STEAMday Sunday (4/28/2024 edition)

Hello fellow STEAMday Sunday fans.  Here is a trackside view of an MTH streamlined NYC Empire State Express Hudson speeding passengers to their destination. Have a great week everyone!

Here's a childhood favorite of mine that I found on the forum. The mpc chessie steam special. It includes the original 5 cat set and the dining car add on. I replaced the bulbs and installed led overhead on the passenger cars. Installed an led front headlight and rebuilt the smoke unit. Now she's ready for service!

Have a great steam day Sunday!

Good morning, StDaySun people!  Last Sunday I posted photos of my Jersey Central Camelback, but videos I had ready failed to load.  I got a message the photos weren’t down from the cloud, even though I could see them in the photo gallery.  Maybe it had something to do with the fact I use my iPhone to take photos, but my iPad for posts?

Without further adieu (or straying from the topic) away we go!

John

Here’s my Lionel 0-6-0t pulling my open air passenger flat car. I got the idea watching a video of the #126 pulling a similar version only with the Allentown & Auburn, Conrail and PRR cabooses.

Gene

New York Central System #231 is an MTH Premier model (20-3281-1, MSRP $599.95) of a USRA 0-6-0 steam switcher whose design was developed by the United States Railroad Administration during World War 1. The model is highly detailed, runs smoothly, and mine has a BCR2.

The tender is lettered for NYC subsidiary Chicago River and Indiana Railroad. CR&IRR #231 was one of 14 USRA 0-6-0 switchers in New York Central’s B-62 class. The NYC began to buy 0-8-0s in 1913 and the CR&IRR switchers were the only 0-6-0s it acquired after 1918. The engine weight was 165,000 pounds and the tender weight was 144,000 pounds. It operated at a boiler pressure of 190 pounds-per-square-inch on 51-inch driving wheels with a tractive effort of 39,100 pounds.

Photos and video show the engine on my 10’-by-5’ layout.

Lionel recently released a Legacy version of the USRA 0-6-0.

MELGAR

New Haven I-4 Pacific No.1389 heads by the Rubilotta Mattress Works and coal mines in Scranton Pa. headed for Maybrook NY on the O&W portion of my layout

https://photos.app.goo.gl/ANodLaYtP7Jtdwdi6

Good morning fellow steam locomotive fans!!  Thanks so much Arnold for stoking the fire and getting us rolling this morning!!   Got to love that 0-6-0 pulling the passenger train ( I assume a baseball special ) past your stadium   Lots of wonderful posts by everyone too!!

For me steam locomotives are miraculous machines that always make me smile whenever I'm in the presence of a real live working steamer.  Just listening to the variety of sounds a steam locomotive makes, the hisses, whooshes, the thumping air pump, the high pitched wine of the dynamo, and the aroma,  as a steam locomotive  sits idle stimulates by entire Being from head to toe!  AND of course the whistle, the bell, and the running gear as it runs by or pulls away from a standing position is totally AWESOME!!

Today I'm showing photos ofmy  big purchase from York last weekend.   This is a Lionel scale version of a B&O P7 Pacific locomotive.  The B&O purchased 20 new Pacific type locomotives back in 1927 and classified them as P7.  These 20 engines were designated as the Presidential class, named after the first 20 presidents of the U.S. Each locomotive bore the name of an individual president starting with number 5300 The President Washington ... which is cosmetically restored and preserved at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore.    I am not the very proud owner of a model of  locomotive 5308 the President Harrison.  

I bought this locomotive from Vince's Trains in the Orange Hall at the  York show  a week ago this past Friday.  As I strolled the hall around 11 a.m. my eyes were drawn to this engine like metal to a magnet.   It stood out from all the other engines ( and there were many ) like a beacon of radiant light!  For me this moment was akin to the moment Chevy Chase's eyes fell upon the perfect Christmas tree in the movie Christmas Vacation!  

While at York and before purchasing I tested it on the test track.  Of course the test tracks are not equipped with command control so I had to go just with seeing it run back on forth on the track.   Once I got the engine home, it had some problems running on my layout as I use TMCC.  I e mailed Vince and he told me to take it to his repair person here in Maryland who coincidentally is my repair person and Vince said he would pay for the repairs.  I had the engine looked at by Tom, our repair person,  this Friday and the problem was minor.  The engine was repaired and now runs fantastically on my layout!!!  The whistle sounds terrific and the engine looks, and runs fantastic!!!  I just LOVE it!!!!  I hope you enjoy the pics below as taken in different light. ( Click on image to enlarge. )

Nice start Arnold on this fine coal loaded Sunday, Pre-War Lionel 225E prior to being torn down and repainted and a good degreasing and service.

After coming out of my maintenance facility, fresh paint and new decals, I did add 225E to dress up the diecast tender, prior owner replaced the trucks with PW Lionel.

@trumpettrain Pat, that is one handsome locomotive, especially with the added gold striping.

Gene

@trumpettrain posted:

Today I'm showing photos ofmy  big purchase from York last weekend.   This is a Lionel scale version of a B&O P7 Pacific locomotive.  The B&O purchased 20 new Pacific type locomotives back in 1927 and classified them as P7.  These 20 engines were designated as the Presidential class, named after the first 20 presidents of the U.S. Each locomotive bore the name of an individual president starting with number 5300 The President Washington ... which is cosmetically restored and preserved at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore.    I am not the very proud owner of a model of  locomotive 5308 the President Harrison.  

I've always had a soft spot for the B&O Presidential Pacifics.  Mantua made thousands of them starting in the 1940's through as least the end of the 90's in HO scale.  I've got several including one I heavily modified into a fairly decent CNJ Pacific during my HO kit bashing years of my 20's and 30's.  Very nice model!

Here is a few photos of the one at the B&O Museum I took in 2010.  Not an easy locomotive to capture in photos in the B&O car shed. 

" A.F. 16" , type XI clockwork locomotive from 1923-1926.  Clockwork and cast iron, still works however.

Here she is with her 2 car consist.  The Pullman reads..."Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul RR"

Here is what the set looked like in the box  - Remember its 100 years old, so I make no excuse for the fact that the cardboard is showing some wear and tear

Happy Steam Day Sunday, hope you have a great week

Don

My additions for this week.  Newly acquired Weaver locomotives in an ATSF USRA 0-6-0 and Royal Hudson 4-6-4 2858 to complement my 2860.

Here is a pair of I1’s double heading an ore train Pennsylvania style.

The C B & Q 4-8-4 O5A (#5631) class on display in Sheridan, WY...picture taken by me in 2019...

Last run of Premiere MTH Berkshires out in 2021. Has wireless tether, quilling whistle, and the drop  plate between the cab and the tender. My first MTH steamer to have all these features. She's beautiful!

@GG1 4877 posted:

I've always had a soft spot for the B&O Presidential Pacifics.  Mantua made thousands of them starting in the 1940's through as least the end of the 90's in HO scale.  I've got several including one I heavily modified into a fairly decent CNJ Pacific during my HO kit bashing years of my 20's and 30's.  Very nice model!

Here is a few photos of the one at the B&O Museum I took in 2010.  Not an easy locomotive to capture in photos in the B&O car shed.

Johnathan -  your top photo beautifully captures the front end of B&O 5300 President Washington.  Yes indeed, given its' location, it's quite challenging to get a decent photo of any part of this locomotive, however you succeeded quite well in doing so!  Thanks for posting!

Incidentally, it was Ed Streigel of Streigel Equipment Corp., located in Baltimore, who discovered number 5300 in a scrap line.  ( You may already know the story. )  He knew immediately the historic value of this locomotive and notified the B&O Museum in Baltimore.  Without going into any further details, we all now know the rest of the story, and are all grateful for the action of Mr. Streigle.  

Mr. Streigle's son Grant and I were college friends.  On one occasion I drove Grant over to see his dad at Streigel Equipment Corp in the Curtis Bay section of Baltimore.  When we arrived there was Ed Streigle riding up at the controls of a steam locomotive moving up and down the company's yard track.  His company reconditioned the locomotive to be sent to a sugar cane or coffee company ( can't remember which ) in South America.   Ed was putting the locomotive through its' paces before being shipped off.  Mr. Streigle certainly loved trains!  

My two entries for Steamer Sunday aren’t very mighty, but I found the American Flyer set very interesting. What caught my eye was the key in the side meaning it was clockwork and a lightbulb the boiler front. It was made with a battery compartment  the tender with a contact for the wire coming from the engine. The light socket needs some work. The Lionel engine is from a promotional set featuring a desirable boxcar.

@trumpettrain posted:

Johnathan -  your top photo beautifully captures the front end of B&O 5300 President Washington.  Yes indeed, given its' location, it's quite challenging to get a decent photo of any part of this locomotive, however you succeeded quite well in doing so!  Thanks for posting!

Incidentally, it was Ed Streigel of Streigel Equipment Corp., located in Baltimore, who discovered number 5300 in a scrap line.  ( You may already know the story. )  He knew immediately the historic value of this locomotive and notified the B&O Museum in Baltimore.  Without going into any further details, we all now know the rest of the story, and are all grateful for the action of Mr. Streigle.  

Mr. Streigle's son Grant and I were college friends.  On one occasion I drove Grant over to see his dad at Streigel Equipment Corp in the Curtis Bay section of Baltimore.  When we arrived there was Ed Streigle riding up at the controls of a steam locomotive moving up and down the company's yard track.  His company reconditioned the locomotive to be sent to a sugar cane or coffee company ( can't remember which ) in South America.   Ed was putting the locomotive through its' paces before being shipped off.  Mr. Streigle certainly loved trains!  

Patrick,

I did not know the story. Thanks for sharing!  Enjoy your 1:48 version.  It is a beautiful model.