Switcher Saturday 10-02-2021

Rusty

Good evening fellow switcher fans!!  Off to an early start  and thanks JHZ563 for notching out the throttle early to get us rolling!  

Today on the FJSR it's all about a weather beaten venerable Pennsy A5 as it makes its' way through Fall foliage on the Mountain Division of the Free State Junction Railway.   This is/was a brand new K line scale model that I bought at The Great Scale Model Train Show in Timonium, Md. in winter of 2019.  Once I got it home it just looked too clean running on my layout.  So I made it my first locomotive weathering project.  Now it looks like she been working hard for living unprotected from the elements for decades.

Have a wonderful and safe weekend everyone!   Be safe = Be well!

A5 brings a short freight across the bridge early in the morning.  Looks like we have some beach goer diehards in the lake below.  

Rounding the bend at Danlilu.  

MOW workers are too busy to even notice the old tea kettle trundling by.  For them it's just another day working on the railroad.

Deer scrounge around for food.

Somehow the A5 is right at home within the majesty of the mountains.

Just got back from running some trains and I see this?  I love early starts! Great photos so far everyone.  Are Gp-38s and RS-1s considered switchers? On my pike they are! Moreover, on my pike, the DMI&R runs with the LIRR -

You have to love the speed control of DCS. Here is a short video of this 20 year old DMIR  ps2 diesel flawlessly leading a consist with a dummy engine and a new LIRR PS3, all going at 15 scale miles per hour (forgive the fingers in the camera, lol!) -

Lionel’s Legacy 4-6-0 Ten-wheeler locomotive models have gotten to be my favorite steam engines. I like the fact that they are relatively small, so they fit well on my 10’-by-5’ layout. They also were most numerous during the early 20^th Century, an era in which I'm interested, and are a good match for MTH wood-sided passenger cars – another of my favorites.

MELGAR

Tom

Yay SWSat (Wot Starts on Friday) is on!

I see we are off to a good start. To run the risk of being against @jhz563 I’m going to include some 2 rail O scale into the mix this AM. Us very few, amongst the larger but still few have to stand up for ourselves some times.

Here are a few 2 rail O scale Switcher items for this week. First up is the natural habitat of a switcher. The Hoboken freight yard on the NYSME layout from an unusual drone vantage point.

Here is my LIRR Morris Park Shop Switcher moving some cars.

Last up is the nicely restored Cornell a Lehigh Valley tug boat (or “water switcher”). I took this a few summers ago when it was tied up downtown near Tribeca.

Have a great weekend. I can’t wait to see what you guys post.

Good morning SwSat fans!  Today your Yardmaster decided to go down to the B&M right of way to check the status of the motive power on the Blueberry Special.  There’s finally a nip in the air in MA after above average temperatures in Sept, so he replaced his shorts and T shirt for long pants and a jacket.

He found B&M has replaced the leased NH RS3 with a new RS3 of their own, no. 1509.  B&M management knew leasing a nearly new RS3 for $1.00/day could’t last forever!

John

It’s October, and you know that means…Yes, candy!  A CN switcher has dropped off a boxcar & tanker full of sweets for Halloween.

Happy SWSat!

Lot's of great posts again this week. Nothing new to report on the RSJ&B. Been busy with honeydo's and a couple of late season golf outings. The weather is definitely changing so more train time is on the horizon!

Have a great weekend.

Bob

Dug out the K Line Western Lumber Porter

Hi everyone, I hope all is well in the world of SWSAT.  I've been busy workin on the railroad here at the Murnane home.  Below is a 2 minute video for you if you're interested in seeing the layout.

All the best...Rich

@Murnane posted:

Hi everyone, I hope all is well in the world of SWSAT.  I've been busy workin on the railroad here at the Murnane home.  Below is a 2 minute video for you if you're interested in seeing the layout.

All the best...Rich

Hey Rich - It all looks great!!!  Love all the action!!   Got to love those Fairbanks Morse locomotives!  

NYDR finally arrived!

Sounds fantastic!

Looking great everybody!  @RayKay, love that little Porter, maybe one of these days.   @Silver Lake, you can't troll me- all scales and gauges!!😎

I am glad no-one minds the early starts.  Today the in-laws are in town and wanted to go to a festival early.

Keep up the great pictures and videos gang!

Beautiful pictures everyone and great looking layouts, SIRT, beautiful new diesel, fantastic layout weathering, wow. I finally received my new CSX Genset. Happy Railroading Everyone

My new Lionel Legacy UP Genset:

@stangtrain posted:

My new Lionel Legacy UP Genset:

Very cool! In June I traveled to the Oakland/Alameda area.  I couldn't take pictures from the car, but I saw three of these units in the yard.  That's a great looking model.

@leapinlarry posted:

Beautiful pictures everyone and great looking layouts, SIRT, beautiful new diesel, fantastic layout weathering, wow. I finally received my new CSX Genset. Happy Railroading Everyone

Larry- thanks for jumping in today.  I find the pictures of your layout amazing.   I'm in awe every time I get a glimpse 🙂

Rich I seem to remember a small shelf type layout back when you were publishing SWSAT.  My how that layout has grown.

@coach joe posted:

Rich I seem to remember a small shelf type layout back when you were publishing SWSAT.  My how that layout has grown.

Hey Joe, you have a good memory!  

Here's the progression: first I did the workbench shelf at my old house, ~2008

to building this ~2011:

Then "Boo" (kid 2) and I built this ~2015, but we didn't keep it for very long, we only used it a handful of times and it kept getting in the way (storage issue):

Then we moved from Maryland to Virginia ~5 years ago, version 1 of the layout here:

To now finally this:

@Murnane posted:

To now finally this:

Hi Rich- the new layout and basement look great.

Thanks for stopping by SWSat!

Bob

PS- nice choice of power in your video too!