Switcher Saturday: 2017-June-24

Yay! SWSat is on!

This weekend I'm posting a few Switcher images. I have a few Camelback switchers, a Boxcab and a 19th century switcher. I'll be back later with some more pics of my adventures this week.

The first two are Lehigh Valley. The Camelback was on display at the 1934 Progress exhibition in Chicago. 

These next are NYO&W.

This last image is particularly striking. I really like the balanced double sand domes for traction moving both forward and back. The cab mounted reverse headlight is great too. 

Have a great weekend guys.

Good to see Switcher Saturday rolls on.  Good luck with all the moving stuff, Rich.

Around the yard...........

Here's a Cooke Works loco on display at the National RR Museum in Green Bay WI.  Worth the trip if you're nearby.

60052 is down for maintnenace.

With maintenance complete, 60052 is quickly acquisitioned for some light passenger duty.

Hope the move is going well Rich.Great pics guys.

Here's B&O #37 in Wilmington,DE in January of 1940

another B&O again in Wilmington in April 1948

Delaware & Hudson #53 in Colonie,NY in 1935

Conrail dropping of a lumber load

Good morning fellow SSWAT fans!!  Thanks Tom for pinch hitting for Rich!  I hope the move related activity is going well for you and your family Rich!  Great photos and info everyone!!

Silver Lake - I love the photo of the old 0-4-0 with the 'sand domes' you mentioned in your original post.   I have never seen an O-4-O as old as this before.  I know that the first yard switchers were horses.  I wonder what the first yard switching locos looked like and I wonder if your photo is an image of  one of the first steam switchers?  Since the loco has large diameter drivers, I just wonder if this  photo is an early yard switcher before railroads figured out that smaller diameter drivers would bring about improved traction for heavy train moves at low speeds?  Just thinking out loud.  Obviously this photo stirs up lots of questions.  Thanks for posting!

I've had no time to take fresh photos of switcher action on the Free State Junction Railway.   Work has syphoned all my time away from the railroad.  That will change soon with more time being devoted to the railroad.  Today I have some more re-runs.   Have a creatively fun week everyone!!!

Happy Switcher Saturday to all. SOU NW2 & crew switching at Laha white water.

We were at Stratsburg the other day . This little guy went past as we're on the train . Tom

Excellent pictures everyone! 

A special mention for these folks: 

Andy/SILVER LAKE- Nice pictures, especially the "Old & Weary" locomotive with the slope-back tender.

SIRT- Your modeling is great once again. 

BAR GP7 #63- Excellent use of working in nature with your train. Is that a diorama that you can carry outside (as opposed to bringing the river inside)? Very nice. 

Dave/ STEAMER- I never noticed that the B&O had slope-back tenders. 

Patrick/TRUMPTRAIN- Yes, I know the feeling when work interferes with trains!

Tom

MNCW posted:

Excellent pictures everyone! 

A special mention for these folks: 

Andy/SILVER LAKE- Nice pictures, especially the "Old & Weary" locomotive with the slope-back tender.

SIRT- Your modeling is great once again. 

BAR GP7 #63- Excellent use of working in nature with your train. Is that a diorama that you can carry outside (as opposed to bringing the river inside)? Very nice. 

Dave/ STEAMER- I never noticed that the B&O had slope-back tenders. 

Patrick/TRUMPTRAIN- Yes, I know the feeling when work interferes with trains!

Tom

Thanks Tom. Yes i can put that diorama inside my car and drive & found some nice scenery places. I like take pics with a natural light.

Johan

GP30 switching at the coal tower this sunny Saturday, while a team inspects a coal hopper.

thanks to a parts deal from forum member Dennis Holler, my project switcher now moves under it's own power!

Happy SWSat!

A quick couple of shots if the new arrival on the RSJ&B. 

A Lionel Baltimore and Ohio F3.

The only engine that has never lost power on my switches is this MTH Premier SD70MAC.  Therefore, most of its time is spent as a switcher.

Clem sent me this picture from the Sacramento train museum while on his vacation.