Switcher Saturday: 2016-Nov-19

Yay! Happy SWSat! 

Rich is away so Tom is in charge today of heading up the consist. And we are off to s great start with that great Pre War switcher from Tom's stable. 

This week I am stuck at work to finish up some loose ends in some store displays. Unfortunately this weekend was full of things on my train calendar. If only I could split my self 3 ways. 

One of the things on the docket was the Open House at my club the New York Society of Model Engineers in Carlstat/Rutherford NJ. I did leave work sort of on time on Wednesday so I could help in the prep for that. 

I got some good pics of switchers on the layout there including a few I have not seen in O scale. It is two rail club but I hope to get a pass.  

Next up is a very nice modern road switch job out under the wires. I had not seen a GE 70 Tonner in o scale. I like the short line scheme too. Here is a nice C16 in home road paint. 

Converted MTH

I think this one was GMD the model that spurred Lione to make thier NW2. Look at the flat head screws holding the trucks together. Ok now this one is a real cheat but I really like the NY&A paint schemes on these. I have a K-line MP15 that might go this way. 

Have a great weekend. And have fun out there Tom. 

Pennsylvania switchers the best.....I tend to agree Tom  and something about that battered old switcher you got I like. I guess I can see past the batteredness(?) like I do an old car needed lots of TLC. 

some random PRR switchers, and the only Pennsy steamer that runs, very sad to say.

Here are some pictures from this morning, in the mist.  Today's subject is a Republic Locomotive Co Switcher, resting in the thaw shed.

And some bonus pics 

Looking through the dumper towards the yard

Sanding tower with coal hopper underneath

And the current resident on top of my filing cabinets!

Happy switcher Saturday!

My Lionel GP-35 giving one of those new-fangled sound cars a shove....

Great pictures everyone. I think we can all use a "thaw shed" when we get into the middle of winter! 

Steve P./SIRT, As usual, your work is outstanding. Love the switcher, the squat trailer, the rail and tie weathering, the realistic figures and the grass growing in the yard.

Tom 

MNCW posted:

Great pictures everyone. I think we can all use a "thaw shed" when we get into the middle of winter! 

we're supposed to get snow tonight...yuck!

Good morning fellow Switcher Saturday buds!!!   Fantastic photos everyone!!!

Here are some switcher photos from The Free State Junction Railway here in Patsburg, Maryland where the air is crisp and the sun is shining.!

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone. NS Trackmobile switching at Morrison.

Andy/Silver Lake- Looks like a great layout. I love that little Dockside loco.

Dave/Steamer - I've seen that B4 #643 before online at Williams Grove, I think. Glad it is still steaming along.

Patrick/TRUMPTRAIN- Looks like there is lots of activity on your railroad! 

BAR GP7 #63- How many cars can that trackmobile pull?

DaveP- I like the stone walls in your bottom picture. Are they home-made? 

Mike Caruso- Nice looking diesels you have there.

JHZ563- Inside the thaw shed, it looks like the locomotive is plugged in to some extent. If yes, it reminds me of a Jeep CJ-7 I owned back in the 1980's which had an engine block heater that you could plug in to keep it warm.

Tom 

Tom: I have try 3 scale 40 long box cars and they moves quite well.

Thanks,

-Johan

Great pics this week guys. I didn't realize that that restored Pennsy switcher didn't have a Belpare boiler.

SIRT your posts are always inspiring. Thanks for posting this week. 

JHZ your post this week was great I like seeing some contemporary switchers in the mix.

Trumptrain nice pics this week. 

BAR 63 I need to find one of those Roadrailers for myself.

Mike C. How was the Soo able to keep these white engines clean. It seems a daunting task.  

 I have a follow up with a few more from the NYSME layout. First Up a blurry Erie 0-6-6-0 under a signal bridge. Next some LV pups in mixed schemes. 

A home road IR boxcab. Last up is a little Bachmann narrow gauge 0-4-2T pushing its cars around.  Have a great week guys.

Silver Lake posted:

Yay! Happy SWSat! 

Rich is away so Tom is in charge today of heading up the consist. And we are off to s great start with that great Pre War switcher from Tom's stable. 

This week I am stuck at work to finish up some loose ends in some store displays. Unfortunately this weekend was full of things on my train calendar. If only I could split my self 3 ways. 

One of the things on the docket was the Open House at my club the New York Society of Model Engineers in Carlstat/Rutherford NJ. I did leave work sort of on time on Wednesday so I could help in the prep for that. 

I got some good pics of switchers on the layout there including a few I have not seen in O scale. It is two rail club but I hope to get a pass.  

Next up is a very nice modern road switch job out under the wires. I had not seen a GE 70 Tonner in o scale. I like the short line scheme too. Here is a nice C16 in home road paint. 

Converted MTH

I think this one was GMD the model that spurred Lione to make thier NW2. Look at the flat head screws holding the trucks together. Ok now this one is a real cheat but I really like the NY&A paint schemes on these. I have a K-line MP15 that might go this way. 

Have a great weekend. And have fun out there Tom. 

Yeah... Rahway Valley 16. That's a nice custom. I think Bachman makes those locos, and someone else makes the decals. Now if only Atlas made O scale RVRR locos. They'd look great with Atlas's other M&E, NYSW and RRRR equipment!

RaritanRiverRailroadFan4 posted:

Silver Lake posted:

Yeah... Rahway Valley 16. That's a nice custom. I think Bachman makes those locos, and someone else makes the decals. Now if only Atlas made O scale RVRR locos. They'd look great with Atlas's other M&E, NYSW and RRRR equipment!

Yes I know of Bachman's HO model as a teenager I had the first release version. I think this one was made by R.Yoder 

Here's one that doesn't need assembly.  As usual, just the bare minimum of maintenance and it runs like new again.  

Bruce

Tom,

the walls are from Scenic Express - Pennsy flexible stone walls.  I used them to surround my harbor. 

DaveP

It ain't a pipe dream, Snow is on the ground in Detroit...

So it's not to early for a shunting Santa either.

Hey Adriatic, Glad to see you were able to post after all. I see there are at least two (you in Michigan and Dave, who I think is in Pa.) of you getting snowed on. 

Tom

Lehigh Valley Railroad posted:

How often do you railfan the Raritan Central? I have a friend who works there and I am thinking of working for them.

Ohio boy here.

Sorry, I'm lucky I remember where I live, let alone anyone else! 

  I only recently realised SwSat. wasn't one thread, and I wouldn't get a reminder via thread notice. I'm usually signed off before first post and miss it till after midnight.

Got this baby out for a run this week!

Peter

my family, both sides, are from Beaver Falls, so I consider myself from Pa too.

MNCW posted:

Andy/Silver Lake- Looks like a great layout. I love that little Dockside loco.

Dave/Steamer - I've seen that B4 #643 before online at Williams Grove, I think. Glad it is still steaming along.

Patrick/TRUMPTRAIN- Looks like there is lots of activity on your railroad! 

BAR GP7 #63- How many cars can that trackmobile pull?

DaveP- I like the stone walls in your bottom picture. Are they home-made? 

Mike Caruso- Nice looking diesels you have there.

JHZ563- Inside the thaw shed, it looks like the locomotive is plugged in to some extent. If yes, it reminds me of a Jeep CJ-7 I owned back in the 1980's which had an engine block heater that you could plug in to keep it warm.

Tom 

No that Republic engine isn't plugged in.  The thaw shed is exactly what you would think it is.  A shed about 3 or 4 hoppers long full of electric heaters.  We recently finished the fall pm work to get them all working again.  It is used to warm up coal hoppers before dumping them.  Often in winter the coal freezes and sticks to the cars.

JHZ563

I love the Lionel 44 ton switchers. I know they are larger then they should be but it is still a great engine. I have them all even the post war ones. 

Picture was taken by me.

Larry

My last post contains a photo (taken Sept. 13, 2016)  of two of the three SW1200's owned by Simpson Timber Company waiting for the Puget Sound & Pacific to take them on their way to their new owner(s).  Sad to see them go.  1201 is the City of McCleary and 1202 is the City of Montesano. 

Larry

PS: for some reason or other I was unable to add any text to that post.

RaritanRiverRailroadFan4 posted:

Lehigh Valley Railroad posted:

How often do you railfan the Raritan Central? I have a friend who works there and I am thinking of working for them.

Hardly ever. I live literally 5 minutes from there so that's why I can. 

I rarely get a chance to with my schedule. I get on here since I can at work.

If you were looking to work for a Railroad, I would highly suggest a Class1 Railroad or even NJT over a small line like the RC.

Lehigh Valley Railroad posted:

RaritanRiverRailroadFan4 posted:

Lehigh Valley Railroad posted:

How often do you railfan the Raritan Central? I have a friend who works there and I am thinking of working for them.

Hardly ever. I live literally 5 minutes from there so that's why I can. 

I rarely get a chance to with my schedule. I get on here since I can at work.

If you were looking to work for a Railroad, I would highly suggest a Class1 Railroad or even NJT over a small line like the RC.

Probably should've been more specific. I'd like to gain some experience with them as they're pretty much 10 minutes from where I live. NJT is more or less my end goal. Either NJT or Conrail. I'm not the kind of guy who wants to be stuck on a Class 1 away from my home or something. But that's my opinion on the matter.

RaritanRiverRailroadFan4 posted:

... I'm not the kind of guy who wants to be stuck on a Class 1 away from my home or something. But that's my opinion on the matter.

Joe, I felt exactly the same way when I was getting out of high school, had to look at job availability in the late 1970's and decided against railroading as a career. Overall, I would have loved doing so, but back then, the Northeast railroads were in bad shape which eventually led to the formation of Conrail.

Tom 

Thank you Tom/MNCW for taking the lead Saturday, and thanks to everyone for contributing!  I was up in Upstate New York for family and sure enough I ran into at least one train thing "in the wild", a caboose sitting on the side of the road ready to be leased for some sort of retail space!  I took a peek inside, it's a little rough but it's available if anyone wants to run a shop in a caboose in downtown Windham New York!

Best...Rich Murnane

Dennis,

  Your 622 has a horn whereas the 623 does not....and so goes the rest of the PW NW2 evolution.  The 60's versions are actually marvels of austerity...barely enough metal and plastic to construct a boxcar, let alone an engine.

Bruce

I don't remember that any of the early series NW 2s, with the die cast frame, ever had a horn. Some in the later series actually did, though. The 622 had a gear-driven bell, mounted above the front truck. It could not be turned off, but some annoyed owners found ways to silence it permanently.

Murnane posted:

Thank you Tom/MNCW for taking the lead Saturday, and thanks to everyone for contributing!  I was up in Upstate New York for family and sure enough I ran into at least one train thing "in the wild", a caboose sitting on the side of the road ready to be leased for some sort of retail space!  I took a peek inside, it's a little rough but it's available if anyone wants to run a shop in a caboose in downtown Windham New York!

Best...Rich Murnane

 

Rich, Glad to do it and that everything worked out for you. Nice looking caboose there.

Tom