Switcher Saturday 2-19-22

                                                           SAL / SCL

Just spend a lazy February 1949 afternoon watching a PRR ES10 move some cars around.

The EMD NW2 is Lionel, the covered hopper is Weaver, the others are Atlas.

CGW

Happy Switcher Sat everyone!

Happy SWSat!

The crew on Rutland # 500 (WbB 70 Ton) are preparing to pull some cars from the team tracks.

Loyd Braun pauses to admire his new '65 Mustang fastback.

Have a great weekend.

Bob

Today your Yardmaster ventured South to Providence, RI, with hopes of capturing some NHRR action.  He got lucky, finding NH 0-6-0 no. 2334 hauling a train of Narraganset Beer reefers from the local brewery.

Narragansett was once the largest brewery in NE, with over 60% of the market in the early 60’s.  Competition from Bud and Miller - plus a reported decline in taste due to cost cutting - caused Gansett’s demise about 1985.  A group of investors successfully revived the brand in 2005 using the original 1890 recipe.

I have a vivid memory of the late, great Red Sox announcer, Curt Gowdy, saying “Hi neighbor, have a Gansett”!

John

What happened to my video?

@Steam Crazy posted:

Today your Yardmaster ventured South to Providence, RI, with hopes of capturing some NHRR action.  He got lucky, finding NH 0-6-0 no. 2334 hauling a train of Narraganset Beer reefers from the local brewery.

Narragansett was once the largest brewery in NE, with over 60% of the market in the early 60’s.  Competition from Bud and Miller - plus a reported decline in taste due to cost cutting - caused Gansett’s demise about 1985.  A group of investors successfully revived the brand in 2005 using the original 1890 recipe.

I have a vivid memory of the late, great Red Sox announcer, Curt Gowdy, saying “Hi neighbor, have a Gansett”!

John

NY Mets announcer Bob Murphy's gravely voice just popped into my head selling Rheingold Beer!

GE 44 tonner.  Rich Yoder, brass model. 

Happy SWSAT, everyone!

I found some old footage of Penn Central SW8 8623 (Lionel) delivering a Northern Pacific boxcar to a factory:

Tom

@Steam Crazy posted:

What happened to my video?

???  Looks alright to me.

Happy Switcher Saturday from Finland.

Hellow SWS fans, I am a little short of time today so I have included some pictures from my archives.  These show "switching engines at work on the Leonardtown and Savannah (L&S or "long and skinny").

Here the UP  MP-15 by Kline pulls a freight out of the industrial area of the city.

Here a little Hornby type 51 moves a cattle car out from in front of the depot...those fancy passengers couldn't stand the smell ...small regional US saying...In Texas they say : " Yup, those cattle do smell - they smell like money!"

The Alco S-2 by Kline pulls a small freight up the main.

An Alco S-3  by Marx moves some box cars towards the yard.

Another Marx S-3 moves a small train up the line

A Marx GE 70 ton loco moves a car full of potatoes over to the ready track for pick up and return to Mane.

Best wishes for a great weekend!

Don

@BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday from Finland.

Greetings from Southern California!  Enjoy your photos immensely every week.

Things are mighty tense in Europe right now and we’re thinking of you and praying for peace to be maintained.

Dave W.

On the High Line heading to the meat packing district.

@Dave Warburton posted:

Greetings from Southern California!  Enjoy your photos immensely every week.

Things are mighty tense in Europe right now and we’re thinking of you and praying for peace to be maintained.

Dave W.

Dave W.

Thank you very much. Indeed. In our neighborhood, one crazy dictator is inciting war. I hope common sense wins.

Johan

My postwar 0-4-0 switchers, three 1615's and two 1656's.

Late to the party today!  
Happy Switcher Saturday!

Happy Switcher Saturday! Saturday afternoon switching session with the new Lionel Genset.

Good afternoon fellow switcher fans!   You all have some wonderful photos and videos up as always  I learn a ton of stuff from this thread.  JHZ563 thanks for keeping this thread going and thanks for notching out the throttle to get us rolling each week too!  

Today on the Free State Junction Railway I have some fresh videos of a quartet of Maryland short line switchers pulling a very long coal train.  The consist is Patapsco & Back Rivers VO1000, Baltimore and Annapolis SW9, Canton Railroad SW1500, and Maryland & Pennsylvania SW1.  Unfortunately my cell phone can only email about 10 seconds of video so the length of the coal train is not shown.  

I hope all of you have a delightful weekend!

View from across the field as switcher consist exits Westend tunnel.

Exiting East Tunnel.  

Another view of the quartet of power exiting Westend Tunnel.

Wow, every since RSJB18, Bob, started buying more and more switchers, he got me started on getting more of these little fun machines, Happy Switcher Saturday Everyone.

Larry that Bob is a bad influence.  He and Paul (Apples55) can really lead us down a path of more and more model trains.

@leapinlarry posted:

Wow, every since RSJB18, Bob, started buying more and more switchers, he got me started on getting more of these little fun machines, Happy Switcher Saturday Everyone.

@coach joe posted:

Larry that Bob is a bad influence.  He and Paul (Apples55) can really lead us down a path of more and more model trains.

Larry and Joe- I'm more than happy to be a bad influence.......with an honorable mention to

Paul @Apples55 of course.

It's a good thing I have a small layout or I'd have a string of Big Boy's, Challengers and Alco PA's by now.

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

Larry and Joe- I'm more than happy to be a bad influence.......with an honorable mention to

Paul @Apples55 of course.

It's a good thing I have a small layout or I'd have a string of Big Boy's, Challengers and Alco PA's by now.

Bob

Bob and @coach joe;

I resemble those remarks Admit it… no one wants to take a trip all alone - company makes the money… er… time fly quickly!!!

And Bob… when you finally do the inevitable layout expansion, you don’t have to jump right in to Big Boys and Challengers. You can keep to your switcher theme - Genset Switchers only require O-54

Don't blame everything on Bob @RSJB18.  Rich @Murnane has plenty of blame to take for getting me and several others into Switchers!!

@Jesse ferguson posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday! Saturday afternoon switching session with the new Lionel Genset.

Jesse - phenomenal video!!!  You captured true realism here.... most convincing!! I love the single electric wire running  from pole to buildings ... plus the weathering of the buildings themselves is fantastic!!  Nice looking Genset switcher too!  Excellent modeling

@Apples55 posted:

Bob and @coach joe;

I resemble those remarks Admit it… no one wants to take a trip all alone - company makes the money… er… time fly quickly!!!

And Bob… when you finally do the inevitable layout expansion, you don’t have to jump right in to Big Boys and Challengers. You can keep to your switcher theme - Genset Switchers only require O-54

@jhz563 posted:

Don't blame everything on Bob @RSJB18.  Rich @Murnane has plenty of blame to take for getting me and several others into Switchers!!

Paul- luckily gensets are past the period I'm modeling.......

Face it guys....it like leaving the fox in charge of the hen house.....

We are all equal enablers......

And, yes, SWSat, is one of my favorite weekly threads, and @Murnane, Rich started me down this path....the key word being DOWN, the grease was on me!

Bob

Jhz563, I was just kidding RSJB18 Bob, he actually inspires me with his layout and diesel collection, Apples 55, Paul, your Bethlehem Steel Genset is also neat, and I’m glad this thread survived. Happy Railroading Everyone

@RSJB18 posted:

Paul- luckily gensets are past the period I'm modeling.......

Bob

Yep… keep telling yourself that, Bob

@Apples55 posted:

Yep… keep telling yourself that, Bob

He! He! 😈😈😈😈

Period schmeriod!  If it looks good ya gotta one!  Gone on admit it!