Switcher Saturday: 2018-August-25

My Union Pacific EMD SW9 #DS1875 switcher model was offered by Atlas O in September 2007. The UP wood-sided caboose #3592 was made by K-line.

MELGAR

This week on the basement central,  there’s a hazardous material handling convention in town.  Like any good focus group, they chartered a ride on the local tourist railroad for an afternoon activity.  The railroad planned a special surprise for their customers 

Rich, thanks for starting us off. Here is my prewar #228 operating on my workbench layout. 

Off to go to work...which should be illegal on a Saturday!

Tom 

A little "critter" from Switzerland, a T1 2-2 used to switch trains in freight yards. The model was made by Keyser ,3 rail O gauge and also real working pantograph.

Daniel

Penn Central RSD-5 with PC Boxcar attached moving towards the mainline.

The newest switcher to the group.

Happy SWSat Everyone!

Lot's of great switcher stuff so far.

This week I thought I'd feature my road switchers. Built by ALCO, and EMD, these guys are the backbone of almost every railroad in the country. Big enough to pull a mixed freight but agile enough to work the yards too.

Have a great weekend (unless you have to work like Tom )

Weaver Pennsy A5.   GE  44 tonner. 

father.dragon posted:

The newest switcher to the group.

OOOHHHHH! Another Plymouth to add to my shopping list Very nice.

Yay! SWSat is on!

Great posts so far guys. Uh oh late night

Summer and everyone seems to have left the city. Times Square on the 2/3. This shows We are not going anywhere fast due to little GE on this work train.

One more S&NC classic Alco shot in early D&H paint. 

Enjoy the great weather this weekend in the northeast.

Here is a Santa Fe Clebourne CF-7 at the Oklahoma railroad museum  

Good morning fellow SWSAT friends!!   Wonderful photos so far today!

Tom, I agree that Saturday working should be illegal and that Saturdays are for switching on our railroads and viewing photos/videos of switchers on SWSAT! LOL! 

Since rich began todays thread with a very nice video of his MP15 running on his club layout, I thought that I would continue with a video of end cab switchers from my layout.  B&O SW 9 with Canton SW9 calf, Patapsco and Backrivers ( nick named the Push Bump & Ram ) VO1000, and finally a Ma & Pa SW1 working the Mountain Division.  

Have a delightfully fun, and safe weekend everyone!!  

Rutland 0-6-0 # 101

#105

Richmond,Fredrickburg & Potomac #1

Have a great Saturday guys

Steamer posted:

Rutland 0-6-0 # 105

 

I would like to have an O gauge model of this locomotive.

MELGAR

Well the doorbell rang with the post and since it is still SWSat I will post my new to me General Models NW2 that just came to my doorstep. 

The General Models NW 2 diecast body shell predates the Lionel one by a bit. They offered both 2 and 3 rail versions. 

This one has been revamped with new Pittman motor,  drive and cab interior. I have been looking for awhile for a good one and I am happy to come across this one at a agreeable cost.  

Cant wait to give it a once over and run down. 

Family portrait 

(A few heads got cut off in the picture- sorry)

Ok, here you go, the ugliest switcher I got, but it was dirt cheap..

A couple more. 

jhz563 posted:

This week on the basement central,  there’s a hazardous material handling convention in town.  Like any good focus group, they chartered a ride on the local tourist railroad for an afternoon activity.  The railroad planned a special surprise for their customers 

While watching, I questioned, who's version of the USRA, 0-6-0 is this?  By the whistle tone I'm guessing MTH.  

Something magical about those tinplate hoppers on the go.  Thanks for posting this

Bruce

Here is MOPAC 0-8-0 pausing during switching moves.

brwebster posted:

jhz563 posted:

This week on the basement central,  there’s a hazardous material handling convention in town.  Like any good focus group, they chartered a ride on the local tourist railroad for an afternoon activity.  The railroad planned a special surprise for their customers 

While watching, I questioned, who's version of the USRA, 0-6-0 is this?  By the whistle tone I'm guessing MTH.  

Something magical about those tinplate hoppers on the go.  Thanks for posting this

Bruce

The 0-6-0 here is definitely MTH.  If you like the tinplate hoppers then check out my posts in this weekend’s tinplate thread.  I threw together a transition car and have been using it to pull longer tinplate trains with more modern power.

One of my favorite Postwar Switchers before my daughter's 3 cats knocked over all the trees, telephone poles, lamp posts and signs on my layout while my daughter and her cats lived at my house in the month of July.

I enjoyed having  the cats around. My only regret is that I did not take any pictures/videos of the cats attacking my layout.

Now that the cats have relocated, I  will take new pictures of my trains and layout and post them after I straighten out the mess.

LOL, Arnold