Front End Friday

Hey Bob - That's great - love the little guys buffalo plaid and engineer striped denim - working on the railroad

@pennsyfan posted:

A different front end for this Friday.

So who thinks Grandpa is having a ball???

Very cute!

@RSJB18 posted:

So who thinks Grandpa is having a ball???

Very cute!

Thanks Bob, he is my Great Grandson, makes it even sweeter.

@GG1 4877 posted:

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

OH  OH  Jonathan.

Keep those rail shinning on FEF

Happy FEF!

Finally have some Forum time....I hate when work gets in the way...

Snuck into the back end of the yard for today's shot.

Bob

Long Island Rail Road B-6sb #170 is a recent acquisition bought from Forum Sponsor Trainz. The model is MTH Railking Imperial 30-1710-1 delivered in 2017 with PS3 at MSRP $449.95. Photos and video show it on the back straight of my 10’-by-5’ layout behind the Idaho Hotel and approaching the southwest junction.

MELGAR

Happy FeF!  Here’s the front end of an R12 leading a mixed consist, which was quite common in the 1970s.  This mixed consist includes an R17, an R36, a redbird , and an R27. -

Bonus video from yesterdays run session -

Here's my end of the front kind for this fine Friday!   A Ma & Pa Doodlebug.  

@pennsyfan- WHAT A GREAT PICTURE...LOVED IT!

Don

Well I admit it, F.E.F. came up fast for me this week, I was traveling home from a Holiday Visit with East Coast family (Georgia).  However when I arrived late last night, this gal was waiting in her delivery box- a late Christmas present to me (from me!).  She is a bit dirty, needs maintenance, and a thorough cleaning and likely some electrical wiring repairs, but all that is for another day ( this is a 2024 project).  So here she is:

She is a 1925-1926 Lionel #253 electric.  She came with "Outfit 98" Passenger and "Outfit 95" freight.  These contained - ( outfit 95) - 2 #820 Boxcars, #821 Cattle Car, & #822 Caboose.  (for outfit 98) - 2 early #610 Pullmans and an early #612 observation.

She is fully identified with the 1925-1926 configuration including details of the type 4b motor and type 1 flag holder.  The only item not matching the "book" description is that she should have brass roof handrails and hers are nickel, otherwise she matches the stated configuration exactly.  She needs a thorough cleaning (for which I have to take her apart) and some of the wiring (old fashioned cloth insulation) needs to be replaced but that will come later.  For now, she just compliments my loco collection.  At between 98 and 99 years old, she seems in really good condition. The color is listed as "dark green" .

Here is the full "Front End Friday" view.  Note the manual reverse lever on the lower left side and the type 1s couplers with both the latch and tab/slot capability.

Here is a front quarter view, showing 2 "strap" type headlights, the type 1 flag holders, the reverse lever, and the brass inserts and brass/black number / name plates.

Here you see her (likely incorrect) nickel roof hand rails (although they appear factory made - so are likely an aftermarket purchase).  In addition you can make out her cast, red spokes on the drive wheels. OBTW, the nickel journals are correct to the period, its just the roof handrails that are wrong.

Well Front End Friday fans, that's my post for today...she is complete, nearly exact for configuration, 98 years old, gives every likelihood of being operable.  I am excited as her purchase price was very modest.

Happy New Year

Don

Railking

Good evening, FEFers.  Running late today.

Lots of electrics today.  Here is my MTH PRR P5A boxcab that is slowly disintegrating.

Lionel 784 Hudson with 19300 tender taking on water from a 30 water tower.

The snow is falling, so time to clear the tracks!

Happy FEF everyone!

PW Lionel Erie working the yard, have a good FeF.

Waiting for the snowstorm in upstate NY

My front end for today - a cold and snowy Friday, January 19th, 2024 - is Pennsylvania #5740, a G-5s 4-6-0 locomotive. #5740 is on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania and, with a tractive effort of 41,328 pounds, is considered to be the most powerful Ten-Wheeler ever built. The model is by MTH Premier (20-3031-1) and was delivered in March 1999 with PS1 at MSRP $699.95. So, I have been running this engine for almost 25 years (hard to believe). It has one of the highest running-times of any engine that I own. MTH made a quality product...

In the video, there is another locomotive stopped on the track to the left of the one on which #5740 is running. That is Long Island Rail Road G-5s #21, a sister engine that the PRR built for its LIRR subsidiary in 1924.

MELGAR

A trio of F3's....

Lionel Pennsy F3 ABA #9502 from 2012.

Enjoying the day sitting in the Sunroom watching it snow.

Donald

Happy FEF!

Reading 0-6-0t spotting a car on Team Track #1

The forklift operator/ photo bomber wanted in on the action too

Here's my ends of the front kind for this fine Friday!   The business ends of a rotary and flanger snow plows as the Free State Junction Railway is being pummeled with snow today.  

Happy Friday everyone! Here’s an R21 redbird and a R62 in the subway yard -

MTH Premier

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

MTH Premier

Mark, another beautiful locomotive in your fleet, the paint scheme is very cool! MTH Premier is great stuff, but right now I only have Lionel CAB-2. I'm waiting for MTH to release the new TIU/WTIU DIGITAL COMMAND SYSTEM 2 so I can start adding MTH locomotives to my fleet! Thanks for posting!!

@tnkMarx posted:

The snow is falling, so time to clear the tracks!

Happy FEF everyone!

For everyone complaining about the lack of snow this!

@trumpettrain posted:

Here's my ends of the front kind for this fine Friday!   The business ends of a rotary and flanger snow plows as the Free State Junction Railway is being pummeled with snow today.  

Nice equipment Patrick.

@3rail posted:

A trio of F3's....

Lionel Pennsy F3 ABA #9502 from 2012.

Enjoying the day sitting in the Sunroom watching it snow.

Donald

......and sipping a hot toddy !?! 

.......and great looking backround here also 3rail.

Here's my entry for FeF. These 3 Southern Pacific Locomotives could have possibly been on the rails at the same time. The FM Train Master was manufactured from 1953-1957, the 2-6-0 Mogul M6 around until most were retired by 1958, and the EMD SW8 was introduced in 1950.

Happy Friday to you all!!

FEF during a blustery and white mid January today.

MTH RK Imperial Triplex .

God speed all.

Hafner. If I was in S-scale, I would find a fitting S-gauge steam chassis, then customize, edit and detail this shell a bit, and mount it on the chassis. It has a CV and CNW E-4 Hudson-blend look.

Happy FEF

A NH PA in McGinnis colors. These colors were adopted in 1954 when Patrick McGinnis took the throttle. II am not sure which version Williams used on this set.

MYH PRR  MU Set

Here are a couple of "foreign" front ends for today.  Both from the pw period, late 40's early 50's and both by "Brimtoy" of the United Kingdom.

First the "Britannia" steamer

Next the "Wells Brimtoy" Silver Streak.

Happy F.E.F. to everyone.  No snow here in central Texas but very unusual COLD...temperatures well below freezing and way below our normal temps.  Note...I was rewarded last weekend with frozen and then broken water pipes...What a Circus!!

Best Wishes

Do

Wow, it’s been awhile since I’ve had time to post some locomotives and diesels on this very uniquely interesting subject, Front End Friday. Beautiful pictures everyone. For those in freezing and icy conditions, or flooding areas, you All are in our prayers. Happy Railroading Everyone…

@leapinlarry posted:

Wow, it’s been awhile since I’ve had time to post some locomotives and diesels on this very uniquely interesting subject, Front End Friday. Beautiful pictures everyone. For those in freezing and icy conditions, or flooding areas, you All are in our prayers. Happy Railroading Everyone…

Great FEF display as always Larry.  ........

.........and what a fun area you still have to run trains in.     Amazing layout . 

@Don McErlean posted:

Here are a couple of "foreign" front ends for today.           First the "Britannia" steamer

Next the "Wells Brimtoy" Silver Streak.

Happy F.E.F. to everyone.  No snow here in central Texas but very unusual COLD...temperatures well below freezing and way below our normal temps.  Note...I was rewarded last weekend with frozen and then broken water pipes...What a Circus!!

Always a delight seeing your unique models Don.

Hope you didn't have too much damage to the water pipes .

Over here the 10 inches of snow is insulating the water pipes from the 10 degree air temp this morning..

God speed sir.

Larry I didn't know the New York City Subway system had a line down to Tennessee.

@Dallas Joseph- Thank you for the kind words about my trains and my frozen pipes!!  Luckily when the water returned the leak (more like a fountain) was outside so only the lawn got flooded.  Was finally able to get a plumbing crew in to fix it on Thursday afternoon.  4 days w/o water is not fun...Thanks again for asking Dallas.

Best Wishes

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

Yup.......better having the excess water outside.

( where I lived before we saw ice coming out of the second and first story windows at our neighbor's  in the winter while they were away on vacation. Ugh!!! )

Happy Front End Friday everyone! This week I'm running some New York Central steamers on my layout. On the outer mainline, I'm running my big MTH 763e gray Hudson, my biggest technically-tinplate locomotive.

On the inner mainline, one of my few "shelf queens": a Lionel TMCC Mikado. It's a very pretty engine but has the early Odyssey speed control that doesn't work well. (Someday I'll get around to a Cruise Commander upgrade for this.)

Here's the obligatory video from my layout.

Morning Front end Friday fans, Railking Sothern Pacific #4449 with a passenger car set, and a Williams Boston and Maine GP-9 #8665.

My model of New Haven Railroad Alco RS-1#0668 was made by Atlas O (6888-2, MSRP $429.95) in 2004. Here are some Front-End Friday views of #0668 for January 26, 2024.

MELGAR