STEAMday Sunday (9/22/2024 edition)

From my archives……a K-Line 0-4-0 pulling a work train on the old layout in 2016……

Have a great and safe week, folks!

Peter

Thanks for stoking the boilers Arnold, That is a handsome Commodore Vanderbilt.
My entry this morning is a Lionel conventional 2-8-2, 6-8309 Southern RR. It’s a very brief video, l just ran it around the loop to check it out. It’s going back in the box and off to the painter. It’s a donor engine to become NH 3025.

New Haven 0-8-0 #3400 (MTH 20-3148-2, scale wheels, 2005), a favorite that’s usually parked on a siding on my layout, was to be my switcher for this Saturday, so I began to take photos and videos. A few minutes later, it stopped abruptly and wouldn’t move. It’s now on its way back from repair. A simple fix.

MELGAR

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

This morning, I will begin this 9/22/2024 edition of this thread with an MTH Railking Commodore Vanderbilt Hudson that has been upgraded to PS 3:Here it is, rolling round the bend, hauling Lionel NY Central Madison Heavyweights:

Arnold

Nice looking engine Arnold, and quite the smoker!

Gene

Hello StDaySun people!  The nod today goes to Arnold for motivating me to feature a New York Central locomotive I haven’t posted recently.  

It’s my Lionel 4-8-2 Mohawk.  To me, only the mighty Hudson says “NYC” more than a Mohawk.  I bought it from a friend “for a song”  because he prefers more modern engines.

I believe this engine dates to about 1990 and was equipped with an early Lionel sound system, “the mighty sound of steam”.  It has a piston smoke unit with one chuff per revolution and a venerable “Pullmor” motor.  It runs well (despite a fall to the floor with little damage!), smokes well after a little TLC to the smoke unit and has a rather haunting whistle.  I’ll post a video with whistle sound at a later date when I’m home.

John