Western Roads Wednesday

@Yellowstone Special posted:

LOL! 😂 Just buggin' ya, Dallas. No matter. 😉

🤣😃😄😁😂😄...............Vern............boy oh , boy oh boy.    LOL.

Well WRW fans, here is some of my "western" rolling stock.

The Lionel #6014 "Frisco" 0-27 type box car, orange body from 1957 and re-issued 1969

The Lionel 6454 Southern Pacific boxcar from 1949-1952

Finally the Lionel 6076 Santa Fe hopper car, uncatalogued but from 1963.

Best Wishes

Don

This Wednesday an ABA set of Alco PAs leads The Chief.

Western Roads Wednesday!

Southern Pacific H12-44 short freight train movement.

Your dealer couldn't get it from Lionel.

But you can do it yourself with help from K4. These are S scale decals on the repainted 6472 shell.

Here’s today’s. A old Weaver GN boxcar

Here's some Union Pacific motive power, circa early 1960s.

Well folks, here is some Union Pacific action for today.  This a Marx #1998 UP Alco S3 available 1955-1962.

Here she is with a short train and a UP caboose

Best Wishes to all...hope your week is going well, after all its "HUMP" day!!

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

Well folks, here is some Union Pacific action for today.  This a Marx #1998 UP Alco S3 available 1955-1962.

Here she is with a short train and a UP caboose

Best Wishes to all...hope your week is going well, after all its "HUMP" day!!

Don

That's a cute little switcher there, Don.  😃

@Yellowstone Special - Thanks for the compliment Vern.

Don

K-Line Santa Fe working the rails.

Here’s today’s WRW.

Well here is a picture from my archives, hopefully the Denver and Rio Grande qualifies as a "western road" as it had tracks as far west as Arizona.  This is the Lionel #221 Alco from 1963-1964  pulling a short train with the #9077 Lionel (MPC) caboose from 1976-1983 and then additionally from 1984-1991 uncatalogued.  The #221 was a low end locomotive, 2 position reverse, single motor, no headlight or horn but she runs OK for me.

Best Wishes

Don

OOOP's I forgot to add... @lee drennen- that is a handsome Santa Fe covered hopper and she looks brand new...did you just get her?  Great photo for sure

Don

Santa Fe 3129 class Mikado on a freight train.

@Don McErlean posted:

OOOP's I forgot to add... @lee drennen- that is a handsome Santa Fe covered hopper and she looks brand new...did you just get her?  Great photo for sure

Don

Thanks Don I got it last year it’s a Weaver I bought it off eBay and the seller lived in the same area I do what a coincidence.

@Don McErlean posted:

Well here is a picture from my archives, hopefully the Denver and Rio Grande qualifies as a "western road" as it had tracks as far west as Arizona.  This is the Lionel #221 Alco from 1963-1964  pulling a short train with the #9077 Lionel (MPC) caboose from 1976-1983 and then additionally from 1984-1991 uncatalogued.  The #221 was a low end locomotive, 2 position reverse, single motor, no headlight or horn but she runs OK for me.

Best Wishes

Don

Don I almost bought that Lionel Rio Grande FA very nice thanks for sharing

@Lou1985 posted:

Santa Fe 3129 class Mikado on a freight train.

Great video Lou.

Happy Hump Day All!

@lee drennen - Hey thank you for your comment last week on my DRG Alco  FA, she was one of Lionel's low end loco's but she does me fine, runs well and pulls all I want to hook up.  Loved your UP tractor and trailer.  Great modeling job .

So now on to today's post...hello WRW fans, here are a few "western" box cars for today.

First a Lionel #6454 Southern Pacific boxcar from 1949-1952

Next a Lionel (MPC) #9214 Northern Pacific boxcar from 1971-1972

Finally a Marx #3280 Santa Fe box car from 1956

Best Wishes...Happy "HUMP" day!!

Don

Heavy Pacific 3464 leads westbound train 23, The Grand Canyon.

@Don McErlean posted:

@lee drennen - Hey thank you for your comment last week on my DRG Alco  FA, she was one of Lionel's low end loco's but she does me fine, runs well and pulls all I want to hook up.  Loved your UP tractor and trailer.  Great modeling job .

So now on to today's post...hello WRW fans, here are a few "western" box cars for today.

First a Lionel #6454 Southern Pacific boxcar from 1949-1952

Next a Lionel (MPC) #9214 Northern Pacific boxcar from 1971-1972

Finally a Marx #3280 Santa Fe box car from 1956

Best Wishes...Happy "HUMP" day!!

Don

Don your welcome maybe one of these days I’ll get around to buying one. I like that Lionel NP it’s another on my wish list. Thanks for the complement on the Up rig the truck is a custom built one also.

Received a NIB Lionel Santa Fe unpowered GP35 yesterday. This is one of the premature SPSF merger "Kodachromes" that fits in well with a lash-up. These are hard to find nowadays, either powered or unpowered. So, glad I grabbed this one. Used to see these on the Escondido, CA, branch back in the 1980s when I lived there.

A Santa Fe zebra stripe SD24 leads a mixed freight.

Just a few various examples of Western Roads from my collection.  The somewhat old fashioned styled Lionel (MPC)  SF 2-4-0 #8300 locomotive from 1973-74 and her matching caboose, SF #9061 from 1970-1976

The Lionel (LLC) Santa Fe tank car # 81202 from 2014-2015

Finally jumping way back to the original Lionel Corp the Frisco #6014 box car from 1957

Best Wishes, happy "HUMP" day to all,

Don

Southern Pacific mixed freight in California’s Central Valley

This car had to have traveled through Wyoming on the C&S.

Two more.

Terry, like your SP layout and freight consist!

Here's my Western Roads Wednesday. UP and SP meet in Paradise, CA, a little fantasy here as the timeline of my layout UP and SP would not be meeting in California! A couple of the boxcars in the UP mixed freight are far from home and heading back home.

Happy Railroading!

Note: For those of you that don't know or remember, my train layout is named after the town of Paradise, CA which burned to the ground in the 2018 Camp Fire. I renamed my town to pay respect to those that lost their lives, loved ones, homes, and businesses on that awful day, November 8, 2018! My Dad lived in Paradise, CA  for 30 years until 2012, so I have many found memories of this mountain town.

@WesternPacific2217 posted:

Terry, like your SP layout and freight consist!

Here's my Western Roads Wednesday. UP and SP meet in Paradise, CA, a little fantasy here as the timeline of my layout UP and SP would not be meeting in California! A couple of the boxcars in the UP mixed freight are far from home and heading back home.

Happy Railroading!

Note: For those of you that don't know or remember, my train layout is named after the town of Paradise, CA which burned to the ground in the 2018 Camp Fire. I renamed my town to pay respect to those that lost their lives, loved ones, homes, and businesses on that awful day, November 8, 2018! My Dad lived in Paradise, CA  for 30 years until 2012, so I have many found memories of this mountain town.

Great post!!  

Marx 1998 Alco S3 Santa Fe switcher available 1962 in black/white .  Marx ATSF Work Caboose #4587 from 1962

SF Switcher with Marx 1972 SF caboose from 1974

Best Wishes

Don

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs7DwrA38g4&t=36s

Well folks, I know its the day before Turkey Day but don't forget to post to W.R.W.  Here are my offerings for today.  First the Marx 1998 ATSF Alco S3 switcher in maroon / yellow.  1955-1961 changed to black/white in 1962.

The Marx #3280 Santa Fe box car in Orange- also came in yellow and white.  Orange from 1956

Well hope you enjoy your Holiday.  Best Wishes

Don

Here's my Santa Fe F3 Proto 3 by MTH

Here is the Marx 1998 Alco S3 SF switcher from 1962 along with a SF boxcar and work caboose.

Better picture of the Marx SF work caboose also from 1962

Best Wishes for a great Wed and rest of the week.  Relax...its "HUMP" day!!

Don

Happy Western Roads Wednesday!!!

Here’s a Western Pacific loco and train. I was just testing track work on the upper level of the layout a few years ago.

Still Wednesday, and some Union Pacific Alco FA-2s are leading a freight train.

Well for Western Roads today I selected the Union Pacific.  Here is Kline's model of the EMD MP-15 in UP livery working the industrial section of my layout.

Best wishes to all on a drab, cold, and rainy Wed here in central Texas.

Don

For W.R.W. I present an Atlas 50ft D&RGW boxcar.  This is another paint scheme I really like but I am resisting going down the Rio Grande rabbit hole….for now !   This car came from Caboose Stop Hobbies in Cedar Falls,
IA when I had some work there last year. Now this is a dangerous store to enter….Atlas from floor to ceiling, in 2 & 3 rail !  You just can’t leave without buying something(s).

Rich in WV

This Wednesday Union Pacific FEF-3 number 844 leads the eastbound San Francisco Overland.