Switcher Saturday: 2018-Apr-21

Hey good switcher Saturday to everyone. York was great especially since MTH announced a new NW2      MA & PA #81. My pre-order is in !  

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone. 

Rich, thanks for hosting our Switcher Fix again. I've never been to York, but would be interested in pictures, too. 

My contribution is my Lionel prewar #228 switcher. I used a setting on Adobe Photoshop Express to enhance the red colors. 

Tom 

rpmcobra posted:

Hey good switcher Saturday to everyone. York was great especially since MTH announced a new NW2      MA & PA #81. My pre-order is in !  

I was really excited when I saw this one too, here are some pictures clipped from the catalog for those NW2s, I'm really considering the Ma & Pa with the calf, looks great.

Hey @briansilvermustang - great pics, I'm sure some of the Ma/Pa fans are going to love them!

Hi Tom @PRR8976 - man, those pictures look cool!!!!

Murnane posted:

rpmcobra posted:

Hey good switcher Saturday to everyone. York was great especially since MTH announced a new NW2      MA & PA #81. My pre-order is in !  

I was really excited when I saw this one too, here are some pictures clipped from the catalog for those NW2s, I'm really considering the Ma & Pa with the calf, looks great.

I got the opportunity to meet Mike Wolfe yeterday and personally thank him for the latest MA & PA addition. I also told him we need more switchers !  

Happy SWSat

Hey Rich- I just picked up a Legacy GP-7 from forum member Mark Boyce. Great engine, I love mine. I am running conventional but it is still a cool loco. Did someone say legacy base????

The Ma & Pa NW- 2 looks mighty tempting for sure.

Be back soon with a new SWSat post for today.

Bob

Yay! SWSat is on!

Great start this York weekend. Someday I will go. 

Here is a Penn Central GE Road Switcher working the worktrain on the NYSME layout. 

Have a great weekend enjoy the weather. 

Lima-Hamilton at the Whitewater Valley at Connersville, IN

NYC Alco S2 on Whitewater Valley at Metamora, IN

MTH 0-8-0 Rutland repaint in the yard at W. Mansfield.

RSJB18 posted:

Happy SWSat

Hey Rich- I just picked up a Legacy GP-7 from forum member Mark Boyce. Great engine, I love mine. I am running conventional but it is still a cool loco. Did someone say legacy base????

The Ma & Pa NW- 2 looks mighty tempting for sure.

Be back soon with a new SWSat post for today.

Bob

I recently got a great opportunity to trade a Western Maryland locomotive for a MA & PA SW1 #70.

I couldn't believe the guy was willing to go through with the trade. I don't think it hurt he knew how much I love the MA & PA.

That's a great looking Western Maryland locomotive.

rpmcobra posted:

RSJB18 posted:

Happy SWSat

Hey Rich- I just picked up a Legacy GP-7 from forum member Mark Boyce. Great engine, I love mine. I am running conventional but it is still a cool loco. Did someone say legacy base????

The Ma & Pa NW- 2 looks mighty tempting for sure.

Be back soon with a new SWSat post for today.

Bob

I recently got a great opportunity to trade a Western Maryland locomotive for a MA & PA SW1 #70.

I couldn't believe the guy was willing to go through with the trade. I don't think it hurt he knew how much I love the MA & PA.

That's a great looking Western Maryland locomotive.

 

Thanks- goes well with my BL-2. Now I need a smaller switcher in WM to complete the set.

Tom Densel posted:

Lima-Hamilton at the Whitewater Valley at Connersville, IN

This is a rare bird even in an inoperable state. Nice!

RSJB18 posted:

rpmcobra posted:

RSJB18 posted:

Happy SWSat

Hey Rich- I just picked up a Legacy GP-7 from forum member Mark Boyce. Great engine, I love mine. I am running conventional but it is still a cool loco. Did someone say legacy base????

The Ma & Pa NW- 2 looks mighty tempting for sure.

Be back soon with a new SWSat post for today.

Bob

I recently got a great opportunity to trade a Western Maryland locomotive for a MA & PA SW1 #70.

I couldn't believe the guy was willing to go through with the trade. I don't think it hurt he knew how much I love the MA & PA.

That's a great looking Western Maryland locomotive.

 

Thanks- goes well with my BL-2. Now I need a smaller switcher in WM to complete the set.

Wow those WM's really looks nice RSJB18 !

Rich,

I second the idea of a SWSAT group attendance at York.

Boston & Maine Class H-2a #613 is a USRA copy 0-8-0 steam engine switcher built by ALCO Schenectady in September 1922 and scrapped in June 1952. The engine weighed 170,060 pounds, the tender 157,700 pounds for a total 327,760 pounds. The model is an MTH Railking with PS-2 which was shown in the 2001 Volume 1 catalog and priced at $399.95. I haven’t run this engine in a while. So, I have purchased a BCR and will be installing it this week.

MELGAR

MELGAR posted:

Rich,

I second the idea of a SWSAT group attendance at York.

Boston & Maine Class H-2a #613 is a USRA copy 0-8-0 steam engine switcher built by ALCO Schenectady in September 1922 and scrapped in June 1952. The engine weighed 170,060 pounds, the tender 157,700 pounds for a total 327,760 pounds. The model is an MTH Railking with PS-2 which was shown in the 2001 Volume 1 catalog and priced at $399.95. I haven’t run this engine in a while. So, I have purchased a BCR and will be installing it this week.

MELGAR

The switcher group meet idea sounds great to me maybe we could catch up at the fall meet ?

nothing new on the switcher front here....been a bit distracted the last couple of weeks. My Pastor has his own restoration shop and he is  graciously helping me get my car out of it's six year sentence in primer jail...

Here's some switchers pulled from the interweb....

DT&I in Flat Rock,Michigan in 1952

GM&O #62  in Missouri 1940

Another GE U-boat.  Weaver U25b, with an EOB upgrade, lights, and electro-couplers added.  I was told the train-phone antenna, a Bowser parts add, with brass wire, only dated to the 2500's.    

Atlas, (custom paint), Montour SW9's, with recently acquired MTH, Montour cabooses, 41, 48. 

Happy SWSat.. Part II

Brian- Don't think the CEO will allow me to park that in the driveway

Steamer- Dave- Nice paint job. Very cool color. Was that the original when the car was new? I Don't think I ever heard of a Pastor that does car restorations before.

Melgar- another nice loco- you  have a very distinguished collection

Andy- Nice PC

Mike CT- the antennas make a nice addition.

Dave and Bill- great switchers!

A SWSat meet at York sounds tempting... Guess we would have to stay till Saturday to make it official

So I'm not sure if this counts as a switcher but I recently found a matching F3B unit to go with my MPC B&O F3A. It's in great shape just like the A unit but I think I may repaint the trucks to match the A.

Cheers- Bob

yup, original color. Frank was a Seabee,bodyman,and a Pastor.

Happy Switcher Saturday to all. It´s would be a nice visit to York some year, lets see. Before that i must continued some switching works here in Shark Bay layout. Once again "Anchor" has been a very busy week.

Steamer posted:

yup, original color. Frank was a Seabee,bodyman,and a Pastor.

Thought so, my parents had a 71 Satelite in that lovely shade of green.

RSJB18 posted:

So I'm not sure if this counts as a switcher but I recently found a matching F3B unit to go with my MPC B&O F3A. It's in great shape just like the A unit but I think I may repaint the trucks to match the A.

 

I think the fact that you show the Hostler window in this image should qualify it for the SWSat rules. These b units did have controls to move them around usually solo in an engine terminal. I have never seen pics of them in use switching cars solo but I also don’t see why it could not be done. They are kind of default boxcabs with no side windows. 

Steamer posted:

nothing new on the switcher front here....been a bit distracted the last couple of weeks. My Pastor has his own restoration shop and he is  graciously helping me get my car out of it's six year sentence in primer jail...

Here's some switchers pulled from the interweb....

DT&I in Flat Rock,Michigan in 1952

 

GM&O #62  in Missouri 1940

Dave, 

  That Road Runner "switcher" of yours is sweet. Congrats on getting to that step. So, when can I borrow it for the next demolition derby? 

Tom 

Silver Lake posted:

Tom Densel posted:

Lima-Hamilton at the Whitewater Valley at Connersville, IN

This is a rare bird even in an inoperable state. Nice!

This one is operable.. It pulled our train to Metamora and back.  I believe that Whitewater Valley owns all of the remaining Lima-Hamilton switchers (only a hand full).  Some are surely parts donors.  I don't know if any others are in operating condition, or are on the schedule for restoration.

Tom

I'm supposed to move this!

No, I'm supposed to!

Let go!

No, you let go!

Grrrrrr!

Grrrrrr back!

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WbB on left, MTH on right.  Boxcar is MTH.

Tom just as soon as you send me that collection of Prewar switchers of yours.....

Greeting Switcher Sat. fans, I have my Postwar #41 Transportation Corp. Switcher for today

RayKay posted:

Greeting Switcher Sat. fans, I have my Postwar #41 Transportation Corp. Switcher for today

Very nice RAYKAY I saw many switcher like yours at military installations during my days with the Army many decades ago.

rpmcobra posted:

RayKay posted:

Greeting Switcher Sat. fans, I have my Postwar #41 Transportation Corp. Switcher for today

Very nice RAYKAY I saw many switcher like yours at military installations during my days with the Army many decades ago.

Thank you.

(Daddy arrives)

Will you kids stop yelling!  We can hear you all the way over at the engine terminal, and the cantankerous old steamers in the roundhouse are complaining about the noise. 

But daddy, I'm supposed to move this!

No, dad, I'm supposed to!

Daddy, make him let go!

No, dad, make her let go.

Grrrrrr!

Grrrrrr back!

Okay, I'm calling your mother!

Oh oh, he's calling mom.

Now we are in trouble.

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Daddy is a Visionline PRR Centipede.

Steamer posted:

nothing new on the switcher front here....been a bit distracted the last couple of weeks. My Pastor has his own restoration shop and he is  graciously helping me get my car out of it's six year sentence in primer jail...

Very nice. Use it well!

MELGAR

Here is the SWSAT leader's former RMT Bang pulling his new K-Line smoking caboose from York on my layout.

(Mom arrives)

Sigh.  Why do I always wind up doing everything myself.  And I hate going through those O-42 switches at the north end of the yard.

THE END!

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Mom is a Legacy PRR E7 ABA, and does not like doing switching duties.

Here's my new switcher from York (not my photo).

cpowell posted:

Here is the SWSAT leader's former RMT Bang pulling his new K-Line smoking caboose from York on my layout.

How awesome is that!  Can't wait to see it, Thank you very much @cpowell !

Have a great Sunday everyone, thanks for coming out and goofing off here with me another week and see you next Saturday!