Front end Friday.....

@Apples55 posted:

Thanks Bob. Since my pike is in PA though, the 200 is just another Lawn-guy-land interloper (and heaven knows, we already have more than enough of them in my little corner of NEPA!!!). I have always really liked the PRR/LIRR symbol...

You mean this one?

Yea it's missing the keystone...

@RSJB18 posted:

You mean this one?

Yea it's missing the keystone...

Gotta have the Keystone or it just don’t fly... it’s just Long Island

Friday’s really fly around these days, lots of nice pictures and hopefully everyone is staying safe and staying healthy, Today, two versions of Lionels Big Boys, parked on a siding. One VisionLine 4014, one the new Legacy version, First Run edition. Happy Railroading Everyone

Good morning, I have not posted any pictures on this topic for sometime but I have sure enjoyed the photos other members have posted.

This week my wife and I was in Clearfield PA and caught this RJ Corman empty grain train led by NS power.

This train is heading for Cresson PA to the NS Pittsburgh Main Line.

Have a good weekend and please stay safe !!!!!

Happy FEF on this 13th day

End of the front kind for this fine Friday!

Union P. Coaltrain

Unfortunately The 100MB limit will not allow for all 43 cars.

TGIF....FEF

Digging thru the archives so that I can contribute.  A few photos of the N Scale variety from my former club (South Florida Railway Museum in Deerfield Beach).

First, a meeting of two SD60M's in the yard (CSX 8759 and Union Pacific 6253)

And a few photos of a CSX GP40-2 (#6318)...

Up close and personal

Then with locomotive out for focus to the background quarry building...

And then with the locomotive in focus with the quarry blurred in the background.

None of these photo styles were done by design.  I just noticed the effects when I was going through the slides to present them here

Randy Great shot!! I had to do a double take thinking this was real!

Hi everyone, happy F.E.F to all.  Today I have my new (to me) Marx 588 NYC switcher in the hard to find light grey/black livery.  This was made one year only 1962 with tab / slot couplers (year I graduated from High School!).  I was especially pleased to find this one as I now have all 3 liveries (Black, Maroon, & Grey) that Marx produced the NYC 588.  their total production, beginning with the Black / White livery spanned '58 -'62 with a re-appearance of this grey one, only with plastic knuckle couplers in 1964.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Don McErlean, you are the very best at finding some of the most unique Marx engines I’ve ever seen. Amazing, great find. The engine I’m showing belongs to a great friend of mine from Nashville, Tennessee. Happy Railroading Everyone

Happy FEF

@SLO32

Thanks for the compliment. This was photographed on my back deck with live pine trees at the end of the yard. So, that much is real. The camera angle on the locomotive is also convincing.

Happy Front End Friday the 13th on the SP.

Leapinlarry - thank you for the compliment.  I do get a kick out of trying to find the "odd balls" and I enjoy the fact that others enjoy seeing them as well.  Your post as always has pictures of great engines and your fabulous lay out.  I never tire of seeing what a great "empire" you have built.  WP great video...I admit to jealously when I see layouts like yours and Larry's with great track work and small angle switches.  I am afraid I am a "plywood, foam, painted green, Lionel 0-22 switches and 31" dia radii " kind of guy...but I do love to make them "go round" .  WP that livery on your diesels, is that what they called the "black widow" scheme?  Sorry if I am all messed up.

Best regards to all

Don

Don McErlean, Thank You for the nice response, I think we have something in common, Texas, I’m from Dennison Texas. As you can see from the 100’s of the OGR Forum members, each collection is different and uniquely neat. Some love pre-war, post war, modern, American Flyer, Marx, MTH, Lionel, Third Rail, K-Line, Weaver, Atlas 0, and even different types of trackage, Conventional and even different command systems, even outdoor Railroading LGB, Peco... and on and on. A basic table, painted green, tubular track, old Lionel post war, or Marx can be just as entertaining going past those nostalgic accessories, working the arms of that old ZW transformer, or the old LW with a light up as you turn the lever, it’s All Fun.

I’ve visited many many layouts, over 250, examples like Dr. Bill Bramlages Tower City, to Gale Rotching’s 16 by 16 layout with a jam packed bunch of accessories, turn table, extraordinary design, (Cincinnati Ohio) and a friends 4 by 8 table fully sceniked with the old Lionel 675 steam set flying around the track with post war freight cars and of course the milk car delivering milk.  All fun to run. All trains are fun, your nostalgic collection of older trains is fun to see. I love them all.

Don McErlean: Thank you for your kind words. Yes the SP F3 locomotive is in the so-called “Black Widow” paint scheme, one of my favorites. I love all types of layouts. I grew up drooling over the Lionel layouts in the 50’s catalogs, and I still like them as well. For fun, this year I made a small 4’ x 4’ layout using  027 track and the pair of manual 027 switches Santa brought me in 1957. It is that old fashioned simple type layout with 1950’s style trains and  scenicing. I love them all.

Happy FEF!

I saw this photo  and thought FEF had to share.

A roustabout (Lackawanna’s term for a local freight), led by a Trainmaster leads a piggyback for the ramp in Port Morris, and an empty Sunoco tanker, destined for return to Marcus Hook, plus the rest returning to the yard in Secaucus around a bend in NW NJ.

Ends of the front kind for this fine Friday!   MU car commin atcha!  

Y6b mallet .... power plus!

Happy FEF from the Santa Fe Dash Family (500 - 900 series)

                                                       AF #21004 Pennsy 0-6-0 switcher

I've posted these before elsewhere but fun for this thread....

Mural: Stockton, Illinois.

Rusty

Wow F.E.F fans...one thing arriving late gets me is a chance to see all the great posts that you have put into the thread before I got here!  Artie...I come from North Jersey and clearly remember Secaucus and the Jersey "meadow" (giant swamp, home to huge landfills!).  RSJB18 love how you did that elevated line (one of my "bucket list" jobs ).  WP - glad to hear about your 4x4 layout, maybe you could post a picture or so for inspiration, sounds really cool.  Trumptrain - the MU cars really look good. DG beautiful SF diesel and impressive detail.  Paul R ... unusual AF engine, the 0-6-0 is not all that common, it was pre-war only with Lionel.  WITZ41- WOW 2 great NW steam engines...but aren't you the leader of the UP thread ?  Beautiful steam even if they aren't UP (LOL)

My contribution today will also recall some UP trains.  This is the Marx UP E-7 Diesel AB unit.  Made only one year, 1960.  As you can see, the shell is a pretty good model of the E-7 although its closer to "S" scale than "O" although it is O gauge.   Not much interior detail at all.   This one populated a few sets for Sears and Montgomery Ward's in the day and was available for limited separate sale.  They made both powered and dummy A units as well as the dummy B so it is possible to assemble an ABA set but this AB took me years to locate.  But its the search that's fun!

Here is the A unit alone.  Good cast in detail but not much else.  It is missing a single black plastic horn on top of the cab but is otherwise fully complete.  Despite being 61 years old, like much of Marx, a little oil and she runs like a top!

Here is a better view of the entire AB unit, including the Marx #3900 UP caboose from 1974-75

Well fellows, great F.E.F. fun, have a happy and healthy weekend.

Don

Happy FEF....late but it’s still Friday.

FEF

Front End Friday,

Southern Pacific H12-44 Freight

@WP posted:

FEF

Front End Friday,

Southern Pacific H12-44 Freight

Wow! Your H12-44 details are spot on and the scenery is amazing. Thanks for posting.

Happy FEF from Chessie

Happy FEF!

A new member of the fleet just arrived.

Happy FEF.  DG that’s a whole lot of Chessie....nice.  Bob, I love that engine. RS-11...sweet.

Good morning, the first photo this morning is a Pennsylvania L1 520 passing West Interlock and picking up its train order from the Interlock Worker on a cold December morning.

Hopefully the noise and the exhaust from the engine don’t rattle the accumulated ice and snow loose from the edge of the roof !!!!!

Second photo although not a front end shot just a little humor, is Santa on his way to the Daily Grind Coffee shop for his morning cup of coffee. Santa has just had a encounter with Spike the Bulldog.

Spike has done a good job getting Santa up on top of the retaining wall. Hopefully Santa doesn’t have any treats in his sack !!!!!                                                            What a way for Santa to start his day.

Take care and stay safe !!!!!

Happy FEF.  Marx 333 on the right & K-Line 333 version on the left.

Front End Friday with Red Nose and engineer

Ends of the front kind for this fine Friday!!

Everyone, beautiful front ends, and some beautiful rear ends, either position, all are Fantastic. Happy Railroading Everyone, have a great weekend....