Switcher Saturday 1-2-21!!

Hoping all here will have a Safe & HAPPY SWSAT!

Today's switching job arrived before full daylight:

Not sure I like the light cast on the ceiling. I may try blocking the East window in the Sand Tipple. Lots of cleanup and trim work still to do from this track-plan tweak.

Yay! SWSat is on!

Im sure everyone is keeping up with their Switcher related resolutions.
@jhz563 I’ll meet your Darstead Jinty with a Dapol Jinty.

Mine is in Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway colors. It is pulled a vintage car body to a museum where it will be fitted with an undercarriage.

I realized the other day that my British switchers are “Primarily” 0-6-0Ts. So this posed group is in “Primary” colors.....

All of these are 2 rail O scale. The red Hudwell Clarke “Janine” is from Ioxen Models. The yellow (improved engine green) LB&SCR Terrier “Thames” is Dapol and the blue SDJR 3T Jinty #23 is also from Dapol.  

The two passenger cars are some of my scratchbuilds which I started making in 2020. My resolution was to keep up making cars for these switchers to shove around.

Happy New Year SWSateers!
I can’t wait to see what you guys post.

Santa Fe and Illinois Northern switchers waiting on the dead line at Corwith:

Rusty

Happy SWSAT  

Santa Fe passenger car shunting activity.

Happy SWSat!

Happy and Healthy New Year too!

Here's my humble 2-4-2 Scout picking up the days orders from the yardmaster. This was the first loco I bought almost 6 years ago when I got bitten by the O gauge bug.

Bob

                                                       Switching...

                                         3 NEW CREATIONS FOR 21...

TALES OF THE DOCKSIDER

Question: When is “foreign power” not really foreign power?  Answer: when it’s Maine Central in Worcester, MA.

MEC power was frequently operated in B&M territory to equalize mileage.  MEC F3 671 is in Worcester after hauling the “East Wind” from Portland, ME.  The NH will deliver the train to it’s final destination, New York.

The MEC crew decided to shut down 671’s motor due to a loss in oil pressure.  NYC shop switcher X-8688 is assigned to the B&A roundhouse today, so B&M 0-8-0    613 has been dispatched to retrieve 671.

John

Happy Switcher Saturday. S.B.R. ALCO HH660 switching around the layout.

Johan, another great scene!  Are you modeling a particular location in ME?

John

Wishing all my SWSat friends a happy and HEALTHY New Year. Put 2020 in the rearview mirror and let’s head out on the mainline as soon as it’s safe to do so.

In the meantime, plenty of yard work to do with our miniature motive power!

Dave W.

Well Happy New Year SwSat Fans...great pictures today like always.  SIRT, Steamcrazy, Johan the realism of your work is truly impressive, every time I see it.  RSJB18 - thanks for the view of the Lionel Scout and its lithographed cars...lots of boys got started with those sets under the tree so they bring special memories.  Fendermain I am going to add to your Santa Fe switching activity with some parallel work on the Leonardtown and Savannah.  In my world, the Kline Santa Fe Alco Switcher is in charge of the mid-day local, running the main between the morning rush south and the evening rush north.  The dome car is just managements latest ploy to try and win over some tourists to see the scenery.

Happy SwSat  everyone

Don

Good afternoon fellow switcher fans!  You all have some great photos up and I'm enjoying them all  For today I have " adventures of a Pennsy 44 tonner."  Happy New Year everyone!!  Wishing you good health and happiness for 2021!    Be safe = Be well!

About ready to make pick up an auto parts boxcar.

Running on the main with some loaded hoppers.

Pushing a 50 ton hopper load of coal toward the loco facility coal tower.

Coupling to the auto parts boxcar.

Pulling loaded hoppers through Butler Junction.

MOW train assignment.  

@Steam Crazy posted:

Johan, another great scene!  Are you modeling a particular location in ME?

John

John. Thank you. Not really. Everything in the landscape is about making my imagination come true,but sometimes someone comment that some landscape is really reminiscent of a place in Maine, for example Monticello.

Johan

Looking great as usual crew.

Coming soon to a Switcher Saturday near you:

Freshly won at auction today!  More pictures after it arrives, hopefully before next week.

Now I have to promise myself no more locomotive purchases until I get some loco's off the dead line and back in revenue service!!

Johan, your imagination serves you well.  Every time I look at images of your layout I can smell the ocean and taste the lobster!

John

An AC&Y local passes through town.

Have a safe and prosperous new year.

Tom

Ooopsie, Tom. All I see is a black screen with no video.

@Steam Crazy posted:

Johan, your imagination serves you well.  Every time I look at images of your layout I can smell the ocean and taste the lobster!

John

John. Thank you. Once Covid 19 is defeated, I will try get to visit Maine.

Johan

@geysergazer posted:

Ooopsie, Tom. All I see is a black screen with no video.

Tom´s video working just very well, not any problem see it.

Johan

Johan, let me know when you come to Maine.  I would like to meet you and treat you to a lobster!

John

@Steam Crazy posted:

Johan, let me know when you come to Maine.  I would like to meet you and treat you to a lobster!

John

John. Thank you. That would be really great.

Johan

@jhz563 posted:

Looking great as usual crew.

Coming soon to a Switcher Saturday near you:

Freshly won at auction today!  More pictures after it arrives, hopefully before next week.

Now I have to promise myself no more locomotive purchases until I get some loco's off the dead line and back in revenue service!!

That's a beauty! Is it a Right of Way? I've been tempted a few times when they come up on that auction site. They did a much better job that MTH did on these little tanks.

@Tom Densel posted:

An AC&Y local passes through town.

Have a safe and prosperous new year.

Tom

Love your videos Tom. You never know where the train is going to appear from. Great work.

Bob

....at the modular set up this afternoon....

Peter

@RSJB18

Yes it is a  Right Of Way offering.   I have never had one of their products but I read good things.   I got it for less than what they bay seems to be getting for them right now,  even with fees and taxes.  I hope it runs as good as it looks! ( This makes up for getting outbid on everything I thought was I interesting in the mth auction on Wednesday. )

Johan and John, I am in for that lunch! Keep me informed!

by the way Johan, I have a friend that lives not far from Monticello.

Aroostook county is way up.

so much lobster there! Best to visit in the summer or fall.

Great switching photos everyone, happy new year!

I would love to meet up too!  Never been to Maine. Is there Amtrak service anywhere near there?!

jhz563, Amtrak's Downeaster service from Boston currently  terminates in Brunswick, ME.  Monticello is still a good hike to the North. 

John

@Steam Crazy posted:

jhz563, Amtrak's Downeaster service from Boston currently  terminates in Brunswick, ME.  Monticello is still a good hike to the North.

John

I spent a very nice week on business in Brunswick in 2019. My hotel room  overlooked the station.
Very nice town.  Here is my picture of the Downeaster leaving town.

@Leroof posted:

Johan and John, I am in for that lunch! Keep me informed!

by the way Johan, I have a friend that lives not far from Monticello.

Aroostook county is way up.

so much lobster there! Best to visit in the summer or fall.

Great switching photos everyone, happy new year!

Leroof. I remember that. It's would be a great meet you guys. I have some friends too near Millinocket. We’ll probably fly to Boston and then rent a car. Then we have 10-14 days to explore Maine. It’s not much but better than nothing. The climate in Maine is very similar to here in Finland.

Johan

Silver Lake, agree Brunswick (and the surrounding Mid Coast area) is very nice.  My daughter used to live in neighboring Topsham. It's a good central location for visiting areas to the North and South.

A suggestion for a place to meet: Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington RR (http://wwfry.org/).  I think it's perfect for guys like us that like little engines!

John

Johan  Who made the Alco 660   Looks great

@jhz563 posted:

I would love to meet up too!  Never been to Maine. Is there Amtrak service anywhere near there?!

jhz563:  Very nice. The group grows. 🤝

Johan

@bluelinec4 posted:

Johan  Who made the Alco 660   Looks great

bluelinec4. It's a scratch built with TMCC. I  use also some Lionel ALCO S2 parts.

Johan

@BAR GP7 #63 posted:

jhz563:  Very nice. The group grows. 🤝

Johan

I seriously think this could be a lot of fun.  I have no idea when Covid will die down.   But if we aim for around mid June or early July when my kids are out of school I am definitely in.  My wife has wanted to visit Maine for a while.  I could go even later if it doesn't interfere with work projects. When do the leaves turn pretty colors up there?

@BAR GP7 #63 posted:

bluelinec4. It's a scratch built with TMCC. I  use also some Lionel ALCO S2 parts.

Johan

It looks awesome    Did you scratchbuild the trucks too?  Wish I had that talent

@bluelinec4 posted:

It looks awesome    Did you scratchbuild the trucks too?  Wish I had that talent

I use ALCO S2 trucks. Just be brave and try, always develop and learn new things.

Johan

Maine is fantastically beautiful. Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park is must see!