SWITCHER SATURDAY MARK 2 June 28, 2020 Edition

Taking rock to out to the freighter just outside Cedarville, MI.

US Army received clearance to transport a Missile firing boxcar through town.

Happy SWSat!

Thanks for manning the switching tower this week Patrick

This week a couple of road switchers are doing what they do...

Western Maryland 196 (MTH RS-3 w/ railsounds) and B&O 5616 (Lionel GP-9 w/ command), on some local freight runs.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Bob

Here are more pics of Maryland short lines switchers.  

In foreground ... Baldwin VO1000 -Patapsco and Back Rivers Railroad which served Bethlehem Steel's gigantic plant in Sparrow's Point, Md. just outside Baltimore City.   Passing by in background ... a MA &PA SW 1 ... six hundred horsepower and welded frame.  

I think it's well worth mentioning ....  ALL of these switchers are by MTH.  I'm so very grateful to MTH for making all of these road names.

PBR crew waiting for next set of orders.  

A short line family portrait .... from near to far ... Canton Railroad SW-1500, Patapsco and Back Rivers VO-1000, Baltimore and Annapolis SW-9, Maryland & Pennsylvania SW-1 

A front view.  

Found this guy sitting at IRM:

Tom

Good morning fellow SWSat'ers,

The recent discussion on Lionel's new PRR B6 made me realize I haven't shown my K-Line version is a while.  It is a great runner.  I had cruise installed and it goes nice and slow.  I also had it modified for 4 chuffs/revolution and it sounds great.

Sure miss K-Line (and Weaver).

VO1000 night shift

@CAPPilot posted:

Good morning fellow SWSat'ers,

The recent discussion on Lionel's new PRR B6 made me realize I haven't shown my K-Line version is a while.  It is a great runner.  I had cruise installed and it goes nice and slow.  I also had it modified for 4 chuffs/revolution and it sounds great.

Sure miss K-Line (and Weaver).

 

K-line made great small steamers. I have the A-5 0-4-0

Catfish Camp is near Crows Landing--a sleepy agricultural hamlet and a bait shop selling Evinrude outboard motors and Lucky Lager. Times are hard on this branch line--Union Pacific has pink slipped all new 2018 and 2019 conductors. Still, times will get better.

                                                  MTH Railking BN GP7 w/ NP specific details.

                                   I may have posted this one awhile ago. Running out of material.

                                                Got to get back to the club for more pictures.

@trumpettrain posted:

IT's SWITCHER SATURDAY MARK 2  6/28/2020 Edition

I'm filling in for JHZ 563, our regular host, who is off today.  I answered his request to fill in for him today and am happily doing so this morning.   So here we go out onto the main as I notch out the throttle this morning .. LOL! 

This post is about all things switcher, those small locomotives that do BIG things and are really the backbone of most railroads real and model.   Feel free to post photos, videos, and information regarding switching locomotives and/or operations.   Basically, we'd love to see anything switcher related 

Here are the rules: 

1.) Be kind.

2. ) Posting photos must follow the Terms of Service of the OGR Online Forum.  Make sure that the photos you post are yours and if not ... make sure you have permission of the owner before posting any photos that do not belong to you.  

3.) Enjoy!  

Today on the Free State Junction Railway located in Patsburg, Maryland I have photos of Maryland Short Line Switchers doing there thing.  I took these photos  last night.  In the interest of getting this thread rolling sooner than later, I'll post a few photos now then circle back later and post more.   

Have a delightful weekend everyone!!  Be safe and be well!!

 

Thanks for “taking up the slack,” Patrick!  

Patrick - thanks for filling in and keeping Switcher Saturday "moving in the yard"! 

In my case today, we have the ever cheap management of the Lenoardtown and Savannah (L&S) operating yet another "borrowed" switcher because they are too cheap to buy one...not sure if these new fangled "diesels" will catch on.   LOL!

Here is their borrowed UP EMD-15 using all her 1500 HP to move boxcars out of the Savannah port and push them back to their home lines to avoid extra charges to the L&S.  Its reasonably early so she will likely deposit these at the interchange point north of Small Town and come back for more. 

Same day, just showing a bit more traffic on US 80 the road from Tybee Island to Savannah and the small station that serves the Tybee Island Suburban Service which is part of the Georgia Central RR .  It is still steam and runs the 14 miles from Savannah to Tybee Island mostly for beach visitors.  General Storm and Sash is pretty busy as folks are getting home repairs done for Hurricane season and putting up screens for the mosquito's.  That stationary crane moves pallets of lumber and hardware from suppliers both off flatcars on the L&S or trucks in the factory's yard. 

Happy SwSat everyone.  (OBTW - EMD-15 Switcher is K-Line as I am sure most know)

Don

The HUber Breaker Preservation Society just acquired this 3 foot gauge Vulcan 0-4-0 steam lokie that was used by the Glen Alden Coal Co in Hanover Twp and Nanticoke.  The full story is in the real Trains forum here: Vulcan Iron Works Wanamie #9 lokie

I'm not sure if posted this to this thread in the past but a few of mine:

TALES OF THE DOCKSIDER

Last Saturday NYC shop switcher X-8688 was dispatched by the Yardmaster to investigate the breakdown of a Sante Fe F3 combo.  When the Yardmaster learned it was an ABA, he advised X-8688 to wait for assistance.  The proud crew of X-8688 said no, they could tow the big F3’s on their own.

Did they make the move?  No!  Strong as she is, X-8688 just sat and spun her little drivers.  The weight of the ABA was just too much.  Humbled, X-8688 reported they would require help. 

Short of power, Yardmaster had to assign NYC Beep 5903 to the task.  The shop switcher crew was surprised when 5903 arrived, anticipating an 0-8-0.  No matter, there was a job to do and the switchers coupled up to the F3’s.

Thanks to skillful engine handling by both crews, the mighty mites succeeded in moving the F3’s to the shop yard.  There’s a good chance the crews of the switchers will toast their success after work at the local pub!

Note: unable to load a photo today.  File status is “queued”, file size is 2.33MB.  Will insert the photo in a later post if I can figure out what the problem is.

Here is the photo that I tried to attach to my first post.

John

Patrick,  thanks for getting things going this morning!  The extended family and I are getting some much needed "get out of town" time. 

Here's a few shots from the archives 

@jhz563 posted:

Patrick,  thanks for getting things going this morning!  The extended family and I are getting some much needed "get out of town" time. 

Here's a few shots from the archives 

JHZ563-  No problem at all.  Happy to pinch hit for you.  Family is a gift and spending time with them is important.   I hope you are enjoying the time with your family to the max!

              happy "SWSAT"...