Yay!SwSat is on!
I see that we are of to a great start this weekend.
@bob2 those B&O C-16s are so nice. Do you know who made yours?
@Mike CT that M&E RS1 looks great with @DaveP M&E SW2 you guys have a real start on the railroad.
@sidehack your NYC RS11 looks great. I had a copy of that engine and sold it off earlier this summer for space. Glad to see one working away on a layout.
Earlier this summer I was commuting back and forth from the Adirondacks some and I made a stop in Utica to see how the Repairs on the NYC 0-6-0 was going. A few years ago a kid pulled the brakes on some cars in the yard sending them into this engine and the engine into the station building. When I first saw it this time I was surprised to see them apart. In fact the engine was so far away from the tender at first I did not see it. The tender is restored very nicely. With some very raw foot boards. But the engine while a lot has been done there is a good bit still to do before paint. The whole pilot area looks to have needed the most work and that is wrapping up. I really was smashed up the last few times I have seen it from the Amtrak.
After visiting the last NYC steam switcher I took in some other Utica vintage switcher sights. Here are some Adirondack Scenic Alcos. The first started life as a SAL RSD5. It is stuffed and mounted at the Children’s museum with a SantaFe passenger car across from Utica Station.
Hopefully these will not be asleep as long but at least for this year they are out of a job. I have seen the RS2 at Tupper Lake NY so I know it can still run but maybe not this year.
Next up some Mohawk Adirondack and Northern Alcos and the Utica Tower
These are all my images.
Have a great weekend guys I can’t wait to see what you post.
