MTH NY Central RS3 diesel switcher hauling coal, oil and a caboose:

Arnold

Happy Switcher Saturday!  Here’s a little RMT S2 action as I wait for my reefers to be delivered (with a bonus RS3) -

Hello SwSat fans all across this great nation!  I was looking for some inspiration this morning; Patrick and Arnold, as usual, provided it with their Alco RS models.  Here are my MTH Railking Boston and Maine RS3s nos. 1509 and 1518, still running after all these years with 5 volt PS2 and a BCR.  We’ll see no. 1509 on a mixed train south of Plymouth, NH.

John

Burlington Junction Montgomery Illinois.

Happy SWSat!

Going to the archives as well this week. Since Patrick shared his RS-1, which is also a fan favorite on the RSJ&B, I'll do the same. Too bad ALCO didn't keep the roof overhangs on the later versions of road switchers.

I have 3, Atlas LIRR w/TMCC, MTH New Haven w/PS-2, and a LIRR w/ PS-3. The sounds of the MTH PS-3 are the best by far.

The Atlas model is the most detailed of the three, right down to the chains on the trucks.

Have a great weekend!

Bob

Bob, I agree with you, the MTH sound is best, PS2 as well as PS3.  Ya can’t beat the start up sounds of my PS2 NYC RS1!

John

O&W 116 working the Kingston Branch..........

Have a great and safe week, everyone!

Peter

@RSJB18 posted:

The sounds of the MTH PS-3 are the best by far.

Bob

One of my favorite things about my Aerotrain, besides how great it looks, is the start up sounds.  Can't compare it to Lionel since they didn't make one as far  as I know.

- walt

Lined up and ready for action.

_ walt

In action:

Good morning SwSat nation!  A pair of CN switchers moving hoppers this morning.

Maybe I should have looked at the thread before I decided what to run. I put MTH AS-616 on the layout. METCA produced two  Erie Lackawanna AS-616s, #s 1150 and 1159. Here’s # 1159 moving a cut of NH&I cars from the team track to the New Hope depot. I had her sister repainted in PRSL livery.

Good morning, SwSat folks.

Looks like a mostly diesel-day today, so here are some 1,000 hp examples from the different diesel manufacturers:

Lionel EMD NW2 (PRR ES10), RailKing Scale FM H10-44 (PRR FS10), Atlas ALCO RS-1 (PRR AS10s), RailKing Scale Baldwin VO-1000 (PRR BS10).  The ALCO was sold as a Road Switcher.

NYC RS-3 picking up some cattle cars from the local upstate NY farm, God Speed all!

Happy Switcher Saturday!

I Love RS-1's also,

This Railking SOO Line Limited run is my only RS-1 at this time!

Take care, Ray

@RayKay posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday! I Love RS-1's also,

This Railking SOO Line Limited run is my only RS-1 at this time!

Take care, Ray

Nice looking engine Ray. I’ve always liked those colors, just like the Boston & Maine. I’m hoping Lionel will come out with a run of RS-1’s someday.

Gene

Leftovers.  Have a good day everyone.

Well I guess I will break the trend and go Steam instead of Diesel.  This looks like post war (and indeed it carries a lot of the look that Lionel did bring out postwar) but its not.  This is the Lionel 204 2-4-2 from 1940-1942 always uncatalogued.  She came both with and without a whistle tender (sheet metal type) and this one was without.

Here is a view of her, in charge of a prewar freight.  She pulls like a champ and runs smooth.  She was a good item for her day.

Best Wishes Switcher Fans,

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

Well I guess I will break the trend and go Steam instead of Diesel.  This looks like post war (and indeed it carries a lot of the look that Lionel did bring out postwar) but its not.  This is the Lionel 204 2-4-2 from 1940-1942 always uncatalogued.  She came both with and without a whistle tender (sheet metal type) and this one was without.

Best Wishes Switcher Fans,

Don

She doesn't look a day over 50 Don.......

@RayKay posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday!

I Love RS-1's also,

This Railking SOO Line Limited run is my only RS-1 at this time!

Take care, Ray

I guess you could say I'm a sucker for sharp diesel paint schemes. Add this one to the list.

Very nice Ray.

Bob

Another pic from my visit to Steamtown back in early September… a beautiful CNJ Alco RS3.

I will add to the RS diesel party. The East Penn & Long Island are MTH RS1s. The N&W is a Weaver RS3 dummy.

Charlie

@Rustykamel posted:

Leftovers.  Have a good day everyone.

I like leftovers.  Especially nice ones like this.

@cpowell posted:

I will add to the RS diesel party. The East Penn & Long Island are MTH RS1s. The N&W is a Weaver RS3 dummy.

Charlie

Oh Great! Another LIRR scheme I need to find....

Very nice collection Charlie.

@RayKay posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday!

I Love RS-1's also,

This Railking SOO Line Limited run is my only RS-1 at this time!

Take care, Ray

Great roadname, too!

Joining the RS-1 party is the SWSAT Sunday Supplement featuring my PS-3 RK RS-1 in EPRY livery, from my archives, inspired by @cpowell's post above:

Starting up in DCC:

Not as nice as @Steam Crazy's NYC PS-2 version, though.

I believe the prototype is being restored by the Allentown and Auburn Railroad in Topton, PA:

https://allentownandauburnrr.c...ut-us/roster/alln57/

Bill, the start up sounds on your RS1 sound like those on my two MTH RS3s.  I wonder if MTH stopped loading a separate sound file on RS1s.  My RS1 also makes a distinctive whistling sound (the turbocharger, I believe) at low RPMs; the RS3s do not.  I know the whistling sound is prototypically correct because an ALCO S4 on the Grafton and Upton RR near my boyhood home made this sound.  I was thrilled when I heard my RS1 make that sound!

John

@RSJB18_- Thanks for the comment Bob.  When I acquired her at age 80 (2020) it was a purchase from an older man who appeared to be cleaning out his collection.  I was struck by her clean condition, she looked like she had not been run in years but was very clean.  He maintained she was good to go and put her on the test track for me to prove it.  She ran well then and still runs well today. Simple can be good!!

Best Wishes

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

@RSJB18_- Thanks for the comment Bob.  When I acquired her at age 80 (2020) it was a purchase from an older man who appeared to be cleaning out his collection.  I was struck by her clean condition, she looked like she had not been run in years but was very clean.  He maintained she was good to go and put her on the test track for me to prove it.  She ran well then and still runs well today. Simple can be good!!

Best Wishes

Don

As I wade deeper and deeper into engine upgrades with various boards and systems.....simple can be better.

Bob

@RSJB18 - You know Bob I love your comment.  I must admit that after listening to the members on the forum and seeing the video's of locomotives that do everything but sing the Star Spangled Banner I am sometime struck by how little my little locomotives do.  Then I also hear the constant background noise of missing or bad boards, repairs I cannot understand, large repair bills, etc etc and I think....You know 2 wires from my zw to the track, push the power lever and OFF goes the locomotive.  I am normally pretty happy just watching it "go round".   Different strokes for different folks I guess.

Thanks for your comment, I always read and like your posts.

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

@RSJB18 - You know Bob I love your comment.  I must admit that after listening to the members on the forum and seeing the video's of locomotives that do everything but sing the Star Spangled Banner I am sometime struck by how little my little locomotives do.  Then I also hear the constant background noise of missing or bad boards, repairs I cannot understand, large repair bills, etc etc and I think....You know 2 wires from my zw to the track, push the power lever and OFF goes the locomotive.  I am normally pretty happy just watching it "go round".   Different strokes for different folks I guess.

Thanks for your comment, I always read and like your posts.

Don

Don't get me wrong, I'm having a blast with the tech side of the hobby.

But two wires, a ZW, and some smoke pellets are still lots of fun!

Bob

@Steam Crazy posted:

Bill, the start up sounds on your RS1 sound like those on my two MTH RS3s.  I wonder if MTH stopped loading a separate sound file on RS1s.  My RS1 also makes a distinctive whistling sound (the turbocharger, I believe) at low RPMs; the RS3s do not.  I know the whistling sound is prototypically correct because an ALCO S4 on the Grafton and Upton RR near my boyhood home made this sound.  I was thrilled when I heard my RS1 make that sound!

John

I believe you are correct, John. With the financial concerns that have surrounded MTH, it would make sense that they use the same sound file and chassis for their PS-3 RS-1 and RS-3 models. I have an Atlas Premier EMD E9Am in BN livery with PS-3 that has a fantastic startup sequence involving both V12-V567B prime movers. Your RS1 startup reminds me of that.

@Don McErlean posted:

@RSJB18 - You know Bob I love your comment.  I must admit that after listening to the members on the forum and seeing the video's of locomotives that do everything but sing the Star Spangled Banner I am sometime struck by how little my little locomotives do.  Then I also hear the constant background noise of missing or bad boards, repairs I cannot understand, large repair bills, etc etc and I think....You know 2 wires from my zw to the track, push the power lever and OFF goes the locomotive.  I am normally pretty happy just watching it "go round".   Different strokes for different folks I guess.

Thanks for your comment, I always read and like your posts.

Don

Word.