Hello fellow switcher fans!!! Welcome to Switcher Saturday July 20 Edition! No matter what you prefer to call them, switch engines, switchers, critters, shunters, yard jobs, dinkies, yard goats, these are the engines that drive a railroad. No question about it, switchers get the job done!
Please post your switcher photos, videos, and info here. All gauges and scales from Z - G ( also 1:1 scale too ) are welcome!
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I know that all of us are excited to post our own switcher content and to see what everyone else posts! I know I am! We learn so much from one another. Have a most delightful and safe weekend everyone! Keep your switchers rolling! Green signals to all!
This weekend on the Free State Junction Railway ... B&O number 9709, a Fairbanks - Morse H 10 44, is working a siding at Butler Junction. Brakeman Virgil Luckadoo sends hand signals to engineer Buffy Crandle who has gently coupled onto the RF&P boxcar.
Washington Terminal Company number 46, an ALCO RS1, sporting a fresh coat of bright blue paint provides a stark contrast to N&W 0-8-0 number 244. In just a couple years N&W will replace its' iconic steam fleet with diesel electric locomotives. Until that time comes number 244 will soldier on.
These three switchers now have their assignments for today and will now depart to tackle their tasks.
