Front End Friday

FEF again!

Happy FEF!

Happy Friday everyone enjoy your weekend. Took this on cold day in January

Happy Friday everyone, ran out and just took this so I could be part of friday's!

Last week at the St Louis Transportation Museum. That's me in the first photo on my 58th birthday.

Good morning all.  As promised here are some photos of the "front" ends of my HO Scale Amtrak Acela.

@RSJB18 posted:

Happy FEF!

Gotta love some D&H front ends... but still no Sharks, eh????

Happy FEF day!

Happy F.E.F everyone, and Happy Birthday Dave Ripp.  My selection today is a little off normal, I decided to post some Hafner Trains.  William Hafner and his son John started the company making toy trains around the turn of the 20ths century and kept at it until John sold the company in 1951.  They never made an "electric train" always feeling that electric trains were so expensive that they weren't toys.  Here is the one of the last versions of the Hafner streamlined steam engine, the #2000.  It followed the #1010 that had run from 1938 until early post war when Hafner decided to "modernize" their engine offerings.  This guy lasted, under the Hafner name, until about 1952 and then was offered as a Wyandotte toy (the parent company of Wyandotte toys bought the Hafner company in 1951). until about 1956.  This one is Hafner as the Wyandotte name does not appear.

Here is the F.E.F shot, showing the streamlined front end.  The light is powered by a single "D" cell battery under the hood near the boiler front, the lever peeking out the front in the position of a front coupler is actually the headlight switch.

Here is a shot showing the side graphics and his little train, also Hafner of the same time period.  He has a reasonably good clockwork motor, and can power himself for one complete circuit of my modest layout pulling this little train.

Have a happy Friday and a great weekend everyone.

Don

Ready for assignment at the Greaat Northeastern Railway's Mount Carroll Yard.

Happy FEF everyone!

heres my photo for today:

                                                   Trainfam

@Dave Ripp. posted:

Last week at the St Louis Transportation Museum. That's me in the first photo on my 58th birthday.

Happy Birthday Dave'..🍰'  Great pictures'.. Thanks for posting them'....

Happy FEF.

Wow...that’s a great-looking locomotive and scene, Johan!

@Dave Ripp. posted:

Last week at the St Louis Transportation Museum. That's me in the first photo on my 58th birthday.

Dave some great looking pics. I always enjoy going there I live about 75 miles south from there.

@Randy Harrison posted:

Ready for assignment at the Greaat Northeastern Railway's Mount Carroll Yard.

Awesome pic Randy.

@CNJ #1601 posted:

Wow...that’s a great-looking locomotive and scene, Johan!

Joe. Thank you. This picture is taken from my new Somewhere in Maine layout.

Johan

@Amfleet25124 posted:

Good morning all.  As promised here are some photos of the "front" ends of my HO Scale Amtrak Acela.

KEVIN!! You Came Though sir!! Shes Gorgeous, 200 MPH! Smmmmmmmmooking. Thank you Kevin, You did not disappoint.