Front End Friday

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

Happy FEF!

Happy finale FEF of 2023.

Railking

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Railking

A "Red Bird"!

Ron

Have a good end of the year FeF fans

Some handsome steamers from Lionel and K-Line

One diesel by early Williams of the beautiful 'North Coast Limited'

Old bashing; still PS-1!

RK/Weaver/KCS 2-8-8-0 Mallet, more or less.

A Lionchief 726 Berkshire on the headend of a Polar Express excursion run around the Christmas tree.  Happy New Year everyone!

Happy FEF!

I got Monon 444 hauling a freight load on my floor layout. A friend and I have combined our FasTrack collections to do a floor layout upstairs in the train loft at my new house. I have aspirations to get some benchwork going in the not too distant future, so I can get this off the floor.

Monon 444 is a USRA Pacific custom run that @MrMuffin'sTrains did with Lionel back a couple of years ago. One of my favorites!

If you look closely, you may notice the front-end of the 20th Century Limited on the siding on the right. That belongs to the same friend who combined track with me.

Happy Front End Friday everyone! To start off the new year, I'm running some New York Central on my layout, starring this big MTH American Legacy 763e Hudson.

I'm also running my diesel MU pair, front ended by my Railking PS3 GP9. I understand long hood forwards was the NYC's preference in the early steam era, hence the orientation.

Here's the video of the 20th Century Limited and a tanker freight riding the high iron.

Today's front end (Friday, January 5, 2024) is New York Central Ten-Wheeler 4-6-0 #1232 (Lionel 2131070) on my 12'-by-8' layout.

Second photo shows the engine arriving at Bridgeport.

MELGAR

Soo GP38-2 from Lionel's 1993 service station set, the "Soo Line Special:"

I got the whole set NIB and the loco has a few problems, as might be expected from a 30 year-old set. Although the box says "Made and Litho in USA," I believe this might be an example of the first generation of low-cost "China Drive" diesels produced by Lionel during the Kughn era. The "motor-in-truck" design is almost identical to some Chinese-made (Sanda Kan) K-Line locos I have. Anyhow, I've got her hauling my FARR #5 PRR consist + WBB PRR gondola around the oval while I work some of the "bugs" out.

A couple of front ends during my latest run. Lionel RS-27 & SW8, both Legacy. The SW8 was my first Legacy purchase when I started my original layout in the fall of 2021.

Gene

@Bill Swatos posted:

Soo GP38-2 from Lionel's 1993 service station set, the "Soo Line Special:"

I got the whole set NIB and the loco has a few problems, as might be expected from a 30 year-old set. Although the box says "Made and Litho in USA," I believe this might be an example of the first generation of low-cost "China Drive" diesels produced by Lionel during the Kughn era. The "motor-in-truck" design is almost identical to some Chinese-made (Sanda Kan) K-Line locos I have. Anyhow, I've got her hauling my FARR #5 PRR consist + WBB PRR gondola around the oval while I work some of the "bugs" out.

Thats a fine looking set you have Bill!

Happy FEF!

NYC H-16-44 Lightning Stripe

Have a good start to your weekend FeF fans, a Lionel GP-9 Pennsylvania from 1973-75 God Speed All!

Happy FeF! Here is a double shot of front ends - An R12 on the elevated and a Dash 8  hauling freight on the mainline

I'm working by the tracks today and caught 3 trains in 13 minutes. The BNSF is a front and end shot.

Happy first FEF of 2024!

Well, Christmas has passed. So the Polar Express has been taken off the layout and the Santa Fe Super Chief put in its place. Looks like the engineer’s side cab light is out. But I’m not replacing it, because real diesel locomotives don’t run around with bright cab lights on anyway. 😉

And then there is  THE REAL DEAL

Here's a diesel real deal.

Well I am a little limited being still at family visiting hence using my archives but I don't think I have posted this on F.E.F. at least not recently.  This is an American Flyer "Hummer" locomotive and tender, this one dated from approximately 1930 although it might be a few years either way on that date.  Clockwork and clearly just a sheet metal model, with little to no detail.  The tender, green was the original color by the way, has a "crackle" finish that I believe is just age related and not what it looked like originally.  So any way, here she is, now 94 + years old and "still ticking"!

Best wishes

Don

...........and here is the REAL DEAL in MY FANTASY WORLD

Have a terific weekend all.  God speed .

Found some old ones from the archives. 

Happy F.E.F.!

Amtrak E units waiting for the call in Ivy City during the mid 70's.

N&W J overtakes some Metroliners sometime circa 2007 in layout years.

Conrail Shared Assets GP15 doing yard duty.

The lone CNJ "Red Baron" SD40

A heavily Photoshopped background on this F40PH.

Williams Masterpiece Series BS03 New York Central J3a Hudson from the 1990's.

Been out all day, so posting one from 2005.  As my wife and I were crossing the tracks at the start of our hike up the Bemis Brook trail to Arethusa Falls, we heard a diesel horn in the distance.  We didn't have to wait too long before the Conway Scenic Railroad train passed us.  I don't remember what CNL was, but I am pretty sure it was an F7 consist.

In the prototype department, only a face a mother could love.

@CAPPilot posted:

Been out all day, so posting one from 2005.  As my wife and I were crossing the tracks at the start of our hike up the Bemis Brook trail to Arethusa Falls, we heard a diesel horn in the distance.  We didn't have to wait too long before the Conway Scenic Railroad train passed us.  I don't remember what CNL was, but I am pretty sure it was an F7 consist.

Conway Scenic FP9.  A rare bird!

@Don McErlean posted:

Well I am a little limited being still at family visiting hence using my archives but I don't think I have posted this on F.E.F. at least not recently.  This is an American Flyer "Hummer" locomotive and tender, this one dated from approximately 1930 although it might be a few years either way on that date.  Clockwork and clearly just a sheet metal model, with little to no detail.  The tender, green was the original color by the way, has a "crackle" finish that I believe is just age related and not what it looked like originally.  So any way, here she is, now 94 + years old and "still ticking"!

Best wishes

Don

I can imagine the joy this little loco once brought into a child's life, Don! Now she's bringing joy into ours. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you Bill !  
Don

Lionel

@GG1 4877 posted:

Found some old ones from the archives.

Happy F.E.F.!

A heavily Photoshopped background on this F40PH.

Hey, I wonder if Krieglok (Tom) was driving that day? 😉

@Yellowstone Special posted:

Hey, I wonder if Krieglok (Tom) was driving that day? 😉

You've given me a great idea even if he wasn't

A different front end for this Friday.

@GG1 4877 posted:

Conway Scenic FP9.  A rare bird!

Thank you!  I will update my notes.  It has not been on the CSR for a while, so I wonder where it is now.

SP