#HO scale

[eltristan]

(everytrain should have this snowplow‡ on the front)

#‡ by snowplow I mean giant ram to destroy vehicles stopped on grade crossings! #rawr! #jordan spreader #train #ho scale #model is by Walthers RTR

[pxmun]

Stinker was crossed, it was Christmas Eve and he was stuck inside the locomotive shop with a broken funnel, foot plate, and faulty wiring.

The dock switcher grumbled aloud in disappointment; he should be out helping his best friend Zappy clear the snow off the track and double heading trains. Instead he was inside dangling above the track from a locomotive hoist.

The workers tried to brighten Stinker's spirits by festively decorating the shop and playing Christmas music, but this seemed to annoy the small engine even more.

"My heavens, you would think the Grinch was the one on that hoist with all the grumbling your making." Came a voice.

Stinker immediately stopped and looked down to his left. Standing there below him was an class AC-11 4-8-8-4 Southern Pacific Cab Forward, but Stinker was familiar with this locomotive.

"Whoa Rivet! I didn't see you. How long have you've been there?" Stinker asked."

"Long enough to recite the Nutcracker play in its entirety. Goodness did a Humbug crawl into your smoke box during the night"? Rivet asked.

Stinker blushed out of shame and embarrassment.

"Sorry Rivet, I've just been in a sour mood lately. The workers broke my funnel and footplate and somehow an electrical wire snapped inside me"! Stinker explained.

"I'm sure the workers didn't mean to break you on purpose Stinker, remember everyone is new here to the railroad and trying their hardest to make things run properly, we're all still learning." Rivet responded.

"I know Rivet. I'm just worried about poor Zappy though, he's been doing all the work since I've been put out of commission and the passengers have been complaining that he's emitting a bad smell. That poor engine is gonna work himself to pieces and we can't help"! Stinker said.

" I understand Stinker, but what can we do"? Rivet asked.

"We could really do with a fourth locomotive, one what doesn't come broken." Stinker said.

"Another engine would be nice, but the railroad is unable to determine beforehand if an locomotive is going to work properly or not." Rivet told the smaller engine.

Stinker sighed in defeat. He looked out the windows into the cosmic sky. A comet flew by as he watched.

"I wish we had another engine." Stinker said to himself.

#ocs #my ocs #ttte #thomas the tank engine #thomas and friends #ttte oc #model trains #ho scale #ho model trains #southern pacific cab forward #cab forward #baltimore and ohio

[pyro-hairedguy]

It was kettle night

#model railroading #model trains #model railroad #ho scale #steam locomotive

[flagstops]

My Maine Central 2-8-2 passing through the modules. I still need to come up with a name for the town… Gardner… Cheeseboro… Steve?

#ho scale #model trains #maybe like Cheeseburgh pronounced like cheeseboro but like… it looks like the town is just cheeseburg… yea

[eltristanexplicitcontent]

Watch "The Little Engine that Did!" on YouTube

I love it when a model railroader reenacts something from real life :-)

In this case, Santa Maria Valley 205 -- a restored 2-6-2 -- recently rescued a stranded switching train. Brian Moore models the SP and Santa Maria Valley Railroad at Guadalupe, California in HO scale. See below for the original 3 RailBoxes sandwiched by a genuine SP bay window caboose:

#Youtube #steam train #ho scale #locomotive #205 #santa maria valley #smvrr #sp #southern pacific #freight train #real and model #scale model

[sodastupidity]

Still missing a buffer and need the tender wires fixed, but I tried hand-painting the letters and numbers on Betty today

She matches her boyfriend now :>

#ho scale #model trains #ww1 #eastleigh steam friends

[spud-dud]

made a super small topham

he's tiny but also he's posable! You can move his head and arms!!

#ttte #thomas the tank engine #model making #the railway series #scale model #the fat controller #sir topham hatt #sodor #miniature #the fat director #thomas and friends #00 scale #HO scale

[nwreric]

As a long time Sam's Trains viewer, I can safely say that I was not expecting this to ever happen.

#thomas and friends #sam's trains #thomas the tank engine #ttte #thomas #ttte thomas #Wilbert Awdry #rev. w. AWDRY #model trains #ho scale #oo gauge #Youtube

[aboutoriginality]

Details 🎨

#ho scale #miniature landscape #german model railway

[ironirma103]

Blåhajar have invaded my train table

#model trains #toys #ho scale #blahaj #blåhaj #shonks

[kcvulpinestudios]

Since y’all liked the previous model train video, here’s another one for your enjoyment.

#steam locomotive #kcvulpinestudios #steam train #model train #model railroad #freight train #ho scale #Bachmann trains #video #train video #model train video

[archivist-crow]

Ilkley Moor (2016)

HO scale (1:87)

Ilkley Moor came about from a desire to recreate a few of the more well-known UFO incidents. The incident stood out for me for two reasons: the fact that it took place on a relatively desolate moor, and it is documented by a fairly absurd photograph of a purported extraterrestrial. A desolate moor I can handle, aside from a single tree which I felt was needed for compositional reasons, but the second shot (the one without the tree) is probably the best of the bunch. The deep blue-green most resembles what I think a moor looks like, and the ominous figure in the background makes for a pretty good alien. These three shots are more cinematic than I had intended, but I like them. The first shot reminds me a bit of the poster for the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

#smallish_things #paranormal #photography #miniatures #ufos #ilkley moor #ho scale #my photos

[trainmaniac]

Best Friend by Berang Berang Via Flickr: My HO scale model of the 1830 locomotive Best Friend, built by the West Point Foundry of New York for the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Co. This was the first locomotive to go into actual service in America. I scaled the model from the original plans for the locomotive, and 3D printed it. It is now available on Shapeways.

#locomotive #steam locomotive #HO scale #HO gauge #model #model train #model locomotive #model railway #model railroad #3d printed #Best Friend #Best Friend of Charleston #1830 #flickr

[pyro-hairedguy]

Finished paying off my Scaletrains SD38-2 layaway. For all the shit I give Scaletrains about paint colors, these are pretty spot on.

The pulling power and light functions are fantastic. I had way too much fun breaking these in.

#model railroading #model trains #frisco #model railroad #scaletrains #sd38-2 #ho scale

[flagstops]

#model trains #ho scale #trains

[eltristanexplicitcontent]

Near Bromela, Calif. September 1954.

#southern pacific #ho scale #Youtube