Front End Friday

@Rob Leese posted:

A most lovely locomotive.

Here is what will be pulling all those TEXAS ZEPHYR cars I have been posting on another thread.

Definite Sweet Engine !!!! I’ll be getting one of these hopefully in January. I’d like the see that other thread with the TxZ cars. Where is it located ?  
Thanks 👍

@TrainBub posted:

Definite Sweet Engine !!!! I’ll be getting one of these hopefully in January. I’d like the see that other thread with the TxZ cars. What is it located ?  
Thanks 👍

Most of them have been posted near the end of this thread:   https://ogrforum.com/...trains-lets-see-them

One by one, I have been re-decorating various cars and posting the results.  There are also some new and different photos on this week's Weekend Photo Fun.  In other words, they're all over the place.

@Rob Leese posted:

Most of them have been posted near the end of this thread:   https://ogrforum.com/...trains-lets-see-them

One by one, I have been re-decorating various cars and posting the results.  There are also some new and different photos on this week's Weekend Photo Fun.  In other words, they're all over the place.

Thanks Rob !!!!  

@coach joe posted:

Where are all the Mets fans?

Well, Joe, there is at least one legally qualified, long suffering Met Fan currently residing in Lords Valley, PA (as kids, Mom and Dad took my brother and I to several games the Mets played at the Polo Grounds - that was a loooong subway trip from Flatbush in Brooklyn!!!).

Unfortunately, I don’t remember anyone making any Mets rolling stock

The memorial paver is a copy of one my brother and I had placed in the walkway outside Shea (I refuse to call it Citi Field!!!).

OK in keeping with my dubiously "earned" title of eclectic ... this weeks FEF is from the archives here at Musee De GrosseHomme ( and they say things in French make you sound classy ??? )

Anyway I proffer .. A STELLA clockwork locomotive , not very common and comes with a marvelous tale ....

I am going to be lazy and repost my comments from the Tinplate thread of ages past

" Stella is a little known Czechoslovakian toy manufacturer these days but in the past it was a grand manufacturer of many items . Based in the small town of Krnsko , which even today has a population of a little over 500 ... but back in 1890 Josef Kotek started a small workshop that made children's rifles , toys and gardening tools .... succeeding their father 10 years later Ladislav and Frantisek Kotek built the business into a larger factory , and showing just how important "Toys" can be the family built a chapel over a spring in the top of the mountainside overlooking Krnsko, and used his success in business to set up fresh water resources to each house in Vystrykov and even sewerage .. in fact this system was in place right up until 1970 when it was finally replaced by a state run system ... in time they even created hydroelectricity and steam sawmills in the district in the 1920's ... The Kotek family truly believed in "Paying it forward " and were highly regarded ... all from " "toys"

In the second world war the factory was stripped by the Germans and turned over to arms production and building aircraft components .. after the war the factory reverted back to making some toys , and these trains were one of them .... they also continued making children's rifles and weapons .. in fact the renowned CZ air rifles was their product

Much more interesting history on this firm can be found here

https://translate.google.com/t...osti/ladislav-kotek/

As you will see however there is no mention of toy trains lol .. but yes , yes they made them , and here is the proof ... they are Post war C. late 40's early 50's . "

Stories like that bring back to life the amazing idea that from such simple things as toys , comes the ability to change the world in ways we can hardly imagine today ... The "Power of Play"

Oh no.....not again !?!  ( for those who've seen the PE movie ).

Just a little more work to finish up the Christmas layout for 2022.                                                                  Happy FEF and a great weekend to all.

Paul, I've got a Lionel Mets boxcar. No. 6-81928.  I'll dig it out and post a picture later today. Or whenever I find rolling stock box No. 35.

@Fatman posted:

OK in keeping with my dubiously "earned" title of eclectic ... this weeks FEF is from the archives here at Musee De GrosseHomme ( and they say things in French make you sound classy ??? )

Anyway I proffer .. A STELLA clockwork locomotive , not very common and comes with a marvelous tale ....

I am going to be lazy and repost my comments from the Tinplate thread of ages past" Stella is a little known Czechoslovakian toy manufacturer these days but in the past it was a grand manufacturer of many items . As you will see however there is no mention of toy trains lol .. but yes , yes they made them , and here is the proof ... they are Post war C. late 40's early 50's . "

Thank you for sharing this marvelous story .   

  Really something how things develop over the years and from such places that we here in other parts of the world are unaware of.

Nice looking little piece of art that someone a long time ago had the creative talent to imagine and produce.   

@Trainwreck nate posted:

Newest engine to join the roster. K-line Tmcc B&A 4-6-6T

Good looking close up Nate.   

Is your ballast made for O gauge ?    It sure looks small enough for a realistic scale for that steamer.    NICE.

I’m late but what the heck…….Here’s a favorite of mine - a sweet Weaver brass Milwaukee Road engine. 😜

Cheers !!! 🙂

I've posted a still of the front end of this MPC Blue Comet Hudson before but here she is pulling her 4-car Williams heavyweight Blue Comet consist into the station (I don't have yet):

1889 Newport Street Railway Company transporting riders from Long Wharf to Easton's Beach.

Plate glass negative.

It's 1601 early am.

Almost up to date!

From my 2020 Christmas Layout

walt

K-Line/Marx 333 pulling a few passenger cars to THE game tomorrow.  O-H…

@walt rapp posted:

Almost up to date!  From my 2020 Christmas Layout

We've been standing by now for some time now Walt.

Not that we haven't enjoyed your photos from the past .....BUT.......are you going to share your 2022 Christmas layout with us soon.

Happy FEF.

Another FEF !!! They just keep coming 😳 Oh well - I’ll try to oblige…….. it’s getting hard to keep straight what I posted before and where. 🤔😵‍💫🤪    
So here’s a couple of nice IC E6.
Left is 3rd Rail “Panama Limited”, right is MTH “City of Miami”. Lurking beyond the water tower is a black MTH SP GS-2
Cheers !!!

Happy FEF….it’s a great day to be!  Lionel legacy 701 2-8-0.  🙂

John

Here's my ends of the front kind for this fine Friday!  

Virginian FM Train Master exits Northeast Tunnel.

Have a good Friday all, hope all enjoyed thanksgiving

The Thanksgiving holiday travelers get ready to board as the "Chief" pulls into the North Main Street Station...

@Wood posted:

1889 Newport Street Railway Company transporting riders from Long Wharf to Easton's Beach.

Plate glass negative.

wood, great pic!  The wife and I were in Newport a couple of weeks ago...seems to have changed a little over the years??

@Capetrainman posted:

wood, great pic!  The wife and I were in Newport a couple of weeks ago...seems to have changed a little over the years??

Thank you Paul. I love the advertisements on the front of the Trolley. The left side is for the beach and on the right side are baseball dates and times at Cardine's field in downtown Newport. It's still there and they still play ball.

We have a great group of O Gauge modelers on the island. If you have the time and return to Newport, message me. I would enjoy meeting and hosting you.

Wood

PS. I own that plate with another Easton's beach plate. They hang around the layout.

Happy FEF!

Still working off the food coma........but the trains gotta run!

Bob

Well, I *guess* this photo qualifies for FEF:

It's the photo I used as my "member photo" on this and other forums, and depicts a car of the Baltimore & Annapolis Short Line stopped at the Severna Park (formerly Boone) station, near where I live. I 'borrowed' the photo from the excellent Annapolis Railroad History web site (https://www.annapolisrailroadhistory.com/), and I commend the site to anyone interested in railroad history of the central Maryland area. The Severna Park station building still exists next to the old B&ASL right of way (now converted to the wonderful B&A bike trail) and occupied by the club layout of the Severna Park Model Railroad Club (http://severnapark.railfan.net/).

Here's a pretty front end that I've hardly seen on the layout in years! I just finished doing some much-needed electromechanical repairs on my command-control, MTH Lionel Corporation 263e (here's a link to the writeup if anyone wants to see it).

Finally have her running like she should, pulling my vintage 700-series passenger cars. Happy FEF everyone!

Happy FEF !!!

( Although for me its actually SAS ... Slack Arse Saturday ! Because .. dum dum dummmm " I am YOUR Future " )

Today its a little something something from Espagne ! ( Spain ) , a boxed set from the early 50's from Paya .

Penn Central

@Fatman posted:

Happy FEF !!!

( Although for me its actually SAS ... Slack Arse Saturday ! Because .. dum dum dummmm " I am YOUR Future " )

Today its a little something something from Espagne ! ( Spain ) , a boxed set from the early 50's from Paya .

This is a REALLY neat little set! I'd love to see this little loco in action pulling those cars around the track but, whatever you do, don't let those "race guys" anywhere near her!

Now boarding on Track #2, the Boston & Albany Hudson: All Aboard

LOL, Arnold

@Fatman posted:

Happy FEF !!!

Looks like they used an illustration straight out of a Lionel ad!

I picked this beauty up yesterday at Trainland in Lynbrook, NY. I really like this scheme.
Andy

@Wood posted:

Thank you Paul. I love the advertisements on the front of the Trolley. The left side is for the beach and on the right side are baseball dates and times at Cardine's field in downtown Newport. It's still there and they still play ball.

We have a great group of O Gauge modelers on the island. If you have the time and return to Newport, message me. I would enjoy meeting and hosting you.

Wood

PS. I own that plate with another Easton's beach plate. They hang around the layout.

Wood, thanks for the follow-up and invitation...I'll keep it in mind if headed over the Newport way.  Is there a an active "club" on the island?

@Capetrainman posted:

Wood, thanks for the follow-up and invitation...I'll keep it in mind if headed over the Newport way.  Is there a an active "club" on the island?

Yes Paul, we do have an active group. From October thru April, we meet every other Tuesday night and visit friends' homes and layouts. We do not have a meeting house or club layout.  It is just a group of Model Train friends.

Happy Front-End Friday. A Lionel Amtrak E9, #406, poses for its beauty shot in front of Union Station. Please enjoy your day and also check out my new video highlighting this locomotive called "Amtrak, the Rainbow Years".

Donald

Happy FEF !

Deep from the bowels of the collection comes a Chad Valley Merlin locomotive from the 1950's ... Runs on D cells in the flip up boiler

Happy FEF everyone and have a great weekend!

Happy Front End Friday, y'all!