Front End Friday

3771 and 3398 in the shop today.

Thomas, Annie and Claribel round the curve leading away from the harbor on a winter night on the way to their last station stop and a well-deserved night's rest. A Coca Cola truck waits patiently at the grade crossing for the train to pass so the truck can proceed with its nightly deliveries.

Have a great…FEF!!! 🚂😉

Happy FEF!

PRR FM H10-44 on a reversing move out of the warehouse spur.

Amtrak leaving the Naperville station.

Well hello all F.E.F. fans, There are usually a lot of "war bonnet" pictures and although those are beautiful, I thought I might counter today with a couple of "lightning bolt" views of those same F3's.  These are "chicken wire" F3's from 1950-52.  

Best wishes for a happy and healthy weekend.

Don

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

Can never have too many pictures of the good ol NYC postwar growlers! Happy fef all. stay safe and warm!

FEF from Menards.

@Donnie Kennedy - "Right On!" with those lightening bolts - yours are "lookin good"

@Steve "Papa" Eastman - Great view Steve, I am assuming when you put, "from Menards" that these engines are the new (not yet really open offered) F3 engines from Menards.  Never saw the blue livery, is that also from Menards?

Great photos everyone, Dave Ripp that is quite a picture of the Amtrak train thanks for posting.

Best wishes for a great weekend

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

@Donnie Kennedy - "Right On!" with those lightening bolts - yours are "lookin good"

@Steve "Papa" Eastman - Great view Steve, I am assuming when you put, "from Menards" that these engines are the new (not yet really open offered) F3 engines from Menards.  Never saw the blue livery, is that also from Menards?

Great photos everyone, Dave Ripp that is quite a picture of the Amtrak train thanks for posting.

Best wishes for a great weekend

Don

Yes, both are Menards engines. The blue came out a few months ago as a A-A combination, again only a couple hundred produced.

Steve

FEF, Dorfan Crocodiles.

Steve

Wow, time is flying so fast now that I can actually see the hands on my clock moving, but here’s my selection for this really cold Friday the 13th…. Happy Railroading Everyone

@leapinlarry - Great pictures, I see that your yellow SF is now an ABBA with 2 B's , neat!!

@Steve "Papa" Eastman - quite an array of Dorfan "crocodiles for sure, If I remember correctly those came apart in two halves for assembly. OBTW here is a real crocodile, these things are enormous (from the German Technical Museum)

Best wishes for a great weekend'

Don

Unfortunately this loco & tender are having to be sent back for a full refund. Too many problems and negatives to mention here. Disappointed and frustrated. However, I did at least manage to take a few pics of it in situ. On the STD42 curve loop on the upper platform of The VintageHubby's new in-progress Wide Gauge/Standard Gauge Basement Layout. A repainted original Lionel Standard Gauge 1835E with its 1835W tender. With reproduction Lionel blue & silver 309, 321, and 312 passenger cars that I have had for a number of years.

MTH B&O 384 Standard Gauge Passenger set

@JohnnyWalker,  wow, that’s a beautiful picture, standard gauge steamer, a great smoker, a beautiful background, I just had to make a comment. I thank everyone for the likes. Happy Railroading Everyone

@W&W posted:

AMTRAK ACELA approaching NYC Grand Central Terminal on The South Fork Railroad.

Craig, I can't see these images. Perhaps it is only my computer, but I'm seeing all the other posts.

@Dave Ripp. posted:

Amtrak leaving the Naperville station.

California Zephyr. Naperville was one of our old "haunts" as a buddy and I rode our bicycles all over the Chicago area in the mid '70's to early '80's. This was the Burlington Northern ROW then. I spent many a warm summer's night riding the streets along these tracks and train-spotting. The humid night air smelled of grass and all the flowering plants and trees mixed with warm creosote. It was wonderful. The freights were usually flying by the time they got out here. It was a blast watching 'em (and standing too close). The BN E9 and stainless Budd bi-level commuter coaches that ran on this line back then were Chicagoland's nicest-looking commuter consists. Metra? Phooey!

Thanks for the flood of fond memories, Dave!

@3rail posted:

Front End Friday...ATSF style. If you have time, please check out my new video I posted in this folder highlighting my Lionel Santa Fe "Warhorse" set.

Here is a link to my YouTube channel to watch more of my O Gauge videos:

https://www.youtube.com/c/DonaldKeiser1981

Thanks.

Donald

Donald two weeks ago it was gorgeous NYC Hudsons, and last week a bold ATSF Hudson.  I believe there are never too many pictures of Hudsons.

See, what did I tell you?  Never too many Hudsons!

@BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Happy FEF.

Johan has the most polite railroaders in the world.

@Strap Hanger posted:

Our motorman is in the front end of an R36 Worlds Fair #7 today, ready to pull out on the El and make it all the way to the Fair,  As I kid, I would always make sure to get in that first car and ride looking out of that front window next to the motorman.  It was the best spot in any train!

Yes it was!  Even in the subway tunnels where all you could see the signal lights up ahead until you neared a station.

Hey Miggy while that speed may not be prototypical it sure was typical on most Lionel floor layouts regardless of whether the motive power was electric, steam or diesel!

Randy I've got the same Royal Hudson sitting in a box waiting for me to convert the spare bedroom into a train room so it can be on display again.  Chris did a good job.

A sky background and we'd be asking, "Is it real or is it Memorex?"

A day late I know, but...

...I just realized I can do this!

Left to right: Atlas/Roco F9, Enhorning F7, Kato F3, Intermountain FT, MTL F7...

Mark in Oregon

So apropos that Sitka has an ARR GP7.

@coach joe posted:

A sky background and we'd be asking, "Is it real or is it Memorex?"

Great photo ! Nice scale diesels. What manufacturer?

Ron H

Thanks Ron, they’re OMI O scale locos.

John

A Frisco Front End Friday

Here's some more post war front ends. As Donnie said earlier, you can never have too many pictures of the good old NYC postwar growlers!

My g-g-g-generations:

L to R, PW Lionel Lines Adriatic, MPC NJC Blue Comet, Modern/Wellspring NYC 0-6-0 Dockside. FeF!

@coach joe posted:

Hey Miggy while that speed may not be prototypical it sure was typical on most Lionel floor layouts regardless of whether the motive power was electric, steam or diesel!

Yeah! Ain't no fun if ya' can't highball ever' so often! Yee-haaaa!

Happy Front End Friday everyone!

My SP H12-44 in the engine facility of our railroad.

Happy FEF everyone.  My daughter’s K-Line PRR engine today in honor of her birthday tomorrow.  

No new aquisitions lately so delving into the archive of Casa Fatmanos ...

Probably posted before , but its just so gorgeous ...

John Van Riemsdijk  4-4-4- controlled clockwork from late 1940's ....

And his Browner brother ..

And their 0-6-0 relative ....

https://www.binnsroad.co.uk/ra...s/vanriem/index.html

Front End Friday. Lead unit #54L passes the Interlocking on an early morning run to Chicago.

Here is a link to my new video featuring the Lionel PA's.

Santa Fe PA ABA Video

Donald

Amtrak on The South Fork Railroad

Happy FEF.  Given 142 pages, this is probably a repeat, but still my favorite.  Granpa's steamer, ~ 1880.  Still works pretty good!