Photo 1: Dueling Switchers. My oldest, a 1939 Lionel Semi-scale 227 with postwar couplers versus my newest acquisition, a Williams 44 Tonner in Southern Railway livery.
Photo 2: Lionel's earliest TMCC Switcher, a New York Central 622 NW2 Switcher hauling a string of NYC Pacemaker boxcars.
brwebster posted:Awe Rats!
Is your name not Bruce?
Bruce
G'day Bruce, how are you Bruce, fine Bruce, Thank you Bruce.
WHAT? Your names not Bruce?????
Just got home with my newest addition for switcher Saturday. I was very lucky to find MA & PA
SW-1 #70.
KLine Chessie System switcher hauling freight with Schumann's Piano Concerto in A Minor playing in background:
Great photographs as always! Here is the MTH 0-8-0 I mentioned last week.
briansilvermustang posted:nice 0-8-0 Mark !!
Thank you Brian. It is out for repair right now. I got it off the shelf to run last week, and I noticed a rattling sound in the tender. Here there was a surface mount capacitor rattling around inside. I could see where it had been on the circuit board. Well, I may have an electronics background, but I knew I had to send it to an MTH certified technician. Actually that is the first time I have had to get repair on an MTH engines since I got into DCS 6 years ago.
Good stuff everyone! Rich may have gotten tied up so I'll chime in since I'm bored still waiting for Con Ed to remove the tree from our dead-end street (still blocked in).
Just some thoughts...
BAR GP7 #63/Johan, Beautiful layout and realistic weathering...you are in another league!
RPMCOBRA, Thanks.
Andy/SILVERLAKE and RSJB18, Nice shelves that are not overwhelming.
Mark Boyce, Nice 0-8-0!
OKHIKER, That #227 needs some close-ups! 
Since I posted a vintage photo earlier today, here is my prewar #228.
Tom
MNCW posted:Good stuff everyone! Rich may have gotten tied up so I'll chime in since I'm bored still waiting for Con Ed to remove the tree from our dead-end street (still blocked in).
Just some thoughts...
BAR GP7 #63/Johan, Beautiful layout and realistic weathering...you are in another league!
RPMCOBRA, Thanks.
Andy/SILVERLAKE and RSJB18, Nice shelves that are not overwhelming.
Mark Boyce, Nice 0-8-0!
OKHIKER, That #227 needs some close-ups!
Since I posted a vintage photo earlier today, here is my prewar #228.
Tom
Thank you, Tom!!
Wow, that tree was rather close!!
At least it looks like it did not take out the pole wires. 
jhz563 posted:Back from the works and earning its keep, my favorite little docksider
What is the product number of this docksider? Would like to buy one.
MELGAR
MNCW posted:Good stuff everyone! Rich may have gotten tied up so I'll chime in since I'm bored still waiting for Con Ed to remove the tree from our dead-end street (still blocked in).
Just some thoughts...
BAR GP7 #63/Johan, Beautiful layout and realistic weathering...you are in another league!
RPMCOBRA, Thanks.
Andy/SILVERLAKE and RSJB18, Nice shelves that are not overwhelming.
Mark Boyce, Nice 0-8-0!
OKHIKER, That #227 needs some close-ups!
Since I posted a vintage photo earlier today, here is my prewar #228.
Tom
Tom: Thanks. I am glad you like it.
Johan
MNCW posted:Good stuff everyone! Rich may have gotten tied up so I'll chime in since I'm bored still waiting for Con Ed to remove the tree from our dead-end street (still blocked in).
Just some thoughts...
BAR GP7 #63/Johan, Beautiful layout and realistic weathering...you are in another league!
RPMCOBRA, Thanks.
Andy/SILVERLAKE and RSJB18, Nice shelves that are not overwhelming.
Mark Boyce, Nice 0-8-0!
OKHIKER, That #227 needs some close-ups!
Since I posted a vintage photo earlier today, here is my prewar #228.
Tom
I always look forward to switcher Saturday great photos and nice interactions from all contributors.
Hey Guys,
Sorry I was missing in action yesterday, I had to get a tree taken care of here at the house, thank God it fell the direction it did though, I shiver just thinking about it.
Anyway, you guys did a great job keeping things rolling. Here's a picture of my two dockside switchers, NYC X-8688 (Lionel 6-28650) vs. NYC #9990 (MTH 30-1243-0), both are nice little engines, the Lionel one came to me "banged up" from the bay, I ordered some replacement parts and also plan on stuffing a couple crew members in the cab when I get a chance.
I'll attach a few other random pictures of things around the layout too, and of course the tree!
See you guys next week...Rich
MELGAR posted:jhz563 posted:Back from the works and earning its keep, my favorite little docksider
What is the product number of this docksider? Would like to buy one.
MELGAR
Hey Melgar, I'll jump in for John here, I believe this one is Lionel 6-38601, they are actually one of the less common Lionel Dockside switchers as I don't see them pop up on the bay very often.
BAR GP7 #63 posted:Happy Switcher Saturday to all. Coming soon on Shark Bay Railroad.
My vote: "Chum"
:-)
Gondolawillie posted:My ACL SW8 and calf for Switcher Saturday. I have begun to catalog my engines and rolling stock by finding a photo of the actual prototype. Not easy to do, but it has been fun.
This is an awesome idea, please keep us posted with your progress!
Silver Lake posted:
Do you guys display your switchers , do they live on the layout or do they live in storage?
Hey Andy, I like that little shelf, I might have to try to build one. Lately I seem to have 3-5 switchers around on top of the layout in various places and the rest in their boxes.
Murnane posted:Steamer posted:
CB&Q # 308
and #309
So I'll be the dummy and ask, can someone (@Steamer ?) explain what that ugly box is doing on top of those pretty ladies?
Water tank. A small amount of coal is carried in the cab.
These are shop goats used to move dead locomotives and/or tenders around the shop areas. These locomotives are converted from tendered 0-6-0's.
Rusty
TedW posted:So, I’m falling way behind here...
I kinda lean to Legacy engines, what are the top three(diesel or steam) I should keep an eye out for?
The Lionel Legacy S-2's show up here on SWSAT every so often, they look pretty nice.
My club has an older Legacy GP7 which is awesome, I'd love to get one for home.
Lionel has a Genset Legacy switcher which I haven't seen posted here yet, anyone have one?
And of course stretching the definition of switcher, the recent Lionel Legacy GP30 is supposed to be incredible.
There's a PRR Legacy scale B6SB which I'd love to see one of these days.
http://www.lionel.com/products...motive-1670-6-82184/
There's a few scale 0-8-0 legacy steam switchers out there which are really nice, they are fairly recent.
And there's always this one: Lionel Legacy 6-84507 New York Central & Hudson River S2 Electric #3207
Anyone else have suggestions?
Rusty Traque posted:Murnane posted:Steamer posted:
CB&Q # 308
and #309
So I'll be the dummy and ask, can someone (@Steamer ?) explain what that ugly box is doing on top of those pretty ladies?
Water tank. A small amount of coal is carried in the cab.
These are shop goats used to move dead locomotives and/or tenders around the shop areas. These locomotives are converted from tendered 0-6-0's.
Rusty
Thanks Rusty, makes sense but I had to ask!
Heading off to Sunday to-do's, everyone have a great day...Rich
Giraffe Express 44 tonner avec Norma Bates Kitteh!
Mitch
Rusty
WOW! Took 20 minutes to catch up from yesterday morning.
Rich- you are very lucky that tree went to the left. You may want to consider clearing more away from the house.
Tom- I hope you get out of your block soon.
Patrick- very sorry to hear about your Uncle. Sounds like he was quite a character.
Johan- love the custom switcher. I'm in for Chum too.
Melgar- I have both of the small tanks, Lionel 0-6-0, and the MTH 0-4-0. They are both great switchers. Very well made. The 0-6-0 took a dive to my floor recently and survived with nothing more than a small chip on one of the front steps. They are all die-cast bodies.
Brian- the photos just keep coming!
Everyone have a great week. See you next SWSat!
Bob
RSJB18 posted:WOW! Took 20 minutes to catch up from yesterday morning.
Rich- you are very lucky that tree went to the left. You may want to consider clearing more away from the house.
Tom- I hope you get out of your block soon.
Patrick- very sorry to hear about your Uncle. Sounds like he was quite a character.
Johan- love the custom switcher. I'm in for Chum too.
Melgar- I have both of the small tanks, Lionel 0-6-0, and the MTH 0-4-0. They are both great switchers. Very well made. The 0-6-0 took a dive to my floor recently and survived with nothing more than a small chip on one of the front steps. They are all die-cast bodies.
Brian- the photos just keep coming!
Everyone have a great week. See you next SWSat!
Bob
Bob: Thank you very much. Let´s see is the winner Anchor or Chum?
Johan
“Old Buddy, old Chum”
is my vote. I can see sneaking a “kick me” note on as one slaps their back. Maybe a bit agressive.
Glad everyone avoided the tree wrath. Always sad to see the big ones go down. Love a good Oak. Glad it missed your house Rich and Tom.
Rich,
Here is my Legacy B6 switcher on the BDSME a few years ago:
JohnB
The last of Lionel's mechanical bell ringing switchers circa 1989 and 1990. Western Maryland NW2 and Southern Pacific NW2. Despite a negative comment or two on this forum about their operational capabilities both of these NW2's run and pull equally as well as their early 1951 to 1954 brothers and I believe share the same type motors. 
Arnold, I see there is a party going on in the caboose as it crossed the GeoWashingMachine Bridge. That's some strobe light!
RJR posted:Arnold, I see there is a party going on in the caboose as it crossed the GeoWashingMachine Bridge. That's some strobe light!
I had to watch the video to see the caboose. It just has a flickering light. Maybe I'll keep it tthat way and then it can be my psychadelic discoteque caboose. LOL
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