Switcher Saturday - 2/6/21

Hey Coach Joe!  Same photos I showed at the luncheon back then..
I will send some photos when I fire up my home PC. I have them stored there. Historically, I have sent some photos to the forum on a couple of posts here and there in the past.

I am looking forward to setting up once again with the freelance  urban harbor side switching layout. I am still trying to design a stripped down version of what it was before.

I have a harbor full of equipment (boxed stored) looking for a layout to service! Lol.

Always nice to see you here, thanks and have a great week!

leroof

@Silver Lake posted:

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This one is a funny stretch. This ancient Egyptian frieze is at the museum I work at. I pass it on the way to my shop every day. In my mind it looks like two switch engines. I am positive it is not. But it gives me a laugh.

YES!! Bring on more ancient Egyptian locomotives!!  Does Hennings make repro parts for these!?  Are they clockwork,  outside rail ac,  or 3 rail?  Didn't mth remake these with proto 3? Did these load barges on the Nile, or just move stone loads around the quarry?  I love it!!

Good Sunday morning fellow switcher fans!  A day late but no less enthusiastic.  Enjoyed the many post by all of you!   Here's a line up of switchers with their engineers all ready to go to work.  Hope you enjoy the rest of today and may your team win the BIG game tonite!  Be safe = Be well!  

Silverlake

Egyptian switch locos Frieze! That’s awesome!

part of the fun reviewing photos is the possibility of finding that one, usually the very last one! Lol. I like the Tampa Tiger!

thanks for spending the time.

Cap PILOT:  The distance between the rollers is 3 1/2”

Don

@RSJB18 posted:

Works for me!

Cue the Twilight Zone music 🤣🤣🤣

This Weaver Boston & Maine Alco RS-3 has been parked on my 12’-by-8’ layout and hadn’t been run in years. I tried to run it but it wouldn’t move. Found one of the power pickups had a broken wire and repaired it. Runs well now. One of my favorite diesels.

MELGAR

@trumpettrain posted:

Good Sunday morning fellow switcher fans!  A day late but no less enthusiastic.  Enjoyed the many post by all of you!   Here's a line up of switchers with their engineers all ready to go to work.  Hope you enjoy the rest of today and may your team win the BIG game tonite!  Be safe = Be well!  

Looking good.  Unfortunately, my team is not playing tonight but hey at least I can relax and watch the game unfold without yelling at the TV.  LOL

Silver Lake: Finally absolute proof that ancient aliens visited Earth!  Not only that but they were rail fans and steam fans!  Thanks for posting

Don

USATC class S100

Image courtesy of Wikipedia Article.

Post WW2 they were used all over the world,  including 8 bought the Egypt State Railway,  numbered 1151 to 1158.

Pierre it would be great if you got that switching layout up and running again.

I promised over the weekend I would post a link to some pictures of a smaller GE locomotive.

This loco belonged to Elliott Company in Jeanette PA for most of it's life.  It's actually a 25 ton machine, and small enough that I could certainly see it being used in barge service.  These pictures are after it was sold for a song to an aspiring tourist endeavor. 

Coach Joe!  I will rebuild and run that layout if it’s the last thing I do! It might be! Lol.  but seriously,  I have a harbor front worth of stuff stored in tubs looking for that switching layout. I even have seagulls waiting too!

JHZ563 nice link. Those GE 25 ton locos are cool.

I know the BUSH terminal  had GE IR locos, they are like a shorty 44 tonner center cab

thx for the link.