Front End Friday

Happy FEF!

Picture of the Front End of a Cab Forward, now 4-6-2 Lionel 2025 locomotive.  This loco had a cab made by a previous owner.  Picture also has an oil tender required for Cab Forward engines as there is now way to coal to the boilers on the Cab Forward Loco.

Charlie

Taking a hint from Don, here are a couple of electrics.

I was going to compare my Weaver H10 with a RailKing H10, but decided there really was no comparison.  The RailKing was too toy-like.  Since I took it, here is the picture anyway.

On the topic of PRR H10s, my CLW one.  Literally the front end only as when I took this picture, I didn't have a tender for it.  It now has the proper tender behind it.

@pennsyfan posted:

@pennsyfan

Bob:

I love the NH EP4 electric. I consider it the classic NH electric locomotive. The body has more character than the EP5.

Here’s the front end of an R32-

Here’s a little train that I inherited selling a friends collection, and it’s small. Happy Railroading Everyone

My front-end views for this Friday were taken by the two truss bridges and girder bridge on my 12’-by-8’ layout. The outer truss bridge has two tracks (O-72 and O-54 loops), the middle girder bridge has one track (O-54 passing-siding), and the inner truss bridge (O-36 inner loop) has one track. I built the bridges from kits by Miami Valley Products around 1999.

First photo shows Boston & Albany 2-8-4 A-1a #1401 Berkshire and B&A 4-6-6T D-1a #400 tank engine on the outer truss bridge. Both models by Lionel.

Second photo shows New Haven Alco RS-3 #527 (MTH) on the outer truss bridge.

Third photo shows Boston & Albany U-3b 0-8-0 #53 (Lionel) on the girder bridge.

Fourth photo shows New Haven Alco S-2 #0615 (MTH) on the inner truss bridge.

MELGAR

@mike g. posted:

Wow Bob that a great home build and what a wonderful story! It must be great to have those memories!

Thanks Mike!!

Front end of a waiting Alco S2 while workers move a boulder.

Once cleared, here is CV 8094 moving past the grain elevator.

Enjoy your Friday!

Happy FEF!

Here's a Rutland 70 ton and NYC S2 getting fuel and sand (and giving the 0-4-0t dirty looks......)

Bob

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

A custom run FA from MrMuffin......

Have a great and safe Friday, everyone!

Peter

@Putnam Division posted:

A custom run FA from MrMuffin......

Have a great and safe Friday, everyone!

Peter

Looks good Peter, you can also tell your layout is coming along nicely.

@RSJB18 posted:

Happy FEF!

Here's a Rutland 70 ton and NYC S2 getting fuel and sand (and giving the 0-4-0t dirty looks......)

Bob

Hey Bob!  Looks like these switchers are getting fueled up for Switcher Saturday?

@trumpettrain posted:

Hey Bob!  Looks like these switchers are getting fueled up for Switcher Saturday?

@RSJB18 posted:

Happy FEF!

Here's a Rutland 70 ton and NYC S2 getting fuel and sand (and giving the 0-4-0t dirty looks......)

Bob

Thanks Bob

Fronts of Lionel by MTH tin-plate

- walt

Strasburg SW8 is being inspected before tomorrow’s weekend excursions.

Gene

Well here is a "front end" for you...an old one.  This is an American Flyer (Chicago Flyer) "Hummer", sheet metal steam locomotive from about the middle 1920's (1922-24).  Its made completely of sheet metal (except the motor and drive) with the only "add on" trim, on this version, are the hand rails along the boiler.  The frame and pilot are one stamping, the boiler a second and the cab a third...in this variant, the smoke stack was also added on separately.  Clockwork of course as this was the "low end" leader for AF in those days.

The tender which sometimes came with the loco (it did with this one) and sometimes was only available for separate sale carries the number "513" and was (at one time) green.  The green enamel has cracked over the last 100+ years giving the tender that "crackle" finish which is not what it looked like new. 

Well, that's what might have occupied the front end of your train just over a century ago.  Still works by the way .

We

Best Wishes and hope you have a great weekend

Don

My contribution for this next to last Friday in February already!!!!  Today's contribution is of yet another GG1 out of my collection.  This is a Williams version with Ott sound.  The nice thing about this paint scheme and specific road number of 4935 is that is accurate for PRR and for Amtrak trains!

F-E-F rolls around quickly these days...here's a pic of the activity at the Charles Street Yard for this week's edition..

F.E.F. Maine Central ALCO S2 #301.

Front ends on FEF

Out front this afternoon on the upper level is my UP Doodlebug pulling a UP Bobber Caboose - great names, haha:

Nice everyone. Better late than never. Here’s an R36 in worlds fair colors passing the elevated station-

@stangtrain posted:

Out front this afternoon on the upper level is my UP Doodlebug pulling a UP Bobber Caboose - great names, haha:

Would this be a "Doodlebobber" then?

@GG1 4877 posted:

Would this be a "Doodlebobber" then?

Or a "Bobber-doodle" Like a Labra-doodle.......

@BAR GP7 #63  Johan, have you ever posted a view of your layout or its size. Your crossing track caught my attention because it was something I thought I could work into my layout. If only I had another 5 feet either direction. Nice vignette. Jeff

@ScoutingDad posted:

@BAR GP7 #63  Johan, have you ever posted a view of your layout or its size. Your crossing track caught my attention because it was something I thought I could work into my layout. If only I had another 5 feet either direction. Nice vignette. Jeff

ScoutingDad,

My Modul Layout is still very unfinished and the space where I build it is very cramped. The final location will be outside my home. The layout will be about 16 meters wide and the depth varies from about 60-200 cm. The idea is that at one end would have a paper mill and the other at the port.

Johan

Happy Friday!

New York Central SW8 diesel switcher #9620 is an Atlas O model (6105-2) delivered in 2001 at MSRP $349.95. It has a highly detailed diecast shell with fixed pilots and a smooth-running mechanism with a single horizontal motor and two flywheels.

Front-end views for this Friday show #9620 running on the O-36 inner loop of my 12’-by-8’ layout.

MELGAR

MELGAR, Thanks for starting us off with your great looking SW8  by Atlas.

Happy FEF My Front End today is a mystery. I took these pictures in the mid-nineties. I had a business trip to Ottawa, Canada. I can't remember if we stayed in Ottawa or across the river in Hull. Hull is the central business district and oldest neighborhood of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.

I found my way to the Hull station.

Happy Front End Friday from Amtrak….

Peter

Happy FEF!  A couple of Canadian front ends today, O & HO.

Here's my ends of the front kind for this fine Friday!   Reading meets B&O.

B&O F3 West bound.

Williams Berkshire burning up some good old fashion coal

F-E-F's roll around quickly these days...great to be here for another one...

Wow, Fridays roll around so fast now days, beautiful fronts of the fun kind everyone, Happy Railroading Everyone