Switcher Saturday: 2018-June-30

Good morning, Rich! Glad you're back. I don't have a Docksider but would like to get one!

Y-3 0-8-0 switcher #3400 was a standard USRA design built by ALCO and delivered to the New Haven Railroad in 1920. The New Haven owned 35 engines of this type. They were used all over the railroad, had 51-inch driving wheels, ran at 175 psi pressure, and developed 55,500 pounds tractive force. The last one was retired in 1952. On the New Haven, they were followed by three-cylinder Y-5 switchers in 1924. The model was made by MTH with PS2 and scale wheels.

MELGAR

Yay! SWSat is back! Rich Murnane is back at the top of the Call Board! Welcome back buddy.

Like I hinted last week I joined Club C-16. Mine new to me old 2 rail dockside came in the mail yesterday. It need a lot of work. First up a stint in the Soda blast booth to remove some heavy tarnish. Then a new can motor and some Other fun new to me things. It will be fun I am looking forward to it.

Here is a link to a nice article that inspired me to bight the bullet and try this one out  I am pretty sure this is the same model described. An “International”. http://www.oscalekings.org/ed_...&o_dockside.html

Melgar very nice engine. Since it has the scale wheels why not go ahead and remove the rollers and run it 2rail? Join the dark side.😉

Have a great weekend and stay cool. 

@MELGAR - that's a great looking engine!

@Silver Lake - Hey Andy, great project for you, I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of your progress!

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone. Hope everyone has a great July 4th!

Glad to see you back Rich & nice pictures from all!

I dialed up my "Time Machine" to go back in time and show some old pictures of my prior layouts. They are pictures of pictures, so sorry about the quality. 

Here is my Lionel postwar #1656 operating on my last switching layout from around 2005. 

Here I am in the middle of another layout of mine back in the 1990's. Next to my hand is a Lionel postwar #1615 switcher. 

In the 1970's, I had a HO layout on top of a ping-pong table. 

Fast forward to the future, maybe this is what my next layout will look like:

Tom 

Happy SWSat Everyone!

Welcome back Rich. Happy to help out while you were otherwise detained.

This week the RSJ&B is seeing triple again

Andy, Melgar, Tom- great photos, both old and new.

Bob

                                                           Wrong Island............ 

Rich? Must be a new guy.....

East Tennessee & North Carolina #205 

Edgemoor & Manetta #5 1984

and by 1998 she was under cover

Essex Terminal # 9 in Windsor On 1948

and Hot in 2002

Welcome back Rich. Here are shots of some of my switchers.

Have a safe 4th everyone.  My son will begin working for Union Pacific July 9th--I don't own any UP locomotives so this little guy will have to do.

Some critter pictures from around the basement 

Little switcher, little caboose.

Silver Lake posted:

Melgar very nice engine. Since it has the scale wheels why not go ahead and remove the rollers and run it 2rail? Join the dark side.😉

Andy,

I could maybe be convinced to go to the dark side - but NOT THAT DARK...

MELGAR

SIRT posted:

 

                                                           Wrong Island............ 

 

While I can appreciate a shiny RS-1- UMMM what happened to SIRT????? This ALCO is way to nice looking  for his railroad!

The local grain elevator picked up a second hand gas turbine switcher for shuttling hoppers around the facility.

Tom 

I ran across this picture on the Internet.  Originally probably more of a road switcher, but for its last 10 years it just switched industries and a small yard in Yuba City, CA and took the cars across the river to a WP interchange in Marysville.  One of the features that makes it a switch engine is the slanted hoods.  Like the slanted back of a tender on a 0-6-0, this was done to give the motorman a better view of the crew on the ground. What caught my eye in this particular photo is that I am the person running the locomotive.

briansilvermustang posted:

 

Wow! A lot of power in that pic!

Great photos and info everyone!!  Happy Switcher Saturday!!  I'm a bit late to the party today.  Today on the Free State Junction Railway we have a Pennsy 44 tonner doing some passenger train head end switching of a WM RPO to an area where USPO mailing hauling contractor will be able to off/on load mail.  

Later the 44 ton is on the on the point of a short MOW work train.  The consist is a B&O heavy crane, B&O gondola, and a N&W transfer caboose ... all of which I weathered sometime ago. I've not gotten around to weathering the 44 tonner but its on my list of "weathered things to do".  The reason for this particular MOW consist is that on the FJSR there are 9 member/owner railroads  ( 5 class ones and 4 short lines )  FSJR owns no rolling stock .... each railroad contributes power and rolling stock proportionate  to their stake in ownership.  Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend and Independence  Day!!  

David Johnston posted:

I ran across this picture on the Internet.  Originally probably more of a road switcher, but for its last 10 years it just switched industries and a small yard in Yuba City, CA and took the cars across the river to a WP interchange in Marysville.  One of the features that makes it a switch engine is the slanted hoods.  Like the slanted back of a tender on a 0-6-0, this was done to give the motorman a better view of the crew on the ground. What caught my eye in this particular photo is that I am the person running the locomotive.

Very cool David.

Tom

Here's a retired one the old abandoned power plant is up the road I'm going to get some photos before it's gone.