Midwest Monday

@PRRronbh posted:

NKP Alcos.

Ron

Thats a sweet pair !!! One of my favorite paint schemes 😜. These engines came into St. Louis a Union station. What a busy place back “in the day”. Here’s a look from another angle.  

Cheers !!!🙂

@TrainBub posted:

Thats a sweet pair !!! One of my favorite paint schemes 😜. These engines came into St. Louis a Union station. What a busy place back “in the day”. Here’s a look from another angle.  

Cheers !!!🙂

what inspired me to buy the set with intention to run with/behind my 765 steamer.

Something like this.

Atlas Wisconsin Central SD35  waiting an assignment. This arrived the other day, very impressed with the level of detail and sound quality of the horn. Just an old 2001 TMCC engine barely run. Of course the first thing I did was pop off one of the brake lines on a truck as I was removing it from the box. Nothing broken thank goodness.

How about some follow up

@Rayin"S"  looks like you are quite a Milwaukee Road fan,  any highlights quintessentially MR in your opinion? 

I had to go look up that word, I wish there was more Milw. Rd. available in S gauge, me being Flyer/highrail it's pretty scarce in motive power. Locomotives generally need to be custom painted. The FAs posted last week I painted, needed to do that as Milw. Rd. never had those. Have some more MR, will show in the future. Do have some UP, MP, and CNW to share.

Favorite,     Hiawathas and MP Eagles

Ray

Well, if we are talking about the "Midwest" how about the Monon RR, which from 1897 to 1971 operated entirely within the state of Indiana.  Here are a few Monon items from Mr. Marx.

First the #81 Marx Monon  ABA engine from 1955-56 and 1958-59 (A units) with the B unit available 1958-59 only.  Engine was available as both electric and clockwork, this one is electric.

The matching Monon lithograph caboose

The later C-350 Monon plastic 8-wheel caboose

Well Happy Midwest Monday everyone.

Best wishes

Don

Love to see the Frisco 1522 run again !!!! 😜👍

Frisco 1522  in Kirkwood Mo. /  Museum of Transportation

Frisco 1501 in Rolla Mo. / Schuman Park

I really love steam era, how about a couple of express refers

@Rayin"S" posted:

I really love steam era, how about a couple of express refers

I have 4 in O scale, I remember a few still around in the sixties, parked on side tracks and used as storage

@Dave Koehler posted:

I have 4 in O scale, I remember a few still around in the sixties, parked on side tracks and used as storage

Yes; I seem to remember seeing one or two in the Milw Rd yards in the mid 60s.

The cars pictured are Kinsman kits, one I purchased as a kit, then purchased second one built up from collection being sold off.

Ray

It's been a couple of weeks since our last MWM. I thought I would try to jump-start it again.

A Penn Central freight sneaks through an industrial area on its way to Chicago:

Come on, guys.  Lets see what you got.

Tom

Here's one, circa 1971.

It’s Frisco time for Midwest Monday.
Left MTH ABA, right Lionel ABBA.    
Cheers 🙂

This is a neat thread, lots of colorful diesels and nice steamer’s pictured here on this page.. Wow.. Happy Railroading Everyone

How about a Labor Day version of MWM?

This is kind of a screwed up video, but here it is anyway.  I just received my new Lionel  NYC 2-8-0 Consolidation Saturday.  I didn't have a chance to try it out until today.  I put it on the tracks and did a short test to see if everything worked alright (it did)  I pulled the diesels off the freight train that was sitting on the track, hooked up the Consolidation and off we went.  After looking at the video I realized that the cars in the train didn't match the era of the locomotive.  At that point I made an "executive decision" and proclaimed that "It's my layout and I'll run what I want, when I want."  So here's the story; The Penn Central was so strapped for motive power that they pulled an ex NYC consolidation from the scrap line and put it to work.  It is struggling to get the train over the road, but it is getting the job done.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

BTW,  I love the locomotive!  Kudos Lionel!

Tom

Gulf Mobile & Ohio

Fresh out of the box, this B&O EA #55 “A” (by 3rd Rail Sunset) pulled the “National Limited” into St. Louis Union Station. No one’s done the passenger consist so I’ll be piecing it together as well as possible one car at a time.

OK Labor Day MWM:

1. This one from Minne-snow-ta explains itself:

2.  Here's a Wisconsin and Southern SD-45-2.  WSOR has (or at least had) a paint shop and contracted for painting other roads' equipment.  WSOR's own engines were always spiffy, and I sure hope it stays that way.

And many of you may recognize this unique structure behind some more pedestrian modern electronics.  But it's O Gauge and not plastic.

Well back in early August, I posted this picture in Front End Friday thread.  My " Chessie System" consist but I had only the engine, tender and caboose.  So today I am continuing to build my consist.

I just recently acquired this simple, small Chessie System cattle car.  The Lionel #7401 from 1984-1985

This little 0-27 cattle car is no jewel, its mostly all plastic except the wheels, axles, and a sheet metal floor frame.  Its a few years later than the #8008 die cast loco above (1980) but at least its "Chessie" so I will continue to add cars as I find them...all for fun.

Best Wishes to all

Don

David Ripplinger: in your Aug. 29 post, 6:21 PM, behind the MoPac Eagle and Conoco cars, there is a white building (some kind of mill?).  What is it?

Don McErlean: "simple, small Chessie System cattle car [...] no jewel": yes, but I grabbed me and sent me immediately to EvilBay.

Ed - good luck I hope you find one...note that while its not a heavy weight PW car, she seems to track well and keep on the rails...so its a good operator car.

Don

@Golden Prairie Railroad posted:

David Ripplinger: in your Aug. 29 post, 6:21 PM, behind the MoPac Eagle and Conoco cars, there is a white building (some kind of mill?).  What is it?

Woodland Scenic BR5859 O Scale H&H Feed Mill

Business is going on now, hope later to post newest acquisition.

Ray

Burlington Junction RR operates in Burlington, Iowa, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Le Mars, Iowa, Ottumwa, Iowa. Valley Park, MO, Quincy, Illinois, Rochelle, Illinois and about a 15-to-20-minute walk from my house, Montgomery Illinois.

Well "Midwest Monday" folks, I guess I will have to start off this week.  You may recall that as I mentioned over the last few Monday posts, I am trying to build a consist of "Chessie" System rolling stock to pull behind my MPC #8008 Chessie System steamer.  I showed the caboose and tender earlier and last week a Chessie system cattle car.  Well, I went to a local train show on Saturday and found ANOTHER Chessie car!  Best of all, it was complete, unbroken, and in the $5 box!!  It is the Lionel Chessie System hopper car (0-27) from 1975 (available in two time periods 1975-1979 and 1987-1989).  So one more to add to my consist!

So at this time, we lived on the western shore of the Chesapeake bay just south of Baltimore and had moved there from Ohio...so what would be more natural than the Chessie System (Chesapeake and Ohio plus Baltimore and Ohio).  Anyway, that's my update on my Chessie System hunt so far.

Best wishes, hope you have a great week

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

Well "Midwest Monday" folks, I guess I will have to start off this week.  You may recall that as I mentioned over the last few Monday posts, I am trying to build a consist of "Chessie" System rolling stock to pull behind my MPC #8008 Chessie System steamer.  I showed the caboose and tender earlier and last week a Chessie system cattle car.  Well, I went to a local train show on Saturday and found ANOTHER Chessie car!  Best of all, it was complete, unbroken, and in the $5 box!!  It is the Lionel Chessie System hopper car (0-27) from 1975 (available in two time periods 1975-1979 and 1987-1989).  So one more to add to my consist!

So at this time, we lived on the western shore of the Chesapeake bay just south of Baltimore and had moved there from Ohio...so what would be more natural than the Chessie System (Chesapeake and Ohio plus Baltimore and Ohio).  Anyway, that's my update on my Chessie System hunt so far.

Best wishes, hope you have a great week

Don

Don nice little hopper thanks for kicking the thread off yesterday line to see it running on your layout with the rest of you Chessie rolling stock

Sorry guys been gone just really busy now at my new job. This might be a rerun but here you go. This is one of my favorite lash ups of the Lionel Standard O I have minus the Menards’s Tank Car.

Hello again Lee, glad you are back and best wishes on your new job...I know job changes can be stressful so I hope you are doing OK.  Thanks for the comment on my little Chessie hopper, I noted in your video that you have a Standard O Chessie Hopper.  Neat car but too big for my little outfit.

Best wishes

Don

Cheers, Lee Drennen: "This is one of my favorite lash ups of the Lionel Standard O": I am a bit confused about "Lash Up"; I do see one Penn Central "Worms in Love" Geep.  Maybe you need to go shopping to satisfy that lonely Penn Central Geep's desire for company.  Hey, even a triple lash-up...!

@Golden Prairie Railroad posted:

Cheers, Lee Drennen: "This is one of my favorite lash ups of the Lionel Standard O": I am a bit confused about "Lash Up"; I do see one Penn Central "Worms in Love" Geep.  Maybe you need to go shopping to satisfy that lonely Penn Central Geep's desire for company.  Hey, even a triple lash-up...!

Thanks Ed maybe I should’ve said “Manifest” think this Geep will be by himself as I’m going to use it as a switcher. Thanks for the complement.

Well, I am going to get this done before things get to busy, my latest acquisition. My plans are to repaint in Pioneer Limited scheme.

Ray

Rock Island

Cabooses...

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Well everyone, great pictures and posts all...@jay jay - that is one beautiful display of cabooses !  Some of those are really unique and unusual.  Thanks for posting everyone.  All you folks know, I am off trying to build a consist of "Chessie" System cars... Why? because its fun and the wife and I spent a lot of years in both Ohio and along the Chesapeake near Baltimore, so we have a connection to the C&O and B&O.  Last week I posted my new (to me) gondola that I had acquired at a local train show and this week I have luckily found a Chessie boxcar !  This one at a very low price (unusual) on E-Bay!  So here is the Lionel 16232 Chessie System box car from 1992-1995 being cataloged in '92 and '94 and uncatalogued but offered in '93 & '95.

Here is the entire car in side view.  Its hard to tell in a photo but the basic color is a very dark blue.

Here is her famoun "Chessie" designation plus the markings of her home road C&O

And of course here is the famous "cat"!

Well this gives me a loco, tender, stock car, hopper, box car and caboose.  Now all I need is a gondola and a tank car and I can call this consist complete.  Video's of it running will come next I think.

Best Wishes to everyone...hope you are having and continue to have a great week

Don

Green Bay and Western behind a Rock Island BL-2

Well following Dave's lead today with the Rock Island.  Here are some RI locomotives and rolling stock hard at work.

The RI Alco S3 from Marx (1962) leads a string of RI boxcars towards the yard.

Here the switcher is getting ready to turn over the train to road power.  A RI ABA lash up of E7's again from Marx.

Here is a better view of those sleek E7's.  This A-B-A lash up from Marx dates to about 1958

Here is the train departing, 3 RI boxcars and a RI bay window caboose...all from Marx.

Best wishes

Don