Front End Friday

Happy FEF

Looks like Pennsy Steam is the theme today!

always a good choice

Good evening, 

Paul I don't think my layout can handle a T1 or a S1.

Thank you for your compliments. 

It took me about fifteen minutes to get all the locomotives turned around and placed in position. Some fun running thru the layout and figuring the best routes.

Front End Friday! North Western and Twin Cities and Western Geeps toward Minneapolis.

10th St. Ocean City, NJ

Atlantic City, 1956.

Happy Friday!

this guy was in our yard yesterday morning 

EnterTrainment Junction in Cinci

Happy FEF!

Happy Easter too.

FEF...

Have an enjoyable Easter...🐰

Pete

Rusty

John Smith's Santa Fe Hudson.  John in Lansing, ILL

"45 tonner coming atcha!"

                             Marci's  F E F  shot this week in Maumee, Ohio...

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

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Mark in Oregon

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

 

 

                          have a GREAT  "F E F",  and a  Happy Easter  everyone !

 

 

 

A repeat but fitting:

Lew

Ex DSS&A  Baldwin DT6-6-2000 now Soo

Strummer posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

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Mark in Oregon

Mark. Very nice.

Johan

Soo Nut posted:

Ex DSS&A  Baldwin DT6-6-2000 now Soo

I like the above paint scheme better.

Happy F. E. F. !

A repeat but fleshed out a bit. This is The Park Special, #47-48 idling at Victor, Id, the end of the branch from Pocatello:

I thought to consult my 1962 UP timetable:

The Park Special departed Pocatello at 12:55AM and arrived in Victor at 7:30AM. The train idled all day and departed Victor at 8:15PM arriving back in Pocatello at 2:05Am.

We took that ride Summer '61, '62, '63 and '64, IIRC Pullman each trip. Rental car was waiting in Victor and we drove over the pass into Jackson and thence to Grand Teton and Yellowstone NP. Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end.

Lew

GG1 4857-South Amboy

Haddonfield, NJ-1947

K4 5435 & G3 211 Cold Spring Harbor, New Jersey

PRR 6538 4-4-2 Atlantic E5s Double Header Passenger 1947

Randy Harrison posted:

GG1 4857-South Amboy

Haddonfield, NJ-1947

K4 5435 & G3 211 Cold Spring Harbor, New Jersey

PRR 6538 4-4-2 Atlantic E5s Double Header Passenger 1947

Great pics Randy, thanks for posting them!

Some initial wiring/running tests on my new addition:

Below, on the Old Side; class yard "re-positioned" a bit (it's...flex-track!). The hole in the sky will get some treatment, one day, as well as a class yard ground cover re-do.

Loco is an early Wms scale FA-1, custom painted (by me) for GM&O; TAS TMCC - no cruise. Of course, WBB has since offered these already done in GM&O, and ERR Cruise Commander is now around. Gee, thanx a bunch - especially as this is only one-third of an ABA set, both A's powered. 

There will ultimately be a bayou in the pink foam under that Lionel lift bridge (beautiful piece, and works well), and blue backdrops all around.

Happy Friday!

“FEF”...

Happy FEF!

In honor of the Long Island RR's 185th anniversary this week.

And this is the boiler of # 39 today. It's at Strasburg patiently waiting for funds to continue with the restoration.

http://rmli.org/our-collection...steam-locomotive-39/

Put a little Guinness in your day!

One ugly loco!

This Friday's Front Ends.

Front End Friday on Saturday. Well, better late than never.

Decapod 4579, one of 475 built by Baldwin, backs into Sandusky OH yard

PRR Consolidation

I1s (2-10-0) 4330 at Shamokin, PA on August 17, 1956

The Royal Blue at Communipaw Terminal, Jersey City, 1958

Well, better late than never, Great Front End Pictures the last few days from everyone, Mark Strittmatter, nice PA Locomotive line up and super nice wall display in the background, Trumptrain, your layout is so colorful and packed with neat scenes, great motive power, RSJB18 Bob, Great Set Of steamers and Diesels and nice track plan, Bar GP7 #63 your layout is truly a work of art, Nicely weathered Diesels and great ballast and trackwork with grassy spotting, Randy Harrison- Your Pictures are Awesome and bring back fond memories of past gone by, Briansilvermustang, your pictures of models and Real trains are Fantastic, Bill T, I love our train room, GE EVO and your layout, Ted W, Wow, Great Pictures Of the real Burlington Northern Passenger train and of course, The Sante Fe Passenger trains....Rattler21, Thank You for your contributions to, your pictures are very nice...Thank You all for sharing your time and talents on Front End Friday, this is a day to relax......