STEAMday Sunday

A couple more old timers…

Tom

Well folks, its nearly Christmas so I thought I would bring you a little steamer / passenger train that shows its favoritism for this Holiday.  Its the Joy Line #105 locomotive from 1932-1935, just about the last of the "Girard Model Works" before Marx took over the company in 1935.  She shows off her Christmas red boiler for this joyous Holiday season.

And...not to let the Christmas red go without the Christmas green, here is her consist of green passenger coaches and observation.

Best wishes everyone!  Hope that your Holiday season is both cheerful and bright and healthy.

Happy Holidays

Don

@Steam Crazy posted:

Good morning, steam fans!  Today’s featured steamer is PRR 2-8-2 L1s Mikado no. 1827.  The L1s was the most numerous steam engine on the PRR, with 547 built.

John

@Steam Crazy,

John,

Nice engines and videos.

According to Pennsy Power, by Alvin F. Staufer, the L1s 2-8-2 Mikados were the most numerous single class on the PRR - 574 engines. However, 2-8-0 Consolidations were the most numerous type with 3,335 on the roster in 1924.

MELGAR

Good point, Mel!

John

Gd Afternoon Forumites:

I must have slept on this thread, I don’t remember seeing this one before. Here’s my input.

A tale of Pacifics for today.  By far my favorite class of locomotive.  These are my scale O models.  I have several in HO, N, and some 027 size Marx and Railking ones too.

First is a Williams Southern PS4.  This one came from an auction many years ago for only $150 and it had a bit of damage.  I replaced the pony truck with a Williams replacement, but probably will seek out a more scale one now that I look at it.  The Hodges trailing truck is a Lionel.  It was what I could find, but again it feels a little out of scale.  The Feedwater heater was added by whomever owned this before me.  I thought it was original until I looked at the Williams ones online.  Taking it out for photos, the color gives it away even more.  Nothing a little paint can't solve and a nice touch to make this locomotive a keeper.  Maybe finding some 6-wheel tender trucks would help finish this one out.

Partial project for an early 1950's era CNJ Pacific.  Two rail chassis came from Pat, and I tracked down a correct 2 rail tender, but this has a way to go before I get back to it.  I have the lead and trailing trucks, but need a pilot, motor, valve gear, and who knows what else.

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Purchased this as a donor for the above project, but I liked it so much I decided to keep it as is.  It's an upgraded PS to PS-2 model.

Two of my 3 K4s.  Williams to left, Sunset to right.

The 3rd K4.  A Sunset.

This has seen better days.  I believe it is an International Model Products locomotive.  It is 2 rail, but someone modified it for 3 rail operation with a 3rd rail pickup.  The challenge is it won't turn on an 072 curve.  A project for sure.

@marshelangelo posted:

Gd Afternoon Forumites:

I must have slept on this thread, I don’t remember seeing this one before. Here’s my input.

That is a beautiful collection of “big” steamers!

Gene

Thanks Gene !

Marshelangelo, What a very nice collection of steamers. Your layout also looks super. I for one would like to see more of it. Bill

This Yellowstone doesn’t see much action but this is my contribution to Steam Sunday

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Good morning fellow steam locomotive lovers. This STEAMday Sunday, I will start us off with the Hudson (4-6-4).

First, is a video of this modern conventional running Lionel NY Central Hudson, which I believe was made in the 1990s, hauling passenger cars:

Next, is a video of the venerable Lionel Postwar NY Central 773 Hudson hauling freight cars and a caboose:

Now, it's your turn to join in the fun and show some of your steamers. Just remember to post only those photos and videos you have taken, or those in which you have obtained the express written permission of the owner to post. Arnold

Great start and great videos Arnold. It looked like your 1990s had a 4 digit number. I ran my 783 last week which was also 1990s. The comments on price at the time was; that Lionel surveyed prices of PW Hudsons and came up with a price for the new one.

@marshelangelo posted:

Gd Afternoon Forumites:

I must have slept on this thread, I don’t remember seeing this one before. Here’s my input.

Very nice collection and display!

One thing for sure, Steam Engines are fun to watch, all the moving parts, smoke, steam whistle, swinging bells, they are simply cool machines… Happy Railroading Everyone    (The Sante Fe 2-10-10-2 belongs to Captain Will Porath, Will2926)

I agree with Larry, steam locomotives are fun to see in action!  That's for sure!!   Here's my Williams by Bachman B&O 4-6-4 Hudson.   It's a fine runner and pulls great!

Here she comes at 80 mph at the point of The Capital Limited.

Whizzing past the Brewtown neighborhood.

MOW workers have cleared the tracks way ahead of the Limited's rival.

Water stop.  Fireman Ross Wiggins lowers the spout to top off the tanks.

Underway the again.  

Merry Christmas Eve and Happy Holidays, STEAMday Sunday fans!

On this wonderful morning, I will start us off with this Lionchief Plus 2.0 Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal (B.E.D.T.) cab #15 steam switcher:

Here it is hauling a circus horse car and 2 Bronx Zoo giraffe cars:

And, here it is hauling a winter theme car I had forgotten about. Several years ago, my 30 something daughter gave me a Polar Express train car, which is being pulled by the same B.E.D.T. #15 steamer in this video below:

Remember to follow all of the Forum TOS rules, and post only photos and videos you have taken, which I do, or those in which you have received the express written permission of the owner to post.

Again, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Arnold

Railking PRR Turbine

Have a great Christmas Eve all.  Nice looking steamers all!

New York Central 0-8-0 steam locomotive #415 is an MTH Railking model (30-1123-1, MSRP $399) with PS1 that was delivered in 1997. With a BCR, it’s been trouble-free on my layouts for twenty-six years.

The United States Railroad Administration designed 12 types of standardized steam locomotives between 1917 and 1920, one of which was the 0-8-0 heavy switcher. 175 locomotives were built to the 0-8-0 design during the administration of the USRA and 1,200 more were built afterward, which made it the most common steam engine design in the United States. The combined engine and tender weighed 364,000 pounds and the engine developed 51,042 pounds of tractive effort. New York Central had 25 USRA 0-8-0 locomotives in its U-3b class with road numbers 415 to 439.

Photos and videos taken on my 12’-by-8’ layout.

MELGAR

Number 1389 , a New Haven I=4 Pacific heads a short local bound for New Haven.  Best Wishes to everyone for a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

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Merry Christmas, steam fans!  Today’s steamer of the day is Lionel’s model of a NYC G46h Consolidation, no. 1149.

My engine was produced in NYC livery, but I believe the prototype was a Southern Pacific locomotive.  Lionel is getting “a lot of mileage” out of the tooling for this model; the company has been building it at least since I got my engine in 2010-12 - up to the present day - in various liveries, with different tenders and more features.  I’m not surprised, because it’s a fine looking steam locomotive.

I haven’t seen one of these engines with the tender that came with my model.  If anyone knows what prototype Lionel used to model my tender, I’d like to know (thanks).

John

A B&O 4-6-4 Hudson arrives at Patsburg with a full snout of snow.  Looks like she's been doing some plowing to keep her train on time.   This is a Williams by Bachman model.  

@marshelangelo posted:

Gd Afternoon Forumites:

I must have slept on this thread, I don’t remember seeing this one before. Here’s my input.

Thank you for your service!

Here is one of Lionel's sort of "unsung" heroes at least to me.  A pre-war stalwart who served from 1938-1942 and who was first "out of the chute" in 1945 and was gone after 1946, the #224 2-6-2.  Assigned to freight service and passenger service post war she pulled the (also soon to be gone) tinplate passenger cars in both brown and green.   The "blackened" hand rails on this example marks her as from 1945 - One year younger than me!!

Well Santa comes tonight so I wish you all the very best Holiday and a joyous celebration as well.

Don

Great videos. Have you had to replace any tires on your Y6b? I posted yesterday my problem getting the rods off. Any tips from you??

Thank you fellas, Bill Park, Gene, Pennsyfan, it’s been a challenging labor of love with my layout, I’m currently working on 2 display cases and then I’m on to the 2d level. When I reach the 2d level I’ll definitely show more of the layout and also prepare to go on YouTube.  Speedo, it was my pleasure to serve, an immense feeling that I carry with me daily; I’d like to wish the entire forum community a Merry Christmas & joyful New Year and I’m looking forward to another great year in model railroading.  - MARSHELANGELO

NKP 765 drew Christmas tree duty this year.

Lionel 'too long' Pacific converted to a SR 4-6-4 by D500 in L.A. (lower Alabama)

All wonderful contributions so far. Some of the photos and images in the videos would make nice Christmas cards.

Thanks to all…. Beauties Abound….

mcerlean, She’s a mighty fine Red Boiler steamer! Thanks for the share.

Here is an Older than most, Younger than some showing off Smoke!! 💨 Pulling through Yew Mountain. A 671 Turbine showing legs and a smile

My other posts this weekend showed off my K-Line PRR A5.  It is now my Christmas engine as it has been replace on the layout with the closer to scale MTH A5.  The A5 may be the largest of the 0-4-0 class of engines, but it is still pretty small.  Here is my MTH A5, with its slightly too large 55-S-66 tender.

Merry Christmas Eve!

Here is a PW 2046 Lionel Lines Steamer on the point of a Christmas Special; bringing gifts and families home for the holidays.

@pennsyfan posted:

Merry Christmas Eve!

Here is a PW 2346 Lionel Lines Steamer on the point of a Christmas Special; bringing gifts and families home for the holidays.

The Lionel 2046 is a nice Postwar Hudson.

A group of my favorite steam locomotives I relettered…

Tom

Tom, the Erie 2-8-0 looks suspiciously like the ubiquitous Lionel 2-8-0, albeit with a different tender than my NYC version!  Your engines look great!

John

Posted elsewhere, but this video belongs here as well.  American Flyer wide gauge.

I love this thread because steam power is simply fun to watch, and there’s a lot  of varieties here for review. It’s Christmas Eve, so I hope everyone stays healthy, stays safe, and prays continuously…. Merry Christmas and happy 2024… Cheers! I think I hit a wrong picture, my wife’s flower garden….

@Steam Crazy posted:

Tom, the Erie 2-8-0 looks suspiciously like the ubiquitous Lionel 2-8-0, albeit with a different tender than my NYC version!  Your engines look great!

John

Thanks John!

I forget the roadname that was originally on this engine. It is a stock Lionel Legacy 2-8-0

Tom