Switcher Saturday: 2016-Apr-30

Hi Rich, 

 I have one of those switchers (and the catalog), too. I'm glad you posted the catalog info. Interesting that it mentions it was made from the original "tools and dies." Still need to figure out what I will be posting, so like Arnold, "I'll be back!" 

Tom

B6 has been done a lot.  This is the one and only K-Line model I own.  When TAS was around you could do a speed control drop-in board, which, IMO, improved performance.  I eventually did a Timko  Repair, motor replacement.

Lionel my have done this again recently.  

Happy Switcher Saturday! Here is my contribution for this week. Rich, you posted great shots of your 0-6-0 B6. I have the smaller 0-4-0 A5s doing a little street running. Our #713 seen here was built by the Juniata Locomotive Shop in 1917 and retired in January 1956.  How'd you like to be driving down the street alongside that! 

Tom 

Great picture Tom, I'd love to race my little VW against that A5 anytime.

MikeCT, Here is a screenshot from Lionel's website for the "new" B6, $699 MSRP is well beyond my budget, but I think I've seen some pictures and video of this these (different liveries) and they look impressive.

The fireman is hunched over trying to keep warm on the local run, using the Lionel Lines saddle-tanker to deliver a fresh load of footballs to Steeler Station to coincide with the 2016 NFL draft.  This delivery used to be made by The Bus, but he retired in style several years ago!

And a little coal shifting for you as well...

morning gents. nice find Rich. I'll get a B6 someday...maybe I'll find a basketcase in some junkbox.

Baldwin #26 stretching her legs last week

 some NYC switchers

and 1622 moving our new Lionel/Ives boxcar to the yard

Dave,

 Nice shots. I recognize Scranton Station behind the switcher. Nice tinplate action, too. 

Tom

Hi Bob,

 Welcome back to the fun. Great pictures. Hope all is well.

Tom

Hi, Tom.

Hanging in there....love the shot of the A5 in the street.

Thanks,

Bob

MNCW posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday! Here is my contribution for this week. Rich, you posted great shots of your 0-6-0 B6. I have the smaller 0-4-0 A5s doing a little street running. Our #713 seen here was built by the Juniata Locomotive Shop in 1917 and retired in January 1956.  How'd you like to be driving down the street alongside that! 

Tom 

Tom,

Nice find, that is a neat picture.  I really like my TMCC K-Line A5, especially since I got it upgraded to 4 chuffs/rev.  I do wish Lionel could get a more scale sized tender behind it; it is way too large. 

Yay! Happy SWSat!

Great shots so far guys. Really inspiring me to get one of those little Pennsy steamers.

This week I am suffering some severe lack of layout feelings. It has been 9 months since my little shelf switcher came down due to a move. My new one is progressing slower than I would like it to. So I am posting some pics of my old layout as well as some MTA subway GE switchers. RMT made a funny attempt at one of these and I have one. 

Apologies to those who have seen these before.

How about a little Centercab Beep?

I have seen that Subway Switcher Engine before.

 Who make that MTA Switcher Engine, MTH ?

Thanks, John 

coach joe posted:

How about a little Centercab Beep?

Very cool!  I had not seen a center cab Beep before you photo.

Silver Lake posted:

Yay! Happy SWSat!

Great shots so far guys. Really inspiring me to get one of those little Pennsy steamers.

This week I am suffering some severe lack of layout feelings. It has been 9 months since my little shelf switcher came down due to a move. My new one is progressing slower than I would like it to. So I am posting some pics of my old layout as well as some MTA subway GE switchers. RMT made a funny attempt at one of these and I have one. 

Apologies to those who have seen these before.

Silver Lake - Very nice series of switchers!  I really like the 25th street station shot with switcher on the other side of the platform!   I always enjoy seeing work trains in the subways when in NYC.  Thanks for sharing!!

Murnane posted:

It's #SwitcherSaturday time!!!!

Lots of us out there love switchers (shifters, docksiders, yard goats, critters, etc.), so lets keep #SwitcherSaturday (a.k.a. SWSAT) rolling!

Did you miss last week? If so, take a peek here to check out the action! We had tons of posts, pictures, and videos, it really was a fantastic Switcher Saturday, very fun indeed!

https://ogrforum.com/t...saturday-2016-apr-23

My pictures this week are of my Lionel 6-18000 PRR 0-6-0 B6 Scale Steam Switcher circa ~1989.
Continuing on last week's theme of "Switcher with it's catalog picture/info", this scale switcher was featured in the Lionel 1989 "Toy Fair Edition" catalog (thanks Tom/MNCW for letting me know)!
Overall a fantastic locomotive, certainly one of my favorites, I can't believe I found it on Craigslist (a year or two ago, great price).  Hopefully you can read the text in the picture from the catalog, if not let me know and I'll type it in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please enjoy your weekend, and if you get a chance post some pictures/videos/stories of your favorite switchers!

Best...Rich Murnane

p.s. Miss the post on Saturday? NO BIG DEAL, just keep posting pictures of your favorites until the next #SwitcherSaturday

WOW!  This is a cool switcher by Lionel!!  I've never thought of checking Craigs List for trains, however, I will now!  Thanks Rich and happy SWSAT!!

center cab?

Happy Switcher Saturday Everyone!!  First thing I do on Saturday mornings is check out this thread   As always fabulous photo of real life and model switchers.  I learn so much from this thread for sure.

As I was just outside of Patsburg yesterday sitting on an embankment next to the mainline of the Free State Junction Railway, I was able to shoot this video of a Baltimore and Annapolis SW9 pulling 5 gons of scrap with a B&A caboose bringing up the rear.   Also got some footage of a Western Maryland BL2 pulling a WM mail train.  Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

I had the good luck to be driving by a really neat Richmond Pacific switcher and caboose in black and blue colors transferring cars here in the San Francisco Bay Area this week. No camera with me but can state fresh paint looked awfully nice on this shortline.

Google for images.

Steamer posted:

center cab?

Dave - I love this little camel!

Here goes a second round since the Switchers have lost steam.

 The Virginia Central was a very short line that ran in Fredricksburg VA into the early 1980s. It connected  to the RF&P and was a standard gauge conversion of a narrow gauge railroad called the PF&P.  The side rodded center cab is now part of the VA Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. Unfortunately I think the little Plymouth is gone. 

The beginnings of a well equipped CC work train are taking shape. 

Bruce

An Alco switcher lettered for the Fillmore & Western Railway. At Railfest 2016 in Fillmore, California today.  The F&W  is an excursion line in Ventura County running on the old SP Saugus-Santa Paula-Ventura branch line. F&W engines and rolling stock are also used for many railroad scenes in Hollywood productions.

And although technically not a switcher, here is a Fillmore and Western Consolidation 2-8-0 pulling an excursion train at the Railfest today

Dave Warburton posted:

An Alco switcher lettered for the Fillmore & Western Railway. At Railfest 2016 in Fillmore, California today.  The F&W  is an excursion line in Ventura County running on the old SP Saugus-Santa Paula-Ventura branch line. F&W engines and rolling stock are also used for many railroad scenes in Hollywood productions.

Cool. The arrows seem stuck to the image for some reason.

Judging from the Pyle light , lots of other lights and the big numberboards it looks like this one used to be an SP engine. The big radio hoop on the cab is a cool detail as well. 

Here's an F-unit on the turntable at Fillmore Railfest today.

And a shot I took a couple of weeks ago of an electric-type switcher of the Los Angeles "Pacific Electric" interurban line on display at "Traveltown" in Griffith Park.

Rich,

Thanks for posting the original brochure on the B6.  I wasn't aware until reading this that the smoke feature extended to the steam chest.  Got mine out of storage tonight so it'll be ready to run during my next conventional control session

Bruce

Great week this week guys, enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Picked up this original 8976 switcher a while back on a fairly low buy it now ($125).  Been wanting one for a long time, so I was happy to be able to pull the trigger immediately.

Then picked up this GMC (General Models Corp) switcher  as well for a less than $20.  I consider them both projects and with me the project pile is large unfortunately.  I'll get to them someday though.

Dennis Holler posted:

Picked up this original 8976 switcher a while back on a fairly low buy it now ($125).  Been wanting one for a long time, so I was happy to be able to pull the trigger immediately.

Then picked up this GMC (General Models Corp) switcher  as well for a less than $20.  I consider them both projects and with me the project pile is large unfortunately.  I'll get to them someday though.

Dennis,

 Great bargains on both! What does the number plate on the front of the smokebox door show? Also, any number stamped under the tender? 

 Tom 

Thanks Tom!  The smokebox front has a nice clean 227 on it and the tender is a 2227B.  It's not in any kind of collector condition of course, but once I have the time to spend a little time on it, it should be a good runner and layout engine for sure.  It fits in nice with the 1662's and 203 that I also have.  I'd like to find one the prewar switchers with the Teledyne uncoupling in tact, either that or I may just modify one of the ones I have.

Dennis,

 Glad they both got a good home! 

 Tom

Dennis Holler posted:

Picked up this original 8976 switcher a while back on a fairly low buy it now ($125).  Been wanting one for a long time, so I was happy to be able to pull the trigger immediately.

Then picked up this GMC (General Models Corp) switcher  as well for a less than $20.  I consider them both projects and with me the project pile is large unfortunately.  I'll get to them someday though.

$125?? I hate you sir.....(JK!)

Steamer posted:

Dennis Holler posted:

Picked up this original 8976 switcher a while back on a fairly low buy it now ($125).  Been wanting one for a long time, so I was happy to be able to pull the trigger immediately.

Then picked up this GMC (General Models Corp) switcher  as well for a less than $20.  I consider them both projects and with me the project pile is large unfortunately.  I'll get to them someday though.

$125?? I hate you sir.....(JK!)

I got lucky for sure.  on the Garage journal forum, I suspect you could rate me a " You Suck"!

oh I wouldn't go that far.....but that looks like my kind of project. have fun with them.

mike.caruso posted:

 

Nice! Who made it?

Dennis Holler posted:

Steamer posted:

Dennis Holler posted:

Picked up this original 8976 switcher a while back on a fairly low buy it now ($125).  Been wanting one for a long time, so I was happy to be able to pull the trigger immediately.

Then picked up this GMC (General Models Corp) switcher  as well for a less than $20.  I consider them both projects and with me the project pile is large unfortunately.  I'll get to them someday though.

$125?? I hate you sir.....(JK!)

I got lucky for sure.  on the Garage journal forum, I suspect you could rate me a " You Suck"!

If you ever want to shrink that project pile, let me know!