kvops040a.jpg)
Andy doing some switching duties in Cat Dump…
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/KV%20Ops%202010/kvops044a.jpg)
Old reliable RGS # 25 awaits orders on the steam track…
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/KV%20Ops%202010/kvops045a.jpg)
Papa Smurf, er, I mean Ric, closely watching his moves in Southern…
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/KV%20Ops%202010/kvops048a.jpg)
To echo Bruce’s comments, this was also my 3rd time here and each time it gets better. Thanx to Ric and Jan and Andy and Jane for putting up with us…
nice pics Ken. Thanks
Glad the weather was nice and good to hear everyone had great time. Pictures look great. Both layouts look awsome.
In cleaning up after the Ops, I found parts. One piece is a ladder off a modern diesel painted silver. I’d think one of the Santa Fe “Covered Wagons”, so guys check your gear. I’ll put it into my tool box and it will travel to the shows with me.
Didn’t find any of Bart’s pieces this time, but he kept things pretty safe.
heheheheh Third times the charm!
Good stuff guys!
Bart needs to recharge his cloaking device as I believe it’s failing!
Did you find any broken off paper clips Ric?
I was deliberately trying to be in as many photo ops as possible this time…
Bart Salmons said:Uummm huuumm! ;)
I was deliberately trying to be in as many photo ops as possible this time.......
Andy, the red brick building on your layout, really like it, did you make it? If not where did you get it, history about it?
Tom Huisenga
tom huisenga said:
Andy, the red brick building on your layout, really like it, did you make it? If not where did you get it, history about it?Tom Huisenga
Tom, the 2-story building is actually 2 of the Piko’s ““Brewery”” kits… I just put it togther a different way, to make a 2-story factory… I had 4 sides left from the 2 kits… I make the base from Acrylic for the foundation, and used an acrylic piece for the roof… section joints are beefed up on the inside…
Wind grabbed it last year, and tumbled it across the backyard… broke the base some… I plan on rebuilding the base with a cement board base…
Ric Golding said:Owner found and part will be returned to its rightful place.
In cleaning up after the Ops, I found parts. One piece is a ladder off a modern diesel painted silver. I'd think one of the Santa Fe "Covered Wagons", so guys check your gear. I'll put it into my tool box and it will travel to the shows with me. Didn't find any of Bart's pieces this time, but he kept things pretty safe.
Ken Brunt said:
Robbie Hanson’s “Back to the Future” looking loco passing through Seaweed…(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/KV%20Ops%202010/kvops040a.jpg)
I blame Bart–the magnetic field generated by his planet-sized locomotives was enough to throw off the whole time-space continuum!