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Here's my contribution for the anniversary:
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Round two for the 3 year celebration. Switchers of the Free State Junction Railway gather in Patsburg for the SALUTE TO 3 YEARS of SWITCHER SATURDAY!!
The Pennsy ALCO PA 1 was pinch hitting for the Pennsy 44 tonner.
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Lots of Long Islanders here on SWSAT, either native like Rich and Melgar or transplanted like me.
I was thinking the same thing, Joe! Lots of LIRR. Happy Anniversary to SWSAT!!! Great photographs, one and all!! Here are a couple I don't think I have posted before.
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coach joe posted:Lots of Long Islanders here on SWSAT, either native like Rich and Melgar or transplanted like me.
Native! Just got back from Nassau Hobby a few hours ago and have been running the new switchers nonstop!
Murnane posted:Guess what? It's our three year anniversary special of #SwitcherSaturday!!!!
Love switchers? Like them? Got some? Each Saturday for the past three years a bunch of us knuckleheads get together and post all kinds of stuff about switchers (shifters, docksiders, yard goats, critters, etc.), so lets keep #SwitcherSaturday (a.k.a. SWSAT) rolling! Model trains, prototypes, videos, news articles, stories, whatever, just share something about switchers or switching in general!
SWSAT started back in 2015, that was the year when the New England Patriots (yuck) beat the Seattle Seahawks in the super bowl! If you're more of a NASCAR fan, the first Switcher Saturday was the day when driver Kyle Busch busted up his leg in a crash in Daytona!
The "Rich Murnane" picture and link from the 1st Switcher Saturday: http://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/t...saturday-2015-feb-21
A picture and link to the 1 year anniversary! http://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/t...0-1-year-anniversary
A picture and link to the 2 year anniversary! https://ogrforum.com/...two-year-anniversary
And of course, here's last week's SWSAT: https://ogrforum.com/...saturday-2018-feb-17
Today is extra special for me because it's my younger daughter's birthday (we call her Boo), she's the one who likes trains (the older one, not-so-much), here's my favorite picture of her and the trains from a few years ago.
From my side I'm heading to the Greenburg Show in Fredericksburg VA today to run some trains with the Rappahannock Model Railroaders on the large O Gauge Modular layout, wish me luck, and who knows, maybe I'll find some good switchers for sale!
Here's some of my favorite silly things I've done on SWSAT over the last three years!
@trumpettrain, me, and @ChessieMD
Me in front of the John Hancock:
Favorite watering hole....
One of my favorite pictures from my old house & the workbench layout...
Please share some of your favorite memories, everyone have a great weekend and thanks to each of you for making this silly little weekend routine special!!
Rich Murnane
p.s. Miss the post on Saturday? NO BIG DEAL, just keep posting pictures of your favorites until the next #SwitcherSaturday
Thank you very much for this Saturday morning gift for the past three years. Congratulations!
Lou N
Very humbled to be mentioned in the 3 year anniversary! I miss having Rich right down the street, but very happy he has found a new club down south to run his switchers.
Also will always remember the meeting with @trumpettrain at the B&O Museum, sharing some time with fellow model railroaders is always a blast.
Here’s to the next 3 years. DILLY DILLY!
Hey Rich,
Here are a couple from the past that I know you liked.
Charlie
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Charlie, What manufacturer is the steam Switcher in the last photograph?
wow guys, what a week, thanks for all the nice comments and thanks to all for making this special. we had a busy day here so I'm hitting the sack, thanks again for hanging with me here for the last three years and catch you next week!
cpowell posted:
Charlie,
Yes that’s it! I have one myself. Very nice! I’ll post mine another week! Thank you!
coach joe posted:Lots of Long Islanders here on SWSAT, either native like Rich and Melgar or transplanted like me.
Born and raised....55 years and counting. 
MELGAR posted:...Note that NYC #901 has a conventional firebox while LIRR #3906 has the Belpaire firebox typical of most 20th Century PRR locomotives. Why? Because the PRR purchased a controlling interest in the LIRR in 1900 and owned it until selling it to the State of New York in 1966. The NYC and LIRR were my hometown railroads until I grew up and left for New England.
MELGAR
Quite true. The relationship between the LIRR and the PRR went all the way from shared locomotives to the design of the logos.
Tom
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Lots of great photos these past three years--congratulations to this group.
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Silver Lake posted:...First up a model I remember from my youth that used to be in the Hall of Transportation at the Smithsonian Museum of American History. This model was one of the first times I saw O scale 2 rail models. I have always really loved this Diorama and was really happy to find that it has survived. It used to be about 15 feet in front of the big green Southern PS4 Pacific. It disappeared in the Hall Renovation 20 years ago. I was happy to find that it (like me) has moved to New York City and now is in the MTA museum in Brooklyn. The model has two 0-4-4F Forneys running on the 3rd Ave Elevated.
The model-builders at the Smithsonian did very impressive work. There used to be a phenomenal model of the Brooklyn Bridge too. Don't know if it's still on display.
MELGAR
Mark Boyce posted:I was thinking the same thing, Joe! Lots of LIRR. Happy Anniversary to SWSAT!!! Great photographs, one and all!! Here are a couple I don't think I have posted before.
Mark, you sure have a couple of nice switchers there! But what I find more impressive is that you have a Thomas the Train Backpack! Your the man!
Don't worry I wont tell Paul I seen it!
MNCW posted:MELGAR posted:...Note that NYC #901 has a conventional firebox while LIRR #3906 has the Belpaire firebox typical of most 20th Century PRR locomotives. Why? Because the PRR purchased a controlling interest in the LIRR in 1900 and owned it until selling it to the State of New York in 1966. The NYC and LIRR were my hometown railroads until I grew up and left for New England.
MELGAR
Quite true. The relationship between the LIRR and the PRR went all the way from shared locomotives to the design of the logos.
Tom
MNCW - very nice memorabilia!
The LIRR’s most famous steam engines were the thirty-one G5s types built by the PRR’s Juniata Shops – with Belpaire fireboxes. Also known as the “Pittsburgh Commuter Engine,” the G5s was noted for its rapid acceleration which was well suited to Long Island. The last G5s was retired from Long Island in 1955. MTH made models of these locomotives in PRR and LIRR liveries.
MELGAR
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mike g. posted:Mark, you sure have a couple of nice switchers there! But what I find more impressive is that you have a Thomas the Train Backpack! Your the man!
Don't worry I wont tell Paul I seen it!
I saw it too...
briansilvermustang posted:
Wow Brain! You have found what could be the original GEEP locomotive! Could this possibly be a GP 1? LOL!
briansilvermustang posted:mike g. posted:Mark, you sure have a couple of nice switchers there! But what I find more impressive is that you have a Thomas the Train Backpack! Your the man!
Don't worry I wont tell Paul I seen it!
I saw it too...
You both are so right!! My wife picks up all kinds of stuff at the thrift store hoping we will have a grandchild someday I can give it to. I have hats, whistles, Brio trains, Thomas trains, etc, etc waiting in the wings. Most of the sets are missing parts, but that's normal for kids toys!
