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There's a group on FB which folks post pictures and video of their switchers every Saturday, no reason we can't do it here!

#SwitcherSaturday

 

Here's my Lionel 6-18054 NYC 0-4-0 Switcher running on my workbench dog bone loop!   Caboose in the video is NYC Bay Window Caboose - 6-17676.

 

Lots of fun for a workbench!

 

 

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Originally Posted by PRR1950:

MikeCT has posted two separate videos to this thread, neither of which I can view.  I see only a big white blank spot in his post where I assume the video link should be.

 

I am using latest version of Firefox browser to access forum.  Anyone else have this problem?

 

Chuck

Try these (2) Photobucket links:

http://s175.photobucket.com/us...html?sort=6&o=83

 

http://s175.photobucket.com/us....html?sort=3&o=1

 

 

Here are a few of my PRR switchers:

 

K-Line A5 upgraded with cruise and 4-chuffs/revolution. 

 

K-L A5

K-Line B6 upgraded with cruise and 4 chuffs/revolution.

 

B6 in yard

Weaver C1 upgraded with cruise.

 

WVR C1

MTH SW-1 with PS-2 modified with the small pickup rollers to prevent hang up on uncoupling tracks.

 

MTH SW-1 002

All are excellent little engines that I will use in my yards (well, the C1 isn't that little).  The A5 sounds like a machine gun even at slow speeds, and its great.

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The only switcher I have is a K-Line US Steel Plymouth which has been run a total of three times. The local D.A.R.E. Model Railroad Club has a sizeable fleet of switchers. One Lionel or K-Line Pennsy A5s, an Atlas Pennsylvania SW9, three MTH Railking Montour SW9s (two powered), a currently non-functional MTH Railking Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad SW1500, and a bunch of postwar Lionel steam and diesel switchers the club hasn't run in a while. On the On30 side, the club has one Bachmann Davenport and one Bachmann 0-4-2T.

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Originally Posted by Michigan & Ohio Valley Lines:
Nice pic.  I have one of these(mines NYC)...it is such a great little engine.
 
Originally Posted by Bill T:

A MTH 0-4-0 on spotting duty.

 

 

Yep, a good runner. One of these days it will head to the paint shop for a Spokane Portland & Seattle paint job.

Like many railroads, the D&H purchased a good number of end-cab switchers during the transition period from steam to diesel power.  However, they soon decided that road switcher diesels (like the ALCo RS3, for example) would better serve their needs, so they quickly sold off all of their end-cab units.  Long story short, the photos below represent a typical "switcher" for the D&H!

 

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Here is a tribute to my friend Henry Pearce (RIP):

 

 

Henry took over Hines Lines many years ago, then spent his leisure time trying to make ever more perfect fixtures.  Production suffered, but if Henry liked you he could make absolutely perfect O Scale drivers, or supply exquisite lost-wax castings from masters made by Ray Waller and others skilled in the art.  His contribution to the hobby continues at Stevenson Preservation Models to this day - over 80 years of history in O Scale.

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