My Front End for today. Not a new image. Still too hot to go out and photograph new images!
HO Tenshodo GP7 I painted for CNJ sometime in the mid to late 1990s. Just noticing the centering spring for the coupler must have sprung loose!
Have a good Front End all!
@GG1 4877 and @Trainmaster04 - Thanks for the return posts. That is information I simply did not know about Hornby. Thanks for the response. I can see why I never encountered this before, my latest Hornby locomotive is 1954-1962.
Don
@Trainmaster04 posted:Indeed! The technology was created in the late 60s by a hobbyist but it wasn’t until 2003 that Hornby worked with the gentle man to turn his designs into a mass production model. Unfortunately, due to bad operating instructions from Hornby and the 2008 recession Hornby no longer produces these models.
This is in OO, or HO, gauge. Amazing stuff considering how small it is!
That is quite impressive being OO. I've only seen one HO live steam locomotive in my life. Very cool.
@Sitka - Great NH train, how many NH boxcars is that? Say you have a really neat layout that we can see in the background, perhaps consider posting some more pictures of that?
Don
Here's my end of the front kind for this fine Friday!!
Twilight FEF
I ran this LIRR set on Steam Day Sunday. It’s been on the layout all week. I thought I would give one more shot in front of the camera. It’s an Atlas Atlantic. It came as a set; I think a Nassau Hobby Set.
@Don McErlean posted:@D500 - You know its amazing (and perhaps indicative of that earlier era) that NYC actually tried the "jet powered" RDC. I have seen pictures of the real thing. What interests me is that the exhaust of the jet engines is just forward of the intakes for the Diesel engines (at least I think that is what those screens on top are for) and I wonder how the diesels liked eating the jet exhaust.
Great picture
Don
There are several videos of the jet RDC running on YouTube. (My favorite is the one with "Free Bird" playing in the background. Blasting by.)
Of course, the RDC diesels were not running during the jet tests - they may have been removed....?
The jet tests were not a motive power experiment - the Air Force jets were used because no diesel or electric loco of the era, fast as some of the electrics were, could achieve the speeds needed to test high-speed rail technology (this pre-dated the TGV, and was about the same time that the Japanese Shinkansen showed up). The tests were a success - the RDC was stable on the track at high speed - it hit 184 MPH. 184: an RDC, on regular (but real good) track, 1960's. Yeah.
The RDC was returned to regular service after its Commodore Vanderbilt-design cowl was removed. The windows in that cowl were actually diesel locomotive number boards.
@D500-Thanks for your explanation. I did not know those details and didn’t realize what the test was about. Thanks again.
Don
My front-end subject for Friday, August 30, 2024 is Boston & Maine GP7 #1562, a model made by Sunset Models/3rd Rail in 2021 with MSRP $699.95. It is highly detailed, has fixed pilots, and is powered by a horizontally-mounted Canon Motor that drives the wheels through a toothed belt. It has ERR Cruise, TMCC, EMD GP Prime Mover sounds and a smoke system. I run it conventionally on Atlas O-54 curves and switches. Slow-speed operation and acceleration are very smooth
Photos and video taken on my 12’-by-8’ model railroad.
MELGAR
@MELGAR That’s a sharp looking GP7.
My entry for this FEF is a F3.
@mike g. Here is an F3 that you can see live, even touch it, ride behind it; or for a few extra coins ride in the cab with the engineer through Royal Gorge That’s Royal Gorge, CO. I took my Dad on this great experience.
A Lionel Conrail SD-18 for Front End Friday……..this set is from the late 90s and the pic is from August 2012…..
Have a great and safe weekend, folks!
Peter
Good morning and happy Front End Friday to all. This week on the Marx layout, I'm running my tiny little collection of Marx diecast steamers. Just two of them!
Here's one of the 999s running with the six inch cars that I acquired it with. Runs pretty good for a little loco from the 1940s.
Hope your week is going much better than mine, and have a nice holiday weekend.
Happy FEF!
A CSX SW1500 by MTH is rolling on the track this morning.
Pittsburgh is, or used to be, a hub for Greyhound buses. My brother gifted this one to me. It says Philly instead of PGH but that's OK because many buses ran between the 2 cities.
- walt
Happy FEF!
A D&H RS-11 rounds the bend behind the engine depot.
Bob
Here's my end of the front kind for this fine weekend!
" Busted!! " Bad Boy Benny is always getting into trouble. This time for using Horace Higgenbottom's, the Free State Junction Railway's MOW Superintendent, unoccupied parked car for target practice. It seems Mr. H parked his car here before departing on an inspection train to eye the line. As a bystander overheard Benny saying" But Officer Lance I didn't think the gol dang thing was loaded!" "Tell that to Judge Cratchet! " was the officer's reply.
Early morning crew at the Charles Street Yard checking the equipment...
Happy FEF - recently released MTH U25B
Happy FeF!
Have a good FEF All!
Well Happy F.E.F. everyone. This is my 1938-39 Marx Commodore Vanderbilt , clockwork locomotive in red. She is matched with the red/black NYC "wagon top" tender from the same years. Unlike the electric powered versions from Marx, the clockwork engines did not have either the CV plates on the sides or the NYC oval on the front. As you can see the front was somewhat "flat" compared with the electric CV locomotives.
Here is a better look at her with her tender.
Happy Friday everyone, hope your weekend goes well. Best Wishes
Don
Happy FEF! Canadian SW9 by MTH is pulling a single hopper today.
Gave a great Friday!
Happy Front End Friday from the floor of my bedroom circa winter 71-72!
Peter
Here are some "steamy' front ends for this fine Friday!
Happy FEF, my front end for this Friday is a K Line Boxcab # 1000 in JCL livery.
Bringing up the rear is a RMT JCL caboose # 91545
My front-end view for this Friday shows New York Central 0-8-0 steam locomotive #415, an MTH Railking model (30-1123-1, MSRP $399) with PS1 delivered in 1997. It’s been running on my layouts for twenty-six years, still looks brand new, and has been a bargain in terms of initial cost per hour of operation. It runs like a postwar Lionel engine but with sounds.
Photos and video taken on my 10’-by-5’ layout.
MELGAR
A quartet of power sit ready in the Cedar Hill yard in New Haven to move freight and passengers.
Well for today, I have resurrected an oldie for sure. Dating from 1928-1929 in dark green with red painted pilots is the Chicago Flyer (American Flyer) # 3110 steeple cab electric.
Here she is pulling her passenger train of American Flyer (Chicago Flyer) #1206 passenger cars , so called "Lightning Bolt" cars from the early 20's. Yes I know this is the "rear end" but its the best picture I have that shows the cars...so pretend its backing up ! 
Best Wishes...Don
Early morning action at the "Charles Street Yard"...
Williams SD45 on my currently down layout.
Once again, I'll do the unusual 'front end'. I made a model of my parents' house, partially shown. When they moved in the owned a Nash Ambassador. I searched for years to find one and finally got one - in the correct color even. Down side: $129
- walt
Happy FeF! Here is an R36 in worlds Fair colors on the elevated 7 line -
Happy FEF everyone! I haven't had a chance to post in quite a while. Here's the front end of a Jersey Central freight racing by, trying to make time between Allentown and Scranton. CNJ SD35 #2505 is a MTH Premier custom run from Patrick's Trains that I received earlier this summer.
Happy FEF!
Happy FEF everyone!!! From Steamtown this morning…
Have a good FEF all! U36B before and after paint job. Have a good weekend!
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