Switcher Saturday - Mark II, 9/19/2020

Hi Guy & Gals 

Here is my is picture for this week .

I just bought this engine this week . Its a MTH RailKing scale Rs-3 . She ran great !    

My latest switcher:

Good evening/morning fellow switcher fans!  JHZ563 you are off to a nice early start this weekend!  Very nice pics of the power plant construction .... those 80 tonners were certainly busy during that period.   Since it's fall I thought I'd take a visit to the Free State Junction Railway Mountain Division and show some pics of the Dockside doing it's thing in the crisp mountain air.   Have a wonderful weekend everyone!  Be safe = Be well!

Switcher action on the S&Y RR.

RS11

My newest addition to my fleet of switchers. This was a must-have, considering I work near Morristown. Out of the box no issues for once. Only drawback are the stark white LEDs that were used. 

Hard to believe this Atlas RS1 model is almost twenty years.  

Most of these Atlas SW models are also 20 years.  Time is moving quickly.   

Yay!SwSat is on!

I see that we are of to a great start this weekend. 
@bob2 those B&O C-16s are so nice. Do you know who made yours?

@Mike CT that M&E RS1 looks great with @DaveP M&E SW2 you guys have a real start on the railroad. 

@sidehack your NYC RS11 looks great. I had a copy of that engine and sold it off earlier this summer for space. Glad to see one working away on a layout. 

Earlier this summer I was commuting back and forth from the Adirondacks some and I made a stop in Utica to see how the Repairs on the NYC 0-6-0 was going. A few years ago a kid pulled the brakes on some cars in the yard sending them into this engine and the engine into the station building. When I first saw it this time I was surprised to see them apart. In fact the engine was so far away from the tender at first I did not see it. The tender is restored very nicely. With some very raw foot boards.  But the engine while a lot has been done there is a good bit still to do before paint. The whole pilot area looks to have needed the most work and that is wrapping up. I really was smashed up the last few times I have seen it from the Amtrak.

After visiting the last NYC steam switcher I took in some other Utica vintage switcher sights. Here are some Adirondack Scenic Alcos. The first started life as a SAL RSD5. It is stuffed and mounted at the Children’s museum with a SantaFe passenger car across from Utica Station.Hopefully these will not be asleep as long but at least for this year they are out of a job. I have seen the RS2 at Tupper Lake NY so I know it can still run but maybe not this year.

 Next up some Mohawk Adirondack and Northern Alcos and the Utica Tower

These are all my images. 

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

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Switcher Caboose Hop

Sante Fe NW2 2419 is returning to the yard after heading the daily local freight.  There were no pick ups on the return run, so she has the caboose only in tow.

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@SIRT these look great. The SCL was the largest owner of the MP15 yet for some reason the O scale manufacturers that offered the MP15 did not make them in SCL. K-line didn’t even though they were NC based and I don’t think MTH did either. Oh well. I always liked to see them and I like the scheme. Nice work. 

NYS&W Alco S2 #206 in the Little Ferry, NJ roundhouse in primer ready to be painted in it's as delivered colors of maroon and grey- Jan. 1985.

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A little GT/CN action today on the OH & UP.

Hi team SwitcherSaturday - I hope everyone is well, all "OK enough" here at the Murnane homestead and on the Richmond, Chesapeake, Hudson Yard and RR.

@Silver Lake posted:

@SIRT these look great. The SCL was the largest owner of the MP15 yet for some reason the O scale manufacturers that offered the MP15 did not make them in SCL. K-line didn’t even though they were NC based and I don’t think MTH did either. Oh well. I always liked to see them and I like the scheme. Nice work. 

Agree. SCL, SEABOARD COAST LINE power and cabooses were few and far between.

I want to buy a simple MTH F3A  PS2 to re-paint and cant even find one anywhere.  Decals are available. Have nothing to pull my SCL passenger cars.

Since there are no layouts with palm trees, the suppliers probably didn't take a chance at offering much power. I had to convert that Lionel B/W caboose by cutting up 2 sets of EV decals found on the bay. 2 day project. Lionel's  NE H. series is also totally incorrect. 

Happy SWSat!

Just passing by the yard quickly this week.

Bob

Good morning, everyone. I live in a California forest and am pleased to report that I still have a railroad. The recent fire here on the Russian River was fought by firefighters from all over California. So, thank you, first responders. Today’s photo is all about beer hops. Hops as a crop have moved elsewhere, but artifacts can still be seen around the county. Happy Switching, Jim

                  happy "SWSat" !!

                     have a great weekend everyone !

Haven't posted in a while. Here, a leased G&W MP15 #45 fills in while Ford awaits the delivery of an S2 from Lionel!

Thanks everybody - looking awesome as usual!