Switcher Saturday: 2018-August-18

New York Central Alco 0-4-0 #901 is an MTH Premier model with PS2. It’s ideal for slowly dragging two or three freight cars at slow speed around my small layout. The smaller the switcher, the better I like it.

MELGAR

A french Y 7100 switcher, A very common model in freight yards here, dating from 1960 there is still many in service. The O scale model is die cast, made by ACO, french brand from around 1990.

Have a nice weekend,   Daniel

Yay! SWSat is rolling out!

This week I am posting some pictures I took Yesterday in North Creek NY of the crew packing up to ship out the diesels of the Saratoga and North Creek RR which has given up the ghost and stopped operation this April. It is the one chance I have ever seen two BL2s coupled together and I am sad to see them go. 

Here are a few things I found at the South Street Seaport Museum last Sunday. This little Railroad Ferry was used by the Erie RR to take immigrants from Ellis Islands Predecessor Castle Gardens (today known as the Battery) to the Railroad and on to inland destinations I thought the German lettering on the ends was interesting  This is all that is left of a water switcher I mean Tugboat. New York Central #31  

Here are a few pics I grabbed Yesterday on the train in Crotan-Harmon

These guys are putting in a new signaling system.

I thought this picture was funny with the convex mirrors 

Have a great Weekend. 

Nice stuff posted so far as always!  Here’s a photo and a couple short videos of my MTH Premier Lehigh Valley Baldwin VO-1000 switcher.  She’s “done up” with fixed pilots, full-length handrails and Kadees...and heavily weathered (at least by my standards) in an attempt to mimic a well-worn, but still going strong, prototype...

good of you to join us Rich.....

Builders pic of LIRR # 198

Jamaica NY 1935 0-8-0 # 258

unknown date and location 0-8-0 # 269

Happy SWSat!

Love the B&O Rich. I don't have that Plymouth yet but its on my list.

Great photos as always Brian.

That is a beautiful 0-4-0 Melgar!

Nice 44 Tonner Bill. I like the pick-ups too.

Back home in the yards after a week away. We were up in New Hampshire where there's lot's of train stuff to do. Unfortunately I couldn't get the family interested . Found several scenic railroads (here) ,and this little guy. This Porter belonged to the East Branch and Lincoln RR. The EB&L was once the largest logging rail road in New England, this is one of the lone survivors from their fleet. The sign in front reads- "Over 1 Billion feet of logs traveled over these rails from 1893-1947".

Lot's more info about the EB&L  here

Bob

PS- shout out to Dave, Andy, and Joe who posted while I was writing.

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone. 

Rich- Thanks for getting us started again. 

My contribution is a picture of a Pennsylvania Railroad B6s with a nice even number, #9000, seen with its "rods down."  Built in 1906 by Juniata Shops, unknown when it was scrapped, seen here in supposedly 1934 with its headlight covered. Photographed here in New Castle, Pa, it was assigned to the Pittsburgh, Youngstown & Ashtabula Railway, part of Pennsy's Lines West. 

Below is a stock certificate for the P, Y &A:

Since this locomotive was build at Juniata, like so many others, here is one of the entrance gates that workers would have passed, "back in the day," circa 1919, 13 years after this locomotive was built.

Wording on the top sign says: National Railroad Accident Prevention Drive

October….1919

Bottom Sign:

The women workers did their bit in the war game. Put them in the first Boat for the “Shore of Safety.”

Tom 

A very nice Weaver Model.  Pennsy H10 

Another, Weaver model.  GE U25b. 

SW1 and B6sb shifters 

Happy Switcher Saturday. CNJ EMD F3 #57 & S.B.R. Alco HH660 switching at Cape Shark.

YES!!  It's Saturday .... Switcher Saturday!!!   Great photos and info everyone!!  

Rich .... love those B&O switchers!  Today I have a B&O theme ( well almost ) as well.  A pair of GP 9s pull a looooong coal train, an SW 9 under a locomotive coaling tower doing some switching work, a Plymouth switcher pushing/pulling the big hook, and a Western Maryland BL2 pulling a short scrap train through the east leg of the Y.  Have a wonderfully fun and creative week everyone! 

Silver Lake posted:

Yay! SWSat is rolling out!

This week I am posting some pictures I took Yesterday in North Creek NY of the crew packing up to ship out the diesels of the Saratoga and North Creek RR which has given up the ghost and stopped operation this April. It is the one chance I have ever seen two BL2s coupled together and I am sad to see them go. 

Here are a few things I found at the South Street Seaport Museum last Sunday. This little Railroad Ferry was used by the Erie RR to take immigrants from Ellis Islands Predecessor Castle Gardens (today known as the Battery) to the Railroad and on to inland destinations I thought the German lettering on the ends was interesting  This is all that is left of a water switcher I mean Tugboat. New York Central #31  

Here are a few pics I grabbed Yesterday on the train in Crotan-Harmon

These guys are putting in a new signaling system.

I thought this picture was funny with the convex mirrors 

Have a great Weekend. 

Wow, the S & NC RR had some choice stuff, wonder where it's all going ?   Thks for posting.

A pair of BLW AS16's repowered with Alco & EMD.

pennsy484 posted:

SW1 and B6sb shifters 

Like those B&W pics of your great layout! I need to see if my photo app does this.

my son’s chief motive power and rattle tender making laps on the carpet central.

Lego car on mpc era trucks is a Zitrick special 

There's a new locomotive working in my basement.

Great stuff you guys!   Thanks for coming out and joining and see you all next Saturday!

I'm a day late since I've been rebuilding and rewiring my whole layout. Anyway, got some trains running this morning. A couple of switchers. Penn Central and New Haven represented along with a yard pic from New Haven.

Silver Lake posted:

Yay! SWSat is rolling out!

This week I am posting some pictures I took Yesterday in North Creek NY of the crew packing up to ship out the diesels of the Saratoga and North Creek RR which has given up the ghost and stopped operation this April. It is the one chance I have ever seen two BL2s coupled together and I am sad to see them go. 

Have a great Weekend. 

Wow.  Two BL2's in identical paint at the same location.

Doesn't that disrupt the time-space continuum?

Rusty

Found these articles. Neither mention where the rolling stock and locos are headed.

https://dailygazette.com/artic...-north-creek-railway

http://www.adirondackdailyente...creek-tourist-train/

https://poststar.com/news/loca...59-bd4926149822.html