Front End Friday

Hey Bob - That's great - love the little guys buffalo plaid and engineer striped denim - working on the railroad

@pennsyfan posted:

A different front end for this Friday.

So who thinks Grandpa is having a ball???

Very cute!

@RSJB18 posted:

So who thinks Grandpa is having a ball???

Very cute!

Thanks Bob, he is my Great Grandson, makes it even sweeter.

@GG1 4877 posted:

You've given me a great idea even if he wasn't

OH  OH  Jonathan.

Keep those rail shinning on FEF

Happy FEF!

Finally have some Forum time....I hate when work gets in the way...

Snuck into the back end of the yard for today's shot.

Bob

Long Island Rail Road B-6sb #170 is a recent acquisition bought from Forum Sponsor Trainz. The model is MTH Railking Imperial 30-1710-1 delivered in 2017 with PS3 at MSRP $449.95. Photos and video show it on the back straight of my 10’-by-5’ layout behind the Idaho Hotel and approaching the southwest junction.

MELGAR

Happy FeF!  Here’s the front end of an R12 leading a mixed consist, which was quite common in the 1970s.  This mixed consist includes an R17, an R36, a redbird , and an R27. -

Bonus video from yesterdays run session -

Here's my end of the front kind for this fine Friday!   A Ma & Pa Doodlebug.  

@pennsyfan- WHAT A GREAT PICTURE...LOVED IT!

Don

Well I admit it, F.E.F. came up fast for me this week, I was traveling home from a Holiday Visit with East Coast family (Georgia).  However when I arrived late last night, this gal was waiting in her delivery box- a late Christmas present to me (from me!).  She is a bit dirty, needs maintenance, and a thorough cleaning and likely some electrical wiring repairs, but all that is for another day ( this is a 2024 project).  So here she is:

She is a 1925-1926 Lionel #253 electric.  She came with "Outfit 98" Passenger and "Outfit 95" freight.  These contained - ( outfit 95) - 2 #820 Boxcars, #821 Cattle Car, & #822 Caboose.  (for outfit 98) - 2 early #610 Pullmans and an early #612 observation.

She is fully identified with the 1925-1926 configuration including details of the type 4b motor and type 1 flag holder.  The only item not matching the "book" description is that she should have brass roof handrails and hers are nickel, otherwise she matches the stated configuration exactly.  She needs a thorough cleaning (for which I have to take her apart) and some of the wiring (old fashioned cloth insulation) needs to be replaced but that will come later.  For now, she just compliments my loco collection.  At between 98 and 99 years old, she seems in really good condition. The color is listed as "dark green" .

Here is the full "Front End Friday" view.  Note the manual reverse lever on the lower left side and the type 1s couplers with both the latch and tab/slot capability.

Here is a front quarter view, showing 2 "strap" type headlights, the type 1 flag holders, the reverse lever, and the brass inserts and brass/black number / name plates.

Here you see her (likely incorrect) nickel roof hand rails (although they appear factory made - so are likely an aftermarket purchase).  In addition you can make out her cast, red spokes on the drive wheels. OBTW, the nickel journals are correct to the period, its just the roof handrails that are wrong.

Well Front End Friday fans, that's my post for today...she is complete, nearly exact for configuration, 98 years old, gives every likelihood of being operable.  I am excited as her purchase price was very modest.

Happy New Year

Don

Railking

Good evening, FEFers.  Running late today.

Lots of electrics today.  Here is my MTH PRR P5A boxcab that is slowly disintegrating.

Lionel 784 Hudson with 19300 tender taking on water from a 30 water tower.

The snow is falling, so time to clear the tracks!

Happy FEF everyone!

PW Lionel Erie working the yard, have a good FeF.

Waiting for the snowstorm in upstate NY

My front end for today - a cold and snowy Friday, January 19th, 2024 - is Pennsylvania #5740, a G-5s 4-6-0 locomotive. #5740 is on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania and, with a tractive effort of 41,328 pounds, is considered to be the most powerful Ten-Wheeler ever built. The model is by MTH Premier (20-3031-1) and was delivered in March 1999 with PS1 at MSRP $699.95. So, I have been running this engine for almost 25 years (hard to believe). It has one of the highest running-times of any engine that I own. MTH made a quality product...

In the video, there is another locomotive stopped on the track to the left of the one on which #5740 is running. That is Long Island Rail Road G-5s #21, a sister engine that the PRR built for its LIRR subsidiary in 1924.

MELGAR

A trio of F3's....

Lionel Pennsy F3 ABA #9502 from 2012.

Enjoying the day sitting in the Sunroom watching it snow.

Donald

Happy FEF!

Reading 0-6-0t spotting a car on Team Track #1

The forklift operator/ photo bomber wanted in on the action too