Front End Friday

Railking  AAs for this FEF

Make it a great weekend all.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Great looking model Mark .          Have you ever considered an upgrade ps2/3  ?

Dallas - thank you, and, in answer to your question, no. Want to keep this guy as produced. I also had a pristine Tuscan 5 stripe from same era, and have seller’s regret after letting it go.

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Dallas - thank you, and, in answer to your question, no. Want to keep this guy as produced. I also had a pristine Tuscan 5 stripe from same era, and have seller’s regret after letting it go.

Funny how that works.🤔     I've seen other posts that had the same sentiment.      I may not have enough trains to have wanted to sell off anything yet.

@coach joe- Yes, It's a Lionel PW 218 dummy. One of the first sets I bought when I relaunched my train insanity......The front skirt is broken under the coupler but the set was in good shape overall for its age. I've replaced the motor in the powered unit since. Funny how my carpet central was bigger than my current layout. I never should have left the floor!

@leapinlarry- Thanks. There's a lot of love-hate directed at the Menards F unit. I'm happy with mine and I'll buy more when and if they start full production.

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

@coach joe- Yes, It's a Lionel PW 218 dummy. One of the first sets I bought ......... Funny how my carpet central was bigger than my current layout. I never should have left the floor!

" I never should have left the floor "........and didn't have to test out your joints crawling around checking wiring !

@MELGAR posted:

Joe,

The P-1a electric motors operated under catenary at Cleveland Union Terminal beginning in 1929. Electric operation was eliminated by dieselization of CUT during the 1950s. Twenty P-1a motors were converted to 660-volt DC third-rail power and designated P-2b for operation between Grand Central Terminal and Croton-Harmon in 1955.

MELGAR

That's what I thought but forgot about the designation change from P-1 to P-2

Time for a Fourth of July front end Friday. Here is an R-62 sporting a beautiful American flag coming into City Hall station -  -

Have a good FEF to start of your weekend

Getting ready for the 4th, here are some of my red, white, and blue fleet.

Here's my end of the front kind for this fine weekend!

Here’s my FEF contribution today.

Cheers !!! 😉

That's a beauty!

Happy FeF and weekend everyone!

John

Happy FeF - here is the front ends of an R33 redbird coming into the station  -

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

MTH D&H RS-11

Well hello F.E.F. fans, here is my input this week.

First this is a U.K. Mettoy "Britannia"  clockwork locomotive and tender, from the early 50's.

At the other end of the time spectrum, here is an American Flyer (Chicago Flyer) veteran from the 1920's.  She clearly shows her wear and tear but she still works fine, although I limit her running so as not to risk parts I can no longer replace.

Finally in the "anything goes" class, here is the front end of the Disney World , "Adventure Land" Jungle Express from just a few years ago.

Best Wishes everyone!

Don

Happy FEF - two of the just released Atlas P-42 Genesis engines

Here's a front view of my model of New Haven Railroad Alco RS-3 diesel locomotive #531 by Atlas O Trainman (20033012, MSRP $399.95, TMCC, 2012) on the O-36 inner loop of my 12'-by-8' layout.

MELGAR

@MELGAR, I love your scenery work and how you’ve designed Your layouts, they are so photogenic…Amazing work and beautiful trains. Happy Front End Friday everyone…

Have a good Front end all

Good afternoon FEFers,

Seen in southern MD this morning.

A pair of Kodachrome U36’s. Just bought the set.

Happy FEF!

Finally got a chance to surf the forum today. Been one of those Friday's at work......

DC Metro pulling into the station. Having grown up riding the NYC Subways, the open look of the Metro stations always impressed me. These trains run on hard composite wheels too, they are very quiet.

Front End Friday Santa Fe style. Lionel F3 Red Warbonnet from 2005 and F7 Yellow Warbonnet from 2022. Some maintenance action going on in the foreground just for fun.

@trumpettrain posted:

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

Patrick, great scene at track level with the diesel straight ahead...also, some friendly activity in the truck distribution yard?  Nice to have such flashy neighbors on site gracing the "green" house...

Happy FeF, have a great weekend all!

John

I got this 1999 MTH reproduction of the PW Lionel NJC FM Trainmaster for ~$210 delivered from Trainz last week:

She's got a neat mars light feature:

She's a pretty faithful reproduction, right down to the end screws (no shell cracks) and not-so-prototypical chromed railings. Her PS1 OS is a little quirky, but she runs well. Although Trainz indicated she had been fitted with a BCR, I "popped the hood" anyway and found a few small splatters from the original battery to clean up. The 24 yo traction tires also had to be replaced which was a pain because the trucks need to be "dropped" to remove the side frame screws. How the downward facing side frame screws used on newer locos weren't used from the beginning on traction tire diesels is beyond me

@Capetrainman posted:

Patrick, great scene at track level with the diesel straight ahead...also, some friendly activity in the truck distribution yard?  Nice to have such flashy neighbors on site gracing the "green" house...

Thanks so much Paul!  Yes, it's always good to have friendly neighbors

Here are my ends of the front kind for this fine Friday!   Fridget front ends.  A little something to bring down the temperature if only in our minds.  

@trumpettrain posted:

Here are my ends of the front kind for this fine Friday!   Fridget front ends.  A little something to bring down the temperature if only in our minds.  

“Cool” looking scenes and nice detail Patrick.

Gene

A front end getting serviced.

Gene

Happy FEF!

@Bill Swatos posted:

I got this 1999 MTH reproduction of the PW Lionel NJC FM Trainmaster for ~$210 delivered from Trainz last week:

She's got a neat mars light feature:

She's a pretty faithful reproduction, right down to the end screws (no shell cracks) and not-so-prototypical chromed railings. Her PS1 OS is a little quirky, but she runs well. Although Trainz indicated she had been fitted with a BCR, I "popped the hood" anyway and found a few small splatters from the original battery to clean up. The 24 yo traction tires also had to be replaced which was a pain because the trucks need to be "dropped" to remove the side frame screws. How the downward facing side frame screws used on newer locos weren't used from the beginning on traction tire diesels is beyond me

Nice looking Trainmaster Bill good luck with your find, by looking at that table your fleet is growing pretty quick

Happy FeF from the subway. Here’s an R40 coming around the bend into the station -

@trumpettrain, Patrick, thank you so much for showing those amazingly beautiful winter scenes, it helps us stay cool here in Tennessee with temperatures in the lower to upper 90’s. @Bill Swatos, that’s a gorgeous FM, one of my favorite color schemes, Wow. @Trainmaster 04, Wow, beautiful night scenes as work must go on, 24 hours a day, nice work. @Genemed , that’s a beautiful steamer, is it the newer Lionel legecy consolidation? I have the B&O version…. Happy Railroading Everyone

@leapinlarry posted:

@Genemed , that’s a beautiful steamer, is it the newer Lionel legecy consolidation?

Yes it is Larry. I got it from Pat’s trains after seeing yours. I prefer diesel over steam, but this one caught my attention and bought it with no hesitation.

Gene

Happy FEF!

Bob

Have a good FeF All! PW Lionel Erie Alco, 42.00 find runs like a clock after a good degreasing and service.

@Trainmaster04- Really liked your "night" scenes, the lighting effect was great.  Especially on the locomotive in picture #3 from the top.  Super job! @Bill Swatos- neat new Trainmaster, she really looks good! @Strap Hanger - Like the subway photos, I wonder who got picked to put the graffiti on that platform lower wall, talk about brave! (or stupid).  @leapinlarry - super photos of your layout.

Here is a F.E.F. contrast in both time and size.  The American Flyer (Chicago Flyer) wide gauge 4644 locomotive from the 1930's and the #1211 O gauge locomotive from the 1920's.  One designed to resemble the NH box cab electric on the NY-New Haven run and the other to resemble the NYC "S" class locomotive for use in and around Grand Central station in NY.

Well I am headed back to Texas tomorrow at the end of my vacation trip with the grandson.  So I will be absent from the forum for a few days.  Hope to see everyone early next week.

Best Wishes

Don