Front End Friday

To further compliment Brian's post above with the handsome GM&Os

                           American Flyer- Pennsy K5 Pacific #313, circa 1955.

Happy #FrontEndFriday

I call this the A-A meeting 

Its BEEPing FEF!

Ralph M posted:

Happy #FrontEndFriday

I call this the A-A meeting 

LOL!!! I'll drink to that    

Beautiful lineup, Ralph.

....and now for a completely different front end for Front End Friday

China Bank of Communications - 5 Yuan note from 1914

The bank was formed in 1908 for the expressed purpose of purchasing the Bejing-Hankou Railway from its Belgian owners and making it a Chinese railway system.   The name of the bank is in English on the back of the bill.  At the time one of the definitions of the word “communications” meant the connection of two places by a means of transportation. At some later point in time the bank could have changed its name to China Bank of Transportation to keep up with the evolving definition of the word "communication" but they didn't.

  Up until sometime in the early 1930’s the notes were printed by the American Bank Note Company in New York and the use of an engraving of a front end view of a very obviously American style steam locomotive along with American style surroundings was something that appeared on several of the bank's currency denominations over the years.  In the 1930’s a British firm won the contract for printing the Communications Bank bills and the steam locomotives on the currency transitioned from American outline to British.

Good evening, hope everyone had a great week. Here is my contribution for this Friday 13.

       F.E.F.............

I'll mix it up with some custom painted 259E Tinplate

The C&O on the S&Y RR

Leaving Union Station are a PRR S2 steam turbine and a Santa Fe F3 Diesel with long passenger trains.

ERIE

Marx 999...

Mike 

briansilvermustang posted:

A locomotive up on a flatcar! I never even imagined such a thing, and previous to seeing this photo from you, I certainly would not have modeled it on my layout! I never knew such a thing was possible. (And more than one such arrangement, no less!)

FrankM

Awlawdee! How 'bout that for my learning something new!

Thanks for those links.

FrankM

briansilvermustang posted:

 

Another one from the Fantasy Island Locomotive works.  Ingalls Shipbuilding only built one locomotive and it had B-B trucks:

Rusty

          thanks for the info Rusty...

#FrontEndFriday

A UP 2-8-0 slowly moves past an B&O F3 waiting for the last passenger to board. The sky/clouds were added to the photo but everything else is real.

TGIFEF!

Ralph M posted:

#FrontEndFriday

A UP 2-8-0 slowly moves past an B&O F3 waiting for the last passenger to board. The sky/clouds were added to the photo but everything else is real.

TGIFEF!

Nice....

Mike 

magoo posted:

It's a beauty magoo...

Mike 

Front ends.

Good evening, a meet at west side interlock.

MarkStrittmatter posted:

Good evening, a meet at west side interlock.

Looks a little snowy on the west side...

Mike 

Hello Mike, it is always winter time for these poor folks on my layout. 

Thanks for noticeing !!!

The Blue Comet and Nelly Bly Meet in Atlantic City.

Happy FEF!

A few GEEP Front ends today!

Webster St in Dayton, O.

MTH Premiere Texas Special  ABBA

Back for more with my newly arrived NYC S2 by K-line.

tnkMarx posted:

Webster St in Dayton, O.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Talk about "in the weeds"....

Mike 

Today we saw a local switcher from Webster St.