Front End Friday

Don, those toys look like fun.

Bob, those BEEPS look good coming or going!

RSJB18 , Artie-DL&W thank you both for your comments.  Yes I believe those young people in Europe or UK had great fun with those toys in the 1950's.  Especially since I know that at the time, resources were tight and the war recovery was still in progress so inexpensive fun toys would have been popular. Best wishes for a great weekend

Don

Lionel offered two versions of the SD70ACE Union Pacific WP Legacy Locomotives. #1903 is a fictitious number but acknowledges the year the WP company was formed. Lionel also offered the #1983 that acknowledges the year UP acquired WP, and this version actually exists in the UP roster.

Happy front end Friday All... Spent some time this afternoon straightening out part of my layout so I can FINALLY get back to doing some long delayed scenicing on one side of the layout. While I was moving some engines into storage in the yard, I grabbed a couple of front end photos...

USA PA's in large scale.  Offered on the FS board...

My version of the "Race of the Century."

Happy 100 Pages to the FEF crew!

A grey, chilly fall night at the "Charles Street Yard..."

C&O Greenbrier 4-8-4 #614

A shot from the RSJ&B shops. Working on my BEEP upgrade. First set of LED's done.

End of the front kind for this fine Friday!

Lionel Postwar K4 Being passed by P.R.R. Mallet

The Ophir and Oblivion Management decided to show off some of the new power for the new electrified extension between Ophir and the up and coming city of Erehwon.  The new KB unit is equipped with backup in the form of clockwork power so it can keep running even if there is an electrical failure on the system.

Our 3 rail Scale Premiere Dash 40WC in action.  Offered on the FS post

Hi everyone, happy Friday.  My "front end" comes today from a purchase I made while on vacation on a Rhine river cruise.  Purchased at a toy shop in Colmar, France this is a 1/43 scale model of a modern European tram.  It is all set for track running, with detailed trucks and flanged wheels but alas no power (hand of God power).  It has a full interior and opening doors and hidden hatches in the roof where you can add passengers if you wish.  I am posting the "front end" here but there are some additional pictures if you wish to see more posted on " Buy Anything Cool Today" under the Traditional Toy Trains thread of Nov 12.

Here is the front end (although as RSJB18 said in one post) it could be the tail end as well !!  One operator sits behind that huge glass windscreen and there is no other crew aboard.

A slightly longer view of the front end, showing the highly streamlined shape.  Entry for passengers is via two sets of double doors near the center of the unit.

Hope everyone has a great weekend

Don

Last Saturday, Dave ran his electronically upgraded LIONEL 785 NYC Hudson:

Les ran his NYC S-2 (a rivet counter's delight, literally!):

And this is the GM&O F-3 (former LIONEL PW 2343) pulling "The Abraham Lincoln":

Big Boy at Kansas City Union Station

Happy FEF, Not much out there in STD Gauge world for Hudson’s. Here’s my Frank Read Royal Hudson and my Waterman Hudson.

Steve

Happy FEF