it's SHARK week...

Shark attack on the Seattle & Yakima RR

   Bill

Here are my Weaver BP-20 passenger sharks.  Unfortunately I don't have a picture of them on my home display because they are too large.  I hope to get them out to the club later this year.

Rolland

I have the sharks from Lionel that are painted in southern pacific colors which the so never hand . Does anyone know someone who will paint these units into the demonstrator colors Baldwin had for these units.  Thanks for the info.

Lew

At Driftwood, Pa, probably 1957.

Lew

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Still the best Shark paint scheme; so obvious, really. Honestly, if L or M or W would offer this as a limited run they would sell. I never cared for the BLW Sharks too much, but these - I couldn't resist.

(Of course, the Shark's styling started here, so if you really have a bigger boat, the T-1 could use some teeth

Non train related, but I just had this sharkmouth painted on my canoe.  I think it’s pretty cool.

          AWESOME  William

And finally my set that I need to unpack and get on the rails.

Bob

               "SHARK"  spotted in the  Delaware River  yesterday afternoon !

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D500 posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Still the best Shark paint scheme; so obvious, really. Honestly, if L or M or W would offer this as a limited run they would sell. I never cared for the BLW Sharks too much, but these - I couldn't resist.

(Of course, the Shark's styling started here, so if you really have a bigger boat, the T-1 could use some teeth

D500: Thank you. I am glad at i get that idea some years ago. I have also B -unit and can  post pics sometimes. 

What an nice idea. I have one T-1 what i can maybe re-paint some day.🤝

Johan

Pennsy had bigger sharks, they didn't run well.   Weaver BP20's 

Mike CT posted:

Pennsy had bigger sharks, they didn't run well.   Weaver BP20's 

Never knew you had Sharks.

Here is a video of my Pennsy Sharks. They are the TMCC units from the century club. Both A units are powered so they had no trouble pulling my military train which is very heavy due to all the die cast tanks, half track, tank destroyers, priests etc. Both units also have sound so I gave them both the same TMCC ID number this explains the loud horn. They are also good smokers except in this video which drives me crazy, The couplers have been altered so the close couple too.

JohnB 

From the Lionel Century Club II...

     CAUTION !   SHARKS  have been spotted in Pennsylvania  waterways lately !!

Shark Video

Removing the backing from my Lionel ABA Sharks screens, makes a better looking engine and took less then 45 minutes on all 3 units.

End of run.

Sharks on the AGHR

Jimmy S,

I am glad to see that your layout is still up and running!

Norm

Caught this shark on a gondola by the Mississippi river last month. Nick T. 

postmastermc posted:

Nice video! 

Back-in-the-day Dad&I once spent most of the daylight hours from Chicago to Grand Canyon watching out the rear door of our Pullman. Your video took me right back.

Lew

Thanks, G.

Doug

Sand cast aluminum

Sharknose's Big Brother, the Baldwin Centipede! 6,000 Horsepower on the hoof near Horseshoe Curve:

Lew

                 have a great shark weekend !!       watch out for sharks !!!

Corsair29, if that P40 crashed into the BP20 you would have BAR GP7  #63's excellent Shark Nose.

         good one COACH JOE  

RSJB18 posted:

Those look familiar, they're just missing the B-Unit.

I don't have a photo but I do have a memory.  Across the tracks from Grandma&Grandpa's house and in an open field rested.....a six cylinder Baldwin Diesel engine. That thing was immense! The crankcase access hatches were missing and you could see that the massive crankshaft was broken. That engine came out of a BLH (Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton) Drag Line which was also rusting away in the strip-mine next door. It was the same engine (6cyl rather than 8cyl) as used in the Sharknose.

Lew

josef posted:

Removing the backing from my Lionel ABA Sharks screens, makes a better looking engine and took less then 45 minutes on all 3 units.

 

Looks like those 1984 Williams brass sharks.... The first ones to hit the 3 rail market.

These Sharks are gorgeous engines. Never had one. They look to me like they are long probably requiring wide radius curves. Are there O Gauge sharks that run well on 031 curves?

Actually, the scale Sharks are fairly short, and they specify O36, but I'll bet they'd likely do O31.  Each unit is only about 13" long.

prrhorseshoecurve posted:

josef posted:

Removing the backing from my Lionel ABA Sharks screens, makes a better looking engine and took less then 45 minutes on all 3 units.

 

Looks like those 1984 Williams brass sharks.... The first ones to hit the 3 rail market....abeit correct from the frame up at least.

No. They're Lionel Century engines. Surprised with following post with this engine pics. wasn't noticed they were Lionels.

The Discovery Channel's 2020 edition of Shark Week did start yesterday, so this topic is topical.

I missed this topic last year.  My layout is a mess, so here are some of my file pictures of my Sharks.

Lionel's scale PRR BF15 AA (Baldwin DR 4-4-14/Freight Shark).

Weaver's scale PRR BP20 AB (Baldwin DR 6-4-20/Passenger Shark)

Comparing the Lionel with the Weaver

I absolutely love my sharks.  Although the conductor looks like he’s had way too much coffee...

A Shark nose and a J nose. 

As most of you know, the Southern Pacific maintained a sizable fleet of Sharks for their flagship passenger trains...(I hope you're not buying this! )

Actually I understand the SP had engaged in merger talks with the New York Central. Had that happened might we have seen "Daylight" painted sharks side by side with classic NYC Hudsons?

So I now realize that's its been a year since I said I was going to unpack my D&H Sharks.......still in the boxes.......sigh

At least my D&H Sharks made it to my train shelves.

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@RSJB18 posted:

So I now realize that's its been a year since I said I was going to unpack my D&H Sharks.......still in the boxes.......sigh

Bob;

In the spirit of comradery  and fraternity that is a hallmark of this fine forum, if you send the sharks to me up to the Poconos, I will gladly unbox them and stretch their legs... you did say D&H, didn’t you???   

Shark in the dark. 

Williams had the first freight sharks......

@Apples55 posted:

Bob;

In the spirit of comradery  and fraternity that is a hallmark of this fine forum, if you send the sharks to me up to the Poconos, I will gladly unbox them and stretch their legs... you did say D&H, didn’t you???   

As always, you are too generous Paul. Unfortunately, due to the travel restrictions in NYS, I would have to self-quarantine in your basement for two weeks and run them myself. You would have to properly social distance and stay out.

@gunrunnerjohn- I don't have enough shelf space to display them or they would have been out a long time ago.

Since you all shamed me...I did pull one box out last night. Photo for proof....

As a footnote- I am currently trolling the waters for another pair....stay tuned. 

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

As always, you are too generous Paul. Unfortunately, due to the travel restrictions in NYS, I would have to self-quarantine in your basement for two weeks and run them myself. You would have to properly social distance and stay out.

@gunrunnerjohn- I don't have enough shelf space to display them or they would have been out a long time ago.

Since you all shamed me...I did pull one box out last night. Photo for proof....

As a footnote- I am currently trolling the waters for another pair....stay tuned. 

Bob

Bob;

As a member of the high risk group, I am a-paul-ed that you would think that I would do anything to jeopardize your health or mine. Two small points... neither Pennsylvania nor New York require 14 day quarantine when traveling between the states, AND, I said “SEND the sharks to me”, not BRING them    

Finally, if we don’t see it running on your layout, it is highly suspect!!!

            don't get cold feet Bob...  come on in,  the water's fine ...

              PS... like your footnote... tuned in...

Somebody should put into a shark the theme of JAWS, and plays when you hit the horn or bell.

@briansilvermustang posted:

 

            don't get cold feet Bob...  come on in,  the water's fine ...

              PS... like your footnote... tuned in...

So I'm pleased to announce that I have expanded my fleet (or is it school) of Sharks.

I just received these Williams NYC A A locos from a forum member.