Front End Friday

PRRronbh posted:

Ron, From where did you get the correct shaped E7 pilots and there part number?  Depending on the out come of my up and coming diagnostic testing my want to get a set a machine them to fit. Ron

Ron, got it off the Lionel parts site.  I bought several styles and part #6801232751 matches photos of many PRR E7s and is the correct color.  It is PILOT/E-8/GREEN/ERIE.  I've got a black one for sale.

Also will work and is correct color but not a perfect match for the real pilot (although close to later model E7) is #6204585651, PILOT/FRONT/SCALE F-UNIT/PRR2.  I have two of these I need to sell.

CAPPilot posted:

PRRronbh posted:

Ron, From where did you get the correct shaped E7 pilots and there part number?  Depending on the out come of my up and coming diagnostic testing my want to get a set a machine them to fit. Ron

Ron, got it off the Lionel parts site.  I bought several styles and part #6801232751 matches photos of many PRR E7s and is the correct color.  It is PILOT/E-8/GREEN/ERIE.  I've got a black one for sale.

Also will work and is correct color but not a perfect match for the real pilot (although close to later model E7) is #6204585651, PILOT/FRONT/SCALE F-UNIT/PRR2.  I have two of these I need to sell.

Ron, great info thanks.

Ron

Happy FEF 😁

Well guys, I will admit that as President and COO of the Leonardtown and Savannah we have a operating problem in the lack of diesels.  This war, is making it really tough to move our steam power to the back and replace it with modern diesel power.  So tonight, again, steam takes over moving the evening commuters home from work.  Here is a view of mighty L&S Number 384E born in  the class of 1930 but still in tip top shape thanks to the experienced back shop guys,  getting ready to take over again as the diesels hoard the main.  Well at least she will give the residents of Small Town a show of noise, smoke, whistle, and power!!

Happy F.E.F fellows.  Have a good weekend, stay healthy

Don McErlean

Happy FEF everyone!  Stay safe and have a great weekend. 

Ron maybe you could fill in some of the gaps on the mounting plate of the pilot with some thicker styrene and drill holes at the proper locations.

Well here I am again posting to F.E.F on Thursday night.  Sorry but I have to teach tomorrow -"convert" all our classes to virtual on-line so I am on "TV" most of the day...not sure the students like my countenance that much, I told them I tried to get Paul Newman to do the class but he was busy

So anyway here is my F.E.F. posting about 12 hrs early...it is my new 1939 American Flyer 2-4-2 loco from 1939. 

Happy F.E.F fellows...have a good weekend

Don McErlean

                                           happy  "F E F" everyone !!

                                     looks like it is going to be nice out !

                             will be able to get out and get some fresh air !

                                   stay safe, and have a great weekend !!

FEF

Happy FEF everyone.  

Happy FEF!

FEF...stay safe out there! 🚂

Have a careful, safe and Happy F E F, everyone!

Shelburne Falls trolley museum:

Cape Cod Central RR:

My Sis in the cab of a B&O F at the old station in Pittsburgh. PRR Panhandle bridge overhead::

Driftwood, Pa c. 1957:

Photo stills from my YouTube videos.  Apologies for the image quality.

Amtrak Dash #8 #512 northbound Silver Meteor at Fort Lauderdale (3.26.17)

FEC GP40-2 #434 and CSX GE AC44W #388 leading a track inspection train on the FEC track expansion (2 tracks to 3 tracks) in Fort Lauderdale for the upcoming Brightline service (3.1.16)

CSX Dash C40-8W #7697 at Winter Haven (11.27.15)

CSX Dash 8-40 #7830 at Fort Lauderdale (10.18.15)

CSX GP39 #4318 at Pompano Beach station (5.5.11)

FEC SD70M #101 in Fort Lauderdale (6.10.14)

Here is a picture from way back when we visited the B&O Museum in Baltimore.  It is the American Freedom Train's T1 and it looked terrible back then.  Probably a lot worse now.  Great looking engine.

This was shot with a new at the time 110 camera and scanned with an flatbed scanner.  Need to go out to the museum again and take some better pictures.

The next two photos were taken at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, VA.

The UP 414 is about to start up and take George H.W. Bush, President, aviator and great American patriot to his last landing.

geysergazer posted:

Have a careful, safe and Happy F E F, everyone!

Shelburne Falls trolley museum:

                  

 

         

Cape Cod Central RR:

        

 

        

My Sis in the cab of a B&O F at the old station in Pittsburgh. PRR Panhandle bridge overhead::

                       

 

        

Driftwood, Pa c. 1957:

        

 

       

 Love it lew'..how'd your sister get in the cab'... Now that is a great shot'''...Keep em coming'....

ToledoEd posted:

The next two photos were taken at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, VA.

The UP 414 is about to start up and take George H.W. Bush, President, aviator and great American patriot to his last landing.

 Beautiful photos Ed'... The model posing with the "Warbash'.  is  knock out'....

Wife likes this big snow shovel at Strasburg

                                                        Lionel Santa Fe F3 A unit #19C

NYC Commodore Vanderbilt

Front ends for this fine Friday!   Be safe and healthy everyone! 

trumptrain posted:

Front ends for this fine Friday!   Be safe and healthy everyone! 

 Very nice shots Pat,  the track level adds the detail we otherwise miss. The corvette shot is quite realistic'....

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

geysergazer posted:

Have a careful, safe and Happy F E F, everyone!        

My Sis in the cab of a B&O F at the old station in Pittsburgh. PRR Panhandle bridge overhead::

                       

Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

geysergazer posted:

Have a careful, safe and Happy F E F, everyone!

My Sis in the cab of a B&O F at the old station in Pittsburgh. PRR Panhandle bridge overhead::

                       

 

 Love it lew'..how'd your sister get in the cab'... Now that is a great shot'''...Keep em coming'....

Ted, that was a B&O excursion and my then-very-young memory tells me excursion crews were always quite friendly. The engine crew saw Dad taking pics and then noticed my [good looking ] Sis and motioned for her to climb up. 

The B&O did excursions correctly. Look at the shiny freshly washed paint on that F unit.

SLQ32 posted:

Are they tearing up the center rial?

Ron

Just Replacing a section. lol

New Haven machines

Hope you all enjoyed this FEF! Here are a few of my PW favorites. 

Happy FEF everyone!  Here’s a Lionel 783 pulling NYC’s Big Four passenger train The Knickerbocker just outside of Indianapolis .  Stay safe and have a great weekend everyone!