Switcher Saturday: 2015-Jun-06

I am back on a MPC kick. This comes and goes for me. Sometimes it seems like a more fun hobby subset than the constant striving of the new and more scale current offerings

Here is a much maligned MPC Rock Island plastic switcher from my own youth shifting a 5200 series billboard reefer. The 5200 series of kind of preweathered cars is one of my favorite Lionel Car series.

My 8601 has some old bailing wire repairs. The drawbar as well as the part that holds the front of the rods from stabbing into the ballast are both now made of wire. I have both this as well as one of the other plastic MPC small steamers the 8300. I have always foundthis interesting because for such a short list of used casts Lionel moved around the domes and remade the cab between casts.

The Belt Railway of Chicago is my favorite and they always had a nice fleet of switchers!

franktrain

Lionel Texas Special switcher with calf.

      Bill T

Hey!  I've got one of those #8601 Rock Island Switchers too!  I just ran downstairs and took a pic for you!

 

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Originally Posted by Silver Lake:

I am back on a MPC kick. This comes and goes for me. Sometimes it seems like a more fun hobby subset than the constant striving of the new and more scale current offerings

 

Here is a much maligned MPC Rock Island plastic switcher from my own youth shifting a 5200 series billboard reefer. The 5200 series of kind of preweathered cars is one of my favorite Lionel Car series.

My 8601 has some old bailing wire repairs. The drawbar as well as the part that holds the front of the rods from stabbing into the ballast are both now made of wire. I have both this as well as one of the other plastic MPC small steamers the 8300. I have always foundthis interesting because for such a short list of used casts Lionel moved around the domes and remade the cab between casts.

 

 

 

 

 

 You look down a side rod. I did switch out the stack and boiler front too to black versions as you can see when compared to yours. Cool.

Mine was a garage sale find set with box, something like $10 or so, it's certainly banged up but still runs and is still fun to have it zooming around!

Here is my Engine that I use for a switcher now that the yard is done.

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Here's my little track testing mule.  It has crashed many times as I try new track layout configurations. Takes a licking and keeps on ticking!. Azgary

My TH&B Atlas switchers. The pic is off color. I was using a flash at the time.....Paul

Paul, I tweaked your photo.

Here's on of my own.  This PRR FS10 (Fairbanks-Morse H10-44) has just delivered an express boxcar to the Railway Express facility.

Bob, thanks so much for cleaning up my pic. That photo was taken a while back and since then I have stopped using the flash. I am not a computer whiz and I am thankful for the forum having a feature to post the photos for me. Once again thanks.......Paul

One more for this Saturday.....

K-Line switcher paired with one by Rail King

Weaver Pennsy  C1

for the first time on my road, all three Green 2400s are on the road, although Chatham isn't quite ready for passengers yet.

Hey Rich! Thanks for starting this weekly topic! It's one of my favorites. 

Here's something different - LGB 21900 on my outdoor railroad this weekend.