BN FEF. IRM opens for members tomorrow, so I am happy.
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
@PAUL ROMANO posted:
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
Attachments
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!".
Have a Nice Weekend everyone!
Don
Attachments
Hello FEFers. I posted these on another topic and though for this week they would go good here.
My Lionel (K-Line) SD75s.
Attachments
Attachments
Fill-er up, B&A at water tank
Monon 505 slips behind Lida's Grocery
D&H 412 hurries past before some bad happens
Pennsy 5914 at crossing
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
happy "F E F" have a great weekend everyone !!
Marci's photo in Maumee...
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
@Moonson posted:
Moonson, is your B&O pacific a 3rd. Rail model?
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.
Happy F.E,F fellows, have a great weekend.
Don
Attachments
@PAUL ROMANO posted:Moonson, is your B&O pacific a 3rd. Rail model?
Hi Paul, It is a scale Lionel.
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
happy "F E F" everyone !! have a great weekend
Marci's photos...
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
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.
MY PHOTO
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
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.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. Best wishes
Don
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
@Randy Harrison posted:In addition to GREAT photos, I love your fire house. Was it scratch-built, was it a kit or did it come as we see it in your photo?
Thank you.
THANK YOU RANDY It is scratch built. There is a couple of better pics of it in the scratch/kit build thread going on now.
@Randy Harrison posted:Thanks for your reply. Can you post a link to the post with the photos. A forum search showed rather nebulous results.
Thank you.
Attachments
Thank you for the firehouse photos. It is a great model. Bravo on your superb craftsmanship.
I fell too many pages behind to comment on or like so many photos. Suffice to say there are a lot of great looking front ends, model trains, real trains and some vehicular.
Attachments
happy "F E F"... with twice the fun !!
Marci's photo... have a great weekend everyone !!
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
@trumptrain posted:
Patrick, your photos of trains with scenery in glorious autumn colors are stunning. Arnold
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.
MY PHOTO
Attachments
Attachments
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.
Best wishes for everyone to have a safe and happy weekend.
Don
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
Great shots yesterday everyone
Attachments
happy "F E F" !
have a great weekend everyone !!
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
Good morning FEFers. Here is my Weaver Pennsy H10. I really like the detail!
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.
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
Pat:
As always, your photos are superb! This one would have qualified as a Lionel, 1950's vintage catalog page. Bravo!
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.
Attachments
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.
Hers is a picture that shows just a little bit more of the engine. Fun ride anyway even if its just pretend.
Happy F.E.F everyone
Don
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
@Randy Harrison posted:Pat:
As always, your photos are superb! This one would have qualified as a Lionel, 1950's vintage catalog page. Bravo!
Thank you so much Randy! I really appreciate your kind words!
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
happy "F E F" !! from Napoleon, Ohio
Marci's photos.... have a great weekend !!
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
@Rusty Traque thanks, had prewar on my mind
@lee drennen posted:
And so the debate begins......Most RR's ran their RS-3's long hood forward.
I posted this photo in another thread a while back, but what the heck...
...have straightened the steps, BTW.
Mark in Oregon
Attachments
Bob. Let them debate I’m just in it for the fun. The Doughhill Yard master says run it the way you like
@Rich Wiemann posted:How about a pair of Postwar FA’s on my Super O layout!
Rich, I like the use of the Super O track.
Here is my entry for this week. Two photos of my N Scale Amtrak Acela that I took prior to my N Scale dispersal last year. It was a difficult decision leaving N especially to concentrate on O because of the acres of space I had to work with on the train table, but I know it was the right decision. I may buy an N Scale RTR Set or two in the future so that I can run on the my club's N layout just to get my fix.
Happy Front End Friday
Attachments
Larry. Thanks for the complement. Your pics are nice great line up
@lee drennen posted:Bob. Let them debate I’m just in it for the fun. The Doughhill Yard master says run it the way you like
Agreed- your railroad- your rules!
@RSJB18 posted:And so the debate begins......Most RR's ran their RS-3's long hood forward.
😃 Many roads ran the short hood up front as the engineer liked the visibility better'...I recall as a young kid, LIRR running the short hood up front as it went through Oakdale, LI... Heading East....
Attachments
Well Happy F.E.F folks...Here is a little Japanese Tin Plate for today's entry. It is a bunker type switcher with an attached coal bunker marked NYC. It is clearly O'Gauge but actually designed to work on a flat track type system (like an O'Gauge roadway) rather than actual rails. The maker is "ALPS" and their trade mark is their name written over a line sketch of some mountains. She is battery powered, using "D" cell inside the boiler. She has a working head light and fwd/reverse action (manual reverse).
Happy Friday All...hope you have a great weekend.
Don
Attachments
Attachments
@Amfleet25124 Kevin, I certainly agree with you! I believe its still the best looking track around and it keeps with the vintage look of postwar.
happy "F E F" !! it's been a hot one this week...
suppose to cool down some this weekend, have a great one everybody !!
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
Here are photos of two 1:8 scale trains at the Tradewinds and Atlantic Railroad in Coconut Creek, FL that I took last December. I plan on joining that club once things return to normal (they're currently closed to the public). I know very little about steam engines, so if any of you know what the 1:1 version is of the steamer in the photo please let me know.
Attachments
Lots of great front ends since I last checked in.
Larry, I love the Lionel "graffiti" on the mountainside.
Bob, very sharp sharks. What brand?
Anyone have any info on Don's Wildlife Express? The locos in the Magic Kingdom are steamers so Disney world does have a steam program. Did they expand it with the new park.
Coach Joe: Except for the pictures, I really have no further information on the Wild Life Express. While the engine most certainly pulled the train and it gave out some indications of steam, I just did not see the products of combustion (smoke, heat) that I associate with a steam engine. Their handling of passengers is such that you really cannot get very close to the engine ( I leaned WAY over a barrier to get the shots I posted) so I cannot say more. If you are in the park however, Its a dandy little ride and seems quite authentic.
Don
Headend comin atcha.
Attachments
@trumptrain posted:Headend comin atcha.
Nice job Pat'....
Attachments
Attachments
NYS&W F45 #6370 at Pelton Rd. Warwick, NY on a very cold Jan.87'. I may have posted this one a while ago but I needed some snow to look at......
MY PHOTO
Attachments
@PAUL ROMANO posted:
NYS&W F45 #6370 at Pelton Rd. Warwick, NY on a very cold Jan.87'. I may have posted this one a while ago but I needed some snow to look at......
MY PHOTO
Snow is always a good thing to look at in my opinion. Wouldn't mind seeing some on my backyard lawn right now. Will never happen though as I live in South Florida.
Attachments
@coach joe posted:Lots of great front ends since I last checked in.
Larry, I love the Lionel "graffiti" on the mountainside.
Bob, very sharp sharks. What brand?
Anyone have any info on Don's Wildlife Express? The locos in the Magic Kingdom are steamers so Disney world does have a steam program. Did they expand it with the new park.
Joe- they are Williams. I have a ABA set of D&H in boxes too.
Thanks
@RSJB18 posted:Joe- they are Williams. I have a ABA set of D&H in boxes too.
Thanks
Two comments, Bob...
Although I am a fan of the NYC Lightning Stripe livery, it pales in comparison to the D&H. And, a question... is an ABA in a box really an engine???
Hello and Happy F.E.F everyone! Well its 1936 on the Leonardtown and Savannah and the Union Pacific's new M10005 streamliner is coming for a visit. Large crowds gather at the downtown terminal to see this sleek new trainset...a vision of the future. Of course the future would be somewhat different, diesels would dominate but the articulated streamliners would only be around for a few years...then of course there will be the war and steam will get a reprieve till the post war period. But! All that is to come and today is just a day to celebrate the new train.
Here she is, as envisioned by Louis Marx in 1948-1950. A Clockwork loco ready to take her consist out of town.
Here she is showing that she is a AA unit and as configured in 1936 would only pull a few articulated cars. She was built for speed not capacity.
Happy F.E.F everyone
Don
Attachments
Great thread, guys! Here's my scratch built AEM7 which I built in 2001. It features working pans, opening doors. full interiors and complete lighting effects. Why scratch built? I saw two companies in O that made the unit and wanted one, but since I'm in S, the market just isn't there for anybody to make it, so I had no choice. It took me over a year to get it finished, but it was worth it.
Attachments
@Apples55 posted:Two comments, Bob...
Although I am a fan of the NYC Lightning Stripe livery, it pales in comparison to the D&H. And, a question... is an ABA in a box really an engine???
@Apples55 Paul- I can say that an ABA set in the box are indeed engines.
They are just resting, like the parrot At least they are not nailed to the rails.........
Bob
@poniaj posted:Great thread, guys! Here's my scratch built AEM7 which I built in 2001. It features working pans, opening doors. full interiors and complete lighting effects. Why scratch built? I saw two companies in O that made the unit and wanted one, but since I'm in S, the market just isn't there for anybody to make it, so I had no choice. It took me over a year to get it finished, but it was worth it.
Beautiful work Jerry.
@RSJB18 posted:Beautiful work Jerry.
I TOTALLY agree!!
@RSJB18 posted:@Apples55 Paul- I can say that an ABA set in the box are indeed engines.
They are just resting, like the parrot At least they are not nailed to the rails.........
Bob
I don’t know, Bob... I know a lumberjack (and he’s OK ) who saw that parrot up close and he was definitely dead. I think I’ll have to curl up in the comfy chair and consider if your reply is just spam...
@poniaj posted:Great thread, guys! Here's my scratch built AEM7 which I built in 2001. It features working pans, opening doors. full interiors and complete lighting effects. Why scratch built? I saw two companies in O that made the unit and wanted one, but since I'm in S, the market just isn't there for anybody to make it, so I had no choice. It took me over a year to get it finished, but it was worth it.
Absolutely stunning job Jerry!
Puts the "model" in model railroading. When the manufacturers won't make it for you, one has to make it for themselves. I don't have that skill set though.
happy "F E F" everyone !!
Marci's photo... have a great weekend !
Attachments
Attachments
Happy FEF everyone! Here are a couple of NYC “Thoroughbreds” for this fine Friday.
Here is a clip of them double-heading the Pol-Ex. I know it’s too early for a holiday train. I’ll just say they are heading to Beech Grove so the passenger consist can be serviced and prepared for the upcoming season. Have a safe and enjoyable Labor Day weekend!
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
Since 95+% of my trains are packed up pending a move, I have to look in my photo files to find things. Here's my scratch built Thomas the Tank Engine that I made from photos of the Lionel O gauge one and scaled down to S. That's why it resembles the Lionel one so much! LOL!
Again, since S is considered a "minority" scale, the big manufacturer(s) are reluctant to bring out as many new offerings as in O. The smaller manufacturers are even more so.
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
Two shots from Steamtown - first, from yesterday...
Second, from December 1997...
Have a happy and safe Labor Day weekend everyone
Attachments
Attachments
Hi everyone...happy F.E.F. This weekend is special on the Leonardtown and Savannah, where in order to celebrate the Holiday weekend, management has arranged for several class 1 RR (who want the advertising) to bring their new diesels down to the port yard at Savannah for view of the public. Its a great display and we expect record crowds Sat through Monday.
Here are those "front ends" to celebrate F.E.F ...2 F-3's (NYC and Wabash) and 2 PA's (Texas and Erie). They will be part of the exhibit over the weekend and we are inviting everyone to the port of Savannah to view these "new" steeds (after all its frozen in the 1950s on the L&S).
Here is a somewhat longer shot, showing the waterfront street bounding the yard.
Have a great weekend everyone...for me this is just an ordinary weekend, the college has cancelled the Labor Day Holiday in order to shorten the semester due to COVID. Kids / Parents save on room/board and we lower expenses since the loss of sports income, lower enrollment, and other event cancellations were a real budget hit.
Don
Attachments
I don't believe that I've posted this one before so here goes. Tri-Rail GP49 #813 pushing the consist northbound from the Hialeah Market station on June 15, 2014.
Attachments
happy "F E F" !!
have a great weekend everyone !!
Attachments
Attachments
A fabulous Front End Friday. Thanks all for your posts.
Kevin the Tri-Rail GP49 is very interesting. I thought I remembered reading that the Alaska RR was the only buyer of the GP49.
Attachments
Attachments
Happy F.E.F everyone. My front view this week is a bit unusual and much earlier than the F-3 / PA-1's I posted last Friday. This is my NEW (new to me of course) American Flyer Type XI 0-4-0 engine, cataloged from 1923-1926 so he is almost 100 years old. He carries the logo..."A.F. No 16" under the cab window and is cast iron. The tender shows "American Flyer Lines" inside a red/white rectangle on the sides and the number "120" in a similar rectangle on the rear. He is clockwork (motor works like a champ) and it came with a brake rail in the set and it has a cab brake for winding. I will post some pictures of the full train in the Tinplate section later today. I suppose I could get the dust off him, but whoever saw a steam engine without some dirt on it!
Have a great weekend everyone! Happy F.E.F everyone
Don
Attachments
Attachments
coach joe, apparently the Southern Railway bought six GP39Xs which were upgraded to GP49s shortly there after.
Larry
Attachments
Attachments
happy "F E F" !!
have a great weekend everyone !!
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
Don McErlean, Wow, the 4 F units pictured above make a bold statement and look so fine, great picture, Paul Romano, your pictures of the real diesels is beautiful, wow, Bar GP7 #63, wow, that’s a beautiful engine , I’ve never seen one of those, cool, Briansilvermustang, your fleet of engine is endless, amazing pictures, Wow, RSJB18, Bob, that’s a beautiful MP-15, what road name?! Sidehack, great pictures to, Happy Railroading Everyone.... Have a great Weekend.....
Attachments
BAR GP7 #63: WOW! Neat shot of the two VR (Finnish Railway) road switchers. Is the unit in the foreground wearing the current color scheme?
@Trinity River Bottoms Boomer posted:BAR GP/ #63: WOW! Neat shot of the two VR (Finnish Railway) road switchers. Is the unit in the foreground wearing the current color scheme?
Thank you. The front locomotive has a newer painting version but the newest is gray green. The Dv12 series was built mainly in the 1960s and 1970s and now VR has ordered new Stadler diesels. In a few years, the Dv12 series will largely disappear from the rail network.
Johan
Attachments
Johan: The "Green Machines" are Cool Cats! Does VR interchange with Russian Railways? I assume it's performed on 5 Ft. gauge and not standard in the event there is interchange taking place between the two countries?
@Trinity River Bottoms Boomer posted:Johan: The "Green Machines" are Cool Cats! Does VR interchange with Russian Railways? I assume it's performed on 5 Ft. gauge and not standard in the event there is interchange taking place between the two countries?
I like the Dv12 2700 series the most. Yes, VR, Fenniarail and Operail has interchange with Russian Railways. Here in Finland the gauge is 1524mm and in Russia 1521mm, so the different is only 3mm. I can see some Russian tank cars hear near at my home every day.
Johan
Attachments
@BAR GP7 #63 posted:
Johan, they remind me of MP-15s.. Very cool looking locos....
Attachments
Attachments
Attachments
@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:Johan, they remind me of MP-15s.. Very cool looking locos....
Ted. Thank you. 🤝
Johan
Johan: While I was empoyed in the Deutsche Bundesbahn Nuremberg hump yard in the 80s we received tank cars from Russia. I remember when several got away from a crew and were sent to the runaway track. What a mess. Thankfully, they were empty at the time. Then in the 90s after I had left my switching duties behind me and was employed as a service rep at the Nuremberg Hauptbahnhof, we had a through sleeper from Russia that terminated in Munich. They were still in the green scheme with the Russian Ry. crest on the car side. Impressive!
I really like the new Russian Ry. grey and red scheme. It's really impressive!
Then there are the Chinese Ry. U.S. built GE Diesel units that operate on the world's highest railway from Peking to Tibet. WOW! Please pass the oxygen mask!
@Trinity River Bottoms Boomer posted:Johan: While I was empoyed in the Deutsche Bundesbahn Nuremberg hump yard in the 80s we received tank cars from Russia. I remember when several got away from a crew and were sent to the runaway track. What a mess. Thankfully, they were empty at the time. Then in the 90s after I had left my switching duties behind me and was employed as a service rep at the Nuremberg Hauptbahnhof, we had a through sleeper from Russia that terminated in Munich. They were still in the green scheme with the Russian Ry. crest on the car side. Impressive!
I really like the new Russian Ry. grey and red scheme. It's really impressive!
Then there are the Chinese Ry. U.S. built GE Diesel units that operate on the world's highest railway from Peking to Tibet. WOW! Please pass the oxygen mask!
I think the Russians loaded the cars by dipping them in oil. I think that grey and red scheme looking a much better than the old green and blue. I like also our Fenniarail and Operail`s paint scheme´s
Attachments
@Trinity River Bottoms Boomer posted:Johan: While I was empoyed in the Deutsche Bundesbahn Nuremberg hump yard in the 80s we received tank cars from Russia. I remember when several got away from a crew and were sent to the runaway track. What a mess. Thankfully, they were empty at the time. Then in the 90s after I had left my switching duties behind me and was employed as a service rep at the Nuremberg Hauptbahnhof, we had a through sleeper from Russia that terminated in Munich. They were still in the green scheme with the Russian Ry. crest on the car side. Impressive!
I really like the new Russian Ry. grey and red scheme. It's really impressive!
Then there are the Chinese Ry. U.S. built GE Diesel units that operate on the world's highest railway from Peking to Tibet. WOW! Please pass the oxygen mask!
My fiancé is Brazilian lives in Volta Redonda home of CSN one of the largest steel mills in the world. They use GE locomotives for MRS, VLI (my avatar) Rumo are some of the few.
Attachments
@SLQ32 posted:
Those are some very good looking locomotives'....👍✨