Front End Friday

@mike g. - Thanks for those thoughts Mike, appreciate it.  Don

Great pictures and trains everyone.  RSJB18 great shark design, I can hear the music!  Strap Hanger - wonderful subway scene, great work .  Sitka - a PW beauty to be sure.  Have a great weekend all.

Don

Wow so much great stuff starting so early on a Friday!

I'll see Patrick's pair and raise another Y6B

Don I'm glad our little gathering place can offer respite from your burden.  Still working the prayer beads for all y'all.

Since we're paraphrasing great movie lines:

She's a beaut Bob

With apologies to Sheriff Brody, "We're gonna need a bigger boat, a U boat!" Thanks for the inspiration Paul.

Arnold that 20th Century Ltd is gorgeous.  Who made it?  The B&A Hudson made like the Enterprise and went to maximum warp speed when it cleared that S curve.

Strap you're gonna some of those movable platforms West Side Joe is cooking up.

@coach joe - Thank you for your prayer support, means a lot.  Don

@coach joe posted:

Wow so much great stuff starting so early on a Friday!

Since we're paraphrasing great movie lines:

She's a beaut Bob

With apologies to Sheriff Brody, "We're gonna need a bigger boat, a U boat!" Thanks for the inspiration Paul.

Did someone say U Boat??????

(Ironically I got these MPC beauties from Paul.....)

Bob

@Don McErlean posted:

@coach joe - Thank you for your prayer support, means a lot.  Don

Add my prayers to the list Don. I hope your wife is doing ok and makes a speedy recovery.

Bob

BUMP...BUMP...BUMP....BUMP....BUMP......BUMP.......(que the trombones....)

So here's the back story of @Apples55 Paul and my little back and fourth. I have to give an honorable mention to @Arnold D. Cribari who's comment about my RS11 started the latest thrust and parry.....

I had bought a D&H GP9 several years ago. I loved the paint scheme as soon as I saw it. Sensing my weakness...Paul had offered me a pair of MPC UBoats (previously shown) as he was clearing out some old stuff that he didn't run anymore. Being a techno-peasant, Paul didn't want to mess with them. After a mutually agreed upon transactional fee....a quick run through the RSJ&B shops yielded very few problems.  A quick cleaning an lube and the MPC classics were ready to run.
As my liking of the D&H had quickly turned into an obsession, I found the above set of Williams Sharks on Trainz at a good price. That was April of 2019.....needless to say given that last night was the first time they've been on my layout under power, Paul had a good reason to keep "poking the bear" so to speak. I should note that I took them out of the boxes and right on the layout and off they went. The "B" unit has William's tru-blast sounds.
So now that they have finally seen the light of day, and the planted seed has grown, matured and been cut down, I guess the only thing left to do is sit back, pour a single-malt and enjoy!

Happy Friday!

Bob

Oh... then there's always that pesky "time to building a bigger layout"........ nudge!

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming......

@RSJB18 posted:

BUMP...BUMP...BUMP....BUMP....BUMP......BUMP.......(que the trombones....)

Oh... then there's always that pesky "time to building a bigger layout"........ nudge!

You said it, not me (this time anyway )!!!

And since you’re raising the “bigger layout” issue, you know what would look spectacular behind those sharp sharks??? A nice set of blue/silver/yellow D&H passenger cars

Don’t forget, Bob… no drinking Single Malt (or other adult beverages) and driving trains - don’t want to see an entry on some “My Worst Accident” thread

@Apples55 posted:

You said it, not me (this time anyway )!!!

And since you’re raising the “bigger layout” issue, you know what would look spectacular behind those sharp sharks??? A nice set of blue/silver/yellow D&H passenger cars

Don’t forget, Bob… no drinking Single Malt (or other adult beverages) and driving trains - don’t want to see an entry on some “My Worst Accident” thread

You mean like these.......

And I always drink and train responsibly.....

Bob

RK PS 2 NYC GP9

@coach joe posted:

Strap you're gonna some of those movable platforms West Side Joe is cooking up.

So true, Coach, That’s a pretty hefty 1/48 scale gap between the train and the platform.  Until then, everyone needs to take a leap of faith!

Nice pics everyone!

@RSJB18 posted:

You mean like these.......

And I always drink and train responsibly.....

Bob

Now that’s what I’m talking about… Sweet!!!

Happy FEF from the Smoky Mountains!

FEF, a rainy day project. I am repainting the lower red stripe to blue on a Williams B unit to go with my Menards AA. Also going to modify the dummy A to a power unit by swapping shells with a spare red bonnet.

Wow, I’m on page 148 and from here to the end of page 149 are some beautiful pictures and videos, @Don McErleann, your antique tinplate trains bring back great memories, your collection must be very uniquely beautiful, now please know your friends here in Tennessee has you in our prayers for your wife and family, hopefully she’ll get better soon, @Sitka, your older Lionel steamers look fantastic on your cool layout, Wow, @Strap Hanger, wow, your R40 subway looks like it’s ready to round the corner into Queens Plaza and take folks to their destinations, Awesome, @RSJB18, Bob, I see the light shining brightly, Beautiful diesel, @Randy Harrison, Wow, that’s a beautiful Lionel NYC Hudson, amazing outdoor picture, looks almost real, Wow, @TedW, I love your dioramas, especially the top one with the awesome 765 Locomotive, Wow, @Arnold D. Cribari, that’s an amazing Dreyfus Steamer running beautifully around your empire, Wow, What a great Front End Friday…Happy Railroading Everyone

Happy FEF everyone!  Today I have my 1-700E on the track, taking a break from command control and running some conventional.  Have a great weekend everyone!

Hi guys just wanted to get my offering in before close of night.

New meets old.

Kind of like Bob and Paul! 😆

@corsair29 posted:

What the heck is that? Frankensteam?

@Apples55 posted:

Now that’s what I’m talking about… Sweet!!!

Not really what I expected out you Paul.  I thought for sure you were going to tell Bob the RKs needed to go for some scale size cars.  18 inchers at least.

Oh and Bob on the single malt!

@RonH posted:

Had a 65 GTO with 3 deuces and a 4 speed. Fast car. Where did you get this car?

RonH, The model is Welly #2313 1/43 scale.  Several are on EBay now.

@coach joe posted:

What the heck is that? Frakensteam?

MTH Angus

@coach joe posted:

Not really what I expected out you Paul.  I thought for sure you were going to tell Bob the RKs needed to go for some scale size cars.  18 inchers at least.

Oh and Bob on the single malt!

I think you’ve got me all wrong, Joe I’m so happy that Bob has a set of matching passenger cars. If I really wanted to keep poking the bear, I could have brought up a beautiful scale D&H PA pulling a nice set of Lionel aluminum 15 inchers…

Or maybe a scale PA pulling a set of MTH scale 70’ cars (but they require 42” curves, so they are out for Bob unless he’s been very liberal with the single malt!!!)…

And before I forget… when are you going to start building a layout?

Ahh! Now that's more like it.  So Shiny! So long! So much D&H to envy. I think Bob may be planning a trip to Malverne.

As for a layout, my allotted spare room will only yield a 4x8 and it's grudgingly giving me that much space.  Too many boxes in the way.  My wife has grown tired of it and is looking to have part of the front porch closed in and added to the den to give me more space.  Just what I need to re-plan for the fourth time since we got here just when I was embracing train life in 32 square feet.

Happy O'FEF!

LIRR RS1 in the afternoon light.....

Bob

Reading MP15DC, a recent addition to the dungeon.

Here is the express #4 train (an R62) dropping commuters off on Wall Street this morning.  I’m sure they’ll be heading to the St Patrick’s day parade later on after putting in the obligatory office Facetime this lovely Friday morning -

PW Lionel #52 helping out the town F.D. Have a good start of your weekend! Buy a Veteran some chow.

PW Lionel Trolley Picking up a passenger

PW Lionel #52 and #50 PW Lionel Gang Car running the rails

Here's my ends of the front kind for this fine Friday!    Today's front ends feature the latest and the earliest front end on my railroad.  These two front ends span 66 years.  

Reading F3 ( my latest acquisition and addition to the FSJR roster ) This is a K line car body and chassis   with MTH Proto 3 sound and smoke.

Front end of a Lionel postwar 2065 ( my first locomotive received from Santa when I was 4 years old ).  She still runs great!  

Another view of the Lionel 2065 crossing the Bollman bridge.

Happy FEF

Our photographer was out taking some photos on a very warm March day in 1949.  He caught a G5 pulling out of the station for a one car commuter run to a close-in suburb.  This was one of his favorite engines, although he knew through talking with G5 crews that they hated it for its very rough ride.  The Pennsy sacrificed ride to build the largest and most powerful 4-6-0 locomotive (OK, the SP had a one-off 4-6-0 that was heavier.)  Its fast acceleration made it an idea engine for the start-stop commuter runs.  121 were made in 1924, 90 for the Pennsy and 31 for the LIRR, and many lasted to the end of steam.

@RSJB18 posted:

Happy O'FEF!

LIRR RS1 in the afternoon light.....

Bob

WHAT'S  THE  O'  in the O'FEF!  all about  Bob ???  😁🤣😃😀😉  .     Good one sir.

   
  New England central and Providence and Worcester

Happy FEF.

Happy Friday everyone glad to see this thread going strong and Happy St. Patrick’s day too. You better have your “Green” on or I’ll pinch you through my phone lol. Here’s my offering for today a Dummy Weaver RS-3  I rebuilt last year and placed it on the layout switching coal cars. Enjoy your weekend.

@Don McErlean posted:

@coach joe - Thank you for your prayer support, means a lot.  Don

Sending some more of those prayers with those angel messengers sourounding you and your girl  Don..

Seems to me that this is one powerful world wide forum"  prayer chain "  going on sir.     

God speed.

New York Central 10 Wheeler #1232 on the Harlem Division turntable in North White Plains, getting ready for a run to Lake Mahopac. The train will leave the Harlem Division at Golden's Bridge for the steep (100 ft per mile) 7.22 mile climb on the Lake Mahopac Branch to where it intersects the Putnam Division at XC just south of Lake Mahopac Station. On this climb, the pounding of the locomotive's cylinders could be heard for miles.

Happy Front End Friday and Happy Saint Patrick's Day.

Happy FEF everyone. 🍀🍀🍀

A BLAST from the past photo til I'm OKed to get back to my little world.

.......and another FE  file photo getting in a WHITE BLAST before the beginning of a new season.

(  nice photospeople.....sure looks like a lot of GREEN here today.............not talking about a COLOR either  . )

God speed all.

@NYC Fan posted:

Happy Front End Friday and Happy Saint Patrick's Day.

Beautiful photo for this particular special FEF  Skip .

( have you had this photo posted on that " IMAGINEERING IN O GAUGE PHOTOGRAPHY  yet ? )