Switcher Saturday: 2015-Jul-04

New item just received from Ro. 

Paint corrections are needed.

Entire lower section is supposed to be black ...MTH

A Lionel White Pass switcher makes an appearance on the Seattle & Yakima RR.

Bill T

Montour SW9s around the club layout. Also included are some pictures from my trip on Amtrak's Pennsylvanian to Paoli. 7th photo- A GE 44 tonner at a chemical or natural gas site in eastern Pennsylvania. 8th photo: A genset brings up the end of an Amtrak work train near Lancaster, Pa. Photos 9 and 10: The modified 0-40T at the Newtown Square Railroad museum near Paoli. Last photo: A plant switcher at a steel plant on the outskirts of Pittsburgh.   

Here ya go 

When steam was KING 

Dave, LBR

This engine is now at our auction site and will be for the next 2 days.

great pics! read where Age of Steam picked this up recently.

It's SWSAT time!!

No fretting for what to post this time!

Yessiree, this ol' boy got this SWSAT stuff covered for a while now: I took a pic of each one of my switchers in the current KC Lines arsenal. 

This means I'll be posting pics of one my switchers each SWSAT for a while now!  Ain't I smart?

Up for this week is a pic of another KC line that was operating in KC until the CNW acquired it in the late 1960s: The Chicago Great Western.

Here's a couple pics of my Bowser "Executive Line" (RTR detailed/DCC/Sound) CGW DS4-4-1000...

HOWEVER, just like Sirt said in his post:

"New item just received... Paint corrections are needed."

Yup, much paint correction will be needed on the above Bowser engine once I began to ready it for the layout. HERE'S what a CGW DS4-4-1000 is SUPPOSED to look like back in the early 1960s...

As you can see, the model's paint and lettering will need to be faded, some of the paint needs to be eroded away allowing the undercoat to be seen... and more. Lots of fun stuff awaits for the above model!

All for now.

OH YES... and Happy 4th Of July to all of us that are Americans on this forum!

Andre

Scott Smith

Great pics, all!

BT: A custom painted Lionel NW2!!  How cool is that!

Scott: Lovin' me some Clinchfield!  Custom painted Railking?  I had several of those RK switchers back in the early 2000's.  Ran good, looked good.  Hmmm... I think I may have a picture of one I custom painted... lemmee' go see...

Yup, here's a pic taken in the 12th St. Yard of my old 3 rail "KC Lines" small room layout. Therein you'll see the RK switcher I repainted/decaled for the MKT. Please overlook the mock-up 12th St bridge in the background and the lack of ground cover/scenery!

And here's a side view of my MKT switcher I custom painted/decaled...

Keep the switcher pics coming, guys/gals!

Switcher on the "high line."

Do hope the holiday safe for everyone.  Today I want to share a nice looking locomotive that seldom comes out of the box--I just can't get it to run slow enough.  Anyway, have a nice 4th.

Very nice photos all!

Here is my only switcher.  The CNJ 621 switches a couple of Reading cars.  It's just as old as me, and it may get around better.  It certainly looks better!  ;-)

IMHO: The Minneapolis & St. Louis (that IS a M&StL RS-1, right??) was a rather obscure and small line that really left a mark on the modeling world. Look at all the M&StL boxcars/etc there are, as well as examples of their motive power!

Yup, nice pic of that cool M&StL RS-1.  Shame about that blue n white thing below.

(Note: The comment about the blue n' white thing was a WITTICISM and NOT an insult! We all like different stuff but that doesn't mean I don't reserve a good-natured  "Right To Razz" those that like things different than I like. It's all good.)

A few that were running this past week. Sorry all a little dark James

Great pictures everyone!

I hope everyone is enjoying their day!

The weather is too nice this holiday to be inside so my pics are all outdoors today. Here are some nice pics of a nicely Restored and trailered on rollers side tank Porter in Riverside Long Island.

And also at Riverside is this Former BEDT saddle tank switcher who is the sister to Thomas the Tank Engine at Strasburg PA.

Finally and and these are not my pics but if ever there is a good 70 tonner offered in O scale I would love to have this one bring me my breakfast.

Murnane,

Thanks for starting this topic!  I hope you are enjoying your day! 

Done

Here are my 2 NW2 postwar Lionel switchers from 1955. I am not sure why I like the so much but I do. These are picturns of them on my portable layout.

I hope you don't mind Bruce, I stool this for my Desktop for the 4th.

John

whew...made it!

Biggest of all....so big, I almost forgot it was a switcher.  Too bad AHM never made these IHB monsters into genuine operating O gauge.  I need the Casey Jones 4-6-0 to complete the set.

Bruce

MTH RailKing Jersey Central SW1.  Been searching for one of these little guys for at least a couple years...finally found one last month.  Just need to get it through the "weathering/detailing shop"!!

Running my Pennsy RS3 this evening.

Bruce

Doing some switching in the dock area at the club...

-Dustin

What???  That "blue n white thing"  !!!!  I LOVE that "blue n white thing"   

No problem.  You're certainly entitled to your opinion.  you can't love everything posted on the Forum!! 

Southern Ry heavy Switcher nudging a pair of new SRR "Wartime" Gondolas which are in turn pushing a short N&W coal hopper to exit the Service Yard. The coal hopper will eventually be atop the coal dump/bins and the empty gons will act as "reach" cars on the access ramp to push the hopper up on top thus keeping the heavy engine off the ramp. Nothing built yet except Andre's bins,scales and weigh office still resting in its box. The coal dump will be on the Village side of the layout, now occupied by a mess.

[sorry for fuzzy pictures]

There have been a couple of posts on this topic over the last few weeks about limiting the size of the switchers posted here.  I think it started when someone posted a picture of a mainline road engine (SD45?) that was switching a car from the mainline.  This got me wondering which of my "true" switchers, if there is such a thing, was the largest. I've decided it was my Weaver PRR C1 0-8-0; it is a brute.