Hey there #SWSAT gang! I have to work again this morning so we will keep this short.
Switcher Saturday is a weekly thread based on appreciation of Switcher locomotives of all scales and gauges and the important niche they fill. Everything from mining locomotives to road Switchers to amusement park critters is fair game, assuming it can be considered a Switcher in some form.
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Here is a pair of 3rd Rail switchers.
Happy SWSAT everyone. Well this arrived this week I finally got one of these after many years of wishing. I still have to put the goodies on. See you next week and your weekend
Nice, Lee!
Happy&safe SWSAT, people!
The news that MTH is closing the doors and shuttering the windows got me thinking more generally about these newfangled [highly] electronic engines. I really like speed control because switching pike and I have a tiny fleet of PS3 SW1500s but how long will those boards last? Will they fail simply from age?
So.....I got out my favorite War Horse from the age of Lionel PW and put it to work in order to see if I could enjoy switching using a three-pole open-frame speed-demon-geared Lionel NW2. Guess what? It worked just fine!
Rolling in to Town:
For control I used a venerable (IIRC last manufactured in 1998) MRC Dual Power walk-around throttle:
Picking up a load of scrap:
Pulling the Paint Factory siding:
Setting out a load of fuel oil at the Sunoco depot:
So I have no more anxiety wrt electronics failures. The PER will just keep on delivering service to it's customers.
Good morning fellow switcher fans!! Today I have reached into the archives and post some photo of my K line A5 as seen from various angles at the water tower and running as a way freight on the Free State Juction Railway. Have a wonderful weekend everyone!! Be safe = Be well!
Lew. Thanks for the complement. Looks like a busy morning on the pike. You can’t go wrong with a old PW Lionel the closest I’ll ever get to buying “New” is cam motors or conv. Sounds
Patrick. Nice little switcher
Happy SWSat!
The rails of the RSJ&B have been quite lately. Not much freight traffic at the moment due to the nice weather. A few switching orders did get sent over to the yardmaster from a few local businesses this week though. The yard master called in B&O Chessie 2314 , (K-line S-2), to grab the loads and bring them back for the next through freight to pick up.
Pulling through town with the first loaded car
Spotting the load on team track #1
Grabbed the next car before coming back to pick the two empty REA cars on Team Track # 2
The two REA cars will be dropped for the next outbound freight
Second load spotted on Team Track # 2 for delivery.
Hope everyone has a great weekend and enjoy's the last few weeks of summer.
Bob
Happy SWSAT everyone! Have a great week!
Some "vintage" photos of Penn Central SW8 #8616 (Atlas O) at work:
Tom
Went to the Illinois Railway Museum last Sunday. Found this poor thing in a scrap pile behind one of the traction sheds rusting away. 
Switcher waiting for a couple of mainline trains to clear before going to work
Old, old picture, Dunbar, PA, community day, at least, 10 years ago. Fort Pitt Highrailer's layout.
@Tom Densel posted:
Happy SWSAT everyone! Have a great week!
Some "vintage" photos of Penn Central SW8 #8616 (Atlas O) at work:
Tom
Your use of B&W for the photo really enhances the chill of the winter scene. And living in California, right now anything that looks wintry and cold is MOST welcome! Brr...
Great photos, guys! Say a prayer for our Gulf Coast neighbors; looks like they have a rough few days coming weatherwise. And keep on chugging along...
WM BL2 on point of a mail/express train.
@trumpettrain posted:WM BL2 on point of a mail/express train.
Wish we had that kinda Mail service now days. Great video Patrick
Happy SwSat everyone...I am a little late today, too many household chores to get done before I could get to the trains. BJ3- I have to say I love the Leggo people on the layout. I have dozens of those folks left over from young kids and wondered about how to use them, might try it. Lew - Lionel PW NW-2 a favorite ... great shots and Patrick - thanks for offering up Kline. Why? Because today I am going to follow. Wife and I are just back from East Coast summer and I was digging around in my trains for a suitable switcher and I found this, stacked with some other boxed items (label in so it was not obvious what it was). What I found was a Kline S-2 Diesel Switcher in a SF warbonnet scheme. I don't remember how or when I got this but it was never out of the box. So I pulled it out and WOW was I impressed. This thing has dual motors, roller pick ups, 2 operating couplers, headlight, and something called "Quadra-Grip" and is claimed to be true 1/48 scale. The performance was amazing. Smooth, rolls over my 0-27 switches without any hesitation, pulls like mad, and is quiet as well. Hard to believe Kline is gone when they produced products like this.
Here she is from the front, great paint scheme and perfect finish.
Here is the side view.
This thing is the perfect size for the Leonardtown and Savannah, smooth and powerful in a relatively small physical package, yet Kline is no more! This is going on the active roster for sure.
Happy Saturday everyone !
Hey everybody I just wanted to thank you for an awesome Switcher Saturday!!
@Don McErlean posted:Wife and I are just back from East Coast summer and I was digging around in my trains for a suitable switcher and I found this, stacked with some other boxed items (label in so it was not obvious what it was). What I found was a Kline S-2 Diesel Switcher in a SF warbonnet scheme. I don't remember how or when I got this but it was never out of the box. So I pulled it out and WOW was I impressed. This thing has dual motors, roller pick ups, 2 operating couplers, headlight, and something called "Quadra-Grip" and is claimed to be true 1/48 scale. The performance was amazing. Smooth, rolls over my 0-27 switches without any hesitation, pulls like mad, and is quiet as well. Hard to believe Kline is gone when they produced products like this.
This thing is the perfect size for the Leonardtown and Savannah, smooth and powerful in a relatively small physical package, yet Kline is no more! This is going on the active roster for sure.
Happy Saturday everyone !
Don- I have a bunch of K-line S-2's and MP-15's. They are great little engines and do pull well. I've re-wired all of mine in series to slow them down.
Their Plymouth diesels are second to none.
Bob
@jhz563 posted:Hey everybody I just wanted to thank you for an awesome Switcher Saturday!!
@jhz563 - actually, THANK YOU for another great Switcher Saturday Mark 2!!!
AND - THANK YOU for continuing this wonderful thread allowing RICH MURNANE's legacy to go forward each week. I'm grateful to both you and Rich!
RSJB18 / Bob: ...”bunch of Kline S-2 and MP-15...”. You lucky duck! I do have one MP- 15 (UP) but it was still just a little too long for my inner loop and I had to trim the end platforms. This S-2 is just right Hey maybe I will call it my “Goldilocks engine” May try your trick with the motors if I get up enough courage.
Thanks for your pictures
Don
happy "SWSat" !! caught some switching in Napoleon, Ohio this weekend...
Marci's photos...
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