Switcher Saturday: 2017-Apr-29

Rich, Very nice. How long did it take to get Pepper to pose for you? Thanks for getting up early to get this on track again.

My contribution is another Pennsylvania Railroad B6sb switcher. Here is #4090 showing some age,  circa 1955. She was built by Juniata in 1916 and retired in October 1956. 

Tom 

Yay SWSat is on!

Nice layout and roster Rich!  Tom nice color Pennsy picture.

I am very excited about the WBB 70 tonners they just announced. I know I've posted these prototype images before but I'm just happy to see this.

The Tropicana one has my name on it. I used to enjoy seeing the Juice train fly down the RF&P when I was younger. It was never led by this little guy but the paint looks great. I posted this pic years ago and am happy to see it show back up in O scale. There are a few differences it still looks pretty good. I've always been a big fan of this little GE switcher series.

Here is a bigger EMD brother. 

Have a great weekend guys. 

Hi Guys- Happy SWSat!

Not much activity on the RSJ&B this week. With the weather getting warmer (UGH- yard work), and the CEO's project dragging on haven't had much time for the trains. I did finish up installing my grade crossing signals though. I re-post of some photos of the construction and my PRR 0-4-0 on the maiden voyage.

Bob

Happy Switcher Saturday!

I really prefer to talk about true switcher locomotives on Switcher Saturday, but I’m running out of models for subjects, so a diesel road-switcher will have to suffice for this week…

Pictured below is my MTH model of an unusual locomotive – Boston & Maine BL2 1550 – shown with K-Line B&M wood caboose 104331.

The Electro-Motive Division of General Motors built 59 BL2 diesel road-switchers between 1947 and 1949. These locomotives were designed for light traffic and frequent switching duties on branch lines – hence BL. They were powered by an EMD 567B V16 engine with 1500 horsepower and had a tractive effort of 56,200 pounds. The BL2 combined the power and speed of a mainline road engine with the visibility of a switch engine. It was not very successful as a switcher because it lacked the full-length walkways of a true switch engine, which made it difficult for brakemen to move around the locomotive during switching operations. The B&M owned four BL2s equipped with steam generators for passenger service.

MTH announced this model as item 20-2316-1 in their 2001 Volume 2 catalog at an MSRP of $369.95 with Proto-Sound 2.0. According to their website it was delivered in August 2001.

MELGAR

Good morning SWSATsters.

Saturday morning in the Valley is kicking off with a USRA 0-6-0 (MTH).

great stuff guys. must be a dog thing Rich..everytime I try to get a pic of my wife's cat, he turns his head.

here is 1662 taking some newly arrived coaches to the car shop to await their turn at rehab.

Steamer posted:

great stuff guys. must be a dog thing Rich..everytime I try to get a pic of my wife's cat, he turns his head.

here is 1662 taking some newly arrived coaches to the car shop to await their turn at rehab.

Dave, Looks like the makings for a new/good Tinplate project thread. Where did you find them?

Tom 

found them on da bay Tom. and I should have a new switcher project by next Saturday!

Good morning fellow SWSAT friends!!!  Rich I love your dog Pepper!!  Any dog that is a switcher fan is an awesome dog   Got to love the Porter and the Plymouth switchers too!!!  Plus those B&O ore cars!!  Very nice!!!  

Tom - I love the photo of the Pennsy B6!!

Silver Lake - Thanks for those "juicy" switcher photos!!!  Thanks for sharing that MTH is coming out with 70 tonners!   I hope at some point they make one in Baltimore and Annapolis livery .... if so I'm a buyer for sure!  

RSJJB18 - Your postwar switcher photos looks great!!

MELGAR - Thanks for the back story on the BL2 and for the photo of yours!!  I had forgot that they were manufactured over a period of 2 years.   I love the Boston and Maine livery too.

BL2 locomotives are one of my favorite locomotive designs!!  

ABBRAIL -  Fabulous cab shot!!!  WOW!!

Steamer -  I love your postwar passenger cars!!! Did you get those at York?  Would love to see them once they come out of the car shop after being rehabbed!

Here are some photos from the Free State Junction Railway.   Last week I put three new videos up, however, this week I dug back into my photo archives and pulled out these pics.  I hope you enjoy them!!  ( Click on photos at bottom for titles/captions. )  Have a fabulous weekend and a wonderfully creative week!!!!

Steamer -  I love your postwar passenger cars!!! Did you get those at York?  Would love to see them once they come out of the car shop after being rehabbed!

Thanks Patrick, these are Prewar cars I got off the net. Haven't made it to York yet. someday.

Happy Switcher Saturday to all.

My SP&S #600 switching this weekend at Morrison.

Not sure if I posted these before, but here is my AF 429 0-6-0 switcher and some cars in the yard.

Also a Lionel 1662 spotting some tank cars  at the new under construction oil depot.

A true Mighty Mite....the Rock Island SW-1

Also, while we're on the subject of switchers....did you folks notice all the new offerings in the recently released MTH catalog?  Wow.  A plethora of options for the switcher enthusiast, to be sure.  I'm definitely ordering the Pgh. & Ohio Central, the Conrail, the RJ Corman....maybe more.  Hard to narrow it down.   They really came through for us switcher guys this time.

Silver Lake posted:

 

 

 

I love this one!!  

I like that AF switcher Dennis...got anymore shots of it?

B&A switcher #46 pauses for a drink while working the branch line.

Sure do Dave!  I had the engine for about 20 years before I finally found a cheap enough tender for it.  For some reason you seem to see a lot more of those engine's than the tenders.  Anyway, I had to steal some trucks and couplers off an AF boxcar and still need to repaint and letter the tender.  It works for me though.  The last shot was during surgery to get that blasted prewar Flyer E unit to work. 

thanks Dennis!

and speaking of switchers...

http://wplives.org/news_items/...the_Fire_release.pdf

trumptrain posted:

Good morning fellow SWSAT friends!!!  Rich I love your dog Pepper!!  Any dog that is a switcher fan is an awesome dog   Got to love the Porter and the Plymouth switchers too!!!  Plus those B&O ore cars!!  Very nice!!!  

Tom - I love the photo of the Pennsy B6!!

Silver Lake - Thanks for those "juicy" switcher photos!!!  Thanks for sharing that MTH is coming out with 70 tonners!   I hope at some point they make one in Baltimore and Annapolis livery .... if so I'm a buyer for sure!  

RSJJB18 - Your postwar switcher photos looks great!!

MELGAR - Thanks for the back story on the BL2 and for the photo of yours!!  I had forgot that they were manufactured over a period of 2 years.   I love the Boston and Maine livery too.

BL2 locomotives are one of my favorite locomotive designs!!  

ABBRAIL -  Fabulous cab shot!!!  WOW!!

Steamer -  I love your postwar passenger cars!!! Did you get those at York?  Would love to see them once they come out of the car shop after being rehabbed!

Here are some photos from the Free State Junction Railway.   Last week I put three new videos up, however, this week I dug back into my photo archives and pulled out these pics.  I hope you enjoy them!!  ( Click on photos at bottom for titles/captions. )  Have a fabulous weekend and a wonderfully creative week!!!!

 

 

 

Way back in the days of engineering school (sliderule days) I made and sold scenery materials for train layouts. Patrick, without question, you have defined the fine art of texture! 

Lou N

My contribution this Saturday. Classic inglenook puzzle  

Sorry I thought a photo was posted, Posting photos is not easy for me !! 

Trying again, Well that took twenty minutes and didn't finish loading, Guess i'm not posting any videos (that was only 36 mg)  

Lou N posted:

trumptrain posted:

Good morning fellow SWSAT friends!!!  Rich I love your dog Pepper!!  Any dog that is a switcher fan is an awesome dog   Got to love the Porter and the Plymouth switchers too!!!  Plus those B&O ore cars!!  Very nice!!!  

Tom - I love the photo of the Pennsy B6!!

Silver Lake - Thanks for those "juicy" switcher photos!!!  Thanks for sharing that MTH is coming out with 70 tonners!   I hope at some point they make one in Baltimore and Annapolis livery .... if so I'm a buyer for sure!  

RSJJB18 - Your postwar switcher photos looks great!!

MELGAR - Thanks for the back story on the BL2 and for the photo of yours!!  I had forgot that they were manufactured over a period of 2 years.   I love the Boston and Maine livery too.

BL2 locomotives are one of my favorite locomotive designs!!  

ABBRAIL -  Fabulous cab shot!!!  WOW!!

Steamer -  I love your postwar passenger cars!!! Did you get those at York?  Would love to see them once they come out of the car shop after being rehabbed!

Here are some photos from the Free State Junction Railway.   Last week I put three new videos up, however, this week I dug back into my photo archives and pulled out these pics.  I hope you enjoy them!!  ( Click on photos at bottom for titles/captions. )  Have a fabulous weekend and a wonderfully creative week!!!!

 

 

 

Way back in the days of engineering school (sliderule days) I made and sold scenery materials for train layouts. Patrick, without question, you have defined the fine art of texture! 

Lou N

 

Lou - That's quite a compliment!  Thanks!!!

I put my NYC switcher to work cleaning track, pulling my new track cleaning car (acquired at York).

Peter

Steamer posted:

great stuff guys. must be a dog thing Rich..everytime I try to get a pic of my wife's cat, he turns his head.

here is 1662 taking some newly arrived coaches to the car shop to await their turn at rehab.

Great find Dave. My Dad had the same set from when he was a kid. We still have them packed away in their attic. Can't wait to see them all bright and shiny again.

Bob

Steamer posted:

and speaking of switchers...

 

http://wplives.org/news_items/...the_Fire_release.pdf

Very cool. Hope they get the funding to finish the project.

Great stuff this week all (videos, pictures, stories, links-to-restorations), thanks for joining in on the fun.

See you next week...Rich

F E C gives NASA a hand...

I picked up a new switcher project that should be here this week. It's missing the steam chest, so I was doing some comparison between my 1662 and 1615, and I noticed the steam chest on 1662 has zinc pest.crap. hard to see but the top has spider cracks between the cylinder and the front edge.

Probably ok to leave it for now.  Is the one with pest your existing 1662 or is it on the one you have on the way?  Here's one on that site http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lionel...8:g:A9kAAOSwCQZZAo80

my existing 1662. It does still seem solid. my new project is the one missing the steam chest.