The railfan community has lost a beloved feline member, Dirt the railway shop cat of the Nevada Northern Railway1yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/Catswithjobs
The railfan community has lost a beloved feline member, Dirt the railway cat of the Nevada Northern Railway1yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/trains
I see today we’re featuring the Triple Crossing in Richmond, Virginia. Here’s a 1949 photo from my collection.4yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/trains
A tender overflows from taking on too much water from a track pan. The locomotive is ‘A4’ No. 60022 Mallard and the location is Langley troughs, on the East Coast Main Line, in June 1962. COLOUR-RAIL photo.2yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/trains
Finally finished repainting these two Bachmann Lil Big Hauler coaches. I think they look right at home on a small branch line garden railway1yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
Day 5 of garden railway build, part 2. Ballast is in place. I used Quikrete multi-use gray gravel from Home Depot. With this, major construction is done4yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
Snow day in the village on my dad’s garden railway. With buildings buried up to the first floor, I think trains will experience some delays3yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
Our garden railway received a visitor from a galaxy far, far away. Happy Star Wars day, and May the Fourth be with you!2yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
Recently got this set of six Virginian H3 hoppers by Bowser from the Norfolk & Western Historical Society4yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
Hopefully we get a few more nice fall evenings like this to enjoy the garden railway3yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
A follow-up to 611’s birthday post on Friday. This is what a Norfolk and Western J class looks like without the streamlining (photo from NWHS archives)4yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/trains
Happy 70th birthday to Norfolk and Western 611! Built 5-29-1950, Roanoke, Virginia4yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/trains
Happy Memorial Day! Passenger service begins on our new garden railway4yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
The garden railway is serving its intended purpose and keeping us entertained while we grill. Hope everyone is staying safe this weekend!4yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
No. 12 delivers Scott tissue cars to a siding. Never thought my toilet paper themed custom boxcars would be so topical4yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
Work in progress photo of the raised bed we’re building around the patio for a small garden railway. Looking forward to getting trains running, hopefully in a few weeks (after moving a lot of dirt into the raised bed)4yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
First time in the train room with the trains running, and he was stalking the passenger train. Thankfully he was intercepted before disaster struck4yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
Throwback Thursday to covered waiting platforms I built for Union Station while volunteering at the Brunswick Heritage Museum in Brunswick, MD.3yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
Day 3 of garden railway build. In a happy coincidence, I completed the main loop on the anniversary of the Golden Spike ceremony (May 10,1869)!4yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
Day 2 of garden railway build. This shows a rough track plan that fits inside the new raised garden bed (just finished today). Next step is delivery of a few cubic yards of dirt to fill the box, then the railway will be built on the dirt, roughly 16” above the rest of the yard and patio4yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
For the 1st of the month, here’s Milwaukee Road No. 1 leaving Alco’s Schenectady shop in spring 1935, the first all-new streamlined steam locomotive to be built (printed in “Portrait of the Rails” by Don Ball, Jr.)3yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/trains
Tender-first Tuesday. Mogul No. 12 leads a short logging train down a branch line5yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
After our recent warm weather spell, I thought I’d share the little winter diorama I made for my office bookshelf to remind me what season it is.5yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
Follow-up 1 of 2 to my overview photo yesterday for those who asked. This is the “mountain” half of the layout. Thanks for the interest in my little layout!5yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
A comfortable place to railfan, inside with delicious pastry and hot chai (view of a one-car train on the Buckingham Branch RR from Krecek Kakes, Gordonsville, Va.).5yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/trains
The latest addition to the fleet and a happily received birthday gift - J Class No. 6115yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
Follow-up 2 of 2. This shows an overview of the “town” half of my layout.5yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
Dear r/modeltrains, I never thought it would happen to me, but the dreaded Bachmann split gear syndrome struck my G scale 4-4-04yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/modeltrains
Dear wine lovers and experts, please help! What should we do to enjoy this wine to its fullest potential? It was a graduation gift to a friend, but it’s much older and more costly than anything we’ve tried before, so we want to treat it properly. Thanks!4yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/wine
