@Dallas Joseph posted:Nice scene Johan.
Looks like a great place to start having a weekend of camping and fishing. 🤓
Dallas. Thank you. The place on my model railway and the small river is partly like a place here near my home. The railway, built in 1874, crosses a small river where there is also a rapids. In summer you can often see swimmers and fishermen there.
Johan.
#465 waiting for a freight assignment.
Andy
@Dallas Joseph posted:HAPPY FRONT END FRIDAY everyone.
Dallas, in my minds eye that little switcher is travelling along at prototypical "O" gauge speed. Even with all the hi-rail detail and scale fidelity we've come to expect, seeing trains creep along at scale speeds doesn't seem quite right to me.
Forgot to post this yesterday. One of our two bananas. 
@coach joe posted:Dallas, in my minds eye that little switcher is travelling along at prototypical "O" gauge speed. Even with all the hi-rail detail and scale fidelity we've come to expect, seeing trains creep along at scale speeds doesn't seem quite right to me.
I thought I was going to have the little guy backing up to a couple scrap gondolas ..........but........I thought why not have some fun with a little switcher. Well , all I can figure is the switcher's been working out.
Glad you enjoyed the " prototypical " O " gauge speed " Joe. 
I guess I like to do this from time to time to relieve tension . 
@Trainwreck nate posted:Forgot to post this yesterday. One of our two bananas.
Time flies when you are having fun Nate.
Hi Sarge, looks like that banana SD40-2 kept the old UP 3771 number. Will it get painted Connecticut Southern Railroad paint scheme eventually? Nice photo, and wow what a nice clean shop, too!
Well I am about 9 hrs early - just the opposite of Trainwreck nate but I have an early start, all day appointment tomorrow so I wanted to post my F.E.F. post early so I didn't miss the thread.
This is something I just received. It is a Hornby, Type 20 clockwork 0-4-0 locomotive. It is from their lowest price line which in the postwar era since 1947 had been sold under the name "M0 trains". However in 1954 Hornby finally recognized, British Rail nationalization (which had occurred in 1948) and modified their train lines to reflect post nationalization liveries. The M0 locomotive became the Type 20 with the only real difference being that the Type 20 is in the British Rail livery and has the "Lion and Wheel" symbol on the green tender. The Type 20 remained in the line a very long time, until 1968 looking pretty much the same, so actual dating of this specific locomotive is very difficult. All I can say is that it dates from somewhere between 1954 and 1968. The little Type 20 and her type 20 wagons lasted until just about the end of Hornby 0 gauge trains and were some of the last trains to still be offered in the 68-69 time period, although by then it was just left over inventory.
She was designed to run on 1 ft radius curves so I have hope she will love my 0-27 which is just over 1 ft radius (24 in dia). She does have the capability to stop via a track trip, although I don't have the brake rail piece of track but hey there is always the future.
Best wishes for the weekend
Don
Hey Don! Nothing wrong with being early I really like your Hornby O-4-0!
Here's my pics for this week's fine Front End Friday!
A dirty Dockside locomotive. 
1940 something Coke delivery truck and 1947 Renault 
1950's Seagrave tiller hook and ladder. 
One horsepower beer wagon! 
Don that 0-4-0 is looking fine. It's in great shape.
Patrick what scale is that delivery truck? I really like that beer wagon. I need to get one.
Patrick: Thank you for the compliment on my Hornby. Your pictures and stories are always great fun. I like the beer wagon. I am actually old enough to remember at least one vendor who still used a wagon when I was a little boy, I remember the horses.
Best Wishes
Don
Wow, it’s getting close to Friday and Don McErlean and Trumptrain has posted some beautiful pictures, One oldie, A beautiful Hornby locomotive and the other, a beautifully weathered dockside tanker, and more, beautiful automobiles and firetruck and a horse drawn wagon with great products. Wow… So, let’s start FEF a little early with a few more Fronts…. Happy Railroading Everyone 
Here are a few new close up pictures of some of my locomotives:
@coach joe posted:Don that 0-4-0 is looking fine. It's in great shape.
Patrick what scale is that delivery truck? I really like that beer wagon. I need to get one.
Coach Joe - not sure of the scale but it's smaller than 1:43
@trumpettrain posted:Hey Don! Nothing wrong with being early
Here's my pics for this week's fine Front End Friday!
A dirty Dockside locomotive.
1940 something Coke delivery truck and 1947 Renault
1950's Seagrave tiller hook and ladder.
One horsepower beer wagon!
Patrick, great photos! You have some of the coolest cars, trucks, and horse drawn stuff! That Renault is not what you would expect to see on a train layout. ;-)
If coach Joe is asking about the Coca-Cola delivery truck it’s 1:50 scale. How do I know, I have one also. It’s also my front end Friday
They were sold under several brand names, but they are getting hard to find so hang on to it. That hook and ladder fire truck is a beauty! I like the way you have it on a flatbed rail car.
Happy Friday Patrick and OGR members, and have a great weekend!
Happy FEF!
Great pix and stories as always this week.
Here's my D&H RS-11 rounding the bend behind the engine facility. This is a Lionel model with TMCC.
Bob
Some Subway front-ends coming out of the Yard on my old layout (note Grampa's manual switches). The thing about subways is that this could just as easily be the back-end, LOL!
Bonus front end pic of a subway work crane helping out the track crew -
PW Lionel switcher dropping of some freight
Happy FEF.
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