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It's #SwitcherSaturday Time!!!!

Lots of us out there love switchers (shifters, docksiders, yard goats, critters, etc.), so lets keep #SwitcherSaturday (a.k.a. SWSAT) rolling!

If you missed last week's SWSAT, you should go take a look, it was lots of fun!
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Today at the RiCHY (Richmond, Chesapeake, Hudson Yard) we have PRR #561 shifting around a "cabin car" (aka caboose).

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I hope everyone in the track of the storm is OK - have a great weekend, and have some switcher fun and post some switcher stuff here!

All the best...Rich Murnane

p.s. Miss the post on Saturday? NO BIG DEAL, just keep posting pictures of your favorites until the next #SwitcherSaturday

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A French BB 64700 diesel switcher. This specific model is still in use today in big railyards and always operate coupled with it’s “cow” as you call it, in French we call it truck… This truck consists in a shorten loco chassis without cab and of course offer more power to the single locomotive. Now all those engines are going to retirement.

The model has been made by a talented modeler on a base of RV ZERO trains, continuity of AS who makes some very nice models, only 8 models have been made.

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An original one, picture from Wikipedia.

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Have a nice weekend,  Daniel

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Yay! SWSat is on!

There were some great posts last week. I love that French Cow and Calf unit. Very cool.

Here is my MTH SD70ACE that I just converted from 3 to 2 rail. It was surprisingly easy and took under 15 minutes.658B9390-5093-4D2D-9DC8-AF2E59E92F9D86E6D5F7-8A11-48D4-81CA-D0973BB4149BHere it is half way.FB131FD2-0162-4503-978A-CA2C78A18BC3

Here is a kit off EBay that slipped away from me. I have never seen one of these. An EMC 40  has been on my want list for a long time. This kit had a short production run from a British company.EE5EB9D4-A86A-428B-ABA1-233D0B26824D

Here is an Amtrak unit on a ballast train152C793D-AAB0-4626-AE86-553427202319

Here is some street switching on the NYSME O scale layout  037312EB-472B-4179-8540-4E2969E0510E

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

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RSJB18 posted:
BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday. Shark Bay R.R. Alco HH660 #150 "Anchor" switching at Port of Shark of Bay. Also my scratch build crane is finally ready to work. 20180913_202627

How about some close ups of the crane???

I can take some close ups pics when I have the load items are ready. The crane looking much better, when its really lift something.

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone. Late to the party again...I feel like I should wish for a return of winter weather so I have less outdoor yard work to do.

Here is my Lionel prewar #230. This was my third from last prewar switcher purchased. My friend Bill used Bondo to restore the headlight housing. In the end, you really could not tell. 

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Tom 

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