Switcher Saturday: 2019-May-04

 Pennsy H10 coupled to a LS1.  Helper service.  Both models are Weaver. 

Yay! SWSat is on!

Good morning Rich and Mike CT. Always nice to see helpers in service.

Happy Free Comicbook day. One of my other hobbies invades. But what is so bad about going to a comic book shop and getting some free comic books. My kids enjoy it every year. 

Here are a few more pictures I took on my trip to Montréal and Exporail.

Here is the old CN tower for the train station and they are still using F40s so here is one.

Rich speaking of “May the 4th be with you”, here are some of my old Star Wars Kenner metal mini figures from the 80’s that are o scale about fighting over my switcher shelves. Sadly I can’t find my Chewbacca one because the actor passed this week.

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

Home made model of a little french yard switcher, Y6300 model. The real one was made around 1955 and there is still some of them used in factories yards. The model is made of brass and runs on three rails of course.

Have a nice weekend,  Daniel

Spokane Portland & Seattle Rs-3's working the rails on the S&Y RR.

Cool, damp morning- needed some steam to warm me up.  This is my favorite. Very early Odyssey and TMCC but sounds great! Plus, I love the warm incandescent lighting vs. the newer with LED.

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone! Thanks for starting us up Rich.

Rich mentioned the various terms switchers have been labelled with over the years including the term "shifters" as the Pennsy called them.

Here is my prewar Pennsy shifter #228:

Also, I was Googling around last night and found this Shifter sandwich! As I type this, it is 8:15 in the morning, so lunch may not seem too interesting...but it does look good. Maybe, if any of our Switcher Saturday comrades live near Columbia, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County, they could test out the sandwich and let us know. 

Tom

Switching the yard..

This New York Central USRA 0-8-0 switcher is an MTH Railking scale-sized model with PS1 that I have been running for about 20 years.

MELGAR

Photograph is mine. Rusty

A few shots of switchers at work around the layout:

Tom

Rich thanks for firing up SWSAT again.  K-line made a few NYC MP15s and in the B&W photo I can tell the color, is that black or green?

Mike CT nice job with that "lash-up".

Andy, Exporail looked like a fun time.  Nice Star Wars figures.

Daniel that is a very fine "homemade" switcher.

Mel does that 0-8-0 ever run on the big layout?

Great posts by all so far! DAVEP, I like your NYC switcher and the city scene!  MELGAR thank you for the video, I enjoyed seeing your layout in action! Tom Densel, I always enjoy seeing Penn Central on your layout, I especially like your transfer caboose, it looks great, details and all!

Rusty

coach joe posted:

Mel does that 0-8-0 ever run on the big layout?

Hi Joe,

Not lately but a good idea for a future SWSAT...

MELGAR

Happy SWSat! May the 4th Be With You!

Thanks for getting us started again Rich!

Great posts and pix so far everyone.

This week the RSJ&B welcomed two new fallen flags to the roster. Both are old northeast RR's so they will work in well shifting cars around the yards. Now I need to get some rolling stock to match

OOPS- need to do some paint touch ups

And in honor of May the 4th

This is a new model from ALCO--the RS-C3PO

Good morning fellow switcher fans!!  Thanks Rich for getting us rolling this morning! I also have a K line MP15 ( Kennecott Copper ) that sits on a siding in Shelf Yard most of the time.  Like yours, it is rarely called to service.  I bought it because my late uncle Leon was a traffic manager for Kennecott Copper where he dealt with many railroads, including Nevada Northern which was owned by Kennecott.  I don't think Kennecott ever owned a railroad bearing the Kennecott name ... but its good to have this piece ( and a KC gondola ) as part of my layout.   Great photos and info everyone!

Today on the Free State Junction Railway the company photographer snapped these photos just yesterday in the gritty & grimmy industrial side of town .... a B&O GP 9 & SW 9 on the point of a freight ... a SW9 does some switch work .... and a Pennsy A5 doing some switching work ... as well as some photos of these locos in the yard.   Now I must get the train room ready.  Some kids in the neighborhood are coming this morning to view the FSJR.  

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!  And yes, as Rich said " May the fourth be with you!"

on a traditional basement layout route...

Crossing the diamond By the tower.

Good Saturday morning guys.

CB&Q switchers, unknown date and place

MELGAR posted:

This New York Central USRA 0-8-0 switcher is an MTH Railking scale-sized model with PS1 that I have been running for about 20 years.

MELGAR

Mel

Another great Pic. I see you changed it up I always enjoy doing that 

Sorry guys nothing this week it’s been busy. I’ll see you next week. Great looking stuff so far. 

RSJB18 posted:

Happy SWSat! May the 4th Be With You!

Thanks for getting us started again Rich!

Great posts and pix so far everyone.

This week the RSJ&B welcomed two new fallen flags to the roster. Both are old northeast RR's so they will work in well shifting cars around the yards. Now I need to get some rolling stock to match

OOPS- need to do some paint touch ups

And in honor of May the 4th

This is a new model from ALCO--the RS-C3PO

Great timing Bob with your saying 

Huh. According to the wiki-thingy there were 548 Baldwin VO-1000s built. More than I would have guessed. Oh, that is because the War Production Board directed Baldwin and Alco to produce only switchers and EMD to produce only freighters during the War.

Lew

Bill T posted:

Spokane Portland & Seattle Rs-3's working the rails on the S&Y RR.

 

I just got your  top pic here livery RS-3 recently issued by MTH. Nice!

Happy Switcher Saturday.

One more May the 4th be with you post. 

I found the Chewbacca. Here he goes in a little MPC era scene with the only Star Wars car Lionel ever made. 7813 the 1977 Holiday car has an R2D2 in its decoration. My guess is that since MPC could make models of Star Wars things this one skirted legal.

I have been looking about 12 years for this at a good price. I finally got it in January at the White Plains toy train show for $10. 

Great posts so far today.Glad to see that the fun sized BAR GP7 Bob  posted earlier  was able to stretch back out to full size in BAR GP7#63s post. 

A bit of narrow gauge On-18

My new 0-4-0 out for a test run pulling 6 scale Lionel heavy weights no problem   

GBW.

I was looking through more pictures that I've taken, and found this one. I've always liked the look of switchers MU'ed with road units. The Illinois Terminal used to do that a lot, and I seen it often, when they would run by our house, growing up.

Rusty

Photograph is mine.

Ya, not really surprising since an SW1500 with Helicoil trucks has almost the exact capabilities of a GP7 road engine. For awhile around Sand Patch I was  seeing CSX MP15ACs on road freight trains.

Lew

My original beat up MTH B6 pulling my TMCC crane.

blown headlight...

speaker is shot...

hasn’t had traction tires on it in about 12 years ...

over 560 hours on it but still runs !

A-6 Camden, NJ

Absecon, NJ Shore Fast Line switcher westbound

Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines AS16 6009 Fireman's Side Cab, Wildwood, NJ Station 7-12-66

B-6sb 5244 (Juniata 1916 - 1959) on the ready track - Camden, NJ engine terminal

Johan, That Alco switcher and covered hopper look great, but, I really like the GB&W transfer caboose! Wonderful modeling skill that you have, thank you for sharing it with the forum!

Rusty

Bob Taylor, thank you for sharing the video of your B6 and switcher hot shot freight, I really enjoyed watching it! It looks like you have a really nice layout to enjoy, great work!

Rusty

Diverging Clear posted:

Johan, That Alco switcher and covered hopper look great, but, I really like the GB&W transfer caboose! Wonderful modeling skill that you have, thank you for sharing it with the forum!

Rusty

Rusty: Thank you. O-gauge member Brother Love build that GBW -transfer caboose to me and i do it only a weathering work.

Johan