Good morning fellow switcher fans!
I'm loving what you guys are posting this morning! Thank you all!
JHZ563 - thanks for notching out the throttle this morning and getting us rolling. I hope you can find time to take nap today. Of course coffee always helps too
For this fine edition of SWSAT MARK 2, I'm showing " a short time in the life of a Patapsco and Back Rivers Baldwin VO-1000 with a EMD SW 1 playing a supporting role. I've concluded today's post with two photos of postwar locomotives.
Here we have the P&BR VO 1000 emerging from East Tunnel pulling a transfer freight from Easterly Yard to West Town Yard. The Ma & Pa SW -1 at the point of a milk train is about to enter the tunnel. 
MA&PA's number 70 headend brakeman Hank R. Chif gives the freshly painted VO-1000 an admiring glance. He's envious of the 400 additional horses under the long hood of the VO-1000 but, at the same time, Hank knows the 600 horses of his SW -1 will get the milk job done. 
Our photographer was laying on his belly to get this shot. 
Freshly out of the paint shop on it's first run. 
The VO - 1000 is approaching the Patsburg Commuter Station. If there are any hard core train lovers on the platform, their dream may come true in a few seconds, as two freight trains will surround the platform. 
The VO 1000 with SW 9 calf is the power for this transfer freight. 
Rounding the bend and approaching the tower as men unload a boxcar on the team track. 
Ma & Pa number 70 backing into a siding. 
At mile post 6, the sky has given way to a rain shower. As the Patapsco and Back Rivers RR parent company is Bethlehem Steel Corp, this VO-1000 feels right at home as it trundles past Bohemian Scrap Services .... btw that's Mr. Bo keeping an eye on things. LOL!
On it's return from West Town Yard the VO-1000 picks up a P&BR gondola loaded with lumber. 
Meet the crew: L-R Jake Larson .. brakeman, Hoghead Harry .. engineer, Skeet Marx .. brakeman, Sneezey Winford ... conductor. What a cast of characters .. and they do git err done!! 
POSTWAR PARADISE: The Bollman bridge plays host to a Virginian Train Master as a Santa Fe FA 2 exits a tunnel on the EL, while a Santa Fe Hudson pulls into the commuter station. The Hudson is by Lionel and was my first locomotive which Santa brought be for Christmas at age 4. At age 63, she still runs, whistles, and smokes up a storm. I have the entire original set ... operating milk car, operating log car, operating NYC Pacemaker boxcar, three dome Sunoco tank car, and Lionel Lines porthole caboose .... fully intact along with the 1033 transformer.
The FA 2 is by Lionel. I bought an AA pair with grass cutting money when I was in 5th grade. The Virginian Train Master, by Williams, is a replica of the Lionel post war model which I always drooled over as a young kid but was not in my ( or better yet my parents ) budget. These postwar jewels certainly have a wonderful charm all their own and illicit some absolutely wonderful memories. 
Have a wonderful weekend everyone! As alway be safe and be well!
