Switcher Saturday: 2019-Jul-06

I purchased yet another Boston & Maine GE 44 Ton diesel switcher – road number #117 – which I hadn’t expected to do. In my opinion, one of the nicest diesel switchers in O gauge. By MTH.

MELGAR

A 1/1 scale RR I had not heard of.  My son said it was switching, so it qualifies for SWSAT !

MELGAR posted:

I purchased yet another Boston & Maine GE 44 Ton diesel switcher – road number #117 – which I hadn’t expected to do. In my opinion, one of the nicest diesel switchers in O gauge.

MELGAR

MELGAR. What a nice looking switcher.

Johan

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

MELGAR posted:

I purchased yet another Boston & Maine GE 44 Ton diesel switcher – road number #117 – which I hadn’t expected to do. In my opinion one of the nicest diesel switchers in O gauge.

MELGAR. What a nice looking switcher.

Johan

Thanks Johan.

MELGAR

A classic french switcher Y7100, made from a kit many years ago. Many of them are still in service today. It has the same use here than your GE 44 ton switcher.

Have a nice weekend,  Daniel

Happy Switcher Saturday. 

Mel, that's a nice little addition.

Johan, good work on the Cape Shark station and the weathering on the trains.  Just the right amount of dirt and grime on each piece.

Good morning fellow SWsat friends!  Great photos so far guys!  Thanks Rich for getting us rolling today!  Here is my C&O  0-8-0 getting ready to take on water.   Hope everyone is enjoying the July 4 weekend!  Be safe and have a lovely week!

TRUMPTRAIN last week you mentioned MA & PA #70 one of my favorites 

Johan, sure looks like the salt air at the SBR plays havoc on the rolling stock!!

Larry

Happy 4thSWSat Everyone!

Another great start this week. Nice to see your table top layout again Rich.

This week PRR 8543 - a NW-2 by WbB, is spotting a couple of Pennsy box cars and pulling a couple of REA empties at the RSJ&B Team Track.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Bob

Some tracks I walked down yesterday. Nice small water scenes along tracks for modeling ideas. I'll throw in a picture of the 3 units Burlington Junction uses for switching here in Montgomery, 2 SWs and a GP16 parked for the night.

Happy Switcher Saturday and great pictures everyone! 

Here's my most recently acquired #228 switcher.

Tom

Melgar,

Here's the Claremont Concord Railroad #119 switcher from the Savannah Roundhouse Museum. I took the photo back in 2011. It has an interesting paint scheme that I'm sure you will like.

Charlie

This is my favorite switcher, and one of my favorite steamers as well.  

Owosso Train Fest 2009

PSAP2010 posted:

Johan, sure looks like the salt air at the SBR plays havoc on the rolling stock!!

 

Larry

😂

Johan

coach joe posted:

Mel, that's a nice little addition.

Johan, good work on the Cape Shark station and the weathering on the trains.  Just the right amount of dirt and grime on each piece.

Joe. Thank you. I just love that my S.B.R. ALCO HH660 "Anchor" switcher, just a right size engine to our layout. S.B.R. also just order a couple FAIRBANKS MORSE LOCOMOTIVES.

Johan.

 Been looking a while for this one. Atlas CNJ 0-6-0 with rd. No 107. In my quest to have a Rutland RR operating scheme. I was in need of a few switchers. The Atlas is a close enough in my world to do the job. Having a correct  rd. No. makes the job easier. The cab and tender sides will need new lettering and nos.. The lights and rear of the tender can stay intact. The Rutland purchased this switcher in 1946. From the Clarendon and Pittsford. This one looks more like what’s offered as far as 3 rail models. 

0-8-0  #109 will now have some help with switching moves.

CNJ 107 by Atlas O is a beautiful model with delicate details.

MELGAR

cpowell posted:

Melgar,

Here's the Claremont Concord Railroad #119 switcher from the Savannah Roundhouse Museum. I took the photo back in 2011. It has an interesting paint scheme that I'm sure you will like.

Charlie

Charlie,

Thanks. I do like it.

MELGAR

Oh it’s late. SWSat is on still. 

Long solo bike ride on old Railroad grade today. It is in early stages of becoming a rail trail 60 years after the rails were pulled. Not much switching going on I was the only human out there. 32 miles on a 2nd hand dept store bike with my taped on tools. 

Grasse River Railroad. Over the Massawepie Mire. With moose tracks to go with the train tracks and my bike tracks.

This is the Grasse River Flow The ties are really obvious here and there was some bumpy riding. Pretty fresh Moose tracks

Here is my Grasse River 1/1 scale model caboose too. It is a bit too much to pull. Mine is one number higher than the 4 the GRR had. Also some fish eye inside shots. The lamps were made by a repro place in So Cal. They do a great job and are very reasonably priced.

 This is probably a pretty rare piece. An 1885 Wagner Palace Car window. They were known by their huge size of the glass for the time. Here it is sitting sideways. 

A logging road sign from the horse team days.

And some old photos of the some of the equipment. The Cyanotype is Adirondacks and St. Lawrence RR 4-6-0 #15 heading a short logging train of two flats with a Barnhart loader and a caboose. #15 was built in 1892 it became NYC #992 in 1905 when the A&StL was absorbed. Later it was renumbered NYC #2025.

One last funny one is this tunnel that let workers take loads directly into the office basement from the freight platform on the tracks.

Have a great weekend 

I just got my Lionel Lion chief plus back from repairs.   I ran it for a half hour two nights in a row .  I am having fun again with this engine .  I thought it was a Mth engine, It puts out alot of smoke !    THANKS to All that posted this week & previous weeks !  

Silver Lake posted:

Oh it’s late. SWSat is on still. 

Long solo bike ride on old Railroad grade today. It is in early stages of becoming a rail trail 60 years after the rails were pulled. Not much switching going on I was the only human out there. 32 miles on a 2nd hand dept store bike with my taped on tools. 

Grasse River Railroad. Over the Massawepie Mire. With moose tracks to go with the train tracks and my bike tracks.

This is the Grasse River Flow The ties are really obvious here and there was some bumpy riding. Pretty fresh Moose tracks

Here is my Grasse River 1/1 scale model caboose too. It is a bit too much to pull. Mine is one number higher than the 4 the GRR had. Also some fish eye inside shots. The lamps were made by a repro place in So Cal. They do a great job and are very reasonably priced.

 This is probably a pretty rare piece. An 1885 Wagner Palace Car window. They were known by their huge size of the glass for the time. Here it is sitting sideways. 

A logging road sign from the horse team days.

And some old photos of the some of the equipment. The Cyanotype is Adirondacks and St. Lawrence RR 4-6-0 #15 heading a short logging train of two flats with a Barnhart loader and a caboose. #15 was built in 1892 it became NYC #992 in 1905 when the A&StL was absorbed. Later it was renumbered NYC #2025.

One last funny one is this tunnel that let workers take loads directly into the office basement from the freight platform on the tracks.

Have a great weekend 

Wow that's really cool Silver Lake would love to do something like your ride

Silver Lake posted:

Oh it’s late. SWSat is on still. 

Long solo bike ride on old Railroad grade today. It is in early stages of becoming a rail trail 60 years after the rails were pulled. Not much switching going on I was the only human out there. 32 miles on a 2nd hand dept store bike with my taped on tools. 

Grasse River Railroad. Over the Massawepie Mire. With moose tracks to go with the train tracks and my bike tracks.

This is the Grasse River Flow The ties are really obvious here and there was some bumpy riding. Pretty fresh Moose tracks

Here is my Grasse River 1/1 scale model caboose too. It is a bit too much to pull. Mine is one number higher than the 4 the GRR had. Also some fish eye inside shots. The lamps were made by a repro place in So Cal. They do a great job and are very reasonably priced.

One last funny one is this tunnel that let workers take loads directly into the office basement from the freight platform on the tracks.

Have a great weekend 

Andy,

Great photos but be careful out there in the backwoods.

MELGAR

MELGAR posted:

Silver Lake posted:

Oh it’s late. SWSat is on still. 

Have a great weekend 

Andy,

Great photos but be careful out there in the backwoods.

MELGAR

Mel. The only real danger or concerns I had in was the piece of work bike I was riding and the size of my water bottle. I try to limit my ride to consuming a good bit under half of my water before I turn back. 

(The Western Adirondacks is really almost empty of tourists. Shh don’t tell anyone.)

Keeping good direction, telling someone where you are going, watching for tree snags and  listening for quiet seem the best things. 

I did almost get a face full of “Endangered  Spruce Grouse” so that was exciting. They were gone before I could get a picture. 

So there is the real Silver Lake of my forum handle. Here are some Grasse River passenger service “Jumping Goose” pics. A 1926 White Bus set for rail service. The top pic is meeting the NYC Adirondack Division train at Childwold Station.

The Tupper Lake History Museum is in a new space the rebuilt Tupper Lake Jct Station. One of the two steam era water spouts was there. They also have a wonderful scale model of the whole Lumber town of Conifer with the mill and every thing. The scale was smaller than Z. A very nice model that doesn’t photograph well because of the plexi top. The elaborate elevated dock railway for the drying stack yard is clearly shown.

This is a picture of the Emporium Warehouse/ store  and station on Cranberry Lake. A lot of the metal roof is missing and it will not be long before it is gone. The tracks extended here on a boom over the water to collect logs from logging operations on this big lake so they could be brought to the mill. Also the Jumping Goose had a gas pump here that also fueled cars on NY state Rt3. In more recent years it was the Emporium Marina but that has been closed for years.

Also here is the only actual rail I saw holding up a vehicle gate.

I appreciate your concern Mel. I am

fine. 

Silver Lake posted:

Oh it’s late. SWSat is on still. 

Long solo bike ride on old Railroad grade today. It is in early stages of becoming a rail trail 60 years after the rails were pulled. Not much switching going on I was the only human out there. 32 miles on a 2nd hand dept store bike with my taped on tools. 

Grasse River Railroad. Over the Massawepie Mire. With moose tracks to go with the train tracks and my bike tracks.

This is the Grasse River Flow The ties are really obvious here and there was some bumpy riding. Pretty fresh Moose tracks

Here is my Grasse River 1/1 scale model caboose too. It is a bit too much to pull. Mine is one number higher than the 4 the GRR had. Also some fish eye inside shots. The lamps were made by a repro place in So Cal. They do a great job and are very reasonably priced.

 

 

 

Andy/Silverlake,

  Very nice, but if I can suggest two additions. I think you may need to weld on a "Moosecatcher" (not a Cowcatcher") and you should carry a net in case you have a Bigfoot/Sasquatch sighting.  Enjoy.

Tom