Photo of The Day

[finescalerr]

Looks more like a job for Narayan or Volker. See upcoming Modelers' Annual.It's already in the mail. -- Russ

[marc_reusser]

Ooooh...I like that for a vignette.



Some locos for those with a hankerin' to extreme weather (Chinese narrow gauge)

[kneighbarger]

Very cool photos, Mark. The small drivers and overall layout of the engine looks alot
like this Lokomo engine that I took photos of in Okha, Sakhalinsk, Russia.
Made in Finland in 1952 by Lokomo, number 453.

Ken

[Arno Boudoiron]

Very cool engine 

[Chuck Doan]

Awesome!

[Ray Dunakin]

That's a refreshingly unique depiction.

[finescalerr]

How did he get up there in the first place? -- Russ

[Junior]

Looks like the work of Marjin Van Gils or at least somebody influenced by him  .

Anders

[NORCALLOGGER]

The General is the ancestor of a good friend of mine.

He fell at "Pickett's Charge" on Cemetery Ridge in July of 1863
The last day of the "Battle of Gettysburg".  

Just some background info


Hmmmmm, interesting that an Infantry officer would have spurs on his boots??

[chester]

Hmmmmm, interesting that an Infantry officer would have spurs on his boots??

He's a General, he can wear what he wants.
Wonderful stuff.

[eTraxx]

Hmmmmm, interesting that an Infantry officer would have spurs on his boots??

Yeah .. but horses were transportation. Everyone that could rode .. certainly Generals did. Spurs were just part of the kit ..

[kneighbarger]

Some harbor dock photos from around 1954.... Edginton Oil Company bearth, Long Beach CA.
Ken

[finescalerr]

Reminds me of my misspent youth when my father would take us to the docks, park us on a bench, and wander around with his camera. I saw SP switchers in orange and black "tiger stripe" paint schemes, guys working on the docks, the whole shebang. I even tried to draw some of what I saw. I guess that's one reason why I have a fondness for waterfront modeling. -- Russ

[kneighbarger]

If you go back to post 1397, page 94, you can see where that mountain of drums was used the above photos.
The 55 gallon drums have diesel (which was still considered "fuel oil" back in the early 1950's)
and are being loaded in the photo above. Edgington Oil made their own 55 gallon drums up to
the mid 1970's.
Ken

[Ray Dunakin]

This is pretty interesting... a living tree with a large hollow, that has been filled in with (apparently) stone blocks:




The tree is located in Georgia near the site of this Civil War era brick ruin:



More pics of these and other interesting old stuff can be found on the photographer's website:

http://intoruin.wordpress.com/tag/abandoned/