Front End Friday

Happy Front End Friday everyone! I'm running some big steam on the layout this week. Starting with my beloved Legacy Lionmaster T1 Duplex.

Also the BIGGEST locomotive in my collection, the titanic Q2 4-4-6-4.

Here's the video of the titans thundering on my layout.

And here's a little Mack diesel with a billboard reminding us all to be home for the holidays. Merry Christmas to all!

Finally, it’s Friday.  Friday’s are for some Berkshire run time.

Last FeF before the man comes by the homestead, hope all have a great Christmas and support your troops overseas God Speed All

Happy FEF!

First day of my holiday break. Don't go back to work till Jan. 3rd!

Finally out of the shops is my MTH Penn Central RS27. This is an early QSI/PS model that you may recall had been bitten by the zinc pest.

Bob

Railking E8s

Happy FeF!  Can’t believe it’s here already.  Here is the front end of an R17 pulling into Wall Street station -

Happy FEF everyone!

Here are a few front ends.

Happy Holidays!

Good morning, FEFers.

Here is the front end of the train under our Christmas tree.  This is my wife's favorite engine.

This K-Line PRR A5 has ran for many years on my layout, but was replaced by the smaller and closer to scale MTH A5.  The K-Line is now our Christmas engine.

Chrome Lionel 265E with chrome 2613/14/15 cars.

Mr.& Mrs. Claus ride the front deck of an SW9 switcher.  

Front End Friday Switching Power on the Polar Express at the Paradise, CA passenger station.

In route to the North Pole via Paradise, CA, the Polar Express Berkshire 1225 experiences some driver issues and will need some serious, and time consuming, maintenance. The Polar Express needs some fresh and reliable power on the front end, so U.P. offers up Big Boy #4006 to the rescue. U.P. tossed some fancy Polar Express banners on the sides of #4006 tender, and it's ready to pull!

Happy Front End Friday and Happy Holidays to all!

Apologies for the kitchen background noise, the wife is whipping up a special cake for dessert tonight! I'm all in!

@trumpettrain posted:

Mr.& Mrs. Claus ride the front deck of an SW9 switcher.  

Hi Patrick, nicely decked out SW9 with Mr. and Mrs. Santa! Great pick! Happy Holidays!!!

@WesternPacific2217 posted:

Hi Patrick, nicely decked out SW9 with Mr. and Mrs. Santa! Great pick! Happy Holidays!!!

Thanks so much Scott!  I love your video of the Polar Express engine change.  I really like the Mallet PE!! Wishing you the warmest of wishes for the holiday!!

For the last Front End Friday of 2023, I'm running some Hiawatha Road. For starters, I have my MTH Lionel Corp 250e on the outer mainline. This engine required some extensive modification to make it track worthy (which I did a whole writeup on a year ago), but has been a very reliable runner ever since.

I also have my big articulated Bipolar on the inner mainline. This was a York acquisition about 6 years ago, and although some of my friends have dubbed it my "ugliest engine", I always have fun running it.

Here's the video. Happy Front End Friday AND Happy New Year to all!

@Trainguy Ken posted:

For the last Front End Friday of 2023, I'm running some Hiawatha Road. For starters, I have my MTH Lionel Corp 250e on the outer mainline. This engine required some extensive modification to make it track worthy (which I did a whole writeup on a year ago), but has been a very reliable runner ever since.

I also have my big articulated Bipolar on the inner mainline. This was a York acquisition about 6 years ago, and although some of my friends have dubbed it my "ugliest engine", I always have fun running it.

Here's the video. Happy Front End Friday AND Happy New Year to all!

Nice Ken, I love the Bi-Polar. I have one as well.

Happy FEF

My entry doesn’t need rails.
Here is my PRR Tug pushing hard to keep a scrap barge against the sea wall.

Happy FEF!

Making good progress on my Morris Park Switcher. I've decided that this is the front. I've ordered all of the detail parts from Precision Scale Co., and I'm currently making an interior to cover the board and motor.

Bob

New Haven Railroad Alco S-2 diesel switcher #0617 is an MTH Premier model (20-20588-1, MSRP $449.95) delivered in 2016 with PS3. Photos and videos show it from the front end and running on my 10’-by-5’ model railroad.

MELGAR

Front end of an MTA work train pulling into a subway station -

My front end entry today is a picture of two engines running yesterday on my layout. Both are Weaver products. The engine on the upper track is #659, a Berkshire that was totally reworked by Harmon Shops and the one on

the lower bridge is #1389, a Pacific that Pat Norcross also did some upgrading on.