Front End Friday

Rusty

Good morning FEFers.  Here is my Weaver Pennsy H10.  I really like the detail!

There were a total of 441 H10s steamers on Pennsy's roster.  However, only 273 were built new as a H10.  162 were rebuilt H8 steamers, and 6 were rebuilt H9.

The Weaver model has Cab Number 8421.  8421 was built as a H10s in 1915 and scrapped in 1949.

Happy FEF!

First time for FEF, and it won't be my last.  Great thread!

Finally a photoshop shot I thought was funny.

Happy FEF!

Friday’s sure roll around fast these days, great front end fellows, great looking layouts and trains. Happy Railroading 

Ends of the Postwar front kind for this fine Friday!  "From my Postwar Paradise Series:  Train master, NW2, 2035 2-6-2 Prarie from 1946/47, 218 Santa Fe FA 2 AA units." 

@trumpettrain

Pat:

As always, your photos are superb! This one would have qualified as a Lionel, 1950's vintage catalog page. Bravo!

Happy FEF everyone!

Some stills from my YouTube channel.  A duo of FEC GE ES44C4 locomotives (#812 and #809) leading a mixed consist of 158 cars southbound through the NE 3rd Avenue/Flagler Drive railroad crossing in Fort Lauderdale on August 11, 2016.  At the time, there were only 2 tracks at the crossing at the Brightline expansion hadn't started yet.

Amfleet251124 thanks for the pictures of the FEC, I always loved that livery.  I am going to follow along with the "real" trains photo's today, although I admit that "real" may be stretching it a little.  This is the Disney "Jungle Express" from Animal Land in Disney World Park in the summer of 2018.  Its a real locomotive in the sense that it pulls the train and sounds like steam but I am not sure that it really is steam powered.  It is a really neat illusion anyway.

So here is a "front end" as they say..."only a Mother could love!"  Being from Texas, I get the cow horns on the front.

Hers is a picture that shows just a little bit more of the engine.  Fun ride anyway even if its just pretend.

Happy F.E.F everyone

Don

Generally speaking...here's my contribution to FEF.

The Northern Pacific running on the S&Y RR

@Randy Harrison posted:

@trumpettrain

Pat:

As always, your photos are superb! This one would have qualified as a Lionel, 1950's vintage catalog page. Bravo!

Thank you so much Randy!  I really appreciate your kind words! 

Lionels 50th Anniversary J3a. ( in case you missed it LOL!)

Ends of the front kind for this fine Friday.  Postwar NW2 by Lionel

Prewar 1666 by Lionel

B&A 0-8-0 at station

FEF 8/21/20  The “Big Boy”

                    happy "F E F"  !!        from Napoleon, Ohio

                                 Marci's photos....        have a great weekend !!

Happy FEF!

A pair of fronts, new addition to the fleet.

Waitn' to be recycled.

Rusty

How about a pair of Postwar FA’s on my Super O layout!

@Rich Wiemann posted:

How about a pair of Prewar FA’s on my Super O layout!

PREwar???

Rusty

Happy Friday everyone here’s my New Weaver RS-3 I still have to put the goodies on. 

@Rusty Traque thanks, had prewar on my mind

Wow, beautiful pictures fellows, lot of front end action. Lee Drennen, The Weaver model is beautiful, good purchase, RSJB18 Bob, Your NYC Lightning Stripe Sharks look read to on the prowl, Wow.... RickO, that Hudsons Really Awesome, Happy Railroading Everyone...

@lee drennen posted:

Happy Friday everyone here’s my New Weaver RS-3 I still have to put the goodies on. 

And so the debate begins......Most RR's ran their RS-3's long hood forward.

I posted this photo in another thread a while back, but what the heck...

...have straightened the steps, BTW.  

Mark in Oregon

Bob. Let them debate I’m just in it for the fun. The Doughhill Yard master says run it the way you like 

@Rich Wiemann posted:

How about a pair of Postwar FA’s on my Super O layout!

Rich, I like the use of the Super O track.

Here is my entry for this week. Two photos of my N Scale Amtrak Acela that I took prior to my N Scale dispersal last year.  It was a difficult decision leaving N especially to concentrate on O because of the acres of space I had to work with on the train table, but I know it was the right decision.  I may buy an N Scale RTR Set or two in the future so that I can run on the my club's N layout just to get my fix.

Happy Front End Friday 

Larry. Thanks for the complement. Your pics are nice great line up 

@lee drennen posted:

Bob. Let them debate I’m just in it for the fun. The Doughhill Yard master says run it the way you like 

Agreed- your railroad- your rules!

@RSJB18 posted:

And so the debate begins......Most RR's ran their RS-3's long hood forward.

😃 Many roads ran the short hood up front as the engineer liked the visibility better'...I recall as a young kid, LIRR running the short hood up front as it went through Oakdale, LI... Heading East....

Happy FEF

Front, Top, and Rear today, TGIF, It’s nice to have a weekend to regroup, Happy Railroading Everyone...