Switcher Saturday: 2017-Aug-12

Last post before departing for a week at the beach.  (Will keep my eyes peeled for "sand-switchers"....if I spot one, you'll be the first to know)

I was stopped by A&M railroad doing some switching in their "North Yard" in Springdale Arkansas.  I had a Front Row Seat, just the thing for a "train nut" But waiting 15 minutes for A&M to  switch the yard was making the drivers behind me go NUTS.

A&M was switching with their new SD70ace locomotives.  The crew had just made up the longest train that I have seen on the A&M (approx 50 cars) made up of mostly sand cars and had backed up this long train to get the crew member that was working the switches in the yard, and clear the road crossing.

Yay SWSat is on! 

I have some pics this week from the Oak Point Yard in the Bronx I took last week. The yard is now CSX but formerly was a junction between NYC , New Haven and Pennsylvania RRs. It handles the food came going to Hunts Point for distribution throughout NY City. I took these last Sunday Night. There are both the through train engines and the GP38 local switch power. The fuel dock is in some pics as is one of the ex Conrail bay window cabooses.

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone! Great pictures so far.

My contribution this week is my prewar Pennsy #228 that I used for another thread recently. 

Tom 

PRR 0-8-0 6574

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NYC 7743

GTW 8374

Which way is it going?

Chicago & Illinois Midland RS1325 #31, one of only two ever built by Electro-Motive, rests at Springfield, Illinois on June 12, 1991. Today, the pair remain in service under Genesee & Wyoming. Jack Kuiphoff photo.

Frequently used as a switcher, LI 103 waits in the late afternoon for its next assignment.

This is a Williams 44 tonner I Decaled for the Boston & Maine. 

Old 624............ switching some crappy and crumbling Atlas O Master series cars.

          The Atlas irons and ladders are now crumbs in the box!

Happy Switcher Saturday from Finland. SP&S #600 Switching some Boston & Maine and Long Island cars.

galley_proof posted:

Which way is it going?

Chicago & Illinois Midland RS1325 #31, one of only two ever built by Electro-Motive, rests at Springfield, Illinois on June 12, 1991. Today, the pair remain in service under Genesee & Wyoming. Jack Kuiphoff photo.

I still see these two once in awhile. I kit bashed one in HO years ago, still have it.

I took a bunch of pictures of the 80 tonners in the limestone yard at my plant but unfortunately I left the pictures at work so you will just have until next week.

Hi All. Happy SWSAT! Posting from a remote location in upstate N.Y. this week.

I put both of my S2s together to pull a mixed freight before we left this morning.

Bob

briansilvermustang posted:

https://brianwowak.wordpress.c...o-reading-b4a-0-6-0/

oooo.......I like that

Happy SWSAT everyone!!  Rich it's nice to see you back in the saddle with a loop of track and a switcher at the point of your train  AND of course wonderful pics and information from everyone as always!!

I was not able to click off any new photos of switcher action on my railway this week so here is some earlier shots.  Hopefully these pics haven't been shown too recently ... if so my apologies.   Have a wonderfully creative week everyone!!

New Amtrak switcher, gosh I like these MTH 44 tonner's

Nice work BARGP7

Patsburg busy as usual.

Briansilvermustang you're a bottomless well of photos.  Keep up the supply.

Briansilvermustang.........thanks for the photo

clem

Sorry I am late.  Excellent switchers, one and all!!!

Here is a MTH Premier PS-2 B&O USRA 0-6-0 I just bought from Pat at Patrick's Trains last week.  I think it is great!

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday from Finland. SP&S #600 Switching some Boston & Maine and Long Island cars.

Rockin' the LIRR! Nice work as usual.

-Eric Siegel

An 0-4-0 in passenger service.  "Maud," the one and only locomotive of the short-lived, (1912-1924) 11 mile long Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda railroad.

As I recall, Maud is an ex-CB&Q switcher.

Rusty

As promised, here are some shots of real life remote-control 80- tonners.  They don't see alot of action any more but do get started up regularly to keep them in running condition.  I hope to get some footage of these machines in action sometime this fall when we are moving limestone around again.

I love all the details that make these two lokies unique.  Strobe lights on both sides of the cab, the remote operation indicator lights, big mufflers etc.  I have been trying to get this pictures for a while.  I hope you all enjoy them.