STEAMday Sunday

@poconotrain posted:

This Yellowstone doesn’t see much action but this is my contribution to Steam Sunday

Thank You... Poconotrain

My Grandpa Art worked in the roundhouse up in Proctor, Minnesota. The Duluth - Missabe & Iron Range ran the Yellowstone in the ORE regions in northern Minnesota. According to "Steam Locomotive .com" they were used as the main road power to pull ore trains throughout the Duluth area.

And I Thank you for the beautiful photo that you posted. We were among the crowd to watch the BigBoy steam through the area when she made her trip across the USA. my Mom, Grandkids, and 200 close personal Minnesota friends......Beauty EH!

This may be the earliest I've ever started STEAMday Sunday, just a few minutes after 12 midnight Sunday morning. That is because I've been excited about starting this 2023 New Year's Eve edition of STEAMday Sunday for several days now.

I have taken numerous videos of some of my favorite steam locomotives during the past week, and it's a difficult decision to choose one, but I have chosen this MTH PS2 Southern 4-6-2 Pacific steamer to share at this time because I think its beautiful emerald green color makes it one of the most attractive engines in my collection:

Also, its small size makes it ideal for my layout with its tight 031 curves.

I will have more steamers to share this festive STEAMday Sunday, but I will refrain from doing so at this time to give you a chance to join in on the fun and show us your favorite steamer(s). Just remember to follow the Forum rules and only post photos/videos you have taken or those in which you have the express written permission of the owner to post.

Arnold

Here's another video of the same emerald green Southern 4-6-2 Pacific smoking up a storm as it hauls boxcars and a Southern caboose through My Little Town:

Arnold

Long Island Rail Road B-6sb 0-6-0 steam switcher #170 is an MTH Railking Imperial model (30-1710-1) that I bought recently from forum sponsor Trainz.

The Long Island Rail Road became a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1900 and the PRR then leased and sold various types of its locomotives to the LIRR. The B-6 was the standard PRR 0-6-0 heavy steam switcher with more than 350 built between 1902 and 1913. However, instead of providing its modern superheated B-6sb locomotives to the LIRR, the PRR sent twenty B-8 0-6-0 locomotives that were less powerful and not superheated, and only one or two B-6sb locomotives are known to have run on Long Island.

Also, why did MTH give its model the number 170? The LIRR actually did have a #170 but it did not come from the PRR. It was a B-53sb 0-6-0 steam switcher built by – and purchased from – Baldwin in 1913.

The MTH model represents a superheated B-6sb, of which 238 were built between 1916 and 1920. The engines weighed 180,300 pounds (excluding tender), developed 36,140 pounds tractive effort, and had 56-inch driving wheels.

Photos and videos show the engine on my 10’-by-5’ layout running at 17 scale miles-per-hour.

MELGAR

The PRR leased several of these powerful 2-10-4 engines from the Santa Fe. Here is 6510 with a coal drag. Engineer Harry Stubbs is beside himself in the cab of his Wabash F3.  His conductor Leroy Gibbs was  slow in closing up train 22, as a result they cleared the station late and the PRR Dispatcher gave the nod to the coal drag to take the bridge track ahead of train 22.

After clearing the lift bridge 6510 meets PRSL Consolidation with a mixed freight on track 2  

Good morning, StDaySun fans!  Last Sunday I posted a MTH Railking steamer I updated and detailed; I have another I’d like to show you today.

B&M 0-8-0 no. 613, like my PRR 2-8-2, started life with the old Locosound operating system, but was converted to Protosound 2.  Other modifications, like the 2-8-2, included blackened driver tires and handrails, a crew and “real” coal load.  An additional detail is a coupler cut lever on the pilot, sourced from Lionel!  I had noticed the lever on my Lionel Mogul was just the right size for the 0-8-0.

Happy New Year!

John

Good Morning Steam Day Sunday Fans, A Weaver Nickel Plate Berkshire heads a revenue job through Meriden Ct on the way to Cedar Hill Yard in New Haven. Best Wishes to all for a great New Year. 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/hmNaUxJCr23DvYXW9

I've been reading 2 wonderful books about the Boston & Albany Railroad and the railroads in the Mohawk Valley between Albany and Buffalo by John M. Ham. These books include some fabulous black and white and color pictures of Hudsons and Mohawks.

Reading these books have inspired me to run my Hudson and Mohawk steamers.

This short video shows an MTH PS1 Dreyfus Hudson and Williams NY Central passenger cars, which could be a model of the Twentieth Century Limited:

Arnold

Here's my Pennsylvania K4 Pacific from MTH pulling some K-line Heavyweights. Very nicely detailed engine. Happy STEAMday Sunday. Have a safe and happy New Year.

An A5 works the Patsburg Yard.

Have a Happy New Years Eve STEAMday Sunday Fans

RK starter set 2-8-0 w/ PS3. This was my first attempt at placing a water slide decal. This engine was such a Plain Jane. UP shield added a little visual interest.

MTH PS2 Jersey Central 0-6-0 with Pullman Green Madison Heavyweights coming right at you:

Arnold

@trumptrain posted:

An A5 works the Patsburg Yard.

More artwork from the FSJR.

Here is a little steam I only pull out this time of year.  A conventional Lionel North Pole Central 0-4-0.  I wish everyone a safe and healthy New Year!

Wow, New Years Eve, and I wish everyone a happy and blessed New Year. @Arnold D. Cribari, Great thread, beautiful steam power…. See you next year, God Willing…(Sorry about the diesel in the pictures, I hit the wrong button)

Tom

MY N&W Y6b at work with a 20 car coal drag.

@Dallas Joseph posted:

More artwork from the FSJR.

Dallas thank you so much for your very kind words!  Happy new year to you and yours!!

@trumptrain posted:

Dallas thank you so much for your very kind words!  Happy new year to you and yours!!

............and to you and yours Patrick.