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Front end Friday.....

Don McErleanDon McErleanOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Well F.E.F folks here is my input for this week.   This is a new (to me) French Hornby locomotive in flat brown SNCF color scheme. I believe it is Type No 1E Special.  It has "Serie Hornby" embossed on the lower boiler front, giving away its French origin.   It is labeled as a "20 Volt" engine which corresponds to the "standard voltage" both the UK and France settled on for electric engines in the mid 30's, although in the UK both low voltage (battery) and high voltage (60 volt) engines were produced.  This one has manual reverse, so that makes it an early version (or a cheap one - who knows) and the configuration with an automatic front coupler dates if from 1934 or later. Being post nationalization in France, that makes it somewhat later at least 1938. Most production stopped with the war in 1940-41 so my best guess is 1938-41 as a production date.   It easily pulled 3 Number 1 coaches around my flat oval lay out.  I powered it with my ZW which at max puts out just over 18 volts so I wondered if it would work, well it does not start till you are at nearly full throttle on the ZW but after that it goes quite well, even the headlight comes on.  Anyway, I was very pleased with the operation.

 

French Hornby Loco

Happy F.E.F everyone!

Don McErlean

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Don WinslowDon WinslowOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Bill, I must comment on your Northern Pacific GG-1. That paint scheme is inspired! If the NP ever had GG-1's, they would have looked great in that scheme.

As a boy I worked in a local model train shop in California that had an HO GG-1 painted in Southern Pacific's "Daylight" colors on display. It brought chuckles from most customers and we had an occasional sorehead that completely disapproved of our model railroading "license".

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lee drennen posted:
geysergazer posted:

Wishing a happy and safe F E F to all here!

Eastbound Capitol between Meyersdale and Sand Patch:

       

 

       

Boeing parts train in Bighorn Canyon:

        roadtothermopolis4

 

       

That’s Boeing pic is neat never seen that 

 

Lee, that has been a standard move for 50yr. I took that pic in 1998 when we happened to be in the right place at the right time. We had stopped to watch Bighorn Sheep and along came that train. Fuselages and parts are shipped from Kansas and Texas North to the Boeing plant in Washington.

According to this article the 10,000th 737 fuselage made the trip in 2018:

https://www.railwayage.com/fre...boeing-737-fuselage/

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