Switcher Saturday: 2017-Jan-21

1662 moving some projects to the car shop for eventual repaint.

OK...just got home from a 12 hour midnight, and I've been fighting a bug...off to bed. have a great day guys.

My friend, Tom B's layout yesterday.   We completed some wiring and ran switchers.

Steamer posted:

1662 moving some projects to the car shop for eventual repaint.

OK...just got home from a 12 hour midnight, and I've been fighting a bug...off to bed. have a great day guys.

Dave, Hope you feel better. I liked all of your pictures but especially these 2. The top one shows the rerailing frog that we had mentioned several Saturdays ago. The bottom one has the dangerous push-pole hanging on the side of its tender. I was able to find an up close view of one from the Saskatchewan Railway Museum. See that there are 2 "hangers" to affix the pole to the side of the engine/tender. Notice the end has a band (and the hangers have bands to help) on it to help to try and reduce "Splintering" which did not always work. Many railroad jobs were dangerous "back in the day," but this was especially bad as a big spear of wood coming at you under pressure/speed can do a lot of damage and make for a bad day! 

Tom 

New York Central EMD SW1500 Diesel switcher #9654 with Pacemaker caboose for me this week. It is an MTH Railking model with PS-2 which was shown in the 2001 Volume 1 catalog priced at $149.95. EMD built 807 SW1500 switchers with the 1500 HP 12 cylinder “645” engine between 1966 and 1974. “645” is the cubic inch displacement of one cylinder. Next Saturday, I will post in the evening as I plan to be at the Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Hope to see you there - 2 PM at the OGR tables.

MELGAR

MNCW posted:

Steamer posted:

1662 moving some projects to the car shop for eventual repaint.

OK...just got home from a 12 hour midnight, and I've been fighting a bug...off to bed. have a great day guys.

Dave, Hope you feel better. I liked all of your pictures but especially these 2. The top one shows the rerailing frog that we had mentioned several Saturdays ago. The bottom one has the dangerous push-pole hanging on the side of its tender. I was able to find an up close view of one from the Saskatchewan Railway Museum. See that there are 2 "hangers" to affix the pole to the side of the engine/tender. Notice the end has a band (and the hangers have bands to help) on it to help to try and reduce "Splintering" which did not always work. Many railroad jobs were dangerous "back in the day," but this was especially bad as a big spear of wood coming at you under pressure/speed can do a lot of damage and make for a bad day! 

Tom 

Some Switcher models will have pole-ing pockets.

K-line Pennsy  B6   0-6-0

Weaver Pennsy A5 0-4-0

You assume there were pole-ing pockets on the cars also.

Yay SWSat is on! 

We are of to a great start this week. Nice Davenports Bob CNJ3676 those are very cool!

This week I am posting some pics from my visit to Patterson NJ last weekend. The Patterson Museum is located on the site of the Patterson Locomotive Work and two of thier products are on display outside.

  This last one  the Great Falls downtown that since the 1700's has powered industrial siteslike the Locomotive works. There is even a sculpture of Alexander Hamilton depicting his scouting the site to make Patterson a center of early industry. 

Happy SWSAT Everyone!

Picked up a MTH Switching tower this week (weathering included).

Bob

Good morning fellow SWSAT friends!!!  So many wonderful photos to enjoy and great information to absorb from everyone!!  Here some photos from the Free State Junction Railway switcher fleet.  Have a terrific weekend everyone!!

Happy Switcher Saturday to all. SP&S #600 switching at S.B.R.R.

CSX GP15 #1560 patiently waits for the bay door to finish raising to make a pick at the Ford Stamping Plant.

Chessie 9009 drilling some cars on the club layout earlier in the month.

The layout is a modular hi rail layout, 3 "main" line tracks, one track that services the siding/industries and that mates to the yard inside.

Great picture Chris. Thanks for sharing it. Although not many of the ALCo switchers were repainted in the Chessie scheme, I thought the colors suited them well.

Bob

Here are some switchers on my layout.

CNJ 3676 posted:

Morning fellas and a very happy Switcher Saturday to all.

In 1950, Davenport built a pair of very interesting center cab units for the Rock Island. Numbered 798 and 799, they weighed 112 tons each and featured hoods equal in height with the cab, giving the locomotives a boxy appearance.

Bob

They look like little apartment buildings! Pretty cool.

Don

Party like it's 1945!

 MTH RS1 with Kadee's added, fixed pilots and weathering. Seen here at W. Mansfield doing a set out.

The Garyville RR recently received new MOW equipment. A custom made crane and 9025 caboose to match the 8111 switcher.

Thanks to ED H for identifying that the crane was made from parts in a 1977 trains n trucking set.

It sure is bright but I don't think I'm going to weather it. Azgary

Dave_C posted:

 MTH RS1 with Kadee's added, fixed pilots and weathering. Seen here at W. Mansfield doing a set out.

 

 

 

 

I only copied one photo for this reply but the comment applies to all....great weathering job on the NH, nice photography too!

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday to all. SP&S #600 switching at S.B.R.R.

I like that Switcher engine, Your layout is also very detailed!

Abraham's Trains! posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday to all. SP&S #600 switching at S.B.R.R.

I like that Switcher engine, Your layout is also very detailed!

Abraham's Trains: Thank you very much. I found that Lionel die cast SP&S #600 from ebay and price was only $84.

Dave_C posted:

 MTH RS1 with Kadee's added, fixed pilots and weathering. Seen here at W. Mansfield doing a set out.

 

great shots...

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Abraham's Trains! posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday to all. SP&S #600 switching at S.B.R.R.

I like that Switcher engine, Your layout is also very detailed!

Abraham's Trains: Thank you very much. I found that Lionel die cast SP&S #600 from ebay and price was only $84.

BAR GP-7-  Great little engines. I paid $70 for mine on DASH! 

RSJB18: Yes they are. $70 is a really good price.

-Johan

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

RSJB18: Yes they are. $70 is a really good price.

-Johan

Now I need to learn your weathering techniques. Very nice work.

RSJB18: Thanks again. I`ll use Artist Oil Paints, Pan Pastels with turpentine, they work nice together.

-Johan

Weaver Pennsy A5.    Weathering is a natural 6 month application of household dust.    Finger prints are optional.

Soo switch engines, love the low drivered ten wheeler #2645

Mike CT posted:

Weaver Pennsy A5.    Weathering is a natural 6 month application of household dust.    Finger prints are optional.

Mike, Yes, I studied at that same "School of Weathering," too. 

Tom 

A "switcher headed" New York Central peddler freight.

Peter