Front End Friday

Hi Patrick, "Thank You" for the compliment

Some railroads ran their ALCO RS engines with the short hood forward.

NYC RS-1

Others, like the Pennsy, ran their's with the long hood forward.

As mentioned many times on this topic, just look for the "F".

Happy FEF!

Railking

A few old Williams locos and one Weaver... I kinda like K4's....

Have a good FeF all Railking Mallet blowing off some steam.

My FEF takes me back to the early ‘60s.
The BMT standard 3 car set; with a white disc attached to the gate. This indicated that it was the “Bankers Special”.  It ran on the Brighton Line.  It was switched from Local to Express between Avenue U and Kings Highway, and ran express to Prospect Park. At Prospect Park there was a single track to Dekalb Ave. The express track ran over the Manhattan Bridge. The Local went into the tunnel. The white disc indicated to the tower that this train should be switched to the IND tracks, which would take it to the Nassau Loop; stopping at Broad St, Nassau St, and Fulton Street whigh was the last stop. It would then be routed over the Manhattan Bridge back to the Brighton Line. In the afternoon in ran the reverse.

Happy FEF. Bangor & Aroostook GP7 #63.

Another one for today.  PRR H10.  Mostly likely CLW, but having that confirmed in another thread by the brilliant people who regularly read here.

@BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Happy FEF. Bangor & Aroostook GP7 #63.

Looks just like you Johan!

@GG1 4877 posted:

Another one for today.  PRR H10.  Mostly likely CLW, but having that confirmed in another thread by the brilliant people who regularly read here.

That is a nice one too.

A couple of FEF shots of the current passenger and freight movers on the layout.

Well hello F.E.F. fans, here is what I believe to be Marx's finest locomotives, the die cast 333 and her die cast tender.  Made between 1949 - 1958.

Best Wishes

Don

Happy Friday! Here’s my FeF. It’s the front end when the other end isn’t! 😁

Lionel Erie Heavy Mikado under the Christmas tree a few years back...

@coach joe posted:

Looks just like you Johan!

Joe,

😄

Johan

Wow, I’m a day late, but we have been traveling to help our son move. Front end Fridays are the best, looking at all of this beautiful locomotives and layouts and videos is so amazing. Also, Happy Super Bowl Weekend Everyone.

Don I'm pretty certain you know that Marx 333 begat the K-Line 3000 Pacific class.

NYC 3010 in the front. Anheuser-Busch 3014 in the rear.

@coach joe- Joe, believe it or not, I am fairly unfamiliar with the Kline heritage.  I had long ago recognized the lineage of some of their freight cars to Marx but failed to make the connection with the 333 locomotive.  If you don't mind, would you post a couple of pictures of a Kline 3000 so I can see the details.  Thanks

Don

@don Don I'll try to take some better photos and post tomorrow.