Front End Friday

@RSJB18 posted:

Happy FEF!

A new member of the fleet just arrived.

Wow RS, that is a beauty[..where did you get, what brand is it?  I wouldn't mind have one of those in my fleet..😃

Well here I am again, late in the day.  Guess I am having too much fun, running trains (LOL)!  Bit of an excursion this week, I have been running Hornby trains today, but not the usual Hornby which are almost all clockwork.  I have 3 engines that are Hornby M3 shells but re-powered for electric operations with Marx motors and remote reversing.  They work great and are a lot of fun pulling my Hornby freight and passenger cars.  So here are some "Horn-barx" engine front ends!!

Here is the hybrid engine in black (freight normally) livery pulling just a short train of 2 LMS coaches.

Some days on the rail road, the train needs extra help, so here is the hybrid green/black (SR?) livery engine leading a double headed express pulling a long consist of passenger coaches .

Here is a side view of the consist showing the double headed M3 type tank engines working a relatively long train of passenger coaches.  Just for the record, these shells are light enough (almost all sheet metal) that the Marx motors have no trouble at all pulling whatever I can couple up to them, especially on my level layout.  In fact I have to keep the old ZW down to about 15% power to keep everything on the track!.

Well, I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Holiday.  Have a great and healthy weekend and enjoy them leftovers!

Don

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Wow RS, that is a beauty[..where did you get, what brand is it?  I wouldn't mind have one of those in my fleet..😃

Hi Ted- It's a Lionel 6-28528 with Command, railsounds, etc. It's from a New Haven freight set # 6-31905. I don't know if it was sold separately.

I have it's sister loco in Delaware and Hudson, so when I saw this in the F/S thread, I jumped.

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

Hi Ted- It's a Lionel 6-28528 with Command, railsounds, etc. It's from a New Haven freight set # 6-31905. I don't know if it was sold separately.

I have it's sister loco in Delaware and Hudson, so when I saw this in the F/S thread, I jumped.

Bob

Thanks Bob for the information.  That sure is a good looking engine'.. I'll search the net to see if I can find one'.. Have a great weekend'.. 😀

Wow, Friday’s are like Monday’s, they come around quick, in fact when your retired, time actually flies.... Happy Railroading Everyone, hope your getting ready for Christmas.... It’s closer than you think.... Stay safe, stay healthy, Pray Continually.

You know Larry, I think you have every engine anyone would ever want! Things sure are looking wonderful at your place!

I had to polish these with Maguiar's rubbing compound then glaze and Next gen wax. The paint on these MTH engines was a horrible orange peel look. I have done this on all automotive models in the past with Maguiar's plastx and next gen wax thought  i would give it a shot for the Santa Fe "fresh paint" look.

@SLQ32 posted:

I had to polish these with Maguire's rubbing compound then glaze and Next gen wax. The paint on these MTH engines a was horrible orange peel look. I have done this on all automotive models in the past with Maguire's plastx and next gen wax though i would give it a shot for the Santa Fe "fresh paint" look.

Those look gorgeous.

Happy Friday front end friends

John

It seems to be a Santa Fe kind of day here on Front End Friday.

In keeping with the run of Santa Fe's...

LeapinLarry; Looks like Her SteamChest enters the room a full 5 minutes before 'er Markerlights!

Supreme: Best photos, Beauty Eh!!! Thanks for sharing

Miggy, Thank You for the comments, I merely took the pictures to show the overhang on 096 curves. Wow.

New & old T&P:

Rusty

Front ends of the post war kind!  

@SLQ32 posted:

I had to polish these with Maguiar's rubbing compound then glaze and Next gen wax. The paint on these MTH engines a was horrible orange peel look. I have done this on all automotive models in the past with Maguiar's plastx and next gen wax though i would give it a shot for the Santa Fe "fresh paint" look.

Exquisite!!!!

Happy FEF!

How about some Santa Fe Steam

Good evening, a birds eye view of a loaded coal train assembled by the Pennsylvania 0 6 0 switcher.

The loaded coal hoppers just clear the front of the switcher.

After the coal train clears the switcher crew will move out  onto the line and head for home after a long cold day working at Fritz Coal.

Have a good weekend and stay safe !!!!!

Hi F.E.F folks.  SLQ32 what an incredible polishing job, those engines look fabulous.  CSAM and Randy - great Santa Fe engines  Leapinlarry... great locos and beautiful train room.  Since it seems to be a Santa Fe Friday, I thought I would add my Santa Fe FT units.  These are the metal lithographed # 21 units by Marx made from 1950- 1954.  These are coupled to his "scale" freights that can be seen in the picture.

Happy Friday everyone, hope you have a great weekend!

Don

Santa Fe ....... All The Way!!!

@Don McErlean posted:

Hi F.E.F folks.  SLQ32 what an incredible polishing job, those engines look fabulous.  CSAM and Randy - great Santa Fe engines  Leapinlarry... great locos and beautiful train room.  Since it seems to be a Santa Fe Friday, I thought I would add my Santa Fe FT units.  These are the metal lithographed # 21 units by Marx made from 1950- 1954.  These are coupled to his "scale" freights that can be seen in the picture.

Happy Friday everyone, hope you have a great weekend!

Don

Don Thank you. I love that Marx! Beautiful engine!  I never saw anything like that! I didn't know Marx was that old. I thought it was Lionel or American Flyer back then.

@Apples55 posted:

Two comments, Bob...

Although I am a fan of the NYC Lightning Stripe livery, it pales in comparison to the D&H. And, a question... is an ABA in a box really an engine???

Paul, wouldn't that be 3 engines, probably one motorized and 2 dummies, but not necessarily, ie. all 3 could be motorized?

Been very busy over the last few months so I have not participated.  Still no time to take new photos, so here is one from a few years ago of my 3rd Rail Q1 at Pennsy484’s home.

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Paul, wouldn't that be 3 engines, probably one motorized and 2 dummies, but not necessarily, ie. all 3 could be motorized?

Well, Arnold, if we are going to get legalistic about this, I maintain that any number of engines (powered or dummy), when linked together contiguously - aka “lashed up” (Mea maxima culpa), they form a single entity or engine. I rest my case

@Apples55 posted:

Well, Arnold, if we are going to get legalistic about this, I maintain that any number of engines (powered or dummy), when linked together contiguously - aka “lashed up” (Mea maxima culpa), they form a single entity or engine. I rest my case

I think, A jury of forum members should make a decision  on this case..  Perhaps a new standard will be determined'..🎅🏻

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

I think, A jury of forum members should make a decision  on this case..  Perhaps a new standard will be determined'..🎅🏻

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Paul, wouldn't that be 3 engines, probably one motorized and 2 dummies, but not necessarily, ie. all 3 could be motorized?

As a member of the jury, and the subject of the OP's comment (yes my D&H Sharks), I would say that they are all engines. In the 1:1 world they usually were all powered, or if not developing tractive power, at least providing heat/ lights to coaches.

Your honor, we the jury find the defendant @Apples55 to be a techno-pesant, therefore all charges should be dismissed.

What do you think Arnold? Do I have a future as a lawyer?

@RSJB18 posted:

As a member of the jury, and the subject of the OP's comment (yes my D&H Sharks), I would say that they are all engines. In the 1:1 world they usually were all powered, or if not developing tractive power, at least providing heat/ lights to coaches.

Your honor, we the jury find the defendant @Apples55 to be a techno-pesant, therefore all charges should be dismissed.

What do you think Arnold? Do I have a future as a lawyer?

OBJECTION!!!!!! To quote the late, not so great DA Hamilton Burger, that comment is “Incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial“. Whereas the respondent is the one responsible for this whole mess to begin with, he has a clear and obvious conflict of interest and never should have been sat on the jury. And as for his future as a lawyer, I would point out that I freely admit to being a techno-peasant, so the jury’s finding of the obvious makes their collective opinion highly suspect 🤣🤣🤣 The defense rests!!!

Wouldn't it be cool if we had a real Judge on the Forum who was a model railroad enthusiast?  Then, he/she could make a ruling. LOL, Arnold

Good day folks.  I took these two photos about an hour or so and came to post it on this thread, only to see that there hasn't been a post yet today on Front End Friday.  I haven't visited in awhile, so hopefully I didn't miss the memo .

Until then, here are a couple of Miami Metrorail trains by the Vizcaya Station south of Downtown. I took these from the bicycle/pedestrian path (known as the M Path) underneath the elevated tracks.

Hi FE.F. folks , AMFLEET25124 I agree, I really like this post and hope we can continue.  SLQ32, sorry I apologize I normally get to answer folks sooner than a week later.  Thank you for your comments on my Marx #21.  Yes Marx was around "back then" but no where near as early as Lionel or American Flyer or even Hafner.  Marx started making toy trains about 1934-35.  The #21 is somewhat unique, Marx never produced the large metal lithographed engine in anything but Santa Fe war bonnet livery.  He did produce other F-7's but in plastic bodies later in the post war period.

Today, there has been an incident on the Leonardtown and Savannah.  The operations people are upset but are working hard to accommodate a very important visitor to this south country.  Apparently there was a break down in this fellows normal ride and he desperately needs to get back North.  At the moment he has tied up the normal commuter passenger run, behind a Santa Fe Alco S-2 (leased as SF "excess" to the L&S for commuter service), KLine from about the 1990's  and the main line Atlanta express behind a Lionel Wabash F-3 # 2240 from 1956.  The folks are working with the dispatcher to try and route this VIP as far north as we can get him (that would be Maryland on the L&S). Even those trapped commuters are cheering the engineers efforts to get this fellow moving.   Lets hope that the fellows get this worked out or there are lots of boys and girls that are likely to be disappointed on Christmas eve!!

Happy Friday everyone, have a healthy and happy weekend

Don

Here is an FEF shot from under our Christmas tree. A Lionel PW 671 heading a Christmas freight consist. Have a great weekend everyone!

Better late than never.

Some warbonnets that should have been posted last week. Postwar Lionel F3.

john

@rjsmithindy posted:

Here is an FEF shot from under our Christmas tree. A Lionel PW 671 heading a Christmas freight consist. Have a great weekend everyone!

PERFECT

One for the boy & one for the girl...

Caught that Q1 again stopped at a siding.  Really like those huge 77" drivers.

Happy FEF

More Santa Fe courtesy of Menards.

@RSJB18 posted:

Happy FEF

More Santa Fe courtesy of Menards.

Ahhhh... Santa 🎅🏻 🎅🏻 Fe Warbonnet. Another of my Favorites. Need any Menards Santa Fe box trucks??? I ended up with a bunch of them a couple of years ago 😂😂😂