Front End Friday

Well here it is Friday already.  Its a very stormy Friday here in Central Texas and we have had very high winds / rain all night.  So I have reached back into the archive for today's post.  It's the Lionel post war # 2032 Erie Alco FA AA units from 1952-1954.  I never had these as a boy, acquired this pair much later in the 1980's.  Interesting and a bit odd as we lived relatively close to the Erie - Lackawanna railroad.  However this pair still strikes a handsome pose on my little RR.

Best Wishes for a stormy Friday

Don

Happy FeF! Here’s a night shot of some front ends at the Station -

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Happy FEF

MY All time favorite electric; PRR GG1

@pennsyfan posted:

Happy FEF

MY All time favorite electric; PRR GG1

@pennsyfan

Bob:

The GG-1 is my favorite electric also. I rode behind them for many years, since I was 3 years old in 1954 through the GG-1's retirement. Below is my contribution to the photo chain.

The Great Northeastern Railway's (GNR) 2-8-4 steam locomotive just out of the paint shop and proudly wearing the GNR logo on its tender. It is now ready to pull the GNR flagship, luxury passenger train to be named for the GNR's former "Chairman of the Bored", the late Chaz Harrison (photo below).

When the passenger coaches are gathered, painted and decaled, the train will be named "The Chazanooga Choo Choo".  Below is a link to a video of the new locomotive.

GNR Engine (youtube.com)

@Randy Harrison

I never got the chance to ride behind the GG-1, but I did get the chance to sit in the cab when they were waiting to be scraped. It was very cramped and uncomfortable. I can’t imagine how the engineers did it . Here is the train that I rode to work.

Wow, again Front End Fridays roll around like our beautiful trains, and this thread is always fun to review, old pictures and new, we learn from them all. Happy Railroading Everyone

@pennsyfan

Bob:

Though I never got a GG-1 cab ride, while my grandfather could still get around, he took me to the PRR Orangeville roundhouse, his home base while he was still working for the PRR as a freight conductor. There was a GG-1 sitting on a track. My grandfather talked to one of his friends who climbed into the cab and they lifted me up to get in and see it. I FULLY agree with you. The GG-1 cab does not have a lot of room. It was quite cramped.

Early morning equipment check on the Pennsy PA at the Charles Street Yard...

Here are some 'Front End' Pairs - B&O and ATSF

@C Sam, Wow, your pictures are beautiful, your diesels to drool over, your scenery is amazing, thanks for showing your works of art to us… Happy Railroading Everyone (the man in the picture is Nathan,  anager if the Lionel Store in Nashville)

My views for this Front-End-Friday, June 7, 2024 show Chesapeake & Ohio GP38-2 #3899 - an MTH Premier model (20-2186-1) delivered in December 1998 with PS1 – running on my 10’-by-5’ layout.

At the tail end, the Chessie caboose is by K-Line.

MELGAR

SD24 #504 @ IRM.

Happy FEF everyone.  Marx 999 sitting on a siding on my layout.  Great little runners!

An MTH special from their Pittsburgh Brewery series

- walt

Here is a bit of "F.E.F." size comparison for you.  The American Flyer 4644 Wide Gauge box cab from the 1930's and the American Flyer O gauge steeple cab #1211 electric from the 1920's.  Two great "front ends" and they both still run and can pull trains, although I really no longer have any room for the wide gauge to operate any more.

Best Wishes

Don

The PA at rest...

Happy FeF!  We’re out fishing today so here is a front end photo from the past - R62 and an R17 subway trains on under the layout side tracks waiting to enter service -

Happy FEF everyone!  Here's the front end of NYS&W "Susquehanna" GP40 #3040.  This is a Premier 2-rail model from MTH with fixed pilots and full-length handrails.  I added a ProtoCraft scale coupler (to the front-end only) to add a bit more prototypical realism.  With the exception of the stamped metal representation of a "drop-step" in the down position (which I will eventually remove and replace with a prototypical one), this is a great-looking model IMO.

N&W #1218 pulling an excursion train on the SOUTH FORK RAILROAD(SFRR).

Here's my ends of the front kind which I took last Saturday while visiting Annapolis Junction, Maryland.   A trio of CSX locomotives were sitting on a siding idling.  The CSX mainline ( formerly the B&O's Washington Branch is to the left of the locomotive.  This photo is one end of the locomotive trio.

And here is the opposite end.

When the rear is the front.

Atlas PRR B28 (USRA 0-6-0)

@trumpettrain, Wow, beautiful CSX Diesels, right up close and gorgeous. And there’s many beautiful trains pictured here, @MELGAR, I love the Chessie color scheme and your pictures are always great, @Don McErlean,beautiful tinplate diesels, looking right at home on your layout, American Flyer trains are so colorful, @Capetrainman, that’s a gorgeous picture of a Sante Fe PA at the station, beautiful scene, @Strap Hanger, wow, cool subway trains, beautiful setting, @W&W, Craig, that’s a gorgeous N&W articulated steamer ready for duty, Wow, and CNJ #1601, Joe, wow, beautiful diesel, Susquehanna with a nice setting, Happy Railroading Everyone….

@trumpettrain posted:

Here's my ends of the front kind which I took last Saturday while visiting Annapolis Junction, Maryland.   A trio of CSX locomotives were sitting on a siding idling.  The CSX mainline ( formerly the B&O's Washington Branch is to the left of the locomotive.  This photo is one end of the locomotive trio.

And here is the opposite end.

It’s always a treat to see an occasional dirty, full size front end. Thanks for sharing.

Gene

Here’s my new New Hope & Ivyland 2-8-0 Consolidation that arrived this week:

@leapinlarry posted:

Happy Railroading Everyone….

Larry, you have some nice looking front ends especially the B&O 2770. What a beauty!

Gene

My Front End for this Friday is Big Red.

The engine started out as part of a TCA 25 Anniversary set by Williams. I had it repainted by Elliott Weltz.

Well, since we’re talking red… a Lionel SD50 special run from the fine folks at METCA - called a red head!!!

Happy FEF!

Been a busy day. Decided to work from home to help my son and the CEO with a project for his summer class. I'd have been better off going into the office......

Another time when the back is the front.

Premier

Have a good FEF all

Today's front end Friday comes from the Great White North with photographs from the hot southwest in the form of a custom painted K-Line F40PH.  I didn't do the custom painting myself.

Happy Front End Friday, and Happy Railroading! My son has loved trains since he was a toddler. He started with O scale O27, moved up to live steam 7 ½ inch gauge, and then to full size trains! He bought and restored a 1909 tanker engine, SCPC 2 (Santa Cruz Portland Cement #2) an 0-4-0 engine. Here’s a Front End Friday video, SCPC 2 running at Niles Canyon Railroad in California  

@WP posted:

Happy Front End Friday, and Happy Railroading! My son has loved trains since he was a toddler. He started with O scale O27, moved up to live steam 7 ½ inch gauge, and then to full size trains! He bought and restored a 1909 tanker engine, SCPC 2 (Santa Cruz Portland Cement #2) an 0-4-0 engine. Here’s a Front End Friday video, SCPC 2 running at Niles Canyon Railroad in California  

WOW!

Here is a MTH Premier Chessie System SD40-2 Engine

My front end view for this Friday, June 14, 2024, shows Long Island Rail Road Alco RS-1 #462, an MTH model (30-20894-1) heading towards the camera on the back straight of my 10X5 layout. It’s a Railking engine that looks like a Premier model.

MELGAR

Happy FeF!

UP C40-8W out of paint shop with UP Armor yellow applied, waiting to get finished.

Outdoor running from June 2009…….

Have a great and safe weekend, folks!

Peter

Happy Front End Friday everyone! This week I've finally gotten around to setting out some rolling stock on the layout. First of all, here's my Legacy SW8 in B&M "Bluebird" livery.

Here's my RX500 custom that I built last year-- I did a whole writeup on it last fall if you haven't seen it before.

Here's the video of everything (mostly) running. Hope you all have a nice Fathers Day weekend!

@Trainguy Ken I like the angularity and sharp edges of your RX500.