Front End Friday

Wow, there’s a lot of great front ends pictured today, all looking Great. I wish everyone a happy weekend and Cheers to stay Healthy. Don McErlean, I’m glad to know what the E means in 259E and the 1659E , E Units, a very important device making our operating our trains much more fun, and both steamers are beautiful, and quality made locomotives for their debuts to the toy train market. Although they are older than many of us reading this thread, it proves that Lionel Quality still lives today. Trumptrain, beautiful switchers and great scenery as always, Don Winslow, I love those FM’s, F3’s, and your beautiful layout, wow, Cpowell, Charlie, Wow, riding in the real drivers seat on 611 has got to be a fun ride, beautiful picture, hope you had a great time, Rusty Trague, beautiful two rail pictures, are you O scale or HO scale? Beautiful train. Well, full steam ahead for FEF, Happy Railroading Everyone…

Actually, I was in the tender - not the engineer's seat. Still, it was a great experience. Directly across from the firebox, which they opened for us.

Charlie

Nothing like Big Blue!

Peter

Some great pics posted here today...

Great images today folks for Front End Friday.

Here is my entry... pheasants under glass... or should I say locomotives on glass

HO Commuter Train Power from Metra, Tri-Rail and New Jersey Transit

And an underside view LOL.  Yes, that is a framed Pan American Airways Route Map on my wall

Capetrainman, that’s a beautiful night scene, great scenery detailing, beautiful street lights,neat buildings,  nice steamer pulling a nice train, wow, Amfleet25124, Kevin, yes, beautiful locomotives on glass, looking beautiful in your neat display case, very nicely displayed, Putnam Division, Peter, yes sir, go big blue, very nice train on a cool layout, looking like a fun to run train, Happy Railroading Everyone

Leapinlarry. Thank you for your comments. Your layout photos are super as usual. I also have that GS So PAC steamer bought at a more optimistic time wrt future layouts. Mine has never run. Maybe some day I will get to Tenn and get your permission to run it in your super layout.

Don

Thank you Don McErlean, you have an open invitation, just look me up in the profile here on the forum. Happy Railroading Everyone

Here is the front end of my tail end tuesday......

Is this the front?........

or

Is this the front?

Here's the front - I think...?

Happy FEF!

ATSF 2174 checking out the new kid on the block.

Canadian 44 ton switcher & Grand Trunk switcher behind it.

Happy  FEF!!!

Rusty

A little Thursday night activity at the North Main Street station as the local pulls in...:

It is a Diesel as well as electric locomotive kind of day on the Great Northeastern Railway.

End of the front kind for this fine Friday!

Here is my contribution. Another "is it the front or the rear" photo. The one on the right is part of a three piece prewar set

so I am calling this view the front for now.

John

Have you ever heard, TGIF, Thank God it’s Friday, well here we are and today, page 93, I’ll show a picture from a recent visit to my friend Dr, Jack Fisher, his layout is so much fun to see. These are pictures of his fabulous model railroad. Happy Railroading Everyone

Happy FEF to all!

HAPPY FeF

The Great Northeastern Railway's Lionel, Postwar roster:

Santa Fe F-3

Northern Pacific 44 tonner.

PRR 2-6-4. It is a ficticious engine for the PRR by Lionel, but, I like it.

Lionel #736 Berkshire.

Lionel PRR S-2 steam turbine.

An Erie Lackawanna F3 and a SW8 race through Lionelville for this front end Friday.

Well, like leapinlarry...I realized that its Friday already, another week passed before I even realized.  Great photos everyone.  Here is my input for this fine Friday.

Thought I might cover both ends of the time spectrum today.  First, the little 152 electric made between 1917 -1927.  This fellow, with his "strap headlight" dates from about 1923.  His little train consists of early Lionel 4 wheel freight cars from the same period.  YES...he still runs and can pull his little train around my flat loop layout.  Makes lots of noise, throws a few sparks, but OFF HE GOES...when tasked.

Next up is the Lionel #736 Berkshire, a classic postwar steamer made between 1955 and 1966.  Also a great runner with all of Lionel's top technology of the time.  e-unit reverse, magnetraction, whistle (in tender) and smoke...a powerful puller, on my layout I can task it to pull any number of cars (although the tight radii sometimes causes a really long train to de-rail in the middle.

Well that's if for me for today.  Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Don

Ends of the front kind for this Fine Friday!!  

WM 2-8-0 Consolidation takes on water.

ALCO FA 2 diesel ... a Lionel special run set for Schwepps Ginger Ale ... Whitehead's Flyer!  

Another Alco to compliment Patrick's...a PA this time...

Here is my FEF picture...Or maybe its the back end.  Either way, there was a string sitting on a siding waiting for harvest between West Liberty & Bellefontaine.

Wow, Don McErlean, I’m glad you have arrived to TGIF, yes, time flies when your having fun, and the 152 Electric from 1923 still runs, Wow, I do like your 736 a lot, it’s one of my favorites, Trumptrain, I like your Western Maryland trains to, Capetrainman, I love those Sante Fe diesels, Wow, Randy Harrison, you have some beautiful trains, and great scenery, Jackiejr, great picture, beautiful scene, wow, Don Winslow, beautiful majestic GG1, beautiful picture, wow, DETROIT, beautiful lineup of diesel power, nice scene, Now, where’s RSJB18 Bob, he will show up sooner or later… Happy FEF Fellows. Have a great weekend. Happy Railroading Everyone

This is my MTH standard gauge 384 B&O set with the extra two car add on cars .

Here is my K-Line semi scale NYC ESE  with the extra add on cars on my buddy’s suspended loop .

Here is my contribution. I too can put together 4 locos, maybe not $10000 worth, but I am ok with that.

Have a great day everyone

@leapinlarry posted:

Wow, Don McErlean, I’m glad you have arrived to TGIF, yes, time flies when your having fun, and the 152 Electric from 1923 still runs, Wow, I do like your 736 a lot, it’s one of my favorites, Trumptrain, I like your Western Maryland trains to, Capetrainman, I love those Sante Fe diesels, Wow, Randy Harrison, you have some beautiful trains, and great scenery, Jackiejr, great picture, beautiful scene, wow, Don Winslow, beautiful majestic GG1, beautiful picture, wow, DETROIT, beautiful lineup of diesel power, nice scene, Now, where’s RSJB18 Bob, he will show up sooner or later… Happy FEF Fellows. Have a great weekend. Happy Railroading Everyone

Definitely later than sooner this week Larry.

Been on vacation but it's been a honey-do week for me.

Happy FEF! (umm.....FES)

Wow, great late entries fellows.  RSJB18 that Santa Fe looks great.  beardog49 - great pictures but the streamlined clockwork engines are not familiar to me.  Who manufactured them?  OBTW the Rock Island, (Unique Lines?) F-3 also looks fabulous.

Best wishes

Don

"Have you ever heard, TGIF, Thank God it’s Friday, well here we are and today, page 93, I’ll show a picture from a recent visit to my friend Dr, Jack Fisher, his layout is so much fun to see. These are pictures of his fabulous model railroad."  Larry I knew you had the best toys and the best playroom but you've got the best friends too.  Jack's got an awesome layout just like you.

Patrick I don't remember seeing your Whitehead Flyer before, is it a new acquisition or is my memory failing me?

Hi Don, the little streamliners are front to back:  Blue french Hornby, then red and blue english Brimtoy or Mettoy, and the

red and silver in the back is postwar KBN.  I have sets of the first three, only the loco on the KBN.  The Unique Lines

Rock Island snuck  into the pic, I had it out to photograph it to sell it and neglected to move it.

Best, John

Wow that is quite a collection beardog49, most of those I have not seen before.  Thanks for the information.

Don