A Train or Three at Play in the Yard

The equipment below is painted but no where near finished but with the sheer volume - and the possibility of adding a few more items even - means a rather large investment of time going forward above and beyond the time already invested before it can all be called done.  Most of the equipment is from Peter Pig, some modified, with a few locomotives from Glencoe Models (see earliest posts on this blog).

 A closer shot of one of the Glencoe locomotives with a Peter Pig tender.

Two identical Glencoe tank engines.

Two of the three Peter Pig locomotives with their tenders.

An overall shot of the "Eight Track" yard.  This image shows all the currently table capable pieces - even if not 'fully dressed'.

From a different angle.

And another angle.

The core 'basic' freight train: locomotive with tender, three box cars, and a caboose.

 And the core 'basic' passenger train: locomotive with tender (this is a Glencoe), a combination baggage/passenger car, and two passenger coaches.

 A close shot of the Peter Pig locomotive and tender - after I heavily modified the 'clunky' square base.

 And one of the other Glencoe models.

 And the other Glencoe tank engine.

Another close up of the Glencoe 4-4-0 with a Peter Pig tender.

Coach on the left modified into a full baggage car, coach on the right modified into a parlor car - note the large window at the back.  Might need to use some filler on many of the modified coaches and then sanding before final painting - and then lettering of course: Tentacle and Monopoly Western Rail Road or T&MWRR.

 The basic combination car - modified - and the two unmodified coaches.

 A trio of flat cars.

 A shot of one of the caboose.

 And a shot of one of the box cars.

And this last shot of the yard empty before I put it away.  Doing this layout caused two realizations: I actually need more straight tracks for future plans and I also need a much larger background piece for doing these photographs.

The seven stock cars await completion still, as do three tank cars and three gondolas - none of which are pictured, all modifications on top of flat cars.  It is possible, but by no means certain, I might order some more cars and maybe another locomotive or two (at least one of which to be a crashed locomotive).

Now, we'll see if having these photos up will encourage me to work on those unfinished cars.  Maybe I will require myself to at least get them built and painted as items here before determining whether to buy more or not.