Switcher Saturday: 2018-November-10

IMHO, the Trophy for the Greatest O Gauge Switcher of All Time goes to:

It's got Magnetraction, heft, is a very good puller, and goes ding, ding, ding. So charming. It's the Lionel Postwar 6220 (or 622). LOL Arnold

British steam today with a small  0-4-4 loco tender made by LEEDS in Great Britain from 1935 to 1959 in three rails O gauge. It models the Adams T1 of 0-4-4T locomotive which was introduced in June 1888. Those models where retired just before the second world war and unfortunately none of them has been preserved.

Have a nice weekend,  Daniel

Yay SWSat is on!

Rich Did you fit any switches onto that module? Last week I got a handfull of switches at the METCA/NYSME swap meet to make a new timesaver type micro so some new layout pics are forthcoming. I was really torn last week between going to the Finescale Scenic Meet in Albany to take classes and clinics, the Mass Transit Modelers meet in Parsipanny and the METCA/NYSME swap meet. All of which were scheduled on the same day were Public Tranisit Accessable (I don’t have a car. I live in Manhattan) and all I was interested in. All determining factors for me.

Oh well. I got a call the night before asking for set up/Tear down help that helped make up my mind. I kind of regret not going to the Finescale show hopefully next time there is no conflict. Got some more projects to work on. One guy was selling 2 rail O scale cars with trucks and Kaydees @3 for $20. Can’t beat that. I got a nice Wagontop B&O car to refurbish.

This week I have a few pics of some very small logging switchers dripping with character. I think this may be some of my favorite types of engines. The wenches added to the beams make them seem kind of like off-road Jeeps. The Falk#1 the Gypsey and the Oregon Pony. Fun stuff.

Have a great weekend guys I can’t wait to see what you post. 

United States Army  # 616 Piney River VA - 08/23/58

#18 Ft Eustis VA - 1950s

Virginian # 4

Have a great Saturday guys

Happy SWSat!

Very nice work on the module Rich-  please share more pix of the whole layout when you are done.

Daniel and Andy and Dave- cool switchers
I'm with you on that 622 Arnold

This week the venerable ALCO FA is pulling a short freight on the RSJ&B. These PRR units by K-line recently arrived and just came out of the shops for road testing. Further maintenance is required on the powered unit but it is running for now.

The ALCO FA was a family of B-B diesel locomotives designed to haul freight trains. The locomotives were built by a partnership of ALCO and General Electric in Schenectady, New York, between January 1946 and May 1959. They were of a cab unit design, and both cab-equipped lead (A unit) FA and cabless booster (B unit) FB models were built. A dual passenger-freight version, the FPA/FPB, was also offered. It was equipped with a steam generator for heating passenger cars. (Lots more info here)

The sun is finally shining here in NY today!

Have a great weekend!
Bob

The bells keep ringing in my house.

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone! 

If you are a veteran, with Veteran's Day approaching, Happy Veteran's Day and thank you for your service.

It's also the 100-Year Anniversary of the end of World War I. My dad served before World War II, through the war and served in the National Guard before getting out around 1980. Some of his pictures, taken right after the Pearl Harbor attack, made it into this piece by fellow Forum member David Vergun. If you can expand the photos, you'll see the captions. 

https://www.army.mil/article/1...embering_the_tragedy 

My contribution is one of my Lionel Pennsy steam switchers, #227, which first appeared in 1939, before we officially entered WWII. 

Tom 

(Rich-thanks for starting us up again)

briansilvermustang posted:

 

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Kind of looks like a cross between a diesel locomotive and a pipe organ.  Does it play "Dixie" when they blow the horn?

Tom

A little switcher action on the layout last night. 

Good morning fellow switcher lovers!!  The sun always shines on Switcher Staturday!!  And so it is here in Maryland too!   The 

Great photos and info everyone  I always learn so much from what you guys post on this thread.  Rich you module look great!!  I hope you get it completed in time for your clubs Christmas show.  It will be a fine addition to their layout! 

Whew!  Walked into to the train room last night at 11 p.m. camera in hand.  Thought perhaps only an hour had lapsed before glancing at the clock and much to my surprise it was 1:30 a.m.!!  Oh well, I was having BIG fun!!

Here are some photos of my C&O  0-8-0, taking on water, and  backing into the hole to clear the main for a N&W J class at the point of a fast freight.  Also lurking in the background, in the first photos looking down Patsburg Ave., is a B&O SW9.  Later, the head end brakeman takes the porch to give the J and her train a roll by inspection.   This SW9 is a MTH RailKing Scale model ( PS2 ) and it is my most reliable locomotive.  The 0-8-0 is a Lionel which I bought at a 33 percent off sale over 10 years ago.. wow that long ago The J is a 2005 Lionel which I acquired new in a trade. 

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!! 

Switching a cut of loaded coal hoppers...

Tom

Model of Southern 0-6-0 #1689 assigned by Spencer Shops to the Greensboro passenger yard in 1950. Note that Southern decorated their passenger switchers the same as their passenger power. (but not green!).

Happy Switcher Saturday. This Saturday Maine Central S2 #301 switching Shark Bay City area.

Always a pleasure looking at the efforts of this talented group. I like color so snapped this picture on the top of my stove using bits and pieces of my layout. My son continues his training with the Union Pacific. His last five weeks are being spent putting trains together in the Roseville yard. Marty has told me that in all phases of training the different men and women of the UP have been friendly and helpful.

Here’s  some pics of then and now I tried to find a pic of my bosses switcher he bought from the terminal railroad but this one is the closest could find. Happy SWSAT

Last month my wife surprised me with a train ride at the Bluegrass Railroad Museum in Kentucky. Here are their various switchers. The ICG-7738 was the engine pulling the train.

Charlie

Green River Power Station - G.E. 44-Ton Diesel

Illinois Central Gulf #7738 - EMD GP8 Diesel

Norfolk & Western #675 - EMD GP9 Diesel

U.S. Army #1849 - 1953 Fairbanks Morse H-12-44 Diesel

U.S. Army #B2043 - ALCO MRS-1 Diesel

U.S. Army #B2086 - ALCO MRS-1 Diesel

Interesting ALCO engines with telescoping axles.

0-8-0 7745 takes on some coal while a milk train rolls by in the background!

NYC Z-MAN posted:

0-8-0 7745 takes on some coal while a milk train rolls by in the background!

Beautiful trains and scenery, Jim

Lots of great switchers once again everyone!  Rich saw I got this one this week, and maybe you did too.  But if you didn't, I got a Premier PS3 Western Maryland 44 Ton #76 from a Forum member.  I have wanted one since they came out.  Wow, the slow speed controll is great, but it will really move out too!

I know what you mean Mark. I got mine from a forum member and I really like mine too. 

Mark Boyce posted:

Lots of great switchers once again everyone!  Rich saw I got this one this week, and maybe you did too.  But if you didn't, I got a Premier PS3 Western Maryland 44 Ton #76 from a Forum member.  I have wanted one since they came out.  Wow, the slow speed controll is great, but it will really move out too!

Mark: WM #76  is a beauty. I think i must buy one MTH 44 tonner some day and repaint that to the Aroostook Valley #12 paint scheme.

Silver Lake posted:

Rich Did you fit any switches onto that module?

Hey Andy, no switches installed on the 2' x 4' module, just straight up 2 mainlines and some scenery, which I've done more "cute" than "realistic", I hope the folks at the club like it.  I hope you had a good day with the club, I'm volunteering all day today at the mall, should be a longggg day.  Great little logging steamers too!

FRENCHTRAINS posted:

British steam today ....  Have a nice weekend,  Daniel

Hi Daniel,  Thank you for posting these from "across the pond", it's great to have a bit of non-USA action here on SWSAT, it adds a bit of variation which is really neat.  

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

IMHO, the Trophy for the Greatest O Gauge Switcher of All Time goes to (Lionel Postwar NW2) :It's got Magnetraction, heft, is a very good puller, and goes ding, ding, ding. So charming. It's the Lionel Postwar 6220 (or 622). LOL Arnold

Hi Arnold, I've still got to get a Lionel PW NW2, though I think I'd go for the C&O model, thanks for sharing this post - it's a great train you've got there!

Steamer posted:

United States Army  # 616 Piney River VA - 08/23/58 

#18 Ft Eustis VA - 1950s

Virginian # 4

Have a great Saturday guys

Hey Steamer Dave, great pictures as always, I had to check a map for those Virginia locations, I'm still figuring out where stuff is here in Virginia, I'm sure it will take a decade or so more until I feel like I know what is where down here.  Thanks for posting the US Army picture too, I should have noted it was Veteran's Day this weekend - To all that have served and their families we will be forever grateful and in debt.

RSJB18 posted:

Happy SWSat!

Very nice work on the module Rich-  please share more pix of the whole layout when you are done.

Bob

Hey Bob, I love those PRR F-Units, they look great on your layout, very nice trains and it looks like tons of fun.   I'll take more pics of the layout when it's all done, maybe with a better background too so you don't see the kids stuff in the background.  

briansilvermustang posted:

 

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Hey Brian, looks like you've stumped us - well, except for the pipe-organ idea!  Keep us posted if you figure it out, very cool indeed.

Chris Lonero posted:

A little switcher action on the layout last night. 

 

Hey Chris, I watched the video like 5 times, looks like a ton of fun, thank you for posting it.  Also love your 44T's too!

trumptrain posted:

Good morning fellow switcher lovers!!  The sun always shines on Switcher Staturday!!  And so it is here in Maryland too!   The 

Great photos and info everyone  I always learn so much from what you guys post on this thread.  Rich you module look great!!  I hope you get it completed in time for your clubs Christmas show.  It will be a fine addition to their layout! 

Whew!  Walked into to the train room last night at 11 p.m. camera in hand.  Thought perhaps only an hour had lapsed before glancing at the clock and much to my surprise it was 1:30 a.m.!!  Oh well, I was having BIG fun!!

Here are some photos of my C&O  0-8-0, taking on water, and  backing into the hole to clear the main for a N&W J class at the point of a fast freight.  Also lurking in the background, in the first photos looking down Patsburg Ave., is a B&O SW9.  Later, the head end brakeman takes the porch to give the J and her train a roll by inspection.   This SW9 is a MTH RailKing Scale model ( PS2 ) and it is my most reliable locomotive.  The 0-8-0 is a Lionel which I bought at a 33 percent off sale over 10 years ago.. wow that long ago The J is a 2005 Lionel which I acquired new in a trade. 

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!! 

Hey Patrick, The sun really is always shining in Patsville, isn't it?   Man, you must have some some great lighting over there!  Thank you for the kind words, your layout of course are always an inspiration for creativity, it's fun to see all your pictures each week - and BTW - that Lionel #75 has been on my wish-list forever, I've been waiting to see one pop up somewhere at a show for a good deal, it looks great on your layout.

MNCW posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone! 

If you are a veteran, with Veteran's Day approaching, Happy Veteran's Day and thank you for your service.

It's also the 100-Year Anniversary of the end of World War I. My dad served before World War II, through the war and served in the National Guard before getting out around 1980. Some of his pictures, taken right after the Pearl Harbor attack, made it into this piece by fellow Forum member David Vergun. If you can expand the photos, you'll see the captions. 

https://www.army.mil/article/1...embering_the_tragedy 

My contribution is one of my Lionel Pennsy steam switchers, #227, which first appeared in 1939, before we officially entered WWII. 

Tom 

(Rich-thanks for starting us up again)

Hey Tom, you're very welcome for starting things up, though I'll probably need some help here in the coming months with the holidays, I'll reach out your way of course and try to let you know beforehand!  I'm bookmarking that link and will read through it this week, I'm sure I speak for everyone here when saying "we're very appreciative of your Dad's service".  Your #227 looks good, I'm still waiting to see one of these running somewhere at one of these shows, somebody that runs trains in the public must run them somewhere!

Tom Densel posted:

Switching a cut of loaded coal hoppers...

 

Tom

I love the switching action!  Keep up the great work!

Bill T posted:

BEEP

Great RMT BEEP there Bill, such fun little engines, I love seeing them show up now-and-again!

Dewey Trogdon posted:

Model of Southern 0-6-0 #1689 assigned by Spencer Shops to the Greensboro passenger yard in 1950. Note that Southern decorated their passenger switchers the same as their passenger power. (but not green!).

Hi Dewey, that's a great Southern engine you've got there, I didn't know that info about the Southern switchers, thanks for sharing it!   Tidbits of info like this are always great to hear.

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday. This Saturday Maine Central S2 #301 switching Shark Bay City area.

 

Hey Johan, your modeling and pictures are simply amazing, you've got to love these stripes on the front of that switcher, thank you as always for sharing these with us, we all look forward to seeing your talent every week.

Rustykamel posted:

Always a pleasure looking at the efforts of this talented group. I like color so snapped this picture on the top of my stove using bits and pieces of my layout. My son continues his training with the Union Pacific. His last five weeks are being spent putting trains together in the Roseville yard. Marty has told me that in all phases of training the different men and women of the UP have been friendly and helpful.

Hey Rusty, thank you for posting this awesome picture - and good luck to your son with his UP career.  I hope he takes lots of pictures and jots down some of his railroading stories to share with others!

lee drennen posted:

Here’s  some pics of then and now I tried to find a pic of my bosses switcher he bought from the terminal railroad but this one is the closest could find. Happy SWSAT

Hey Lee, thanks for posting these - I need to get me a red diesel switcher!  Maybe some random road name too, just to move outside my normal comfort zone of the east coast lines (C&O, B&O, PRR, NYC, etc.).  Great pictures!

cpowell posted:

Last month my wife surprised me with a train ride at the Bluegrass Railroad Museum in Kentucky. Here are their various switchers. The ICG-7738 was the engine pulling the train.

Charlie

Hey Charlie, that sounds like a great trip!   I still need to catch up with you, I haven't been driving up your way much (changes at work), but hope to get up there soon and will give you a shout - heck maybe bring one of my switchers to your layout for a SWSAT "photo shoot"  :-)  

NYC Z-MAN posted:

0-8-0 7745 takes on some coal while a milk train rolls by in the background!

Great picture Z-Man - that's another engine that's been on my wish-list for a while!  Thanks for posting.

Mark Boyce posted:

Lots of great switchers once again everyone!  Rich saw I got this one this week, and maybe you did too.  But if you didn't, I got a Premier PS3 Western Maryland 44 Ton #76 from a Forum member.  I have wanted one since they came out.  Wow, the slow speed controll is great, but it will really move out too!

Love this engine Mark - I'd run it at my club and club functions at like 3 scale MPH, just so it looks like it's switching!  Enjoy it and thanks for posting.

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I hope I didn't miss anyone, it's hard to do these "wrap up" posts - even though I enjoy doing them once in a while.  I'm off to run trains for a whole day at a crazy-busy shopping mall, life is good!

Thanks again to all you Veterans and family members of Veterans!

See you next week...Rich

The pipe organ loco is a Baldwin.  There's one like it in the sheds at the Nevada Northern.  6 exhaust pipes, and it looks like someone tried to add mufflers.

briansilvermustang posted:

 

  

Great find Brian!   My guess as to the odd looking objects on the exhaust stacks is they may be some sort of spark arrestors to help guard against grass fires.  I assume this photo is taken at or near the Nevada Northern Museum in Ely, NV.  I've been to Ely several times, playing concerts with my chamber music group,  and of course it is quite arid there with lots of grass ( as in the photo ) beside the tracks. It would not take much ignition to start a grass fire.   Just my guess at what those " pipe organ " things might be.  

I've seen photos of end cab switchers with spark arrestors on their stacks, however, those arrestors were of a different shape.  

Dewey, it's always nice to see  post from you about the Southern.