Front end Friday.....

Shown before, but maybe some haven't seen these Hudsons.

Well even though it's Saturday morning and I'm late to the party for Front End Friday, here's a front end shot of my Union Pacific F3.

@Yellowstone Special posted:

Well even though it's Saturday morning and I'm late to the party for Front End Friday, here's a front end shot of my Union Pacific F3.

Never too late, Vern! Great picture of your UP F3!

Here's my FeF.

a bit of switching action in the Oblivion Yards.

@coach joe posted:

Johan, will you be building those locos or re-painting existing?

Joe,

Williams E7's I can repaint, but all another engines need build & 3D printing. NW2 is almost ready.

Johan

@WesternPacific2217 posted:

Never too late, Vern! Great picture of your UP F3!

Here's my FeF.

Thank you, Scott. Nice front end of your VW bus! 👍

Were you a hippy up in Mendocino back in the early 1970s?

Johan I can't wait to see the NW2

I just ran across these pictures in my photo archives.  I took them in Dec. 2018 somewhere in central Florida.  The engine has Orlando & Northwestern on its sides pulling a scenic excursion train.

Very handsome livery.

2 really old ones

1982. My first Christmas Layout in my new house

1996.  This engine was bought by Dad in either 1949 or 1950.  I set it up on my Christmas layout each year so the family can see and enjoy watching it run.  That's 28 family members BTW  The house is a model that I made of my Parents' house.

walt

Some old school prewar brothers 224e,225,and 226e

Here are my ends of the front kind for this fine Friday!!  Happy 4th of July everyone!!

Happy FEF!

Front ends from our 2012 Christmas pop-up store layout at Richardson Farms in Baltimore County, Maryland.

The LC Thomas with the Clarabel and Annie passenger cars have been a huge hit with visitors to our clubhouse's permanent layout:

The recently acquired LIONEL TMCC Northern Pacific Loewy liveried F-3 ABAs:

(If only the owner would finish those NP NCL passenger cars.)

Celebrate FREEDOM!

Happy 4th!

NOTE:  Click on images to view full size.

Have a good FeF and Happy 4th of July God Bless America!

MTH Mallet and K4 shinning the railks.

Happy FEF.

Here is a front end I saw on a garbage can in Galesburg last week.

FEF, a Gilbert Erector Hudson.

@Yellowstone Special posted:

Thank you, Scott. Nice front end of your VW bus! 👍

Were you a hippy up in Mendocino back in the early 1970s?

Hey Vern, well I wasn't much of a hippy, but I did have a freak flag! I didn't own a VW Combi Bus, but I did own a '65 VW Beetle. Then I got rid of the VW and bought this '71 GTO with a Ram Air stage IV 400 manual 4 speed in 1973, and sold it in 1982. I should not have sold it, Goats are worth a small fortune today! There is more to the story, but that's for another time and place.

Enough of that, here's my rather late FeF! Happy Friday everyone, and have a great 4th of July weekend.

A little late.

Good morning guys. Here is my FEF for today. Also, if interested, please check out my latest video I just posted with the Challenger.

Donald

                     Maybe the Train Loft will jump on the Century 628 band wagon?

I continue to reach back into the past.  From my 1999 Christmas Layout.

Happy FEF!

Happy Postwar FEF with some of my favorites.

Good morning…..An MTH PS3 SD 45 and a baby Lionel TMCC mikado…..

Peter

Happy FEF all, have a great weekend!

John

Have another great FEF!!! 🚂😉😺

Going a little "Off the Reservation" this Friday , with a clockwork floor train

Made by ZAX in Italy , I have only seen/heard one other in a book I was referred to ... Made of Bakelite on a strong chassis .. built like a tank and nearly 3 feet long

Anyhow just to keep things Kosher and not get kicked off ... here's some Karl Bub

HAPPY FEF.

TGIF. Hope everyone has a great weekend

Last Saturday we spent some time at Dr. Jack Fishers home and this FEF, these are some pictures of his amazing O gauge layout, I always love visiting Jack. Also, the TCA Group of 38 folks visited our layouts, both Jacks layout and my layout were on the tours. We had a lot of Fun. One picture is me on the Bus. Happy Railroading Everyone

Leapin Larry ... wonderful photos of Dr. Jack's layout!!  You captured some fine looking front ends.Also a fun looking group of folks shot  

Here are my ends of the front kind for this fine weekend!!

Some great FEF shots.  I don't have much today due to other priorities, but here is a front end image of the three American Freedom Train vehicles that were carried on the flatcars.  Still need to paint them.  Two of the concession wagons go between them.

Happy FEF from Ives!

 
                                                Trainfam

Happy Front End Friday, indeed!  This monster showed up right before the 4th of July holiday.  It is a 3rd Rail Virginian Class AG 2-6-6-6 ("Blue Ridge", as they were called on the VGN -- essentially a copy of C & O's Allegheny also built by Lima).  It is a 20+ year old model which originally had QSI sound and conventional control but was sent to Bruk Bannister for conversion to full Legacy using the sounds from Lionel's most recent Legacy Allegheny (2018).  Bruk did a bunch of repairs and even fabbed a missing detail part, added whistle steam and designed custom 3D printed funnels for the engine, drilled holes in the firebox doors to add firebox glow, etc.  It is essentially a Legacy engine.

Bruk also worked with me to weather this beast.  I sent him various prototype pictures of the typical dirt and grime seen on the Virginian and we discussed this in detail as he proceeded to weather the model.

Pictures here are by Bruk.  I can't recommend him highly enough for his attention to detail and execution on this challenging project.  If you have a unique project like this one in mind, don't hesitate.

As my layout is currently taken down right now due to basement renovation, I have no way to demonstrate the Legacy conversion at this time.  This engine deserves its own post -- hopefully not too far in the future.

Front End Friday is here again!
Here’s a Bing O gauge American style 4-4-0 locomotive and New York Central passenger cars.