Front End Friday

S scale Enhorning F9... 

Mark in Oregon

A test photo more than anything else:

Rusty

A few misc locomotives for today with a G Scale PA to lead off

Ends of the front kind for this fine Friday!   B&O GP 9 goes by without notice as Sargent York and Beetle Bailey reminisce  waiting for their train.
Three front ends are captured by Hank the rail fan photographer.   Unbeknown to Hank ..  the FSJR Police took this photo of Hank taking the photo  ... for Hank is trespassing on railroad property.  Hope the cops go easy on him.

@c.sam posted:

A few misc locomotives for today with a G Scale PA to lead off

G scale Alco PA- that must be a beast!

Love the D&H too!

      And yet again, another oldie but goodie' 😁

                                  SIRT  - STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT 1970

Steve, add some wires to your poles and it will look even' more realistic'..Great terminal you have built'...☑👍

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Steve, add some wires to your poles and it will look even' more realistic'..Great terminal you have built'...☑👍

YEAH, been there, done that. They just get in the way and collect dust, LOL! Never had any luck even in H.O.

Thanks anyway...

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

Steve, add some wires to your poles and it will look even' more realistic'.. Great terminal you have built'...☑👍

My observation when riding past on a commuter train. The factory guys unloaded two boxcars at a time due to limited city space. Workers used to walk in between cars over a steel plate to unload both car quickly. Nice idea.

@SIRT posted:

YEAH, been there, done that. They just get in the way and collect dust, LOL! Never had any luck even in H.O.

Thanks anyway...

I would replace the telephone/power poles with light poles.  That might work better for the overall scene'... I agree the lines can be a PIA, when working on the layout.. I just like the realistic look they give.  You never see bare poles in real life'....

Hello F.E.F fans, today is one Friday this Texas boy is glad to be inside.  Temp below freezing and ICE everywhere (no snow just glare ice).  We had a 100 vehicle pile up on I-35 near Ft.Worth yesterday left 6 dead and 65 injured...WHAT A MESS!.  SIRT - first time I have seen any loco's for the Staten Island Rapid Transit.  When I was a boy (1950's) my uncle was the captain of one of the Staten Island Ferries to Manhattan.  He and my Aunt lived just up the street from the ferry landing on Staten Island in a big old stone house that overlooked the river.

Well today, I thought I would take us back a few years (like 100 or so) but not to the days of steam (steam was restricted in Manhattan) and view some of the early electrics hard at work .

Here is a (approx) 1923 Lionel #152 about to get underway with her little train consisting of a 901 Lake Shore gondola and a #801 Wabash Caboose.  She is a little worse for wear but her strap headlight dates her to the early 1920's part of a legacy going back to 1917 and ending in 1927.  She should have red window frames (and has a tiny vestige of the same) but I guess little person hands rubbing the side of the cab have pretty much removed them after a century or so.  By the way, she still runs fine.

Labeled in Greenberg's book on American Flyer Prewar O'gauge as "probably the most uncommon steeple-cab electric" is the uncatalogued 1211 Steeple Cab from the 1920's.  The square sheet metal working headlight on top of the hood is one of 2 ways this loco came, the other had no headlight at all.  Rubber stamped in yellow "American Flyer Lines and Motor 1211"  Here she pulls out her vintage passenger consist of 4 wheel early AF passenger and baggage cars.  This old fellow, like her Lionel cousin above , also still runs great!.

Well Happy F.E.F everyone...stay happy, healthy, ...and WARM!!

Don

@RSJB18 posted:

Happy FEF!

Bob. That turned out great very nice pic

Happy FEF everyone! Here’s a Marx 999 for today:

                                                Trainfam

Wow, Don Mcerlean, now your really coming up with some oldies but goodies, Steeple Cab electrics, “1923”, Beautiful, and they probably run very nicely to. I would live to see your collection, it’s very unique. By the way, the ice storm in Ft. Worth was terrible, 100 car pile up and 6 deaths, that’s very tragic. It’s cold in Tennessee to. Lee Drennen, RSJB18 Bob did a good job on his mountain tunnel dental work. There is a light at the end of the Tunnel, and The picture I’m posting is my friends, Lionels, new General Type Locomotive, The Jupiter and also his Lionel VL Hudson. Happy Railroading Everyone

Wow, now for some front ends of my locomotives and diesels that are fun to run. Stay safe, stay healthy, pray continually. Happy Railroading Everyone

@leapinlarry posted:

Wow, now for some front ends of my locomotives and diesels that are fun to run. Stay safe, stay healthy, pray continually. Happy Railroading Everyone

Larry I always enjoy looking at your meticulously detailed layout pics. This caught my eye with the Mount Rushmore style resemblance of you in the background. Cant wait to see your Hudson running these rails...

Larry : Thank you for your comments and if you should ever find yourself in the vicinity of Central Texas please come over I would love to share my collection.

By the way your pictures are super and I would love to see your fabulous layout some day

All the best

Don

Great selection of good looking engines to go with a great looking layout as well'..👍😁