Switcher Saturday: 2017-Oct-14

This week we're running a Rail King Belt Railway of Chicago in a very un-prototypical setting!!

And here's a contribution from the real world....a pair of Golden Isles Terminal RR switchers down in Savannah, GA.

Road switchers designed for multiple units, even way back in the 1950's

Here's a video you must watch!...hope you enjoy it as much as I did...real world ride along switching...

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Howard...

Happy SWSat!

A new member of the fleet arrived this week. Adding to my growing collection of K-line switchers. This MP-15 in LIRR blue and orange is my second LIRR switcher too.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Bob

Shout out to my two S-1's too!

Looking GOOD Bob

Caught this down in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  My first sighting of a Genset. 

Mornin' switcher crazies!  Been really busy with other interests of late, so not much has been happening in my miniature diesel world, so no model pictures. HOWEVER...

I've got some protopics I can slap into these here SWSAT threads from time to time, no?

That so... we return to my FAY-vo-rite road fer some protopics of what may be my FAY-vo-rite switcher, the venerable Baldwin VO1000.

First up, just a typical work-a-day pic of a Frisco VO in the full stripe scheme sometime in either the late 50's or early 60's at Springfield, MO...

Next is Frisco 236 sitting at Kansas City, MO on 3/19/67 . It's wearing the "Simplified" stripe scheme the Frisco started using in either the late 50's or very early 60's.

Lastly for this post, here's the redoubtable #213 working at Fort Smith, AR in the early 60's. Factoid: I run Alco's over those same rails on a daily basis! (Well, not really the very same rails, the rails have been replaced/realigned several times since!)

All fer now! Enjoy the weekend!

Here's one that can be all yours...

link to my other post 

great stuff guys. have a great weekend.

builder's photo of Long Island #198

and 0-8-0 # 269

L&N 0-6-0  #2079

L&N 0-6-0 # 2085

MA & PA #29 0-6-0 USAR steam switcher

My Atlas O EMD SW9 B&M #1223 Diesel switcher locomotive was purchased when it was first released, sometime around 1999. I still find Atlas O locomotives and rolling stock to be excellent products.

MELGAR

Top of the afternoon SWSAT friends!  Great pics guys!!  Here on the Free State Junction Railway the fire dept was called due to a small fire in the engine compartment of the WM BL2 number 81.   Looks the engineer extinguished the  blaze just as the fire dept got its hose stretched out.  It's good to have the BL2, VO1000, and 0-8-0 back in service after traction tire replacement and removing some grit from the gearing of the BL2 ( not to mention the small fire . Have a wonderfully fun and creative week everyone!! 

Yay! SWSat is on!

The three day weekend last week led to a short week so my mental clock is off. Saturday snuck up on me. This week I am posting some pics of my WBB UP 44 Tonner on my switch layout.

Have a great weekend guys

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone.

Had to work today, so just getting to the fun things in life now. 

Riding the coattails of  Dave/STEAMER, here is a PRR B6 builder's photo. 

Tom 

Chasing ABC from Kent to Ravenna today
Then W&LE at AC&Y junction part 1 October 10, 2017

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This week's edition of SWSAT has GN 0-8-0 819 moving a couple of boxcars and a hopper full of flour.