1:1 ATJOE1972 visits the NYCTL!

 Greetings All,

The New York Central Layout recently enjoyed a visit from noted model railroader and youtuber ATJOE1972 when he was in the Atlanta area for a professional conference. Blog readers should recognize this name and the 1:87 moniker Alco Joe that he goes by when in NYCTL train service.

Also in town for the weekend was my son Robert and his family which added to the fun and train consists.

I met ATJOE1972 thru this blog and have exchanged countless emails and quips with him over the years. When he inquired about visiting I immediately said yes. I'm very happy to say that we had a very enjoyable weekend running trains and visiting area attractions.

1:1 scale ATJOE1972 arrived on Friday evening bearing gifts like this very nice CB&Q sign.

And this really nice Penn Central sign.

On an unseasonably cold Saturday ATJOE, Robert and I took a trip to the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, Georgia.

After visiting the museum and eating lunch we then went to Trainmaster Models in Auburn, Georgia. You know we found stuff we needed!!

After our day out we returned to the NYCTL for an afternoon of running trains. ATJOE checks out a Trainmaster and two SD9s.

ATJOE1972 poses with the three CSX Pride in Service locomotives at Terminal Yard. With my son Robert in town these three units are a must on the layout.

BINO diesels are also a must!

Early Sunday morning the weather returned to normal and ATJOE set up on the Norfolk Southern mainline to catch the Amtrak Crescent as it headed west thru Duluth, GA towards Atlanta.

All told we spent three days running various trains on the layout focusing on ATJOE's and my son Robert's favorite locomotives. Here is a small sample from the weekend.

The CB&Q and PC signs are now proudly displayed and  prominently placed to be easily spotted when entering the train room.

On Monday morning ATJOE was back on the Norfolk Southern mainline this time at Suwanee, GA where he again caught the Amtrak Crescent this time with a rare engine in the consist. 

The entire family enjoyed ATJOE1972's visit and he is welcome back anytime. We had a lot of fun and I hope we can do it again.

Here's a part 1 ATJOE's video from his visit to the layout.

Thanks for the visit ATJOE!!!

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See you soon!!!