Switcher Saturday: 2018-Feb-17

Inside an Atlas SW9

nice @Mike CT - I've never opened up my Atlas SW-9000 before, hoping never to have to!

Fired Up, Ready to Go:

Looks good @Arnold D. Cribari !

I'm heading offline for a while, I hope everyone has a great day!

Yay! SWSat is flipped to the “on” position.

This week I have some more switcher shots from the NYSME 2 rail O scale layout as I continue my slow slide away from 3rail. I guess I am skipping the 3 rail Oscale half measure. I am enjoying the building of NOS 40 year old wooden car kits  aspect of the 2rail thing there seem to be a ton of them out there.

Its fun getting in so close with an IPhone camera. I think some of these look like railfan shots.

First up a nice IR boxcab sliding a short train past a parked commuter train

Here is a nice Rahway Valley RR 70 tonner. Sadly not a paint scheme offered by

Williams by Bachmann on thier new 70 tonner due out at the end of next month.

I think this one was a Rich Yoder.

An Anthricite Railroads engine line up with a run through EMD switcher mixed in

behind some Lehigh Valley FAs

Have a great Weekend guys.

Tanks for another episode of Switcher Saturday.  I always look forward to it.

Andy we'll let you slide into scale reality, as long as you continue to join us here on Saturdays.

Silver Lake posted:

Yay! SWSat is flipped to the “on” position.

This week I have some more swisher shots from the NYSME 2 rail O scale layout as I continue my slow slide away from 3rail. I guess I am skipping the 3 rail Oscale half measure. I am enjoying the building of NOS 40 year old wooden car kits  aspect of the 2rail thing there seem to be a ton of them out there.

Its fun getting in so close with an IPhone camera. I think some of these look like railfan shots.

First up a nice IR boxcab sliding a short train past a parked commuter train

Here is a nice Rahway Valley RR 70 tonner. Sadly not a paint scheme offered by Williams by Bachmann on thier new 70 tonner due out at the end of next month. I think this one was a Rich Yoder.An Anthricite Railroads engine line up with a run through EMD switcher mixed in behind some Lehigh Valley FAs

Have a great Weekend guys.

Gorgeous!

Happy SWSat Everyone!

Looking good Rich. Nice to see the railroad getting busy!

Mike CT- cool innards there. Every time I open an engine I marvel at how the designers fit everything under the shells. Just think about the people that assemble these "toys" day after day.

Arnold- Nice D&H- going to be joining the D&H club myself soon (stay tuned)

Andy- I've gotta check out that club layout one day. Beautiful! We will forgive your slide to the Dark Side

For some reason I woke up seeing double today. Maybe more coffee will clear things up....

Everyone have a great long weekend. More time to play with trains! YAY

Video's a little shaky- tough to hold the phone and run the throttle at the same time.

also.... 

guys....

I forgot to mention....  

a bit of a confession...

I cheated on SWSAT and bought myself a non-switcher for "mainline service".....

don't hold it against me, the thing is freaking awesome...

:-) 

New York Central #1843 (Steam Mikado, Lionel 6-38609 TMCC) 

the real deal from http://www.railarchive.net/nyc...tion/nyc1306_rcl.htm 

Rich for NYC mainline steam all is forgiven.

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone. 

Great stuff everyone. 

Andy/SILVERLAKE--Beautiful boxcab! 

RSJB18--Nice Docksides. Hope your vision goes back with some caffeine. 

My contribution today is my #231 which once was a basket case...a little copper and JB Weld to repair a cab step and a little copper for the front pilot (yes it has a coupler...but not in this picture!) and Voila!  

I will have some exciting "Switcher News" next week. Tune in for details. 

Tom 

MNCW posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone. 

Great stuff everyone. 

Andy/SILVERLAKE--Beautiful boxcab! 

RSJB18--Nice Docksides. Hope your vision goes back with some caffeine. 

My contribution today is my #231 which once was a basket case...a little copper and JB Weld to repair a cab step and a little copper for the front pilot (yes it has a coupler...but not in this picture!) and Voila! 

I will have some exciting "Switcher News" next week. Tune in for details. 

Tom 

Another resurrection from the dead. Congratulations.

Happy Switcher Saturday. Western Pacific EMD SW9 #606 switching at Cape Shark. 

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

MNCW posted:

 

 

Tom 

Another resurrection from the dead. Congratulations.

Arnold, Thanks very much.

Tom

Thanks Tom- it does seem to be clearing up now

Switching the local cement block plant.

Murnane posted:

also.... 

guys....

I forgot to mention....  

a bit of a confession...

I cheated on SWSAT and bought myself a non-switcher for "mainline service".....

don't hold it against me, the thing is freaking awesome...

:-) 

 

New York Central #1843 (Steam Mikado, Lionel 6-38609 TMCC) 

 

the real deal from http://www.railarchive.net/nyc...tion/nyc1306_rcl.htm 

"missed it by that much Chief" (one number)

East St Louis 1949

MNCW posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone. 

 

I will have some exciting "Switcher News" next week. Tune in for details. 

Tom 

"BREAKING NEWS JUST IN...Yonkers Man donates Lionel Prewar Switcher to under privileged Ohio man......

Murnane posted:

also.... 

guys....

I forgot to mention....  

a bit of a confession...

I cheated on SWSAT and bought myself a non-switcher for "mainline service".....

don't hold it against me, the thing is freaking awesome...

:-) 

 

New York Central #1843 (Steam Mikado, Lionel 6-38609 TMCC) 

No worries Rich. You picked the right livery (or PRR) and just remember that she will need the switchers to set up her consist.

Bob

1879 heads out to work

while 1662 waits for duty

B&A #152 in Boston 1947

New York Central #197 unknown time and place

briansilvermustang posted:

 

Just love the bottom 2.

After the sad and revolting week we’ve just had, SWSAT is a welcome respite from the awful news.  Thanks, Rich!

A classic switcher pulling a work train. Hear the ding, ding, ding:

Sorry, can barely hear the dings that were mostly drowned out by Arthur Rubinstein playing Chopin.

LOL

Steamer posted:

MNCW posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone. 

 

I will have some exciting "Switcher News" next week. Tune in for details. 

Tom 

"BREAKING NEWS JUST IN...Yonkers Man donates Lionel Prewar Switcher to under privileged Ohio man......

Dave,

What you had was "fake" news. I checked with my newsroom. This was the story you missed: 

Tom 

MNCW posted:

Steamer posted:

MNCW posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone. 

 

I will have some exciting "Switcher News" next week. Tune in for details. 

Tom 

"BREAKING NEWS JUST IN...Yonkers Man donates Lionel Prewar Switcher to under privileged Ohio man......

Dave,

What you had was "fake" news. I checked with my newsroom. This was the story you missed: 

Tom 

LOL

musta been the Ruskies again!!

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone!!  Wonderful photos and videos!!  

Rich - congrats on the new locomotive purchase!!  Road locomotives are much needed so the switchers can have cars to switch in and out of all those industries   No crime committed in purchasing a road engine. 

Here are some re - peats.  Looking forward to next week's 3 year anniversary SWSAT!!  Have a great week everyone!

North Pole Central docksider pushing snow plow in upper village of our layout. Practicing for pending storm in Connecticut tonight followed by possible 70 degree day on Wednesday!

Lionel NPC Docksider & Snow Ore Cars

trumptrain posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone!!  Wonderful photos and videos!!  

Rich - congrats on the new locomotive purchase!!  Road locomotives are much needed so the switchers can have cars to switch in and out of all those industries   No crime committed in purchasing a road engine. 

Here are some re - peats.  Looking forward to next week's 3 year anniversary SWSAT!!  Have a great week everyone!

Great photos as usual Patrick.

Here is MOPAC 9700 series 0-8-0 getting ready to work the Cuba, MO yard.  An older Lionchief that I am decaling and detailing.

I'm a little late posting this week but have been away from the computer all day.

Congratulations to Rich on that very nice-looking NYC "Mike."

Some photos below of my Atlas O USRA 0-6-0 switcher CNJ #107. In my opinion, the metalwork on this model, especially the wheels and rods, is the nicest of any switcher that I have. Was going to post these pictures for next week's 3-year anniversary but will instead just buy another switcher to post for next week. 

MELGAR

MELGAR posted:

I'm a little late posting this week but have been away from the computer all day.

Congratulations to Rich on that very nice-looking NYC "Mike."

Some photos below of my Atlas O USRA 0-6-0 switcher CNJ #107. In my opinion, the metalwork on this model, especially the wheels and rods, is the nicest of any switcher that I have. Was going to post these pictures for next week's 3-year anniversary but will instead just buy another switcher to post for next week. 

MELGAR

Absolutely beautiful engine

Mike CT posted:

Inside an Atlas SW9

Been eyeing a couple of these switchers without the TMCC electronics with the intention to upgrade them with ERR components.  How's the performance of these horizontal motored Atlas types under CC?  The horizontal layout seems to be preferred method nowadays, like on 3rd Rail engines.

Bruce

brwebster posted:

Been eyeing a couple of these switchers without the TMCC electronics with the intention to upgrade them with ERR components.  How's the performance of these horizontal motored Atlas types under CC?  The horizontal layout seems to be preferred method nowadays, like on 3rd Rail engines.

Bruce

I own both Sunset (horizontal drive) and MTH (two vertical drives) diesel locomotives. As far as I can tell, the slow speed operation of the MTH locomotives is no different than the Sunsets. Maybe I'm not picky enough!

MELGAR

hey all, thanks as always for coming out and posting this Switcher Saturday, see you next week for our 3 year anniversary!

trumptrain posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone!!  Wonderful photos and videos!!  

Rich - congrats on the new locomotive purchase!!  Road locomotives are much needed so the switchers can have cars to switch in and out of all those industries   No crime committed in purchasing a road engine. 

Here are some re - peats.  Looking forward to next week's 3 year anniversary SWSAT!!  Have a great week everyone!

Always love photos of your layout Patrick. How did the foreign power wind up on the FSJR? 

Another great SWSat!

Guess when you post early in the day it requires a second pass through to catch up on all of the posts.
Great stuff everyone. Looking forward to next week.

Bob