Switcher Saturday: 2018-June-02 & 09

Happy SWSat Everyone!

Nice ALCO Rich! Looks like we are the early birds this week.

Here are some photos of my K-line S-2's with their respective cabooses.

NYC 2321

ATSF 2312

B&O Chessie 2314

                                       very cool shot !!!   looks great !!

NYC #9047 unknown time and place

Queen Ann RR #3

Reading #1159 Philly 1935

Reading #1175 Reading Pa 1940

Have a great Saturday Guys!

briansilvermustang posted:

                                       very cool shot !!!   looks great !

Thanks Brian

Yay! SWSat is on!

Great Start this week. 

This week I took a clinic on making switches using the Fast Track tools. It seems a little daunting especially the growing additional hands to make the frog but I hope to dive in to rolling my own soon. 

Here are some pics of MetroNorth at Mott Haven the Crane and the GP are always stationed here for emergencies.

These are logging Switchers working in the Adirondacks.

Here are some 2rail O scale switchers on the NYSME layout. First up an FM.

Here is a Dockside C16 that somehow evaded Tom P. 😉  The track here is very heavily ballasted.

Have a great weekend. 

Lionel 1656 bell ringer. Came to me as a basket case from a friend and this is the first test run.

Frank

My new porter with my disconnect cars in tow. 

Good morning SWSAT friends   Great photos guys  You have not already done so check out the latest issue of Classic Trains.  The entire issue is pretty much devoted to switchers, especially GE seventy tonners, and also forty four tonners plus others.  Some very nice photos and great reading too

Well, I have nothing but re-runs for this week.  It's been quite busy work wise, so I've not been able to get to the layout to take any new photos.  Have a wonderfully fun and creative week everyone

The Sacramento Daylight.

What if the Wabash used the "road scheme" instead of black or dark blue on their switchers?

Rusty

Vulcan Switcher on the S&R RR.

 Bill T.

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone! 

My contributions this week are both B&O related. Here is my recent acquisition, my MTH Dockside is seen using (free) Adobe Photoshop Express. I wasn't sure which one I liked better, so I included both. 

Also, not specifically switcher related, but there is a tie (bad pun)...a B&O freight station sign that I recently bought on eBay.

Andy/SILVERLAKE, That is a nice looking Dockside. I really like the weathering on it. You know, I probably can't buy every Dockside that I see! 

Tom 

MNCW posted:

 

Andy/SILVERLAKE, That is a nice looking Dockside. I really like the weathering on it. You know, I probably can't buy every Dockside that I see! 

Tom 

I know but it is fun to try.....

HaHa

Seriously though Tom there was a version of the C16 that Walthers made in O scale that had a tender. Two of these prototype engines had no saddle tank and ran with tenders. Just something to keep an eye out for. They come up on Ebay occasionally.

On Saturday mornings after checking in on SWSAT, I sit down and watch, The Henry Ford Innovation Nation with Mo Rocca. Today the morning intro has a familiar sight in the back round. My favorite real switcher. I grabbed the camera and got these 2 photos. Great to see Mo starting the whole viewing audience off on a SWSAT  Saturday!   Azgary

Pennsy #8516 upgrade and detailing job completed.

Bruce

Here’s my lone dockside getting in some work.  Bonus of my daughter the smoke blower at the end.

   nmp's...

jhz563 posted:

Here’s my lone dockside getting in some work.  Bonus of my daughter the smoke blower at the end.

This is great. What Beautiful kids and such a fun age. You are a lucky man.

briansilvermustang posted:

 

   nmp's...

Virginia Central out of Fredricksburg VA. I caught the very tail end of this line. I believe the center cab side rod Porter made it into the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke. Very nice.

rpmcobra posted:

Love the MA & PA and saw #81 at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania this morning.Love the steam pusher

RPMCOBRA - Where is the location of the bottom photo?  The steam loco does not see to be a MA and Pa.  Great photo btw.

jhz563 posted:

Here’s my lone dockside getting in some work.  Bonus of my daughter the smoke blower at the end.

AWESOME  Great kids And great trains

Marx NYC switcher moving some old ties off the mainline.

Fennia Rail Dr18 #101 ready to the service. Fennia Rail own 5 pieces these beauties. 

Great stuff this week guys, I had chores to do all morning and then took kid #1 to see "Avengers" - we managed to not cry at the end (no spoilers, but let's just say it wasn't one of those "all is we'll at the end kind of movies).

I need help "running" SWSAT for the next three weeks (lacrosse tournaments for kid #2 and a couple other family things), any takers?

June 9th

June 16th

June 23rd

Sign up here before you're "voluntold"! (kidding obviously)

It's easy to do, just post early Saturday morning (or late Friday night), call it Switcher Saturday with the date in the subject, and make sure it's in the right "forum".  If you mess up, no big deal, some of the mess-ups I've done include:  posting on the wrong day (Friday), posting in the wrong forum (for sale forum, man that was a mess), posting the wrong date in the subject, submitting a post twice (no idea how that happened), almost forgetting one time, etc....

Tom/MNCW,  Andy/SilverLake, and Patrick/TrumpTrain have helped in the past, but I figured I'd ask you guys to see if there are any others who want to try.  Another option might be just to rename today's switcher saturday to Switcher Saturday ALL JUNE 2018 and just keep it rolling, you guys let me know what you think.

Thanks and thanks for all the posts, you guys are awesome...Rich

trumptrain posted:

rpmcobra posted:

Love the steam pusher

RPMCOBRA - Where is the location of the bottom photo?  The steam loco does not see to be a MA and Pa.  Great photo btw.

Don't know the location but the steam locomotive being helped (not a "pusher") is a U.S. Army Transportation Corps. 2-8-0.

Rusty

put me down for the 9th

Offensive? That's a stretch.

Ma & Pa had a large Consolidation that looked a lot like the Army locomotive.

Now that Dave is hosting maybe he can loan his Road Runner keys to his buddies here. To keep it fair, I would suggest starting with those with the longest last names.

I'm looking forward to seeing certain people host Switcher Saturday. 

Tom 

Rich- I can take the 16th.

Bob

Silver Lake posted:

MNCW posted:

 

Andy/SILVERLAKE, That is a nice looking Dockside. I really like the weathering on it. You know, I probably can't buy every Dockside that I see! 

Tom 

I know but it is fun to try.....

HaHa

Seriously though Tom there was a version of the C16 that Walthers made in O scale that had a tender. Two of these prototype engines had no saddle tank and ran with tenders. Just something to keep an eye out for. They come up on Ebay occasionally.

I think I can, I think I can........

Murnane posted:

Great stuff this week guys, I had chores to do all morning and then took kid #1 to see "Avengers" - we managed to not cry at the end (no spoilers, but let's just say it wasn't one of those "all is we'll at the end kind of movies).

I need help "running" SWSAT for the next three weeks (lacrosse tournaments for kid #2 and a couple other family things), any takers?

June 9th

June 16th

June 23rd

Sign up here before you're "voluntold"! (kidding obviously)

It's easy to do, just post early Saturday morning (or late Friday night), call it Switcher Saturday with the date in the subject, and make sure it's in the right "forum".  If you mess up, no big deal, some of the mess-ups I've done include:  posting on the wrong day (Friday), posting in the wrong forum (for sale forum, man that was a mess), posting the wrong date in the subject, submitting a post twice (no idea how that happened), almost forgetting one time, etc....

Tom/MNCW,  Andy/SilverLake, and Patrick/TrumpTrain have helped in the past, but I figured I'd ask you guys to see if there are any others who want to try.  Another option might be just to rename today's switcher saturday to Switcher Saturday ALL JUNE 2018 and just keep it rolling, you guys let me know what you think.

Thanks and thanks for all the posts, you guys are awesome...Rich

Yardmaster volunteers:

June 9th  -  Dave @Steamer

June 16th - Bob @RSJB18

June 23rd - ????

Posting a couple pix of my NYC Docksiders in the yard - seems like a good idea :-) 

bob2 posted:

Offensive? That's a stretch.

Ma & Pa had a large Consolidation that looked a lot like the Army locomotive.

Apparently, the Ma & Pa had used a USATC 2-8-0 for a time, but other than sharing the wheel arrangement, it's nothing close to a Ma & Pa 2-8-0.

Rusty

Murnane posted:

Murnane posted:

Great stuff this week guys, I had chores to do all morning and then took kid #1 to see "Avengers" - we managed to not cry at the end (no spoilers, but let's just say it wasn't one of those "all is we'll at the end kind of movies).

I need help "running" SWSAT for the next three weeks (lacrosse tournaments for kid #2 and a couple other family things), any takers?

June 9th

June 16th

June 23rd

Sign up here before you're "voluntold"! (kidding obviously)

It's easy to do, just post early Saturday morning (or late Friday night), call it Switcher Saturday with the date in the subject, and make sure it's in the right "forum".  If you mess up, no big deal, some of the mess-ups I've done include:  posting on the wrong day (Friday), posting in the wrong forum (for sale forum, man that was a mess), posting the wrong date in the subject, submitting a post twice (no idea how that happened), almost forgetting one time, etc....

Tom/MNCW,  Andy/SilverLake, and Patrick/TrumpTrain have helped in the past, but I figured I'd ask you guys to see if there are any others who want to try.  Another option might be just to rename today's switcher saturday to Switcher Saturday ALL JUNE 2018 and just keep it rolling, you guys let me know what you think.

Thanks and thanks for all the posts, you guys are awesome...Rich

 

Yardmaster volunteers:

June 9th  -  Dave @Steamer

June 16th - Bob @RSJB18

June 23rd - ????

Rich,

  Looks like I will be the caboose in this arrangement, taking June 23rd. As always, I guarantee you will get your money's worth (in other words, not much!). 

Tom 

Sitting. A waiting orders