Happy Switcher Saturday Everyone!
I am the designated hitter for today's topic as our friend Rich Murnane has some train-related events he is attending to.
If this is your first time stumbling upon our topic, we are a bunch of humble, switcher-loving, do-gooders who love all things switcher-related. So, if you have a switcher, have a picture of a switcher or smell like a switcher, post your switcher pictures, here!
In honor of today's topic I even took new pictures of my old layout...well workbench.
Borrowing a title from Louis Hertz, here is my prewar #228 (with original 1939 dust intact), Riding The Tinplate Rails...
Here is my #228 and my Jayline tower.
For those who like diesels...here is a picture I always liked. I had to check first that somewhere SD40's had been used as switchers (they were). The first cover of the PC Post, the Penn Central employee magazine, shows SD40 #6104 and announced the ill-fated beginning of the Penn Central Railroad. I liked it so much, I had it framed. While my dad was a fireman for the New Haven, the first railroad I really ever followed was the Penn Central. My love of the Pennsy would come later (out of chronological order).
Here is a video of an SD40-2 being started up:
If you missed last week's post, here is the link: https://ogrforum.com/...y-2018-apr-21?page=1
Tom