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It's #SwitcherSaturday time!!!!

Lots of us out there love switchers (shifters, docksiders, yard goats, critters, etc.), so lets keep #SwitcherSaturday (a.k.a. SWSAT) rolling!

If you missed last week's SWSAT you should really go take a look, it was a ton of fun! Thank you to everyone who posted all kinds of good stuff, it really was a fun week!
https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...saturday-2018-jan-06


Earlier this week I ran some trains on the club layout, here is a picture of my B&O #9416 (SW 9000 by Atlas-O with TMCC) and a NYC #5628 (Lionel Legacy GP7) borrowed from the club inventory.  The B&O engine is great but man the handrails are super fragile, I keep breaking pieces of it and loosing pieces.  I've been using it quite a bit as it's one of my only command engines.  The NYC engine is awesome, I might have to borrow it to bring it home and run on my layout!

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If you get a chance - please post some switcher stuff here!

All the best...Rich Murnane

p.s. Miss the post on Saturday? NO BIG DEAL, just keep posting pictures of your favorites until the next #SwitcherSaturday

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Happy Switcher Saturday everyone. Only a few more days of winter left, to be exact...66 days, 4 hours and 37 minutes (as I type this)!  

Rich, I don't recall how big the club's layout is? 

Today, my contribution is my prewar Pennsy #227 that I recently relettered/renumbered with a set of rubber stamps bought on eBay and with the help of my friend Bill. 

The piece of cardboard painted black and the black-painted tuna fish can were our "test strips." I mentioned on another thread that it looked almost like something Andy Warhol might have come up with if he was into toy trains. I think he came from the section of Western Pennsylvania where my mother grew up. Maybe it is something in the water and maybe I should give up my day job to be a "rubber stamp artist?" 

Tom 

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Happy SWSat Everyone!

Great work by everyone so far.

I didn't think I would have this to post this week but by some stroke of luck my latest acquisition arrived yesterday.

Introducing New Haven # 115, 44-ton switcher by Williams by Bachman. This is my first 44-tonner and first NH livery in the switcher fleet. Growing up on Long Island I used to see many NH trains whenever we went up to Connecticut. This looks like it was never run either. Williams made nice stuff for sure.

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Here's a short video of the maiden voyage around the layout. I expect that this engine will be very busy for the foreseeable future.

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I hope everyone has a great weekend and keep the switchers working.

Bob

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MNCW posted:

Rich, I don't recall how big the club's layout is? 

Hey Tom, I'd guess the layout is somewhere around 10'x30', but I'm not 100% certain.  It's got 4 main lines, tracks 1 & 2 have nice little yards but I haven't gotten used to all the switches yet, so still more learning to do there but so far it's been a fun experience.  They have some nice engines and rolling stock down there to use, not a lot of switchers though.

 

Steamer posted:

anybody else notice how this thread is growing? fantastic!

Hey Dave, yes the crew is very active and moral seems to be very good these days!  It must be winter time as everyone wants to stay inside and play with trains!

 

To all, thanks for posting and keep the switchers rolling!   I'll be on/offline today - got a lot on the to-do list this weekend.  Best...Rich

Many of you like the Lionel postwar #610 Erie switcher I posted this morning. IMHO the best thing about that switcher is the name Erie and it's black color.

its deficits are that it is not a good puller, has little detail and it has no horn or bell. 

The much better postwar switcher that has the same look is the 622 or 6220 with the bell, or the 623 if the bell gets on your nerves. Here's the 6220:

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Good heft, good puller (got Magnetraction), good detail and for me the bell adds charm. It's my favorite post war switcher.

 

 

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For quite some time I've found these motors strangely attractive for some odd reason. Can't put my finger on it, but it may have to do with the lines of the engine... sort of reminiscent of a double Fairlie steam engine. But again, maybe not. I just know I always enjoy seeing pics of this type of motor.

Aren't we modelers and odd lot?

Andre

While I don't have a layout at this point in time, I figured this would be the next best way to contribute to Switcher Saturday - https://digital.library.cornel...collections/railroad - The "industrial images" are amazing! Just goes to show you that no matter how unprototypical you think some sections of your layout may be, there's probably been something pretty close to it in the real world. The Denver images are amazing! I work downtown and I'm pretty knowledgeable of how much street running there was at one point in time, but I had no idea how extensive it was! Enjoy.

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