STEAMday Sunday

Good morning all! This is a video of my favorite 1990s Lionel Hudson 1-700e with the diecast\bakelite freight cars humming along. Have a great day everyone!

Since Arnold and Donnie are featuring their 1-700e’s on this STEAM Sunday, I thought I would do the same- a Lionel classic for sure. Have a great week everyone!

Great looking video Rob

Ok @Arnold D. Cribari, Arnold, great way to begin a newer thread related to awesome Steam Power, and with permission from the CEO…We should all abide by the rules, and my pictures are by me to. Happy Steamday Sunday Everyone…. Pictured will be the K-Line hudson re-built by the Harmonyards Shops, Shiloh NC. Also, Lionel big steam…. Have a fun Sunday everyone…

Arnold,

This is a great subject for a discussion on Sundays - one that is needed and will be popular. Thanks for doing it. It will provide me with a place to post steam engines that I don't include on "Switcher Saturdays" because, on that thread, the only steam engines that I’m willing to post are “true” switchers with 0-4-0, 0-6-0 and 0-8-0 wheel arrangements. On STEAMday Sunday, I plan to post my other steam locomotive models.

Photos/videos show my Weaver die-cast model of Boston & Maine 2-8-0 Consolidation #2403 running conventionally on my 12’-by-8’ layout. Model made in 2007

Boston & Maine K-7c Class 2-8-0 #2403 was built by Alco Schenectady in May 1910. It remained in passenger service around Boston until at least September 1954 and was the last 2-8-0 to be retired by the B&M. It was scrapped in June 1955.

MELGAR

Mel, so glad you are excited like me about the new STEAMday Sunday.

Your above photos and videos are gorgeous.

This NY Yankee fan loves all trains with Boston in their names. Today I met our good friend,  Bill Park, at a restaurant in Mahopac, NY where one of our train buddies was performing music and I bought his K Line Boston & Albany tank engine. Next Sunday I will post a photo and video of it on this thread.

Arnold

It's late 1956 and steam locomotives are turning their last miles for the PRR in commuter service on the NY&LB.  The EMD, Alco, and Baldwin diesel invasion is in full force, but today we see three K4s in the morning sun awaiting their unassuming assignments.  The lucky photographer grabbed this on his last frame of 4x5 Kodak Tri-X Pan film through his trusty Graphlex Speed Graphic out of the bed of a not quite so new Chevrolet 1939 3/4-ton pickup.  With the exposure set at 1/125 of a second at F8 and a loud whoosh of the leaf shutter history is preserved. 

Arnold, you usually come up with such thoughtful topics.  This one must be also considering we have Switcher Saturday, Boxcar Sunday, etc, etc, and no one but you started Steam Sunday!!!!  When I saw it, I hit my hand on my forehead, thinking why didn't I think of it. 

All great steam engines, photographs and videos, everyone!  As usual, Larry has the most to show.    Lots of Hudsons as expected.  Well, Pat at harmonyards has my K-Line Hudson right now, so I will post a video of a Consolidation extravaganza!  I took this video 2 years ago before I reconfigured my layout with a high line, low line, and two inclines between lines.  All engines are MTH Premier PS2.  I sold one since I took this video to purchase layout materials.

While I mostly post diesels and electrics, I do have a fairly extensive collection steam locomotives.  For whatever reason, I don't get to photograph them nearly as often as I'd like.  A few miscellaneous ones below.

Williams brass J1.  One of 9 Williams brass locomotives in my fleet.

Another shot of one of my Sunset K4s.  What's not to love on this face?

The Espee is represented in my collection by 4 locomotives of which two are seen here.

PW Lionel 773 next to a Willliams brass counterpart.

Gem PRR Mogul F3.

Espee locomotive #3, a Mikado.  The other one not shown is an MTH AC-6 Cab Forward.

Unknown manufacturer 1950's brass camelback.  Appears to be on an All Nation Chassis.  It's a great runner.

MTH Blue Comet Pacific.  Bought it as a donor for a 1950's version of this locomotive I'm building in 2 rail, but couldn't bring myself to part it out....yet.

Another Williams locomotive.  This time a Challenger.

Finally, a Williams Mikado making use of the tender off my Williams CNJ Camelback.

This is a great thread because it is encouraging me to get my steam locomotives out and get some photos of them!

My tribute to B&O steam ...from the Free State Junction Railway B&O steam fleet.

Rare brass Mikado.

B&A 4-6-6T no. 403, having replaced an ailing B&A Hudson, pulls the “Wolverine” out of Framingham, MA on its way to South Station in Boston.  NYC 2-8-0 Consolidation no. 1149 passes on the opposite track.

John

Hey Mark Boyce, I just wanted to comment and say that was very enjoyable video and your layout looks awesome. I see the early issues with grades were solved. Don't be afraid to post more of what you have. Bill

@Bill Park posted:

Hey Mark Boyce, I just wanted to comment and say that was very enjoyable video and your layout looks awesome. I see the early issues with grades were solved. Don't be afraid to post more of what you have. Bill

Thank you, Bill.  The grades aren’t a big issue.  If the train is longer, add an engine!  Oh, that’s what Grandpa said they did on the B&O.  I’ve taken a train across each level and back and forth from levels, but haven’t taken a video.  That will be in future posts.  👍🏻

Welcome to this week's edition of STEAMday Sunday.

Remember to follow the Forum rules by posting photos and videos taken by you, or taken by others in which you have received their express permission to post them.

Below is a video of one of my favorite steamers: a highly detailed LC+ Erie Camelback hauling Atlas beer reefers, MTH boxcars and a Lionel Erie smoking caboose:

Wishing you all a wonderful Sunday and let's see those steamers. Arnold

Here is a photo I took of the 765 in Angola, Indiana during the Dads & Donuts excursion event in June.

And here is my MTH 765.  Thanks to this great hobby, we can recreate past and present scenes like this.  Have a great week everyone!

Good morning, steam fans!  Thanks, Arnold, for giving us the highball.

Today’s offering is PRR 4-4-2 E6 Atlantic no. 1600, hauling the Broadway Limited on it’s run to Chicago.  Two NYC RS1s, no’s. 8106 and 8109, wait “in the hole” on the Eastbound track.

The E6 is an MTH model.  It was the first steam engine offered with Mike’s PS2 5 volt operating system (now converted to PS3).  It was my “prize” on my very first trip to York.

John

Some PW Lionel K-4s on this fine STEAMday Sunday.

The work horse of the New Haven Passenger Engine fleet in the first part of the 20th century were the i-4 Pacifics, hauling shore line trains between Boston and New Haven.  Here is NH 1389 hauling a short passenger express toward New Haven. The I-4 is a Weaver Model.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/hMBG8Fd2GZo1QRwA8

Wow! What a great start to steamday Sunday. @Arnold D. Cribari, your consist makes me hungry and thirsty. Lol

Today I've got my MTH "baby Hudson" early conventional hauling some freight. While my Williams scale hudson transports it's passengers to a nice Sunday church service. Hopefully breakfast to follow!

Arnold,

Thanks for starting Steamday. The OGR Forum needs a good weekly discussion about steam locomotives.

My model of Boston & Maine Mogul 2-6-0 #1455 was made by Lionel (6-38019) with TMCC and a Pittman motor. It was listed in the 2005 Volume 1 catalog at MSRP $599.99.

I had wanted to buy a TMCC version of Lionel’s Mogul for years. It’s perfect for my 10’-by-5’ layout which represents a single-track New England branch line that passes by riverside mills, rural countryside, and a small town, the types of places that were served by B&M Moguls.

In 2021, a Lionel Mogul was listed “new-in-box” by Forum sponsor Trainz. It was on its way to me the next morning. It was packed well and, as best I could tell, had never been run. The pickup rollers were unmarked and the traction tires had no flat spots. The locomotive looked and ran like new, so the Trainz description and rating were accurate.

The Boston & Maine Railroad rostered 137 B-15 class 2-6-0 Moguls. They were built by Alco in Manchester, New Hampshire and Schenectady, New York between 1903 and 1910 and were used on branch line mixed trains, in local freight service, for switching, and on commuter trains around Boston until 1956. Moguls hauled wood sided passenger cars on the B&M into the 1950s.

As built, the Moguls were not superheated but some were modified around 1918, as can be seen on the Lionel model by the circular cover plates at the fronts of the tall steam chests above the cylinders, where piston valves replaced the original slide valves. A B-15 class diagram indicates an engine weight of 142,500 pounds and a tender weight of 89,000 pounds. Superheated engines had a tractive effort of about 25,000 pounds.

Lionel’s model closely resembles the prototype B&M #1455, which is preserved at the Danbury Railway Museum in Connecticut. The classic features that I like most are the arched cab windows. Train is running at 26 scale miles-per-hour in the videos.

MELGAR

Here is a Lionel GN steamer from the late MPC era:

Happy Steam Sunday

Don

Happiest Steam Sunday.  It’s been a busy week for me.  Here is one photograph I just took of my Premier PS2 Western Maryland Russian Decapod.  This is my favorite engine.  I purchased it a couple years ago from The MTH warehouse sale.  

Thanks to all of you folks who contributed photos and videos to this week's edition of STEAMday Sunday.

Melgar, thanks for also contributing fascinating historical information about the prototype steamers, which you regularly do and which, IMO, make your posts special. Arnold

@Arnold D. Cribari, Arnold, great topic, great pictures posted and cool videos too. I’m sorry to be late but wanted to post something. Happy Railroading Everyone (this is my little 2-8-0 B&O Consolidation steamer a special run by Patrick’s Trains, Wheeling W. Va., just out of the paint shops)….

SHOP FOREMAN !

Ron, at first glance I thought that was the real thing with people and all! Great picture!

@ConrailFan posted:

Ron, at first glance I thought that was the real thing with people and all! Great picture!

Thanks, it's an accucraft 1/20.3 locomotive with Preiser figures.

Ron

@leapinlarry posted:

@Arnold D. Cribari, Arnold, great topic, great pictures posted and cool videos too. I’m sorry to be late but wanted to post something. Happy Railroading Everyone (this is my little 2-8-0 B&O Consolidation steamer a special run by Patrick’s Trains, Wheeling W. Va., just out of the paint shops)….

Looks great, Larry!  I considered getting one of those from Patrick, but just couldn’t pull off the expense.  It is certainly worth the price!!

@Mark Boyce, Thank you for the kind words, I was just happy to see a B&O steamer in Legacy for under $700, and a few box cars to help with the purchase. Your layout is coming along beautifully, and you’re going to love your K-Line Hudson when Harmonyards gets it ready to roll. @RonH, Wow, that’s a super scene with the realistic figures  and it sure fooled me, I thought it was the real deal. Have a great week everyone.

Thank you, Larry!

This is the newer Lionel Legacy version of the 1397 B&M Mogul (the one with early production hesitation/drive-line issues) that I bought new and sent to Lionel for repair. Has been running fine ever since.

A three-rail friend's two-rail Central Loco Works PRR H-10 that I now own. I took this photo to compare his H to my production sample MTH H-10 prior to offering it to him in trade:

One comparison shot; as you can see, the MTH one is quite nice:

A KTM(?) GS-4 that a friend bought at an auction:

We set up this photoshoot so that I could  get a few photos of some of our stuff. here is an over-view of it:

Again, another interesting topic!

When it's Sunday, you know what that means: it's time for - drum roll please - STEAMday Sunday!

Remember, only post photos and videos taken by you or taken by someone else with his/her express permission.

Now, let the fun begin.

This is the place to share steam locomotives of all different kinds.

This video shows one of my favorites: an MTH Railking PS2 Jersey Central 0-6-0 steamer hauing MTH Railking Jersey Central passenger cars through My Little Town on my layout:

Now, it's your turn to show us your steamers. Arnold

Hello steam fans!  I’m looking forward to seeing all your unique steamers today.  After all, I am “Steam Crazy”!

My Pennsylvania Railroad 2-8-0 H3 Consolidation is one of my favorite engines.  The prototype was built by PRR’s Altoona, PA shops in 1886.  She is an MTH PS3 model and another York “find”.  Her build date puts her well out of the 1950’s era on my layout, but I’m known to “cheat” when I like something enough!

John

I’m a RF&P fan, so fitting for my first STEAMday Sunday post be my only RF&P steam.

My favorite engine that I own, 3rd Rail Greenbrier:

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

MELGAR, I hear you, that K-line cruise control is funky!  I run my K-line NH EP5 with the cruise off and so was my B&A 4-6-6T before I had it converted to PS3.

John

If it's Sunday, it's STEAMday Sunday!

Today, I will start us off with an MTH PS2 Southern with a Pacific wheel configuration hauling a boxcar consist:

Love the look of the emerald green livery of that steamer.

Here's another short video showing the same train taking the river route:

Now it's your turn. Please remember to only post photos and videos you have taken, or those in which you have the express written permission of the owner or photographer to do so.

Arnold

Good morning steam fans!  Arnold I love your Southern 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive!  Thanks too for firing up the boiler and getting us rolling for this fine Sunday!  

Today I'm showing stream power from large to small beginning with the running gear of the massive N&W Y6b Mallet and ending with the B&O C-16 Docksider.  

The Y6b is all business as it exits Northeast Tunnel with a long freight drag.

A Shay is getting the once over by its' crew.  

A Shay on the service track.

A B&O C16 Docksider earns its' keep by working the yard.  

Happy StDay Sun, y’all!  One of Mark Boyce’s favorite steamers is also one of mine, a MTH Premier Western Maryland 2-10-0 Russian Decapod.

These locomotives we’re designed for Russian railroads.  They had ten drivers and a long wheelbase to spread the engine’s weight on light rail.  A number of them were built and shipped to Russia until the Revolution.  Further shipments were cancelled and the remaining engines were distributed to US railroads by the USRA during WW1.

My Decapod is seen hauling a selection of postwar flatcars with custom loads.

John

Have a good STEAMday Sunday on this coal and oil of a day

Photos and video show my Weaver die-cast model of Maine Central Class W 2-8-0 Consolidation #501 running conventionally on my 10’-by-5’ layout at 26 scale miles-per-hour. The chuffing and whistle sounds are realistic. Model made in 2007.

Maine Central #501 was built by Alco Schenectady in 1910. Tractive effort was 37,000 pounds, locomotive weight was 198,000 pounds and total weight (loco and tender) was 348,000 pounds. #501 was retired in 1958 and is currently under restoration at the Conway Scenic Railroad in New Hampshire.

MELGAR

This is my best conventionally running steamer, a Lionel NY Central Hudson with beautiful detail IMO, probably made in the mid to late 1990s:

Runs smooth and the sounds and smoke are very nice IMO.

The passenger cars are K Line 15 inch NY Central and Pullman Madison Heavyweights with figures, my best. Arnold

A Big Boy…

And a Bigger Boy…

The original!

Ron

Well, just to give all our followers a rest from all those beautiful scale (and often huge) steamers that I could not come close to running on my 0-27 layout, I thought I would post one from the "other end" of the spectrum.  This Lionel loco from 1963-64 has a fully detailed plastic boiler, came with a slope back tender, and had a 2-position reverse and an operating headlight.  In 1964 it was also listed as part of the 11430 set complete with 2 freight cars, a caboose, track including a remote control track and a 25 watt transformer for $14.95.  By the way she came to me as a $2 dug out from under the tables purchase at a train show and she runs great and pulls her little train with no complaints.

Best Wishes To All....Don

Arnold,

Thanks for resuming STEAMday Sunday. I think it's important to have a weekly thread about steam locomotives on the OGR Forum.

MELGAR

Classy MEC steam! Thx Mel.

Well, it’s Monday here in Incheon Korea, but it shows you the power of hi technology which makes us as close as our IPads…. Beautiful steamers everyone and great videos. These steamers were found in Korea, actually near the DMZ, and more Korean train pictures will appear tomorrow or in the next few days. The weather here is fantastic. Happy Railroading Everyone

Lionel 2023 Penn steamers resting in the roundhouse   

Charlie

RK Pennsy serviced and ready for assignment.......

...........have a good beginning to the week.  God speed everyone. 

Once again, it's Sunday, this time barely, and when it's Sunday, it's time for STEAMday Sunday.

Steam locomotives of all kinds are celebrated here. Just remember to follow the Forum Terms of Service (TOS) to the letter, and only post photos and videos you have taken, or those in which you have the express permission of the owner/photographer to post.

I will start us off with a video of a conventionally running Lionel Boston & Albany Hudson, which I believe was manufactured in the mid to late 1980s. Here it is hauling Northeastern box cars, and a very nice MTH Boston & Albany caboose recently acquired from our Forum sponsor, JR Junction Hobby. The engineer makes safety a priority by running the train slowly through My Little Town:

Arnold

@Arnold D. Cribari, Arnold, it’s good morning from Busan Korea and this is a great thread, always good pictures of steam in operation or still pictures of awesome steam power. Happy STEAMday Sunday everyone….

Doesn't MTH make terrific smoke units for its steamers?

Check out this MTH PS3 Long Island B6 steam switcher circling the ball park:

Arnold

Yes, @Arnold D. Cribari, Arnold, MTH does make great smoke units, and @Gunrunner Johns smoke stuff works fine to….Happy STEAMday Sunday…

Photos/videos show my Lionel Legacy model (2231120) of New York Central 2-8-0 Consolidation #960 on my 10’-by-5’ layout.

NYC class G-6i #960 was built for subsidiary Michigan Central Railroad as #7812 by Alco (Brooks Works) in June 1909 with 63-inch driving wheels. Tractive effort was about 45,500 pounds, locomotive weight was 244,500 pounds and total loaded weight (loco and tender) was 395,000 pounds. It was scrapped as New York Central #1195 in 1954.

The engine is running at 27 scale miles-per-hour videos.

MELGAR

Good morning STEAMday Sunday fans Some steamers working the rails.

Steam variants!

Ron

Hello, StDSun fans!  Lots of interesting steamers posted already today.

I’m going to the archives to show my first steam locomotive (and train),  a Marx no. 333 NYC Pacific.  Some of you may remember I subconsciously hijacked another of Arnold’s topics, “Let’s see your first train”, and posted this train a while back.  Sorry again, Arnold, I’m sure you remember!

And just for fun, I’m posting a photo of my grandson, Isaac, sticking his head through a hole in his father’s HO layout!

John

Here are two clips of a Santa Fe 2-10-10-2 .  I took these on Friday in the Orange Hall at York.

Well for today I have another elderly warrior for you.  This is the M3 Tank Engine by Hornby.  Made both electric and clockwork (this one is clockwork) in several liveries, this being the LMS (London, Midland, and Scottish Railway)  Red/Black.  This engine was made from 1931 -1941 but several changes can narrow that date line.  In 1936 cylinders and connecting rods were added, then in 1937 the cutout in the base was enlarged and in 1939 a matte finish was used...Hence this particular example would date from 1939-1941.  It always carried the same loco number -2270 for its entire history.  She was one of the most popular of the Hornby line of 0 gauge engines and at the time considered a high value for her price.

Here she is with a short string of LMS #1 coaches.  Unfortunately, these are post war coaches but they differ from their pre-war sisters only by having a somewhat lighter color grey roof.

Well that's it for me today.  I hope your upcoming week goes well for everyone.

Best Wishes

Don

Just a small switcher, 0-4-0 MTH 840 Jersey Central dockside tank switcher

Charlie

A pair of steamers resting in my engine yard…

Sorry I can't figure out how to reduce the run time on my other video(s) since the file size is too large to insert.

Good morning, fellow steam locomotive lovers. We know that when its Sunday, it's STEAMday Sunday.

Remember to follow the Forum Terms of Service, and post only photos and videos you have taken, or ones in which you have the express written permission of the owner/photographer to post.

Today, I will start us off with my best steamer, a Lionel Legacy NY Central Ten Wheeler with whistle steam. It's my best overall steamer, not only because it's my only Legacy with whistle steam, but because it fits perfectly into the major theme of my layout, which is The Put (Putnam Division of the NY Central).

Hope you all enjoy this short video showing this Legacy 10 wheeler hauling Atlas beer reefers and MTH cookie boxcars plus caboose, down the line:

Now, let's see what you are excited about. Arnold

CENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY

EMD GP7 no. 1524 pulls a Westbound local freight while 4-6-0 Camelback no. 763 heads up an Eastbound commuter job.

John

Here's a short video of the aptly named "Dead Man's Junction." I always wanted a crossover, and using Ross items made this double-tracked version. It keeps those O-scale engineers and fireman on their toes...countless collisions to date. The RR is in the planning stages for warning signal installation...am hoping that help the guy who actually drives the trains (the big dummy whose nickname is Paul E. Fudd).

Some Lionel PW , MPC and Railking on this STEAMsay Sunday

Boston & Maine 4-6-0 Ten-Wheeler is a Lionel Legacy model (2131050) delivered in 2021 at MSRP $749.99. The prototype of Lionel’s model is a New York Central class F-2 Ten-Wheeler built by Alco but very similar in appearance to the real B&M class C-19 #2074, which was built by Baldwin in 1898 and scrapped in 1939. I like the model. It runs well and has realistic chuffing sounds but Lionel should have made it with a round Baldwin manufacturer’s plate on the boiler instead of the rectangular Alco plate. The engine is shown on my 10’-by-5’ model railroad pulling B&M wood passenger coaches #1268 and #1243 made by Lionel from MTH tooling. Wood passenger cars were used on the B&M into the 1950s.

MELGAR

Well today I plan to show some additional pictures of my new JEP tin lithographed streamlined steamer.  I know very little about the details of this locomotive besides its manufacturer.  It is clockwork (which works fine by the way) and uses all metal wheels including drive and truck wheels.  This dates it a bit before the "plastic" era in the middle 1950's thus I would date it from 1945 - 1955 but that is a pure guess.  Anyone with any further data (I have almost no information on JEP at all) please feel free to comment.

Here at first is a full side view showing the (what appears to be) an oil type tender with the characteristic JEP ladder on the side.

Another view showing the engine and tender, you can just make out the stamped trade mark for JEP on the rear of the tender

And of course the front end view.

Best wishes to all, hope your upcoming week goes well

Don

The might 0-8-0 switcher!   A good choice for yard work, hump work, transfer freights, and road engine for way freight service.  

Here is my Proto 1 PRR T-1

Here is a Lionel Legacy Consolidation in PRSL Livery. Turn on the exhaust fans!

To complement the ERIE Triplex.