Switcher Saturday 4-10-21

Good morning fellow switcher fans!   JHZ thanks for getting us rolling!  May your workday include seeing some switch locomotives at the power plant.

Today on the Free State Junction Railway the company photographer has offered a pouporri of photos all of switchers out and about the FSJR.  I'm excited to see what everyone posts in this edition of SWSAT!    Wishing everyone a fun, satisfying,  and safe weekend!!  Be safe = Be well!

A Ma & Pa SW 1 rounds the bend as a B&O GP 9 is on the service track.

The mighty B&O Docksider glides by some hard working dudes.  I had fun weathering this little guy!

B&O Docksider on the Mountain Division has just rolled off the Bollman bridge with a train load of stones.

Exiting the tunnel .... Tandem power comprised of a GP9 and SW9 provide 2,950 horsepower for a long coal drag.

Here is the powerful duo as they're about to pass the tower.  In the distance a Pennsy A5.

Penny A5.  My first locomotive weathering project.  

MA & PA SW1 on the Mountain Division as a crew member protects the rural road grade crossing,

MA&PA SW1 rounds the bend at Butler Junction.

Baltimore and Annapolis SW9 with caboose.

Switcher Saturday

A backwoods lumber company’s SW 1 switcher working some log cars.

44 ton switcher working the yard.  

Happy SWSat!
A short video of the crew on PRR 8543 (WbB NW-2), doing some test runs over the new yard leader. The track gang is expecting the rest of the track to be delivered soon so that they can complete the yard construction.

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

Happy SWSat!
A short video of the crew on PRR 8543 (WbB NW-2), doing some test runs over the new yard leader. The track gang is expecting the rest of the track to be delivered soon so that they can complete the yard construction.

Bob

Bob,

I have the same Williams switcher.  I thought it ran way to fast, so I re-wired the motors from parallel to serial.  That slowed it up nicely.  I ran it this was for a while before finally upgrading it to PS2.

Can't wait to see what that finished yard will look like.

Ron

@Ron045 posted:

Bob,

I have the same Williams switcher.  I thought it ran way to fast, so I re-wired the motors from parallel to serial.  That slowed it up nicely.  I ran it this was for a while before finally upgrading it to PS2.

Can't wait to see what that finished yard will look like.

Ron

Ron- I have several Williams engines and have wired all of them in series too. This one does run slower but for the purposes of this test it was at about 10v. Hard to hold the phone, operate switches and the reverse button at the same time so the KW was set and forget.

I rewired all of my K-line's too.

I can't wait to get this done either. It's been a while since I could just run trains. Building is fun but running is funner.

Bob

Our granddaughter is visiting for the weekend so that means my normal Penn Central action is taking a back seat.

Some leased power from the Sodor Railway is performing the switching duties today.  Diesel is spotting a boxcar at a warehouse:

Our granddaughter handles the throttle of Thomas, who is on the point of a fast passenger train:

This is what its all about!

Tom

Happy SWSAT.  I have been visiting in Arizona.  Here are some of my photos from a local railway museum.  Also, an older video from my layout.

This is a switching engine that runs off of compressed air,1000 psi, that was used inside mine shafts.

It has been a busy morning for 71's crew.  They took a string of cars out to the St. James industrial area and quickly spotted them at their destinations.  They are looking forward to their lunch break at a local eatery, Mom's Canned Goods Diner on Market Street.  They like Mom's; just like home cooking.

The NW2 is Lionel.  The cars, except the covered hopper, are Atlas.  The hopper is Weaver.

TALES OF THE DOCKSIDER

Wow, here’s a strange sight on the Worcester, MA rails!  It’s dependable NYC shop switcher X-8688 on her first “trolley hop”!

The Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co requested the move from So. Worcester to it’s No. Worcester car barn.  Your Yardmaster isn’t sure why they didn’t make the move on their own trackage, but he’s happy to comply with their request.  Rail fans out on this beautiful Spring day will have the photo op of a lifetime!

Hope all you SwSat fans have a great day too!

John

Here is my little guy getting ready to pull a small coal train out for pickup.

Here is my postwar 621 Jersey Central NW2 getting ready to drop off Lionels 3662 Milk Car and 3562 Barrel Car on my Super O  48 Club layout this rainy morning.

Hi Guys & Gals

Great pics by everyone so far.   

Here is my new switcher .  An Mth Railking Gp-7 in Rock Island colors. she run well & smokes well . 

Just got off work....un winding and welcoming the weekend by running my little switcher.Have a great weekend!

Hello SwSat Fans...running a little late today but I can't miss a "Switcher Saturday".  j-hz563 thanks for kicking this off today even though you had to work...Tom Densel - glad to see that your granddaughter likes the trains, hope we can keep her interest.  Sodor RR was a large part of my grandson's early RR too but it was the push type no electrics then.  WRGMILW that is one handsome switcher.

So here we are today...my offering is a Marx MoPac Switcher from 1975-76.  Here she is in a scene from the early 1950's sitting in front of the  L&S Savannah depot awaiting clearance to take the main up to Macon.  Once clear of the coastal region she will have a few small hills  to climb but that's why management keeps her trains short.  The GE 70 Ton can't take too much but the Leonardtown and Savannah is just in the early stages of diesel transition and they are interested in what these little GE jobs can do...so this run is sort of an experiment with some borrowed equipment.

Have a happy weekend

Don

Fendermain, I like the pressure driven loco you photographed at the Arizona museum. Might cool.

thanks.

@WRGMILW posted:

Hi Guys & Gals

Great pics by everyone so far.   

Here is my new switcher .  An Mth Railking Gp-7 in Rock Island colors. she run well & smokes well .

Wow... it’s windy in your basement.😉

Here is my new favorite engine.  I just love tooling around the layout, moving things around.

Have Fun!

Ron

Hey gang, thanks for another great Switcher Saturday!  Here's another shot from the archives.   Working overtime isn't too bad, it generally results in more vacation or train money!

Btw @Ron045, that Chessie scheme looks great!

@Fendermain posted:

Happy SWSAT.  I have been visiting in Arizona.  Here are some of my photos from a local railway museum.  Also, an older video from my layout.

This is a switching engine that runs off of compressed air,1000 psi, that was used inside mine shafts.

Fendermain, I looked closely at your video, particularly your cork roadbed, extra wooden ties, tubular track and 022 switches.

I recently purchased cork roadbed, have very similar (maybe identical) extra wooden ties I got at a train show 10+ years ago, and have the same tubular track and 022 switches which are my favorite track and switches.

IMO, your roadbed, ties, track and switches are very attractive, and your trains run smoothly and evenly, and with an abundance of speed.

I've started installing the cork roadbed on 2 long sidings, and can see myself, over a long period of time, installing cork roadbed under most, maybe all, of the track on my layout. I can imagine my layout, down the road, looking a lot like yours.

If you ever want to run your trains prototypically slow and smooth, you might consider LC+ or LC+2.0 and/or DCS. For LC+ OR LC+2.0, you would not need to change a thing on your layout, and it is extremely user friendly and simple to operate. To run MTH PS2 and PS3 locomotives on DCS, you would need to install a TIU and to purchase Barry Broscowitz book about DCS. My recommendation is to first get an LC+ or LC+2.0 engine and see how you like it. Switching operations (using electrocouplers) is much better with LC+, LC+2.0, or DCS. Arnold

MTH Proto 3 NY Central RS 11 and Lionel heavy weight NY Central and Pullman passenger cars with steps at ends unscrewed/removed so they clear the 022 switches.

The Put lives on:

LOL, Arnold

Earlier this week I posted my modified 41 Switcher .. after tinkering around with a new brush plate and adding led lights  . I can't  believe how smooth this runs ..  Here's a short video of it pulling and running at slow speeds. daniel

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

The Put lives on:

Arnold,

Your new passenger cars are beautiful as are your recent layout scenic changes!

John

@Ron045 posted:

Wow... it’s windy in your basement.😉

Here is my new favorite engine.  I just love tooling around the layout, moving things around.

Have Fun!

Ron

Ron, tell me about your ballast. Is it ground up asphalt/pebbles like mine? If so, you and I are the only ones I know of that have such down and dirty ballast.

LC+ Erie Camelback switcher rolling by on my tubular track with ballast found on my neighborhood roads:

Arnold

Hey Gang,

I can tell already I need somebody to pinch hit for me this coming weekend and get things started.  Any takers?

@jhz563 posted:

Hey Gang,

I can tell already I need somebody to pinch hit for me this coming weekend and get things started.  Any takers?

@hhz-  I'll be happy to pinch hit this Saturday.

Thanks Pat!

@jhz563 posted:

Thanks Pat!

You bet JHZ.  My pleasure.

Bob, what kind of turnouts are you using for your new yard?

@coach joe posted:

Bob, what kind of turnouts are you using for your new yard?

Joe- they are MTH scaletrax 031's. I got them on one of the Cabin Fever auctions. The rail height is almost identical to 027 tubular. I just needed a thin shim to get the height to match.

Thanks

Thanks Bob.