Switcher Saturday: 2015-Dec-19

p.s.  I asked for this one from Santa, do you think I'll get it?

Lionel Angela Trotter Signature 0-4-0 Steam Engine 6-38692

Found this interesting little spud on the Northeast Railfan site:

I think the model is a DH1 export unit.

Rusty

Hi Rusty, great picture and Merry Christmas to you!  Best...Rich

Hey Bob, great pictures, I hope you have a great Christmas!  Best...Rich

merry christmas greetings to all o-gauge, marx and american flyer runners!...(even the other makes, scales and gauges)...and especially all fans of "switcher saturday"...

rich...hope father christmas brings you the switcher...and a lot of coal in your stocking for it!...

my very best regards...howard...

Merry Christmas guys! Hope you get your switcher Rich. At the Oglebay Park layout, they usually had a 1615 on a work train clearing a rock slide. This year the work train was still there, but without a locomotive.But they have a modern issue 1615 type pulling a log train. After three tries at taking a pic, and getting a blurry mess, the operator offered to stop the train for me. Then he asked if there were any others he wanted me to stop. great guy.

YAY! SWSat is on!

This week spot some cars with your switchers as you sip your Nog under the lights of the tree.

I hope Santa brings you that little switcher AND some coal to run it with Rich.

This week I am posting some images of Alco T-6 switchers. There were only 57 made and NW had 40 of them the second highest owners was Pennsy with 6. Several have gone on to second and third lives. Virginian Museum of Transportation in Roanoke has 2 including an operable one in NW paint.

An easy spotting feature is the notched corners on the edges of the long hood and angled numberboards.

Great pics so far this week keep it up guys!

Howard (SAWDUST43) - thank you for your comments and kind words, Merry Christmas to you and your family (and thank you for emailing me that info)!

STEAMER Dave - Merry Christmas to you too!  And thank you for all your contributions to this little "Switcher Saturday" thing we have going here, you continue to be one of our "Top Supporters"!

Silver Lake Andy - Merry Christmas to you too!  Every week I very much look forward to seeing what you will come up with and post here, I've learned a ton from your posts and very much enjoy them!

All the best...Rich

Rich thank you for making this nice community we have here and for your considered compliments. You make every week fun. Thank you.

Merry Christmas guys.  By this time next week everyone will be showing off the new switchers that Santa left in their stockings, no doubt!  

I{'ve seen OC's T-6.  Not a bad looking locomotive (for a diesel....)

With Hugh at the throttle, Scotty, the fireman standing atop the tender, watches for a signal from the brakeman at the back of the train as 0-6-0 #505 performs a reverse movement in the Maryville yard.  

Merry Christmas!  Bo

Bo - That's a dam fine photograph! 

Pete

Happy Switcher Saturday and Happy Holidays!

Tom 

Texas Pete posted:

Bo - That's a dam fine photograph! 

Pete

Thank you, Texas Pete.  Much appreciated!  Bo

Probably should get rid of the Saturday and move this to the REAL TRAINS category.

Texas Pete posted:

Bo - That's a dam fine photograph! 

Pete

Yes Bo,

  That is very nice.

Tom 

Thanks Tom!  Hugh, Scotty and #505 were really doing all the work.  All I had to do was just click the shutter.  B

I need to figure out where all my switchers went, them yard goats are as lazy as a hog... Er, goat these days. They don't get much action unless I'm laying track or someone is watching the layout in operation.