Switcher Saturday: 2018-Apr-07

Good morning Rich. I like your new layout. Suddenly it's 1950!

Providence & Worcester GP38-2 #2007 was acquired new from EMD in November 1980. The P&W railroad was incorporated in 1844 and came under the ownership of Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. in 2017. P&W #2007 has since been transferred to another G&W property. The model is by MTH with PS-3.

MELGAR

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone. 

Rich, things are hopping on the RiCH RR.

My contribution is my #228 on my former layout. 

On a side note, I posted another topic yesterday to mention I am looking for 2 years of the old Pennsylvania Railroad employee magazine, The Pennsy. 

These are the ones I was looking for still:

1957 (was monthly then)

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

1958 (changed to bi-monthly)

Mar-April

July-Aug

Thanks if you know someone who is thinning out their collection or has duplicates. 

Tom 

Yay! SWSat is on!

I like your progress on your layout Rich. The Bridges over the ravine are fun. Good luck on finding those magazines Tom. Melgar the P&W is( kind of more was) one of my favorite lines. I went to college in Providence and enjoyed walking past the switching operations along Harris Ave. I probably saw this engine working 20 times or so. I should look for one.

This week I am posting my RS11 from Lionel.

I am about to go to the NYSME/METCA joint train show in Carlstat NJ. It is a nice show if you read this and are in te area come on over NYSME is running thier layouts.

Here is my newly aquired Atlas SW9 in PRR paint scheme.  The couplers uncouple from time to time.  Is that normal for Atlas?  It pulls well and runs super smooth.

Enjoy!

A mix of real and model switcher photos this week...

Happy Switcher Saturday. S.B.R. ALCO HH660 #150 "Anchor" continued switching around Shark Bay area. I just love that my new switcher, it´s just a right sized engine to our layout. I think next S.B.R. engine is can be a GE70 ton Switcher and name can be a "Chum".

It outage season at work. I tried a panoramic shot of the work train on top of my files cabinets.

Happy SWSat!
Great video Rich- the layout is looking good. If your basement floor is bare concrete then you may want to seal it with a clear sealer or paint. The concrete will always create dust. When I was in home construction we would run across houses built on older foundations that had flooded. The silt that was left behind on the floor was like talcum powder. Would get into everything.

I was hoping to post my new RMT Beep this week but a shipping snafu has delayed delivery to Monday. Next week for sure.

A couple of repeats this week since I've been busy with a project around the house. Not much train time for me.

C&O #15 July 1946 in Columbus,Ohio

Russell,Ky 1941 0-8-0 #61

IC #285 in Memphis, Tenn 1948

and 0-6-0 #1662 moves an unusual load on the main

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday. S.B.R. ALCO HH660 #150 "Anchor" continued switching around Shark Bay area. I just love that my new switcher, it´s just a right sized engine to our layout. I think next S.B.R. engine is can be a GE70 ton Switcher and name can be a "Chum".

Beautiful trains and scenes, Johan.

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday. S.B.R. ALCO HH660 #150 "Anchor" continued switching around Shark Bay area. I just love that my new switcher, it´s just a right sized engine to our layout. I think next S.B.R. engine is can be a GE70 ton Switcher and name can be a "Chum".

Beautiful trains and scenes, Johan.

Arnold: Thank you.

Johan

8616 at work.

Tom

Rapid Transit Holmes posted:

"BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday. S.B.R. ALCO HH660 #150 "Anchor" continued switching around Shark Bay area. I just love my new switcher, its just a right sized engine to our layout. I think next S.B.R. engine is can be a GE70 ton Switcher and name can be a "Chum"."

BAR,

Great shot of a great layout, as usual!  May I ask the source of your ALCo "HH660"?   I've been lobbying (posting here) and hoping for someone to produce ALCo "HH" class locomotives but have only seen an occasional brass offering on the web.  I came close to buying one in 1:1, years ago, but was thwarted and have yearned for one in 1:48, ever since.

Rapid Transit Holmes: Thank you very much. Because Atlas, MTH or Lionel or any another manufacturer don´t like build any 1:48 Alco HH660`s my friend John and I build that S.B.R Alco HH660. We use Lionel S2 trucks and some another parts included TMCC. Maybe we can use some day 3D printer when we learn more.

Johan

The 8111 crew has been ordered to pull off on a dead end side track on the west side of town. Formally business's that needed rail service is now car dealers and fast food. The crew is greeted by Ronald himself.  Azgary

Spotted this LIRR work train earlier today.

sad thing is nowadays most younger people/kids probably have no idea who Ronald is since McDs have abandoned him

Happy SWSAT!  Rich - very nice video.  Your layout is really taking great shape!  Great photos and videos everyone! 

Here are some photos of my BL2 ( a day in the life of ) , Dockside, and GP9.  

                       Updating the Subway fleet and working the yard......................

Johan it's good to see Anchor has finally been put to work doing what he was meant to do. Can't wait for you to come up with Chum.

RSJB18 is that LIRR work train cruising through Garden City?  I didn't know the LIRR had any unprotected crossings like that left.

Coach Joe: Thank you very much and thank you also a good name "Anchor" idea. Chum is also nice name but we must wait before i get my GE70 ton. After that S.B.R. own ABC -locomotives. Anchor, Bruce and Chum. 

Johan 

Great stuff this week all!  

Just stumbled on this picture, Long Island City - Queens NY PRR - unknown year/etc....

Let's have some RMT beep fun.

coach joe posted:

Johan it's good to see Anchor has finally been put to work doing what he was meant to do. Can't wait for you to come up with Chum.

RSJB18 is that LIRR work train cruising through Garden City?  I didn't know the LIRR had any unprotected crossings like that left.

Joe- yes this is at Washington Street. The train is on what's left of the Central Extension just east of the GC station. The big freight yard at the end is gone now but the RR built a signal maintenance facility on the land. They still use the line for storage of MOW equipment. The RBBB Circus train used to park there too when they were at Nassau Coliseum.

When I was a kid the line was still heavily used to shuttle freight to several industries, including the A&P warehouse. Most of those buildings are gone now or have been converted to offices.
There is one other crossing on this line at Clinton Rd that is also unprotected. I had posted a while back about the Washington St crossing after a local resident wondered why they did not need gates. Here

More history Here

Good pick up BTW..how did you know it was Garden City?

RayKay posted:

RayKay- I just purchased my first Beep in PRR green. How do you like them? I should get mine tomorrow.

Bob

My prewar 227 semi scale PRR B6, purchased yesterday at a train show, along with its matching freight set.  Just needs a few minor parts like marker lights, tender rewire and box coupler repair.  

RSJB18 posted:

RayKay posted:

RayKay- I just purchased my first Beep in PRR green. How do you like them? I should get mine tomorrow.

Bob

RSJB18, I like them a lot, but they don't pull much unless you double head them.

I use my NH to pull a gondola on my Halloween layout.