Switcher Saturday: 2017-Dec-02

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone!

Rich, Nice little locomotive. I especially like your black and white shots of it. 

My contribution this week is my own black and white "vintage" shot of my "workbench layout" with my #228 in action.

Tom 

Happy SwSat!

Great start as usual guys. Rich Im glad to see that you look like you are having fun at your new club.

This past weekend at my club the NYSME in Carlstat NJ I was holding down the Mainline Dispatch seat for a few hours at the Holiday open house. So I was running a bit faster than switching speed. A Susquehanna SW9 was pulling a speaker with music and gondolas with presents around the layout. They are open again this weekend. 

I am posting a few picks of the Lionel 0-4-0 from the MPC era that I picked up last year at the White Plains Toy and Train Show that is coming up again next weekend on Sunday. I also got to meet Tom P/ MNCW live in person at the show. It is not quite a 228 but if you squint maybe it could remind you of one. 

I am experimenting with the lighting and I am still not satisfied. I need a better channel to hold it and I need to move it closer to the aisle.

Have a great weekend. I cant wait to see what you guys post.

I had done these custom Paint, HO models, for a nephew several years ago.  Have a great weekend, Mike CT. 

It is Saturday morning, December 2, 1949, and the little 44 tonner is moving a R50 reefer to classification track 3 where the morning express train is being put together. The engineer has been operating "the Baby" for two months now and is happy with its dependability and ease of operation, but concerned about its performance moving heavy consists.  He does miss his B6sb.

Silver Lake, I remember the NYSME layout in the DL&W terminal.  Beautifuly, outside 3rd-rail layout.  I still have a brochure from a late 40's show, which includes full track plans of the O & HO layouts. 

Happy SwSat!

Great stuff as usual everyone. I put together a few photos of my models and their prototypes this week.

Bob

Good morning SWSAT friends!   Great photos and videos everyone! 

Rich - I love your Porter .... the interior light bulb is really cool looking!  Glad to hear and see that the new club is working well for you! 

I didn't have time to take new pics this week, I'm offering some re-peats.  

Have a wonderful weekend!!

no switcher activity for me this week, have been working on setting up Uncle Jim's Christmas platform. 

Virginian 0-8-0 1955 Norfolk

0-8-0 # 241

0-8-0 # 252

BRIANSILVERMUSTANG,  Tell us about the Chevrolet Parts box car please.  Thanks  Azgary

      pretty sure that one is a weaver box car....have to check when I get home.....

Happy Switcher Saturday. This Saturday SP&S #600 switching at Port of Shark Bay & Coastal Curve.

Johan those little barges are perfect for smaller layouts.  Did you or some of the other members of your club make them or were you able to buy them somewhere?

COACH JOE: We made them together. The first barge with a wood edge has made with a 3D printer, all others are just a piece of the wood & Plastruct styrene sheets.

Johan

BRIANSILVERMUSTANG,  Thank you for the lead. Weaver is what it is. Found one NIB and bought it.

Thanks,  Azgary

                                                                  B&O

briansilvermustang posted:

 

                                     helping out the auto industry in Detroit....

For some reason, I always loved that DT&I Orange!

thanks everyone for posting this week, you guys are amazing.  See you next Saturday...Rich

AZGARY posted:

BRIANSILVERMUSTANG,  Thank you for the lead. Weaver is what it is. Found one NIB and bought it.

Thanks,  Azgary

                              glad you were able to find one, it is a cool boxcar....

briansilvermustang posted:

AZGARY posted:

BRIANSILVERMUSTANG,  Thank you for the lead. Weaver is what it is. Found one NIB and bought it.

Thanks,  Azgary

                              glad you were able to find one, it is a cool boxcar....

I agree this is a cool looking car!  Weaver made these parts boxcars with the names of several auto makers including Tucker and Packard.  I have the Tucker parts car.  Too bad Tucker didn't make autos long enough to be able to ship parts in boxcars.  At least in my imaginative world Tucker auto manufacturing is thriving!