Tail End Tuesday

A couple SW8’s getting minor maintenance.

Here's an "all 027" slow freight headed up by my little PW 2037 Adriatic with a little "surprise" from DAS BOOT at the tail end:

Very happy TeT, everyone!

Happy Holidays everyone!  Here is the tail end view of the Polar Express.

Tail end of a work crew pounding salt have a good TET

Happy TET !!!  I’m glad this rare observation car is sheltered.

Cheers !!! 🙂

Here's my rear for this fine Tuesday!   Santa greets folks from the deck of Pennsy business car 120!  

Well hello T.E.T. fans, I am running a little late today its now 4:30 in Texas so its 5:30 on the East Coast and 2:30 on the West so I guess this still can be defined as Tuesday.  What I have today is the car everyone wanted in 1950 but Lionel didn't make it!! Much to the disappointment of many of us who had the "Madison" cars then pulled by the re-issued 773 Hudson locomotive (I did I got it for Christmas that year!!) .  In case you don't remember, the Madison cars were all Pullmans as defined by Lionel and made between 1946-1950.  The cars were: 2625 Irvington , 2627 Madison, 2628 Manhattan.  However, there was NO 2626,  it was shown in the advance catalog but never made.  Until 2008...when what should be produced by Lionel LLC but the missing 2626...The Sager Place observation.  It is a perfect match to the 1950 cars and can now take its place in that famous train from the late 40's - 1950.  So today, here is the long missing Sager Place observation.

Here is the Tail End Tuesday view, including a "drum head" light but the train never had an official name so no drum.

Here is the rear quarter view showing the observation platform

Here is the full side view, showing the 6 wheel trucks

Well hope you are having a great week.  Its been unseasonably warm in central Texas, highs 75-80 degrees, so summer is having a last fling!

Best wishes

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

Well hello T.E.T. fans, I am running a little late today its now 4:30 in Texas so its 5:30 on the East Coast and 2:30 on the West so I guess this still can be defined as Tuesday.  What I have today is the car everyone wanted in 1950 but Lionel didn't make it!! Much to the disappointment of many of us who had the "Madison" cars then pulled by the re-issued 773 Hudson locomotive (I did I got it for Christmas that year!!) .  In case you don't remember, the Madison cars were all Pullmans as defined by Lionel and made between 1946-1950.  The cars were: 2625 Irvington , 2627 Madison, 2628 Manhattan.  However, there was NO 2626,  it was shown in the advance catalog but never made.  Until 2008...when what should be produced by Lionel LLC but the missing 2626...The Sager Place observation.  It is a perfect match to the 1950 cars and can now take its place in that famous train from the late 40's - 1950.  So today, here is the long missing Sager Place observation.

Here is the Tail End Tuesday view, including a "drum head" light but the train never had an official name so no drum.

Here is the rear quarter view showing the observation platform

Here is the full side view, showing the 6 wheel trucks

Well hope you are having a great week.  Its been unseasonably warm in central Texas, highs 75-80 degrees, so summer is having a last fling!

Best wishes

Don

Very nice observation, Don. I'd like to get a set like it, but I'd need an appropriate loco, too. It would be fun to see the whole consist in action sometime. I think Rob Leese might be able to help you with a "fantasy" Lionel "L" drumhead that could be applied with clear double-sided tape so it could be removed and not affect the value of your fine observation. I'm surprised Lionel didn't do this in 2008 when they "reissued" this car.

                                HAPPY  T.E.T.         

For today PE kids on the observation deck  ,  Angel hanging off the MTH Nativity Train caboose ,  backsides of the elves at THE  FACTORY at midnight  and not  "  a million "  but a bunch of caribou tails .

Have a great TET all, Observation car taking in a photo op for passengers taking some wildlife photos.

@Sitka posted:

Have a great TET all, Observation car taking in a photo op for passengers taking some wildlife photos.

Nice play with light and shadows on the photos Mark.  Once again really easy to walk right in on this scene.

God speed.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Nice play with light and shadows on the photos Mark.  Once again really easy to walk right in on this scene.

God speed.

Tell you what Dallas if you wanna walk on those family of bears be my guest, watch your 6 , Back at You God Speed!

Here's my rear for this fine Tuesday!  Number 75 and it's fireman show their hind parts.

Here’s a tail end photo ‘neath the Christmas tree and through the village.

The Pennsy Trail Blazer heading to New York City sometime in the 1940’s (Lionel 29105 4-Pack)…

@Sitka posted:

Tell you what Dallas if you wanna walk on those family of bears be my guest, watch your 6 , Back at You God Speed!

No thanks Mark , I'll catch the next train through .

Today, the latest SW-8 Lionel Legacy BNSF switcher, (it belongs to a great friend) and the UP Genset switcher… Happy Railroading Everyone

Great photo's everyone!  @Dallas Joseph- what a great PE scene, so many elves and caribou, great work. @Sitka, @rjsmithindy, and @Apples55 great observation cars, love the streamliners but am nostalgic about the old heavyweights that Sika showed.  rjsmith - great winter scene loved the snow, Apples 55 who can not love the PRR and its great livery. @trumpettrain- #75 is really showing off her "rear" - great scene and setting Patrick.  @leapinlarry - loved the BNSF switcher and the Genset, great photos on your layout.  Loved the scenes.  OBTW we are planning (tenative) our ski trip for March and learned that Amtrak has brought back the "Ski Express" (shades of the "City of Denver) from Denver to the ski resorts...maybe a plan for a trip?

Today, I know I am late, its 1825 here in Texas so Tuesday is fading fast...However, I can't let a T.E.T. pass without trying to contribute, so here is (like me) an "old work horse" still trying to earn their keep.  This is the Lionel 152 heading up Outfit 261 containing both the No 800 box and the The 801 Caboose from 1924.  A long way from pristine, but still working hard.  The loco still can pull her weight although I don't run it too much as I don't want chance ruining the motor.

First the "Tail End Tuesday" view, showing the 801 Wabash caboose, car # 4890 on the tail end of this short caboose hop.  This caboose is a long way from new, but then again I hope I am in as good a shape at nearly 100 years old!!

Here is the 152 getting ready to pull the caboose out for work, got to pick up those cars for delivery to local industry by morning.

Here is a side view of the whole caboose hop moving out to work the industries of Small Town ( int the background).

Happy Holidays everyone.  Best Wishes

Don

@leapinlarry posted:

Great looking photos and great looking locomotive tails Larry . 

( still dreaming of finding a Premier ps3 Gen  )

@trumpettrain posted:

Here's my rear for this fine Tuesday!  Number 75 and it's fireman show their hind parts.

Patrick, right there with you...waiting for a "turnaround" that didn't happen...lol

@Capetrainman posted:

Patrick, right there with you...waiting for a "turnaround" that didn't happen...lol

I think that New Haven conductor might be distracted...

@Sitka posted:

Have a great TET all, Observation car taking in a photo op for passengers taking some wildlife photos.

Nice Blue Comet heavyweight observation interior and night scene, Mark, per usual!

I'll start this festive TeT with Santa's Little "Helper:"

Merry "TeT Before Christmas" everyone! May you all enjoy your holidays with friends, family and...TRAINS!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TAIL END TUESDAY!!!

@Bill Swatos posted:

I think that New Haven conductor might be distracted...

Naw......I just think he must have had one too many Bill.

Bill great train. Love those “Beeps” amazing load even for 3 of them  

Best wishes all my Tuesday friends  Traveling today don’t know if I will be able to post  any pictures  Happy holidays to you all and all your families  

Best wishes

Don

Here's my rear for this fine Tuesday!   The caboose of a way freight that took a siding to make way for the plow train.  The rear end brakeman and conductor watch the action and both have an eye on the black bear too!   Yikes!!

Western Maryland caboose #6132151 was made by K-Line.

MELGAR

@trumpettrain posted:

Here's my rear for this fine Tuesday!   The caboose of a way freight that took a siding to make way for the plow train.  The rear end brakeman and conductor watch the action and both have an eye on the black bear too!   Yikes!!

Sitka has a bear in his photo too .   He warned me not to" walk right into the scene  "because of the bear .

I'm thinking if I were your brakeman and conductor ,  I would be getting inside that caboose !

Great scene in this photo with the angle and depth of field Patrick .

@MELGAR posted:

Western Maryland caboose #6132151 was made by K-Line.

MELGAR

K-Line sure did a nicejob on this one Mel .

@NYC Fan posted:

MERRY CHRISTMAS TAIL END TUESDAY!!!

This is really a nice shot Skip .  Makes me feel like I'm looking at a scene from the PE movie.

@Bill Swatos posted:

I'll start this festive TeT with Santa's Little "Helper:"Merry "TeT Before Christmas" everyone! May you all enjoy your holidays with friends, family and...TRAINS!     

Great way to start out TET  Bill.

You have a great Holiday season too.

Happy TET!

I just picked up this Reading steel caboose from MTH. Very well done model.

Bob

Bob

Have a great Tuesday all , looks like Bill on the bike and Dallas having a cold beer on that crummy God speed all!

Well here is my Santa Fe streamlined observation car from K-Line.  I bought this as part of a 4 car set at the TCA convention in Nashville. The size is longer than Lionel’s PW streamline cars but still short enough to fit my layout.

Happy TET everyone. Happy Holidays.

Don

Wow, tail end tuesdays roll by so quickly, just like front end fridays, and they are such interesting threads,  beautiful scenes everyone, and keep the pictures and videos coming. Today, this is my Chessie caboose, made by Atlas O, and it goes with my Chessie SD 40. Merry Christmas and Happy Railroading Everyone

Larry-love the Chessie caboose and SD-40. Loved the Holiday display as well. Best wishes Don

@Sitka posted:

Have a great Tuesday all , looks like Bill on the bike and Dallas having a cold beer on that crummy God speed all!

Yeah, that would be me! I got in trouble from time to time trainspotting where I wasn't supposed to be 'cuz I could slip my bike and myself under a chain-link fence...

@RSJB18 posted:

Happy TET!

I just picked up this Reading steel caboose from MTH. Very well done model.

Bob

I found a picture of the prototype too.

Bob

Bob, love the MTH model, especially the conductor figure; you don't see figures on that many caboose models. Unfortunately, I get a "404 site not found" message when I try to see the prototype.

@Bill Swatos posted:

Bob, love the MTH model, especially the conductor figure; you don't see figures on that many caboose models. Unfortunately, I get a "404 site not found" message when I try to see the prototype.

It's a copyrighted photo so I tried to post a link to the pic. Guess it was corrupted. I'll try and repost tomorrow.

Thanks