Front end Friday.....

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

B&O Dockside pulls a train from the quarry on the Mountain Division.

A Washington Terminal ALCO RS1 runs long hood forward.  

Happy FEF,

John

Have a great FEF…”Thomas” style…🚂😉

Good morning here are some Pennsy photos for this Friday morning.

Pennsy L1 520 and a M1 3785 patiently wait while L1 203 clears with a local freight on this cold winter morning.

Well folks not too much time to post today, wife still in hospital so headed out there...but I thought I might post something different today.  A Japanese lithographed tinplate toy locomotive.  In the 1960's and 70's Japan turned out some beautiful tin lithography applied to toys...all kinds but they didn't ignore trains.  This fellow is large, would be standard gauge size for sure but the detail / color (even though somewhat cartoon like) is amazing.

Here is the lithographed tin toy diesel locomotive, F.E.F.  view

Best wishes to all

Don

Happy FEF.

B&O, EMD, F series Diesel.

@MarkStrittmatter posted:

Good morning here are some Pennsy photos for this Friday morning.

Pennsy L1 520 and a M1 3785 patiently wait while L1 203 clears with a local freight on this cold winter morning.

Nice look to the scene with the melting snow and icicles Mark.

@Don McErlean posted:

Well folks not too much time to post today, wife still in hospital so headed out there...but I thought I might post something different today.  A Japanese lithographed tinplate toy locomotive.  In the 1960's and 70's Japan turned out some beautiful tin lithography applied to toys...all kinds but they didn't ignore trains.  This fellow is large, would be standard gauge size for sure but the detail / color (even though somewhat cartoon like) is amazing.

Here is the lithographed tin toy diesel locomotive, F.E.F.  view

Best wishes to all

Don

This is different Don .  Nice

This is something I haven't seen from your huge inventory .  Thanks for sharing this one sir.

@BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Happy FEF.

Definitely another great looking scene in this photo Johan.

That is a great looking locomotive. 

@Randy Harrison posted:

B&O, EMD, F series Diesel.

Some of my favorite color schemes Randy.    Bright and clean looking with just a touch of gold for sophistication .

I wish I had some  of these streamline looking B&O engines. You have a couple nice ones here sir.

Happy FeF!

Here's some VW front ends.

Quick stop at the the ranch.

@Don McErlean posted:

Well folks not too much time to post today, wife still in hospital so headed out there...but I thought I might post something different today.  A Japanese lithographed tinplate toy locomotive.  In the 1960's and 70's Japan turned out some beautiful tin lithography applied to toys...all kinds but they didn't ignore trains.  This fellow is large, would be standard gauge size for sure but the detail / color (even though somewhat cartoon like) is amazing.

Here is the lithographed tin toy diesel locomotive, F.E.F.  view

Best wishes to all

Don

Wish you and your wife the best Don! Mark

Have a great weekend! PW Lionel Alco with a williams Berk running the rails. God Speed!

The Blue Comet departing Grand Central Terminal.

FEF, Menards F units and Menards boxcars.

Steve

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Definitely another great looking scene in this photo Johan.

That is a great looking locomotive. 

Dallas. Thank you very much. I just think that Bangor & Aroostook livery was their best.

Johan

@Don McErlean posted:

Well folks not too much time to post today, wife still in hospital so headed out there...but I thought I might post something different today.  A Japanese lithographed tinplate toy locomotive.  In the 1960's and 70's Japan turned out some beautiful tin lithography applied to toys...all kinds but they didn't ignore trains.  This fellow is large, would be standard gauge size for sure but the detail / color (even though somewhat cartoon like) is amazing.

All the best for you and your family Don.  John

Happy Front End Friday!!!

Today, here are the front ends of two of Lionel’s earliest steam locomotives: #5 and #6  

B&O EM-1 coal train on The SOUTH FORK RAILROAD.

Ron H,,, Very prototypical  to run different type passenger cars in a consist, Very accurate and cool.

FEF, just unpacked. Waterman Loco Works STD Gauge City of Denver.

Nice submissions as always guys!
Speedy recovery to your wife Don.

Andy

Here’s one from the Oyster Bay yard.

Andy

@Guitarmike posted:

I like F-3's     

I like the F3's also, they just look so powerful to me!

Andy, I have three questions looking at your photo, was there really such a disparity in the gray and orange on the LIRR or is the color difference the result of different model manufacturers?  Second, is that a FM Train Master and did the LIRR actually have TMs?

@Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

FEF, Menards F units and Menards boxcars.

Steve

Love the 5 rail track, Seve.

I didn't know that you also ran Standard Gauge

Hi coach Joe, the RS-3 on the left is by MTH, and the FM H16-44 on the right is from Lionel. I think it’s a difference in manufacturing, but I have seen pictures of older engines with a more faded orange. To my knowledge the LIRR did not have FM Train Masters.

Andy

Happy FEF

Unloading packages for transport on rails.

Our photographer was driving around the yard when he stopped to take some photos of a T1 waiting at the turntable to enter the roundhouse.

Happy FEF.  Postwar 682 turbine.

John

Happy FEF!

A couple of Menards trucks that I just installed.

Bob

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

Passenger trains departing GCT on THE SOUTH FORK RAILROAD.

Happy FEF.

Great shots everyone! I like the photos of all the trucks, kind of a nice change up!

Making a few changes to my new E5A.

Happy FeF! Here’s the front end of a 44 tonner on trackside maintenance duty -

@RSJB18 posted:

Happy FEF!

A couple of Menards trucks that I just installed.

Bob

.ALRIGHT ..........and NO SMOKE  coming out of the TAILPIPES  Bob .