Switcher Saturday: 2015-May-02

My son and I saw this switcher a few weeks ago traveling to NJ.  This is just outside Trenton on the River Line light rail.

 

 

MTH's C&NW NW-2 cow and calf:

 

 

An old Atlas favorite...

 

 

Hope the weekend good for everyone.  Some very nice photos this week.  Mine is an older photo that I doctored up a little.

 

 

 

Here is a real switcher I visited today with my girls. This is secretly a brother to Strasburgs Thomas. It is an ex B.E.D.T. SW2 in disguise. Thomas is an eX B.E.D.T tank engine this Alco replaced. Now the Alco lives in Riverside Park in NYC under the Westside Highway near the ex NYC 69st transfer float. Instead of the East River now it lives on the Hudson.

I think it is the only preserved engine in Manhattan.

There was discussion of the RS-1 this week.

Hi Mike,

 

The RS-1 picture you posted looks great, regarding the discussion, I'm guessing you mean this thread:

https://ogrforum.com/t...-railking-scale-rs-1

 

Also saw the RS-3 thread:

https://ogrforum.com/t...as-and-railking-rs-3

 

Someone referenced another RS-3 thread and mentioned these discussions come up often:

https://ogrforum.com/t...-quality-rs-3-diesel

 

 

Atlas Spokane Portland & Seattle SW

 

 

    Bill T

I don't think I've seen one of these on the forum before, a Nucor Steel GE 44 tonner.

 Steel mills are a great place to see old stuff still in action!

 

Joe K

I ment to post these pics with my last post. The ruins of the NYC 69st car float bridge and some public art benches in Riverside Park. How often do you see PC worms in public art?

Time for a model switcher blast from the past.

What you're looking at: An HO scale "Lindberg Lines" SW600 (closer to an SW1) that was offered by Lindberg from the very late 1950s to about the mid-1960s.  In this example, it's in Baltimore & Ohio livery.  Get this: The Lindberg Lines SW has a large flywheel, is belt driven, and uses NMRA RP-25 wheel contours. It was WAY ahead of its time!

 

 

 

 

MTH Premier PS3 K&GBW Alco S2.