Switcher Saturday: 2018-Jan-13

Love the MA & PA

Been away for a few weeks, glad to be back.  I saw no trains, Haiti.  

Weaver RS3, GP 38-2

ABC Railroad out of NE Ohio

  Bill

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone. Only a few more days of winter left, to be exact...66 days, 4 hours and 37 minutes (as I type this)!  

Rich, I don't recall how big the club's layout is? 

Today, my contribution is my prewar Pennsy #227 that I recently relettered/renumbered with a set of rubber stamps bought on eBay and with the help of my friend Bill. 

The piece of cardboard painted black and the black-painted tuna fish can were our "test strips." I mentioned on another thread that it looked almost like something Andy Warhol might have come up with if he was into toy trains. I think he came from the section of Western Pennsylvania where my mother grew up. Maybe it is something in the water and maybe I should give up my day job to be a "rubber stamp artist?" 

Tom 

Yoiks!  Looks like someone goofed during assembly...

Rusty

Rusty Traque posted:

Yoiks!  Looks like someone goofed during assembly...

Rusty

No, I think that is something Dave/Steamer or Dennis Holler would have built out of their extra parts bins!  

Tom 

Postwar #610 Erie switcher, ready for heavy duty on an Erie, Pa spur:

Don't ask me how I did it, it was mostly my Surface (laptop) that created a nice little album with music...sort of my first video!

Model of Southern 0-8-0 Switcher. 

    Model of 0-6-0 switcher assigned to Greensboro passenger yard in 1950. Southern decorated its passenger Switchers the same as the passenger engines.

MTH Great Northern Proto 3 switcher,  great sounds and smoke, slow and smooth, hauling oil tankers:

Three New Haven Railroad diesel switchers. GE 44-ton #0807 and ALCO S-2 #0617 are recent MTH models. ALCO RS-3 #518 is a much older K-Line model.

MELGAR

Happy SWSat Everyone!

Great work by everyone so far.

I didn't think I would have this to post this week but by some stroke of luck my latest acquisition arrived yesterday.

Introducing New Haven # 115, 44-ton switcher by Williams by Bachman. This is my first 44-tonner and first NH livery in the switcher fleet. Growing up on Long Island I used to see many NH trains whenever we went up to Connecticut. This looks like it was never run either. Williams made nice stuff for sure.

Here's a short video of the maiden voyage around the layout. I expect that this engine will be very busy for the foreseeable future.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and keep the switchers working.

Bob

anybody else notice how this thread is growing? fantastic!

Tom I'm either highly insulted or sitting here blushing...I'll get back to you on that....

moving some cars around the layout....

Bangor and Aroostook #322 unknown date and location

MNCW posted:

Rich, I don't recall how big the club's layout is? 

Hey Tom, I'd guess the layout is somewhere around 10'x30', but I'm not 100% certain.  It's got 4 main lines, tracks 1 & 2 have nice little yards but I haven't gotten used to all the switches yet, so still more learning to do there but so far it's been a fun experience.  They have some nice engines and rolling stock down there to use, not a lot of switchers though.

Steamer posted:

anybody else notice how this thread is growing? fantastic!

Hey Dave, yes the crew is very active and moral seems to be very good these days!  It must be winter time as everyone wants to stay inside and play with trains!

To all, thanks for posting and keep the switchers rolling!   I'll be on/offline today - got a lot on the to-do list this weekend.  Best...Rich

mike.caruso posted:

Nice NYAR Switcher Mike 😁

Happy Switcher Saturday all. Western  Pacific SW9 #606 & Maine Central Alco S2 switching at Cape Shark. 

Shark Bay R.R. video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iOmWeSq-oM

Many of you like the Lionel postwar #610 Erie switcher I posted this morning. IMHO the best thing about that switcher is the name Erie and it's black color.

its deficits are that it is not a good puller, has little detail and it has no horn or bell. 

The much better postwar switcher that has the same look is the 622 or 6220 with the bell, or the 623 if the bell gets on your nerves. Here's the 6220:

Good heft, good puller (got Magnetraction), good detail and for me the bell adds charm. It's my favorite post war switcher.

Putting together my Berkshire Valley engine house and ballasting the yard and service area.  I painted some foamcore board and used it for the concrete pads in front of the engine house.  Concerned about being careful about getting them wet with wetwater when bonding the ballast.    

With Christmas over, it's time to get rid of the remaining trees.  My CN 44 ton switcher has borrowed some DW&P cars to do the job.

One of the most attractive, the Seaboard switcher, though I understand that this Postwar Lionel version may not have used the correct paint scheme:

No horn or bell, but good heft and puller.

Former Ohio rail supply shop and the locomotives on the property in Kent Ohio 1/11/18 

Note

Please do not trespass on this facility because you will get in trouble if caught

last sw600 existing

Former nyc high hood

45 ton

I would still love to kit bash this bad boy some day, don’t really know the backstory 

#1656 (the steam switcher that goes ding, ding, ding, with the light in the back of the tender):

briansilvermustang posted:

                                                     for the "Ma & Pa" fans...

Thanks for posting the photo love the MA & PA

Wow, being off on Saturday is a rarity for me and I am glad to participate...It’s a switch for me...

Welcome to the SWSat Club Larry. Glad you could stop by and share more photos of your amazing layout.

Bob

Yes, Larry thanks for classing up the place! 

Tom 

Good evening fellow switcher fans!  It's SWSAT!!  Great photos and fun videos everyone!!   Here is my contribution to this already great thread!!  Washington Terminal RS1,  B&O SW9, and B&0 GP9.   Have a great week!!

                                         Here's a few. I still waiting on one more.

Trumptrain, SIRT, Your Layouts are so nice.  Thanks for posting, SWSAT, is a great thread, and everyone’s contributions makes for fun viewing. 

SIRT posted:

                                         Here's a few. I still waiting on one more.

 

 

Shout out for the LIRR!

  I look forward to Switcher Saturday.  My first cab ride was on a PRR Baldwin switcher .  I was 8 years old then.

You gotta love that tennis ball, right center in the picture.   A 20+ year rebuild, Steamtown, Scranton, PA. 

Mike CT posted:

You gotta love that tennis ball, right center in the picture.   A 20+ year rebuild, Steamtown, Scranton, PA. 

And the guy who put it there has the scars to prove why.......

Beautiful restoration.

First, the postwar 1656 steam switcher in action:

Next, the modern MTH Railking steam switcher in action:

Note that this modern switcher has smoke and a bell you can turn on or off. 

I like both the post war and modern models a lot.

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

For quite some time I've found these motors strangely attractive for some odd reason. Can't put my finger on it, but it may have to do with the lines of the engine... sort of reminiscent of a double Fairlie steam engine. But again, maybe not. I just know I always enjoy seeing pics of this type of motor.

Aren't we modelers and odd lot?

Andre

While I don't have a layout at this point in time, I figured this would be the next best way to contribute to Switcher Saturday - https://digital.library.cornel...collections/railroad - The "industrial images" are amazing! Just goes to show you that no matter how unprototypical you think some sections of your layout may be, there's probably been something pretty close to it in the real world. The Denver images are amazing! I work downtown and I'm pretty knowledgeable of how much street running there was at one point in time, but I had no idea how extensive it was! Enjoy.