Switcher Saturday: 2016-July-02

The Jersey Central rostered five ALCo S-2 units numbered 1067-1071. Here we see the 1069 adding a caboose to the hind end of a freight which will be departing shortly. Note the 1069 now wears the version of the Statue of Liberty herald with "Central Railroad Company of New Jersey" lettering, indicating the locomotive is in the twilight years of its career. 

Bob

Yay! SWSat is off to a great start this week!

Nice PLE steamer Rich I only hear nice things about the  MTH version of that engine. CNJ3676/Bob that is a great looking engine. Tom I'm interested in following your progress on that engine.

This week I am posting some pics of a trip I made last week with my girls, my sister and her kids to Alliare State Park in Freehold NJ. Home of the NJ Museum of Transportation  and thier Pine Creek Railroad. It is a loop of 36" track and some 4'8" track in the yard. They have very nice facilities and some great relocated and restored structures. Most of the collection is out of public view except for one weekend in September. 

First up a little Porter 0-4-0 stuffed and mounted. 

The Car barn and engine house.

Here are two rough small Plymouths.

My youngest got right in and was ready to switch these stands.

This was a track side newsstand

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This little GE was built in 1942 and served in Hawaii.

The sun is too bright.

This standard Gauge CNJ caboose was retrucked narrow gauge and was originally rebuilt from an 1880's era boxcar.

R. Tucker, the Mayor of Tucker Town, and his family drove out to the Tucker East Yard in their Tucker to check out the town's shipment of fireworks as a fast mail passes buy.  The Mayor's brother, J. Tucker, the Mayor of Tuckerville, got the Pennsy to transfer the fully loaded boxcar to Tucker Town using a Pennsy 44 Tonner.

Unfortunately, after the mayor left the boxcar exploded leaving most of Tucker East Yard in ruins.  Fortunately, no one was hurt but everyone in Tucker Town had to go to Tuckerville to see any fireworks, making Tuckerville's merchants very happy.  Needless to say, R. Tucker never trusted J. Tucker gain.

PS.  The 44 Tonner was re-railed and sent on its way before the explosion.

Silver Lake posted:

Yay! SWSat is off to a great start this week!

Nice PLE steamer Rich I only hear nice things about the  MTH version of that engine. CNJ3676/Bob that is a great looking engine. Tom I'm interested in following your progress on that engine.

This week I am posting some pics of a trip I made last week with my girls, my sister and her kids to Alliare State Park in Freehold NJ. Home of the NJ Museum of Transportation  and thier Pine Creek Railroad. It is a loop of 36" track and some 4'8" track in the yard. They have very nice facilities and some great relocated and restored structures. Most of the collection is out of public view except for one weekend in September. 

 

 

I've been to Pine Creek many a time. It seems the guys down there practically live and breath Alliare State park. I mean steam hasn't operated there in some time and for me the only reason I go there is for the free coal and the Raritan River #7 caboose. These guys even tried to buy the Milltown freight depot a few years back...

Great pics everyone,  here are a few shots locally around Lincoln.  

Good morning and happy Independence Day Weekend fellow SwSat friends!

Fabulous photos and information as you guys teach me so much on this thread!!  I'm off, in a few moments,  to play some gigs in NC so here is a re-post of photos from Patsburg's Free State Junction Railway.... a B&O Docksider switching military equipment.  I weathered the docksider.  It was my first attempt at weathering a loco.   Be safe, and enjoy your weekend!

I love Switcher Saturday, thanks to all!

The GP7/GP9 has got to be one of the most plentiful diesel forms out there.  Less common by a long shot is the GP9b, of which Pennsy had 40.   By no means is there any accuracy in this rendition.  I was limited by using traditional style GP7's as victims.  Both A and B engines were total repaints.

Bruce

have a great weekend and Fourth all.

That track junction at Aliare State Park can be deceiving. 

Soo Line X90 looks interesting.

Hi Guys  

Thanks for posting every week ! 

I hope my video works 

En route to strip some of Fords catenery arches of their dignity 

Steamer posted:

 

have a great weekend and Fourth all.

Hi Dave. 

I can't see your pictures. Can you try reposting them? I always look forward to seeing your contribution so I hope you can fix it.

Bob

I love switchers and critters. This is a small shelf layout I'm working on in "N" scale just for fun.  This is a video of my new Bachmann 40 tonner. 

I know that I am a little late to the party (was either in practice or watching trials last night), but here is my tinplate boxcab diesel.

hmmm...pics are there now...

I'm not seeing the pics Dave, I thought it was because I was on a slower internet connection this weekend than normal (in-laws house has sslllooowwww connections), but I guess it's not just me here.

To Dave and everyone else, thanks again for coming out and playing yesterday, this is really a lot of fun each week for me, best to all...Rich

I'm on my tablet and see them fine...I've had similiar issues recently though. 

Tom 

GBW Alco S2 #201.

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I'm late