Front End Friday

My contribution today is this pic of my Western Pacific GP9 Lionel prototype remake:

For more on it's history go here: Recreation of a Post War Lionel Prototype - How I made it (warrenvillerailroad.com)

@Don McErlean posted:

@Strap Hanger- Love your subway pictures but your text piqued my curiosity...what is a "Low-V" ?

Thanks Don

Hi Don. Love your Pics as well.  The name "Low-V" or Lo-V" was used to describe a type of NYC subway car that entered service in the 1910s/20s.  They were in service through the 1960s.  Here is a decent writeup from the MTH website -

As the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) subway expanded in New York City, the need for additional equipment prompted the ordering of 600 low voltage type motor cars. One hundred of these cars came from Pullman in 1916 and 1917, while the remaining 500 were purchased from American Car and Foundry in 1924. An additional 510 non-powered trailer cars entered service between 1916 and 1922. Typical of subway equipment of their day, the steel-sided cars featured rattan seating and rather dim overhead lighting.

The LO-V cars, as the low voltage equipment came to be known, used a low voltage controller, or throttle, to control the high voltage that actually powered the car. This marked a dramatic improvement in safety for the motorman, who in previous HI-V cars had his hand on a controller directly connected to 600 volts of direct current on the third rail. The LO-V cars incorporated a master controller powered by a 32-volt battery, enabling the motorman to control the 600 volts passing through the DC group switches located under the car without fear of electrocution. The LO-V cars served for nearly four decades before being replaced by new cars with plush seating and bright fluorescent lighting.

@Strap Hanger-thank you for the explanation of the term “low V”  I rode the subways all the way through the period 1955-1962 I might have even rode on one of these cars. Thanks again for the information

Don

FEF, a work in progress. A Std Gauge Glenn FA diesel being repainted and decaled for SP bloody nose scheme. The rough casting and heavy molded in details make it challenging.

Happy FeF, everyone. With all the smoke here in NEPA it seems like we're living next to the engine shop. K-Line PRR A5 913 is in for a check-up. There's a lot of head scratching going on with the crew so it may be stuck here for a while.

Bob

FeF Southern Pacific 1102 SW8 hauling a couple of boxcars from an industrial line to a siding off the mainline for pickup. A bunch of kids playing hoops in the background while the train slowly passes by at the track speed limit of 10 mph. I'm gonna steal a line from Patrick (@trumptrain), "Just another day on the railroad"! Cheers Patrick!

Happy Friday everyone, and have a great weekend!

Hmmm, this photo reminds me I need to plant some bushes around the base of that flood light base.

A late FEF entry, my new CR "safety themed" K-Line MP15/SW1500:

K-Line apparently produced "safety themed" locos and rolling stock exclusively for CR starting in the early 2000's after most of CR's trackage was sold off to NS and CSX and what was left began operation as Conrail Shared Assets Operations or CSAO. More to come on SWSAT...

@Sitka posted:

Have a good FEF all!  Front end PW Lionel 2018 seeing some tail ends. God and Country!

Nice 2018 Mark! I've got 2037 with the 243W tender. Is yours also a 243W?

Happy FEF and weekend all! Nothing much new this week but here’s my submission for today, day job has me in a vacuum lately but hoping to get back to the layout soon.

John

Just came in last weekend so I finally get to post the pictures. The tip of the spear as arrived.

@Strap Hanger posted:

Great yard shots @SIRT , Choo Choo Mike, and @RSJB18 .  Sirt, I particularly like that WNEW sign on the bus - great memories! I’m still on vacation, but had the chance to take a few great front end shots a few days ago on our visit to the NY Aquarium in Coney Island -

Hope you got coupla dogs and fries at Nathan’s across the street!

@Bill Swatos posted:

Nice 2018 Mark! I've got 2037 with the 243W tender. Is yours also a 243W?

Hey Bill it is a 6026W that has some good sound.

@Trainwreck nate- Beautiful PA Nate...I was a Navy Dept Aero Engineer and worked with a lot of Marines as we developed and improved their helicopters and the V-22.  Super people, great patriots, and fun to work with.

Don

Might as well get double duty out of this guy - MTH RK NH GP9

Good evening everyone, there’s a lot of beautiful pictures and videos on this uniquely fun to read thread. I’m late, but here’s a few pictures for your review. Happy Railroading Everyone

Have a good FeF Prewar Lionel 225E moving freight, Have a good weekend.

Happy FEF!

Good morning OGR Forum members, it’s a beautiful Friday and for today, I’m showing another one of the famous “ Harmonyards “creations, re-doing a Lionel Berkshire that had Zinc Pest with an MTH Boiler painted perfectly to match the tender… Pat does amazing work, he’s a perfectionist…Here’s to you Pat… Happy Railroading Everyone     ( this was special made for my friend Rich Hane, Madisonville, Ky.)

Well today its my first look at a new acquisition, arrived late yesterday.  Its a Marx 666 loco from 1955.  This one is a little unique in that its a "double reduction" locomotive designed to work better at slow speeds, have not evaluated that yet but will likely do that over the weekend.  It has (normal) smoke - some 666 locos had cylinder smoke.  Its condition for being 68 years old is excellent, does not appear to have run all that often.  The bell on the boiler front platform, the illuminated number plate at the center of the boiler front , and the brass add on whistle, are some of the neat details.

Hope you have a great weekend.  Its likely to be HOT here in central Texas, headed for 100+ this afternoon

Best Wishes

Don

I have a picture off the web that shows a crane car with the caption stating it is in the lead because there were no by run-around tracks near the accident.  So, in the case, this is the front end as it is being pushed to the accident site.