Switcher Saturday: 2016-Dec-24

p.s.  If you'd like to see ten years of the videos, check out this link:  https://ogrforum.com/t...m-the-murnane-family

T'was the night before Switcher Saturday

When I took this pic

of a neat little road name..

Texas Pacific  

(Have a couple of egg nogs....it'll sound better.)  Merry Christmas

A blast from the past... and a little red and green for the holidays....

Great video Rich! What would life be like without our kids - they certainly make life more fun and allow us to get as silly as they can!

Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah everyone!

Thanks @DaveP

@mike.caruso - your poetry kung-fu is much better than mine!

Long Island RS-3 #1558 going towards the industrial area in Mineola known as "the hole". Merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah to all. 

Andy

Yay! SWSat is on!

Great pics and vids so far guys. Your kids look so happy Rich.

Trumptrain has a great article on his layout  in the newest OGR run. Congratulations the layout looks great and I love that you got so many switchers in the there. The B&O C16 makes an appearance as does a great Maryland triple head short line switcher lineup Canton, Balt and Annapolis and P&BR.

Here is my youngest running her Favorite train a K-line Polar Bear handcar.

We have just a small O-27 loop of snowy white tie track for the tree. We run the Pine Needle Dodger passenger train and a Beep led switch turn and a LOT of work extras in yellow paint. They stop for orders at the old tinplate Bing signal tower

Have a nice Christmas Eve and First night of Hanukkah to all my SWSat friends. Kwanza starts on Monday.

great videos and pics guys. Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays everyone...

with apologies to Clement Moore...

'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house,

Rich Murnane was stirring like a mouse;

Switcher Saturday had started up with steel or nickel plated wheels on the rails...

his video and bloopers are better than holiday sales. 

Down the chimney came Rich with a bound, 

but he got stuck in the chimney because he was slightly too round (Sorry Rich, I needed to ryhme)...

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, 

And his clothes were all tarnished with O gauge ashes and soot; 

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My contribution is my #231 prewar switcher...hope everyone has a great holiday and we all get enough coal in our stockings for our steam switchers!

Tom

Newcomer to the forum. MTH 0-8-0 steam switcher on my under construction 10 foot by 5 foot layout.

welcome and great shots!

MELGAR, Nice looking layout. Hope you become one of the weekly posters.

Tom  

Yard action....................

Hi All- not a joyous SWSAT here... my Lionel post-war ATSF 218 Alco died a slow and painful death yesterday. Looks like 47 years is the life expectancy for the motors in these things. I will carry on though and start the search for a new motor. Here's a video of her running on the old carpet express line.

Ran the trains as a  memorial to the old girl though.  Especially my 0-6-0 Docksider and my NW-2's

Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, and Happy New Year to all. 

Good Long Island theme this week Rich. Your niece, and Andy's RS-3 heading to Mineola. Cute video, we could barely get the kids to sit still for Christmas pictures each year!

Bob from LI

Merry Chritmas from Finland.

Nice photos as usual guys.  Welcome to the forum Melgar, the rivets on your tender really stand out in the second photo.  Did you do any weathering that made them so prominent or is that just the lighting of the photo.  Sirt, is that one of those early 90's Lionel yard switchers? 

a few more....some Central Power

Yes Joe, Lionel's cheap Vulcan Switcher modified. Add some heavy sinkers inside for trouble free non-slip operation.  

I did an up an MTA version and it pulls 3 MTH Railking boat anchor subway work cars.

At an O Scale meet----I took a snap shot of this detailed Lionel Switcher.

Always liked it. 

Great little switchers Floyds! Awesome detail and a lot of pulling power. 

Wow, what great posts this week, Tom/MNCW, I nearly cried when I read that poem, thank you very much!

Everyone else, thank you for your posts and pictures, a real Christmas treat!

my little Lionel Docksider likes to go where everyone knows it's name!

NORM!

Tk3 #1168 at Porvoo Fnland.

SIRT posted:

Yard action....................

 

SIRT, 

Who made your switcher? Is it an upgraded Lionel?

and I never knew NYC used a Pennsy style headlight mounting.......

Steamer posted:

and I never knew NYC used a Pennsy style headlight mounting.......

I just learned that now!

now to find one with a Belpair.....

Hello SWAT friends!!  Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, and Happy Quanza!!!   Whichever holiday you celebrate ( or all 3 ) may it be filled with joy!!!  Today the P&BR VO1000 is in charge of the Free State Junction Railway Christmas Train which brings smiles, joy, goodies and toys to the citizens of Patsburg, Maryland zip code: 00000

Thanks Rich for posting the videos of your girls with the Christmas trains!!  Great videos capturing the spirit of toy trains and family at Christmastime, which is when many of us got hooked on trains!

Andy - thanks so much for the shout out and kind words regarding the latest issue OGR article on my layout, The Free State Junction Railway.  I am honored that a major model train publication would include a 9 page spread on my layout.  When I was Rich's girls age ( back in the 2007 video ) I never thought that my layout would be included in a major model train publication.  WOW!!  A dream come true and a wonderful Christmas present!!!  It was 60 years ago tomorrow that I got hooked on trains and I LOVE IT!!!!!!!

Keeping with a theme, here's a faithful Lionel 0-6-0 that is on it's 3rd road name.  For the original price, they were the best deal available on a scale shifter.   Got 2 now!

Merry Christmas to all you guys confined to yard limits!

Bruce Webster

Heading out for the afternoon and evening, then will likely not be online until after Christmas, take care all and thanks again for such a great Switcher Saturday!

Merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah to all!     To all those that share pictures every week , I say Thank you !  

COACH JOE - Thanks for the welcome. My MTH 0-8-0 steam switcher was bought more than 15 years ago. No weathering has been applied. I wouldn't dare...

MNCW - Thanks, and appreciate your liking the layout. I have lots of switcher locos and plan to contribute weekly.

Thanks also to STEAMER. I think it's interesting that he posted a picture of the full scale NYC 0-8-0 #7749 steam switcher and I posted pictures of the same type of 1:48 scale model. I believe they both are examples of the USRA standardized locomotive design with a high-mounted headlight on each.

MELGAR

The Wrong Way Rail Road outdoor suspended layout. I haven't figured out how to edit videos, so there are some blurry spots.

https://youtu.be/XCOVnJFtx0o

My little switcher. Cnj 113 

Hi Fellas. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone.

in observance of our first holiday season without Dad (this truly was his favorite time of year), here's another look at his prewar B6sb which has reclaimed its rightful spot on display in his old train room. You can see a few of the other Callahan family classics as well.

My best to everyone,

Bob

beautiful locomotive Bob. It's hard around the holidays when there are missing loved ones. 

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.  I forgot to post a photo yesterday morning so here is a Lionel Great Norther 0-80- making an appearance under the tree.

Mouse over image and click on the triangle. K-Line Pennsy B6, 0-6-0 with and EOB add. Motor in the B6 has been changed, a Timko replacement.   Weaver Pennsy, C1, 0-8-0 with an EOB upgrade.   Two SW9's are Atlas, TMCC. 

Merry Christmas.

 Mike CT

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