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Front end Friday.....

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                     Seldom photographed NYS&W GP18 #1804 at Little Ferry, NJ- frigid Feb.85'.

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Love it; perhaps my favorite diesel paint scheme. 

Had the Life Like N scale version; unfortunately, at one point I bought an MRC power pack that must have had some sort of "glitch", as it heated up the 18s motor to the degree that the sides melted slightly and got distorted... 

Mark in Oregon

Don McErleanDon McErleanOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Well another week goes by and its F.E.F again.  Great pictures guys, thanks for posting.  My contribution this week is a favorite of mine the mighty Marx 333 pulling her consist of NYC cars on the high speed line.  Steam is fading on the Leonardtown and Savannah since its 1944 but the war is still dragging on, so Steam still handles a lot of L&S passenger traffic as our diesel budget goes to switchers that can work the Port of Savannah loading convoys for the boys overseas.  So here is the L&S mid day express to Atlanta , still in the hands of steam.  With this mighty engine we will easily be in Atlanta in time for a nice dinner.  Old Joe, our senior engineer (40 year man) often bids this job because he can shop for his wife before the return tomorrow.  As he says, old 333 is "running like a Singer sewing machine!".

Marx 333 leavng station

Have a Nice Weekend everyone!

Don

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Don McErleanDon McErleanOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Happy F.E.F everyone.  Before I post my weekly contribution, I wanted to share a short story that revolves around a train like Rich Wienmann's Lionel Std Gauge #8.  Quite a few years ago, My brother, who is an accomplished guitar player revealed that he had a Lionel #8 freight set acquired from one of our uncles in the 50's.  It turns out I had a nice acoustic guitar acquired during a short lived 6th grade attraction to rock and roll (it was 1955) that I could not play...A marriage made in heaven!  I now have and run the wonderful #8 and he enjoys the guitar.

OK now what about F.E.F...well today, its a scene from the Leonardtown and Savannah during the late war years while the interurban was still providing service to the port of Savannah.  Much appreciated then (although soon forgotten after the war) during the days of gas rationing and heavy passenger need to get to the port for war work .  We see interurban car 2015  passing through the intersection of main street in Small Town just outside center city. 

Trolley Car front

Happy F.E,F fellows, have a great weekend.

 

Don

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PAUL ROMANOPAUL ROMANOOGR Forum Member

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                         NYS&W EMD F45 #3636 at Hawthorne, NJ at 12:20PM Sunday Feb.18, 1996. 

                                     #3636 was the last EMD F45 operating East of the Mississippi.

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Don McErleanDon McErleanOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Happy F.E.F fellows:  Here is my add to the great listings so far.  The " mighty" Hafner 1010 streamlined steam loco gets ready to move her freight consist towards the next yard.  She is old, dating from 1938 to 1951 but ready to work.  Recent shop work has cleaned her skirts and given her a new coat of paint, as well as some boiler maintenance so she looks like new - but we all know steam is on the way out and soon she will be downgraded to locals, yard work, and pusher and then the scrap line.

Hafner Loco 1Hafner Loco 2

Hope everyone has a great weekend.  Best wishes

Don

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New Jersey Transit's fleet of G.E. U34CH locomotives on the deadline at their Meadows Maintenance Facility in Kearny, NJ- June 9, 1994. The big passenger U-Boats were replaced by rebuilt GP40s.

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Don McErleanDon McErleanOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Great Pictures Everyone, Thanks for a great Friday review!  We are getting ready to travel back home to Tx and so my photo's for today are limited to what is left on my computer till I get home and  renew my photo file.  Here is a bit of an odd one, it shows three "front ends" all of my Hornby modified tank engines awaiting their next assignment.  These are former clockwork engines that have been refitted with Marx electric drives.  This was a early e-bay purchase that actually worked out well despite my initial doubts and the fact that the engines are not "stock".  The Marx drives work beautifully including the remote reverse and can pull my various consists of Hornby freight and passenger wagons, so you get the look and the operation, but not the authenticity...I can live with that. 

Hornby tank engines in line

 

Best wishes for everyone to have a safe and happy weekend.

Don

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Good morning FEFers.  Here is my Weaver Pennsy H10.  I really like the detail!

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There were a total of 441 H10s steamers on Pennsy's roster.  However, only 273 were built new as a H10.  162 were rebuilt H8 steamers, and 6 were rebuilt H9.

The Weaver model has Cab Number 8421.  8421 was built as a H10s in 1915 and scrapped in 1949.

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Amfleet25124Amfleet25124OGR Forum Member

Happy FEF everyone!

Some stills from my YouTube channel.  A duo of FEC GE ES44C4 locomotives (#812 and #809) leading a mixed consist of 158 cars southbound through the NE 3rd Avenue/Flagler Drive railroad crossing in Fort Lauderdale on August 11, 2016.  At the time, there were only 2 tracks at the crossing at the Brightline expansion hadn't started yet.

FEC at Fort Lauderdale [8.11.16) AFEC at Fort Lauderdale [8.11.16) BFEC at Fort Lauderdale [8.11.16) CFEC at Fort Lauderdale [8.11.16) DFEC at Fort Lauderdale [8.11.16) E

 

 

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Don McErleanDon McErleanOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Amfleet251124 thanks for the pictures of the FEC, I always loved that livery.  I am going to follow along with the "real" trains photo's today, although I admit that "real" may be stretching it a little.  This is the Disney "Jungle Express" from Animal Land in Disney World Park in the summer of 2018.  Its a real locomotive in the sense that it pulls the train and sounds like steam but I am not sure that it really is steam powered.  It is a really neat illusion anyway.

So here is a "front end" as they say..."only a Mother could love!"  Being from Texas, I get the cow horns on the front.

Disney Jungle Express 1

Hers is a picture that shows just a little bit more of the engine.  Fun ride anyway even if its just pretend.

Disney Jungle Express 2

Happy F.E.F everyone

Don

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