STEAMday Sunday

Some PW Lionel Muscle Have a good STEAMday Sunday

L6eft ... Lionel 4-4-2 B&O Atlantic.  Right ... MTH Railking N&W Y6bmallet

My MTH Premier model of Pennsylvania Railroad G-5s 4-6-0 Ten-Wheeler #5740 (20-3031-1, MSRP $699.95, PS1), delivered in March 1999, is one of my favorites. The first time I saw one was during a visit to the MTH offices in Columbia, MD. I thought it was beautiful and still do. It has also been a reliable runner with a BCR. Photos and video show it running on my 10’-by-5’ model railroad pulling PRR observation car Quaker City.

The first of ninety PRR G-5s Ten-Wheelers was built in 1923 for operation on the hills into the suburbs around Pittsburgh. They were referred to as “Pittsburgh commuter engines”. Thirty-one also ran on the Long Island Rail Road with the last retired in 1955. At a weight of 237,000 pounds and tractive effort of 41,330 pounds, they were the heaviest and most powerful Ten Wheelers ever built.

MELGAR

Mel - in real life, who made the PRR 10 Wheelers?

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Mel - in real life, who made the PRR 10 Wheelers?

Mark,

G-5s Ten-Wheelers were made by the Pennsylvania Railroad's Juniata Works at Altoona, PA beginning in 1923. The PRR sold 31 to the Long Island Rail Road (its subsidiary) beginning in 1924. On Long Island, they ran until 1955.

These engines are favorites of mine. When I was a youngster, I used to fly model airplanes at Nassau County Park (Salisbury Park at the time). Long Island Rail Road G-5s #35 was parked (on exhibit) nearby.

MELGAR

Interesting. Figured Alco or Baldwin. Did they assemble pre-made parts into the whole, or were they built from the ground up?

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Interesting. Figured Alco or Baldwin. Did they assemble pre-made parts into the whole, or were they built from the ground up?

I suspect that certain types of parts were outsourced but others were manufactured by the railroad. For example, air-brake components such as compressors, air pressure and water level gauges, low water alarms, feedwater heaters, relief valves, would probably have been bought from specialty manufacturers. Locomotive-specific parts, such as cylinder castings, wheels, locomotive frames, cabs, probably manufactured by the railroad. I didn't work there, so it's just conjecture on my part. The question manufacturers ask themselves is "make or buy?"

MELGAR

Nickel Plate NO. 759 hauls a New  Haven express toward Scranton on my NYNH&H layout. The 759 is a Weaver Berkshire was was gutted and reconditioned by Harmon Shops with new can motor and transmission.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/1FV2Dcu4a1hn6Ybq9

A Konrad Dressler locomotive from the 1950's.  She is pulling 2 HWN coaches from the same era.

Hope your weekend has gone well, still very HOT here in central Texas and NO RAIN!!

Best wishes, may your upcoming week be healthy and happy

Don

Wow, time flies and it’s Sunday, 9-24-2023, the last Sunday of the month. Beautiful steamers everyone. Today, here’s a few pictures of Dr. Jack Fishers steamers from a recent visit. I love his creativity and Witt and humor. These are his trains, his layout. Happy Steam Sunday Everyone…

IMO, there have been some mighty fine steamers and layouts shown in the above photos and videos posted on this thread today. Thank you all for contributing to it. Arnold

Good morning, and welcome to today's edition of STEAMday Sunday.

Remember to comply with the Forum rules, and only post photos and videos you have taken or others in which you have the express permission of the owner to post.

Below is a video of one of my favorite steamers: an MTH PS2 Pennsy turbine running on DCS, hauling MTH Pennsy passenger cars through My Little Town:

Now, let's see the steam engines you would like to share. Arnold

Last Steamday Sunday, I posted my MTH Premier model of Pennsylvania Railroad G-5s 4-6-0 Ten-Wheeler #5740. The PRR also built 31 G-5s locomotives for its subsidiary, the Long Island Rail Road, and MTH produced a model of LIRR G-5s #21, an engine that pulled the Sunrise Special, an all-first-class extra-fare summertime train that ran between New York and Montauk during the steam era. The tender had a special herald that was reproduced on the MTH model. The MTH model of LIRR #21 (20-3068-1) was delivered in December 2001 with PS2. The videos, on my 12’-by-8’ layout, show #21 pulling K-Line models of parlor car “Jamaica” and passenger cars of the LIRR Cannonball Express, another summertime train that also ran to Montauk, as they were painted in blue during the 1960s. The last two G-5s locomotives on Long Island were retired in 1955. At a weight of 237,000 pounds and tractive effort of 41,330 pounds, the G-5s was the heaviest and most powerful Ten Wheeler ever built.

MELGAR

Some PW Lionel along with a MTH Mallet, Have a good Sunday!

A Weaver I-4 Pacific heads a local passenger headed for New Haven on my NYNH&H NYO&W layout

https://photos.app.goo.gl/guB5Gk6JXQdrisqPA

NEW YORK CENTRAL STEAM POWER

John

Looking like fall along the main line.

@jstraw124 posted:

Looking like fall along the main line.

Gotta join you in getting the coal delivered today jstraw124.

RK DM&IR for this STEAMday Sunday.    Have a great day and God speed.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

Gotta join you in getting the coal delivered today jstraw124.

RK DM&IR for this STEAMday Sunday.    Have a great day and God speed.

Nice looking Steamer Dallas

@Sitka posted:

Nice looking Steamer Dallas

Thanks Mark.   Have a good close to the weekend.

Here is a little gal from the very end of Hornby's production of 0 gauge.  Its the Type 51 loco including the (Post Nationalization) "Lion and Wheel" symbol tender from 1954-1961 (like most Hornby she is clockwork).  She is pulling two Type 31 coaches from around the same era, 1956 - 1965.

Happy "Steam Sunday"  Hope your week goes well

Don

It was great Steam Day Sunday  with guest operator and Forum member Chris Vigarito manning the Legacy control and keeping both Lionel Mohawks moving. Somewhere on the system is an FM C Liner with a  NTNH&H passenger consist.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/WCBiG1YWCG3gQkLR8

Here's mine.  The MTH Premier PS2 engine is a Western Maryland Russian Decapod.

@Mark Boyce posted:

Here's mine.  The MTH Premier PS2 engine is a Western Maryland Russian Decapod.

One really good looking Decapod Mark.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

One really good looking Decapod Mark.

Thank you, Dallas!!  It’s my favorite engine.

Good morning. To start us off with this STEAMday Sunday, here is a short video of an MTH PS1 Dreyfus Hudson hauling Madison Heavyweight passenger cars that the Babe might have taken to the house he built:

Remember to follow the Forum rules and only post photos and videos you have taken or those taken by others in which you have their express written permission to post them. Arnold

Happy STEAMday Sunday, some PW Lionel along with a couple RailKing steamers pounding the rails.

Happy StDaySun!  Today l’d like to show you one of my favorite steamers, a MTH Premier B&M P3 Pacific, no. 3702.

No. 3702 isn’t an accurate model of a P3; the P3 was made by Alco, but the model is actually a Baldwin P47.  This discrepancy doesn’t bother me at all.  I still thoroughly enjoy this great looking, fine running engine.

John

Here’s a starter, Happy Steam Day everyone….

A big Sante Fe 2-10-4 hauls freight between New Haven and Maybrook on the New Haven portion of the layout.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/q6SkWUF6nRjMLR799

Boston & Albany #403 is a K-Line model of a 4-6-6T Class D-1a steam locomotive of the type that was used in commuter service around Boston. The quality and detail of this model are outstanding. It has the original electronics so it runs best above 10 Volts AC and somewhat fast. The video shows it running at 42 scale miles-per-hour on my 10'-by-5' layout. As used around Boston until 1951, these locomotives did run fast. The chugging at that speed sounds very realistic to me and seems to be at four chuffs per revolution. Probably my nicest steamer...

MELGAR

MELGAR, is the cruise control on?  My K-line engines run much faster with the cruise off (and draw a lot less current).  It should run slower with the cruise on. although I've found my engines sometimes run erratically  on cruise under conventional control.

John

A few videos of my Daylight operating on the Paradise and Pacific layout and a Christmas memory from a few years back. 

Well STEAMSunday fans here is a clockwork locomotive for you.  This is the Hafner 1010 locomotive, in clockwork (Hafner never made any electric trains), which was made in a wide variety of color's and trims beginning around 1938 and continuing after the war, into the middle/late 1940's.  

Best Wishes for your Sunday.  Hope your upcoming week goes well.

Don

Here's two of my recent purchases at Sommerfelds in Milwaukee, Wis.. I had always wanted the Lackawanna 2321 with maroon roof, and they had one to purchase! It is a great runner! I also was thrilled to finally purchase an MTH Milwaukee Road F7 Hiawatha Hudson (Baltic) and it has Proto 3 to boot! It is a great running locomotive!

Sixty one years of steamers…

My first (circa 1962)…

And my latest (2023)…

A scale k-line Hudson just added to the fleet hauling some freight.

Two boys discover and old steam locomotive overgrown by brush.  

@trumptrain posted:

Two boys discover and old steam locomotive overgrown by brush.  

Patrick, nice looking pics. Did you stage the scene just for the pictures?

Gene

@Steam Crazy posted:

MELGAR, is the cruise control on?  My K-line engines run much faster with the cruise off (and draw a lot less current).  It should run slower with the cruise on. although I've found my engines sometimes run erratically  on cruise under conventional control.

John

@Steam Crazy,

John

The cruise control is off. The locomotive barely moves if cruise control is on.

MELGAR