@trumptrain posted:Top of the afternoon fellow switcher lovers!
JHZ563 thanks for firing us up and getting us rolling today! You hit the jackpot running your errand and you kids look like they were having a good time of it too
Really wonderful photos and videos everyone! I totally enjoyed looking at them
Today on the Free State Junction Railway I have a potpourri of switcher photos. I hope all of you have a wonderful and safe weekend! Enjoy and be safe = be well!
Washington Terminal RS 1 number 63 takes care of business at Butler Junction. This is an Atlas model with TMCC ( with smoke ) repainted by a fellow forum member. It is one of my favorite switcher due to it's great sound and horn which, to my memory, sounds prototypical. I also have the recent MTH WT RS1 in PS3 which is also a very nice model, however, the Atlas wins by a nose ... at least for me.
Up on the Mountain Division a Dockside, running lite, passes a siding where a badly damaged hopper has been set out.
Docksider has Big Hook maneuver duty.
SW 9 pulls out onto the main as an 0-8-0 backs down the adjacent track to take on water. That's Barney the brakeman riding the footboard.
0-8-0 at the water plug. Fireman Evan Daily and brakeman Barney Savard are on the tender deck.
Washington Terminal RS1 sounds it's horn as it is about to cross the grade. The crossing gate is from my first train layout, an oval around the family Christmas tree, in 1957. I like having items on my layout from my childhood years and they blend in beautifully too.
Washington Terminal number 63 idles at Butler Junction. Engineer Floyd Smoot stands on the front step.
Great photos of you A-1 layout as usual, TT! Thanks for sharing. Enjoy your weekend.
