Switcher Saturday: 2019-January-26

My new ETS switcher I picked up last week. I added LED headlights,cab glass and crew figures. 

Great find @Chris Lonero 

Looking good @Bill T

Yay! SWSat is in the “ON “ position!

Neat stuff so far guys.

I have jumped in the Way Back machine and found some old pics of some switching action on my former walk-in closet layout. 

Here is a really cool old EMC switcher that worked its life on the north shore of Staten Island. There was an Australian model making company that made a kit of this in O scale briefly that is very hard to find. The prototype is now in the collection at Alliare State Park in NJ.

Have a great weekend guys. I will be running around helping my kids get to their various events this busy weekend.

Some switchers moving freight around.....

....sorry, a little Amtrak got thrown in.....these are from our last day of our 8 week modular set up.....

Peter

Some more ETS with a small electric boxcab, the real models has been used by Czech railways.

Have a nice weekend, Daniel

Hey @Silver Lake - great pictures, that transit switcher makes me think of the "real world" transit switchers you've posted over the years here.  And I still love that Williams 44T PRR, it's on my wish list for sure.

Peter @Putnam Division - great pictures and video, your club modules look incredible, I really have to come down and see you guys one of these days, I'm sorry I haven't so far.

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone.

If you are in the New York Metropolitan region tomorrow, there is the Toy & Train Show at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, NY. Come by and say "HI" or "I Love Switchers" or whatever. If you buy my book and mention Switcher Saturday, you get a bonus gift (free). Also, I will also have company, my friend and sometimes Switcher Saturday poster "Fireman" Joe Krasko will be with me and selling some items, too.  

Since Rich started us off with the B&O, i thought I would post pictures of my 2 B&O Docksides. Thanks for starting us up Rich. 

This is my Right-Of-Way version:

This is the MTH Dockside before weathering:

This is it after weathering

Finally, if Andy Warhol liked Docksides, he might have done something like this:

Tom

A short video of the RS unit running the Army Train.....

Enjoy and have a great weekend!

Peter

Lionel Legacy SW7 video by Mr. Muffins Trains...

Around the auto plant...

Tom

Happy SWSAT! 

Bill T posted:

The switcher is fine looking, however the SP&S passenger F3's and the NP pine tree passenger scheme F-units in the background caused my heart to skip a beat.  Thanks for posting this.

Hello all. I’m not sure if the adventures of a newbie railroader is what you want to read about or not. If not, please tell me. My youngest son has taken his first train over the Sierra-Nevada as a conductor. He had made this trip a couple of times as a Union Pacific trainee. Marty lucked out as he had a very experienced engineer and a fireman. The fireman was a former conductor and now a locomotive engineer trainee. These long-time UP employees will share knowledge if they know a tyro is serious about the job. Lots of snow over the Donner Pass. This 8000-foot long freight train dodged a bullet--three lead locomotives and three helpers in the middle and one of the helper engines stopped producing power on the 2 percent grade. The train had slowed to four miles per hour when they reached the crest. Happy railroading, Jim

Happy Switcher Saturday from Finland. This weekend is post some pics & information our Dr14 switcher engine. Dr14 is our heaviest switcher here in Finland. Build 1968-1971 24 pieces and still going strong.

More information & videos. 

http://www.4rail.net/reference_finland_locos_dr14.php

LIRR 166, mp15ac. Always idling on a siding between Long Island City and Hunterspoint stations. 

Putnam Division posted:

Some switchers moving freight around.....

....sorry, a little Amtrak got thrown in.....these are from our last day of our 8 week modular set up.....

Peter

Aha!  It's Saturday, and it must be "dash day" for that D&H local freight crew.  Apparently the Engineer thinks he can fool an old Road Foreman of Engines with the paper clip trick.  Sometimes, an Engineer would put a binder clip onto the stylus piston in an old Barco or Chicago Pneumatic mechanical speed recorder and prevent it from showing a speed higher than allowed.

I'll call the roundhouse right now and have that guy's tape pulled and sent to my office.    I might send you a demerit waiver for him to sign.  Oh, "him" is you?  Sorry, Peter, I didn't realize that, well, we'll just let it go this time old pal.

Continue from last Saturday.  this time loads going in.

Montour RR.   Atlas models, custom paint.  Low 70 numbers were SW7's arched cab windows.  Atlas SW9 models did not have the arched cab windows. 

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 Whew!!  Great photos and videos everyone!  

Here's mine for this fine SWSat!  On this past week's Team Track Tuesday thread I posted photos of a car load of show horses ( circa 1950 ) being unloaded, under floodlights, onto a horse van  during the evening hours.   Today on SWsat the horses are now boarding the horse car for their journey back home.  ( The annual Patsburg Horse Show took place this week at the Mr. Ed Equestrian Center )  The switch crew, with their trusty WM BL2,  got to the team track early so they could watch the 1948 Triple Crown winner, Citation board the car along with other Kentucky Derby winners from 1949 & 50.  

Elsewhere, a B&O SW9 switch crew makes use of their time, created by a red signal, to check over their switch list before heading into the tunnel to do switching at a small yard located on the other side of the mountain.  

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Happy SWSat!

Great stuff and always. Amazing how many different switchers and photos get posted each week.

This week a pair of PRR switchers are working a couple of local runs. The MP-15 is moving a few cars and H10-44 is on the Yuengling excursion run to the local brewery.

Once the excursion train passes D&H RS-3 is waiting to pass.

Bob

Greetings from sunny SoCal everyone!  Being three hours behind your easterners, I jump on the switcher train a bit later than most of you.

Sending along a pic of my brand new LC+ Nickel Plate NW-2 which just rumbled out here this week.

While I focus on western railroads, I was born and raised in Cleveland where the old NKP was our hometown carrier, so I couldn’t resist picking up this beauty.

She runs great, btw.  No problems right out of the box.

Enjoy your weekend.

Number 90 posted:

Putnam Division posted:

Some switchers moving freight around.....

....sorry, a little Amtrak got thrown in.....these are from our last day of our 8 week modular set up.....

Peter

Aha!  It's Saturday, and it must be "dash day" for that D&H local freight crew.  Apparently the Engineer thinks he can fool an old Road Foreman of Engines with the paper clip trick.  Sometimes, an Engineer would put a binder clip onto the stylus piston in an old Barco or Chicago Pneumatic mechanical speed recorder and prevent it from showing a speed higher than allowed.

I'll call the roundhouse right now and have that guy's tape pulled and sent to my office.    I might send you a demerit waiver for him to sign.  Oh, "him" is you?  Sorry, Peter, I didn't realize that, well, we'll just let it go this time old pal.

Tom........I've been running CommandControl so long, I forgot how non-command locos can fly! 

Peter

RSJB18 posted:

Happy SWSat!

                  nice looking engine Bob !

Thanks Brian- I'm going to switch out the Pennsy power for my other three D&H soon.

At least you can see my RS-3....unlike Peter's blue and gray streak that shot by in his video.

Bob

We need some WM pics. So I will provide two.  

Charlie

                nice shot Bob, pretty COOL

Johan, that Dr14 switcher reminds me of a Alco C415. Thank you for posting pictures of it. 

Rusty

South Buffalo Alco’s #104&#102 prep for the morning job at the service terminal:

First up is an empty coil car pick up at the local Ford plant:

Next, empty tank cars are pulled from Seneca Foods. The trackmobile lends a hand which saves a run around move when dropping the cars in the yard:

On the west end of town, General Mills needs a couple cars shifted around:

Almost done, the crew waits for the blue flag to be cleared while the transload crew closes up a hopper too be picked up:

Finally, after picking up a chlorine tank car, the crew heads over the Erie Canal bridge where they’ll shove the tanker into the yard and head for lunch! Looks like Rover is getting his lunch while old Jeb watches the action on the bridge

Diverging Clear posted:

Johan, that Dr14 switcher reminds me of a Alco C415. Thank you for posting pictures of it. 

Rusty

Rusty: Thank you. I am very glad you like it. It´s nice watch and take pics when a Dr14 working. Here in Porvoo Finland is a very big oil refinery and there can see also a big Russian 8 -axle tank cars. -Johan

NYC Z-MAN posted:

South Buffalo Alco’s #104&#102 prep for the morning job at the service terminal:

First up is an empty coil car pick up at the local Ford plant:

Next, empty tank cars are pulled from Seneca Foods. The trackmobile lends a hand which saves a run around move when dropping the cars in the yard:

On the west end of town, General Mills needs a couple cars shifted around:

Almost done, the crew waits for the blue flag to be cleared while the transload crew closes up a hopper too be picked up:

Finally, after picking up a chlorine tank car, the crew heads over the Erie Canal bridge where they’ll shove the tanker into the yard and head for lunch! Looks like Rover is getting his lunch while old Jeb watches the action on the bridge

 

Beautiful layout Jim!

Guys, I think you out did yourself this time best SWSAT yet!! See ya next SWSAT

I agree: really good photos, everyone, and really good captions.    Patrick, Jim, I liked the stories as well as the photos.  Johan, the Finland railway really takes good care of those Dr14's.  They look clean and well-maintained.

Johan do you plan to model a Dr14?  You would make a fine model for sure.

Hey Dave - Thanks for posting a pic of the new LC+ Nickel Plate NW2 - any chance of a few more pics / video from a couple of different angles ??? 

I know asking a lot - it's on my list

Thanks in advance

Joe S

dorfj2 posted:

Hey Dave - Thanks for posting a pic of the new LC+ Nickel Plate NW2 - any chance of a few more pics / video from a couple of different angles ??? 

I know asking a lot - it's on my list

Thanks in advance

Joe S

I will try to take a couple pics more tomorrow and post them on this thread.  Keep an eye out for them.

Thanks Dave