Switcher Saturday: 2018-Mar-24

saw this one earlier this week and saved it for today too, a lonely switcher gets little attention when sitting next to New York Central's "all-new Mercury" on display at Toledo Union Station (Ohio) on July 2, 1936. George Blount photo from American-Rails.com.

One of Weaver's last offerings was an RS-3.

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone. Hopefully, the snow has made its final appearance in the Northeast! 

I recently found this picture of my old layout that I had framed. It shows my postwar #1656 and my control panel. 

Tom 

Rusty

Happy Switcher Saturday to all. Before S.B.R. Alco HH660 "Anchor" arrive, SOU NW2 #2401a & CN FA1 #6706 switching around Shark Bay area. Also SP&S #600 switching this weekend near Port of Shark Bay.

D&H R-11 Freight Train & Mama Tried:

New Haven class Y-3 #3400 was built by ALCO Schenectady, one of ten USRA type 0-8-0 steam switchers delivered to the railroad in September 1920. The nominal locomotive weight was 220,000 pounds and the tender weight was 144,000 pounds. The USRA design produced 51,000 pounds of tractive effort with 51-inch drivers and a boiler pressure of 175 psi. The Y-3s were followed on the New Haven by the even more powerful class Y-4 three-cylinder 0-8-0 steam switchers in 1924. New haven retired its last Y-3 switcher in 1952. The model is an MTH Premier version with PS-2 first marketed around 2004.

MELGAR

Here’s a short video of my MTH Jersey Central SW1 pulling a string of boxcars and caboose.  This was the first locomotive on my roster to be “3-rail scaled”...that is fixed pilots, Kadee couplers and some added on details...

Happy SWSat!

Not much going on locally. The MOW crew has been working on a few projects so the trains have been in the yards waiting for orders. 

Here's my PRR 0-4-0 waiting on the yard lead.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Bob

Yay! SWSat is in the "on" Position.

Here are some K-line Plymouths and an MPC era 0-4-0 on my little shelf.

Have a great weekend everyone.

How about that Andy- we posted the same loco.

Love those Plymouths!

Baldwin #26 

Bay Point & Clayton #

BEDT #14

Good morning and happy SWSAT everyone!!  Great pics and videos guys!!  Rich - got to love those RS3 locos especially when pulling a passenger train  They certainly were the power for many commuter trains back in the 1950/60s.  As a kid I always loved these locomotives .... and as a much older kid I love them today!

Today on the Free State Junction Railway, we have the B&O Docksider performing switching duties and going head to head with the WM BL2.  Have a terrific weekend everyone!!

Rusty Traque posted:

Rusty

There's a prototype for everything, it seems.  

https://youtu.be/4FbMHfkbS9c

Engineer:  “Huh?  I did what?”  

B&O NW-2 waiting for passenger traffic heading out for the big game to clear the main...Oh...and “GO BLUE”!!! 

Well first I have a couple Camelback locomotives I found online while researching something ...

Then, I was thinking about the horse switching thread, and camelbacks, and thought- hey, what about switching with camels?

Well, I didn’t find any images online of camels moving rail cars, but here are some Egyptian locomotive images I found.

The "Local" about to pull a tank car from an industry.

Tom

Great switchers everyone!!  ALCo RS units?  Yes, I have one too! 

Fitting scenery for a snowy month, I think!!  

Hope everyone is doing well after the big storm this week 18" here took a couple of days to dig out.

PDDMI posted:

B&O NW-2 waiting for passenger traffic heading out for the big game to clear the main...Oh...and “GO BLUE”!!! 

Looks like B & O #4500 thought I'd share one of my pictures from a recent B & O museum visit and my #4507

rpmcobra posted:

PDDMI posted:

B&O NW-2 waiting for passenger traffic heading out for the big game to clear the main...Oh...and “GO BLUE”!!! 

Looks like B & O #4500 thought I'd share one of my pictures from a recent B & O museum visit and my #4507

Yes indeed...B&O Mikado #4500 it is...

I forgot to mention, that Baldwin #26 is alive and well at Steamtown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZL3ExxtVSc

#26 is the steam at Steamtown, Scranton, PA.   I handed the Fireman my camera, he took the cab/backhead pictures.  Note the tennis ball third picture. 

Used at Steamtown to move units. 

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone. My contribution for the week.  Beeps!

Mike CT posted:

#26 is the steam at Steamtown, Scranton, PA.   I handed the Fireman my camera, he took the cab/backhead pictures.  Note the tennis ball third picture. 

 

 

1 out of 24........better than none

   nmp's ...

Completed upgrading this late '90's Atlas SW8 today.  I opted to forego sounds in it but am confident a current ERR board and speaker can also be wedged inside.  It successfully shuffles a string of 25 scale cars anywhere around the layout.

Bruce

briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

 

  

 

brwebster posted:

Completed upgrading this late '90's Atlas SW8 today.  I opted to forego sounds in it but am confident a current ERR board and speaker can also be wedged inside.  It successfully shuffles a string of 25 scale cars anywhere around the layout.

 

 

Beautiful model, thank you for posting .  The speaker can be installed in the fuel tank.   Contact Atlas for the parts.  This is a similar speaker install done recently. Cut and fit was done with a dremel and small hand file.  

Electro-couplers can also be done.

   Local action...............

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday to all. Before S.B.R. Alco HH660 "Anchor" arrive, SOU NW2 #2401a & CN FA1 #6706 switching around Shark Bay area. Also SP&S #600 switching this weekend near Port of Shark Bay.

 

This is an example of extreme professionalism in model railroading---any scale, anytime.   Well done and much appreciated!

Don

Mike CT posted:

brwebster posted:

Completed upgrading this late '90's Atlas SW8 today.  I opted to forego sounds in it but am confident a current ERR board and speaker can also be wedged inside.  It successfully shuffles a string of 25 scale cars anywhere around the layout.

 

 

Beautiful model, thank you for posting .  The speaker can be installed in the fuel tank.   Contact Atlas for the parts.  This is a similar speaker install done recently. Cut and fit was done with a dremel and small hand file.  

Electro-couplers can also be done.

Mike,

I should have shot some pics of the ERR Cruise Commander Lite install for clarification purposes, but its compact size fit snugly over top of the motor on a styrene mount I fabricated.  The lack of clearance here meant insulating the body inside with thin styrene.  I left off the front weight/heat sinc, giving sufficient space up front for both ERR sound board and a compact cube style speaker.  When I upgrade the second switcher ( PRR like yours ) I'll add sound to it.  BTW, the fuel tank on mine now holds the program/run switch, rather than the sound/reverse lockout switches previously there. In the upgrade process I added LED headlights and a cab light...dash lights were already installed.  The couplers (1.75") were modded to fit directly onto the trucks without the Atlas pivoting extension.  Even though solidly mounted, it appears the coupler swing is still within tolerable limits on 072 curves.  Antenna is a thin brass sheet, slightly wider than the cab interior, that tight fits up inside the roof in an arc.  The engine came to me without most of its railing, so along with the remaining plastic stuff I made all replacements with bronze wire and brass tube.  The end result sure is one smooth running little gem and can be made to creep along at a slow walk without a stutter.

Bruce

Don Sierakowski 111617 posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday to all. Before S.B.R. Alco HH660 "Anchor" arrive, SOU NW2 #2401a & CN FA1 #6706 switching around Shark Bay area. Also SP&S #600 switching this weekend near Port of Shark Bay.

 

This is an example of extreme professionalism in model railroading---any scale, anytime.   Well done and much appreciated!

Don

Don: Thank you very much. 

Johan

brwebster posted:

Mike CT posted:

brwebster posted:

Completed upgrading this late '90's Atlas SW8 today.  I opted to forego sounds in it but am confident a current ERR board and speaker can also be wedged inside.  It successfully shuffles a string of 25 scale cars anywhere around the layout.

 

 

Beautiful model, thank you for posting .  The speaker can be installed in the fuel tank.   Contact Atlas for the parts.  This is a similar speaker install done recently. Cut and fit was done with a dremel and small hand file.  

 

Electro-couplers can also be done.

Mike,

I should have shot some pics of the ERR Cruise Commander Lite install for clarification purposes, but its compact size fit snugly over top of the motor on a styrene mount I fabricated.  The lack of clearance here meant insulating the body inside with thin styrene.  I left off the front weight/heat sinc, giving sufficient space up front for both ERR sound board and a compact cube style speaker.  When I upgrade the second switcher ( PRR like yours ) I'll add sound to it.  BTW, the fuel tank on mine now holds the program/run switch, rather than the sound/reverse lockout switches previously there. In the upgrade process I added LED headlights and a cab light...dash lights were already installed.  The couplers (1.75") were modded to fit directly onto the trucks without the Atlas pivoting extension.  Even though solidly mounted, it appears the coupler swing is still within tolerable limits on 072 curves.  Antenna is a thin brass sheet, slightly wider than the cab interior, that tight fits up inside the roof in an arc.  The engine came to me without most of its railing, so along with the remaining plastic stuff I made all replacements with bronze wire and brass tube.  The end result sure is one smooth running little gem and can be made to creep along at a slow walk without a stutter.

Bruce

Wonderful.   Next upgrade will most likely be an ERR upgrade.  The TMCC bottle board, I used, was a purchase from another Forum member, who had switched out an Atlas SW to get cruise control.  I always thought the large horizontal motor was good at most any speed. 

I had used the small wafer speaker in a Rich Yoder GE 44 tonner.  Glued in place with a silicone adhesive.

Best wishes with your projects.  Mike CT. 

Great job this week everyone, I hope each of you has a great Sunday/Funday and I'll see you again next Saturday!

:-) 

Rich