STEAMdaySunday 10/27/2024 edition

Photos and videos show my Boston & Maine 2-8-0 Consolidation #2403 pulling a freight cars and B&M caboose #104647 on my 12’-by-8’ layout. The locomotive is a Weaver die-cast model (1809LP) of a Baldwin Consolidation. Atlas O recently announced a production run of these engines using the tooling developed by Weaver. The models will have PS3 electronics and are scheduled for delivery later this year.

B&M #2403 was the last 2-8-0 to be retired by the B&M. It remained in passenger service around Boston until at least September 1954 and was scrapped in June 1955.

MELGAR

Hello Steam fans across the USA!  Today I’m featuring two ancient steamers, Astoria Light, Heat and Power no. 4 and a decrepit, cabbage stack Prairie stored on the side of the engine house.

What, you say the Prairie looks like an 0-6-0 switcher?  You’re right, it does; the poor machine is missing its two wheel leading and trailing trucks.  The origin of this sad locomotive is a plastic kit I built as a kid.  Ir was brightly painted at one time.  The trucks and the tender have been lost to time.

John

Yesterday, my son, Chris, put on the one functional track in our layout, an MTH, PRR, Proto Sound 2, M-1a pulling a train of his and Zora Mayas weathered hopper cars in the video, Chris got the train moving at 15 scale miles per hour and the locomotive was not laboring with a train that long

With the recent news of the NYC Mohawk 3001, I’ve been running my L-3c Mohawk by MTH a bit more. Have a great week everyone!

@Steam Crazy posted:

Hello Steam fans across the USA!  Today I’m featuring two ancient steamers, Astoria Light, Heat and Power no. 4.

John

John, this is a cool looking engine, do you have a video of it in action?

Gene

Gene,

Unfortunately, I don’t have a video because no. 4 isn’t running.  It always ran slow, then stopped moving.  I suspect hardened grease or gears binding as the problem.

Many of our StDaySun brethren will recognize it as a model of a Porter 0-4-0T locomotive by K-line.  I tried to take it apart once by removing the four small screws at the bottom, with no luck.  Maybe one of our fellow steam fans can offer some service advice, that would be appreciated!

I promise to take a video and post it if I get it running.

John

Here's a 'Two - fer'

There's chill in the air, and, it's nearly November.......a photo we staged in 2012 for a Holiday display the Modular Group did for the Richmond Children's Museum.......

Have a great week.......

Peter

@c.sam posted:

Here's a 'Two - fer'

that mountain looks like a Dreyfeus (I think that's the engine that has that kind of front and I have no idea if I spelled that correctly)

walt

@walt rapp posted:

that mountain looks like a Dreyfeus (I think that's the engine that has that kind of front and I have no idea if I spelled that correctly)

walt

I believe Dreyfus is the correct spelling.

Thanks so much Arnold for keeping the fire stoked and the boiler hot to get rolling today!   Got to love that Lionel 4-6-0 of yours ... it looks and sounds terrific!!   Also great pics everyone!!  Sam, a Dreyfus Hudson is definitely on my list of engines to buy.

This past weekend I visited my brother at Deep Creek Lake, Maryland which is close to the town of Oakland.  Oakland is the county seat of Garrett County, Maryland's most far western county.   Garrett County is named after John W. Garrett, president of the B&O Railroad.  During the 1800's when the B&O was being built westward to Pittsburgh, there was opposition by the Pennsylvania RR to the planned route of the B&O into Pittsburgh.  Evidently the Pennsy won the legal battle which prompted John Garrett to directed his engineers to plan a different route.  This new route included a 17 mile grade ( very famous on the B&O ) and through the plattue of what is now western Garrett County and what would become the town of Oakland.   Two years before the tracks even reached what would become the town of Oakland, Garrett had already laid out the streets and lots for the town which was to become Oakland.  Huge resort hotels were built ( some with indoor swimming pools ) for folks from Washington D.C, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, and beyond could come to vacation ... of course those folks traveled to and from on B&O passenger trains pulled by B&O's fleet of passenger steam locomotives.   Freight trains served the town of Oakland as well as passed through the town on B&O's mainline.  B&O's huge EM1 Yellowstone articulated locomotives, the Big Six 2-10-2s, and others regularly headed freight trains passing through Oakland.  

Outside the station now stands a 2-8-0 Consolidation built by Baldwin Locomotive Co. in 1920.  ( See info on 3rd photo below )  Not originally a B&O locomotive, volunteers are now cosmetically restoring this engine to give it a B&0 look.   The station itself, designed by architect Francis Baldwin, is now a wonderful museum which houses a research library on the top floor.  The museum contains many B&O artifacts.  Admission is free and there is a donation box for those who wish to donate.  I met a very knowledgable volunteer at the museum named Terry who gave in depth answers to questions and was a fountain of knowledge.   The station is located on the CSX mainline ( formerly the B&O main ) and CSX trains pass regularly.  

Oakland B&O Station designed by Francis Baldwin.   I love the rounded turret!

Front end of the Consolidation

The opposite side of the station.  Back in the day this station had two team tracks.   The Consolidation sits on one of these team tracks.

My recently acquired B&O 0-6-0 a Weaver brass model.  

Have a great STEAMday Sunday all!

Here are two little favorites of mine.  The green 0-4-0 loco is the Hornby Type 20 tender locomotive, it was the first loco that Mecanno offered in the British Rail livery and in 1954 it was somewhat late in terms of the actual adoption of that livery in the real world.  It was a small scale line, 0 gauge, but smaller scale than the regular Hornby trains.  It lasted until the end of Hornby 0 gauge in 1967.  Clockwork as are most Hornby trains and besides the loco a very complete line of type 20 carriages and freight cars were offered, some of which you can see in the picture.

The black and orange 0-4-0 steamer is Heinrich Wimmer of Nuremburg or HWN as a trade name.  This company started making trains in the 1920's and although interrupted by the War picked up production and continued to make trains and toys until 1976.  This little clockwork gal dates from the early post war era, likely the 1950's. This version came with a very small (one coach) passenger train.

Best Wishes, Don

Happy SteamDay Sunday!

@walt rapp posted:

that mountain looks like a Dreyfeus (I think that's the engine that has that kind of front and I have no idea if I spelled that correctly)

walt

I like that. Good eye Walt , great comparison 

@walt rapp posted:

that mountain looks like a Dreyfeus (I think that's the engine that has that kind of front and I have no idea if I spelled that correctly)

walt

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

I believe Dreyfus is the correct spelling.

Are you guys certain you're not thinking of the Hiawatha or even the Flying Yankee with that mountain profile?

Arnold, I believe you are correct with that spelling - Lionel, MTH, and others seem to spell it with 2 'ss' but when I type it as such I usually get the red underline of spellcheck.

@c.sam In all honesty I didn’t know if Dreyfuss was the right engine. I just knew there was an engine that had a front similar to that mountain. Thanks for correcting me if Dreyfus was wrong.

Funny thing about the spelling. I’m using voice recognition to reply on my iPhone and it spelled it drefus

- walt

@trumpettrain posted:

Outside the station now stands a 2-8-0 Consolidation built by Baldwin Locomotive Co. in 1920.  ( See info on 3rd photo below )  Not originally a B&O locomotive, volunteers are now cosmetically restoring this engine to give it a B&0 look.   The station itself, designed by architect Frances Baldwin, is now a wonderful museum which houses a research library on the top floor.  The museum contains many B&O artifacts.  Admission is free and there is a donation box for those who wish to donate.  I met a very knowledgable volunteer at the museum name Terry who gave in depth answers to questions and was a fountain of knowledge.   The station is located on the CSX mainline ( formerly the B&O main ) and CSX trains pass regularly.  

Thank you Patrick for sharing those wonderful photos. Sounds like you had a great time. I had no plans on posting anything today, but found it appropriate to show my B&O 2-8-0 Consolidation.

Gene

I stand corrected in that just did a quick search for Henry Dreyfuss to check the spelling and sure enough, that is the correct spelling after all. Somehow,, Dreyfus 'looks' more correct but what do I know...