Another nice start to SwSat Pat.
Here my SwSat engine. It is a custom run for METCA. A Lionel Legacy S2 in LV livery. The Lehigh Valley had a handful of Alco S2 locomotives and they wore a variety of paint schemes during their life. Road Number 164 is a prototypically correct number and wears the Cornell Red scheme, just as it did in real life.

Here it is moving some hoppers to the coal dock.

A pair of Canadian engines are needed to move these empty boxcars.  Both are MTH SW8/9, 1 powered & 1 non-powered.  
Happy SwSat everyone!

RF&P SW1200 pulling some fruit cars to their final destination.  Some of them were ordered with trucks that would allow them to be used as supplemental power for mainline service.

Great content so far everyone!!   Here's my B&O 0-6-0 working the Mountain Division.

My new model of New Haven Alco RS-1 #0660 (MTH 30-21275-1) just arrived. I looked it over, found everything in order, and immediately put it on my 10’-by-5’ layout for photos. The video was taken on the first run. It’s a Railking model but looks very much like a Premier version. The paint, lettering and assembly quality are outstanding – as I’ve come to expect with MTH diesels. The model also has the realistic diesel motor sounds heard on other MTH models of Alco locomotives. The walkway tread detail is very sharp and unlike the MTH Railking RS-3, the grab irons are added-on. In my opinion, the Alco RS-1 is the best-looking road switcher diesel. I attribute that to the long hood, the large front/rear cab windows, and the cab roof, which resembles that of a steam locomotive.

#0660 through #0669 – New Haven Railroad Class DERS-1b - were delivered in March and April 1948. They were equipped with a steam generator under the short hood for passenger train heating, but the 1000 horsepower 539-T diesel motor and 60 mile-per-hour maximum speed were inadequate for passenger service, so the RS-1s were moved to local freight service and replaced by RS-2s (1500 horsepower) in 1949 and RS-3s (1600 horsepower) in 1950. The original RS-1 paint scheme was orange and green. They were painted into the model’s orange and black McGinnis scheme later in the 1950s. Five of New Haven’s 12 RS-1s were transferred to the Penn Central in 1969. The RS-1 weighed 243,000 pounds and had a tractive effort of 60,750 pounds for starting and 34,000 pounds at eight miles-per-hour.

MELGAR

MELGAR - Congratulations on your beautiful MTH New Haven RS1.  It's a terrific looking locomotive!!

Switching some lumber on a St Patrick’s Day-themed car……O&W 116 does it effortlessly….

Have a great and safe week, folks!

Peter