Switcher Saturday: 2018-May-05

A recent gift that needs an overhaul.....

Peter

nice gift!  Are you going to do a general cleanup / get it running or were you thinking about something more dramatic (repaint, etc.).?

Putnam Division posted:

A recent gift that needs an overhaul.....

Peter

Happy SWSat..urday morning!

Rich- welcome back. I am glad you were getting your switcher fix last week. Thanks again to Tom for getting us started.

Peter- I saw the pix of your "gifts" on your thread. These are in rough shape but should clean up well. I have the flat car with the pipes. Here's what it looks like cleaned up.

This week I have some more new stuff to debut. I just received a K-line NYC S2 with the lightning bolt stripes, along with another Plymouth from New Hope Valley Lines. Not quite Steamer Dave's color but still green. Also a NYC 2-bay covered hopper. Almost the same number as your's Rich. Obviously mine has not been sitting in the yards in the Bronx like yours was.

The S2 is my third and so is the Plymouth. The switchers keep multiplying

"The New Hope Valley Railway is a heritage railroad in Bonsal, North Carolina operated by the North Carolina Railway Museum, Inc., an all-volunteer, nonprofit, and tax exempt educational and historical organization. The railroad consists of a total of 5 miles of track between the communities of Bonsal, North Carolina and New Hill, North Carolina. The North Carolina Railway Museum, located in New Hill, North Carolina, features a collection of antique train cars, artifacts and historic train memorabilia, and a G-scale model railroad layout and club."

Everyone have a nice Weekend.

Bob

The North Branch & Lamington has been shuffling it's motive power resources lately. With the B&M 1200 in the shops for a broken drive shaft and motor issue, Pennsy 9171  was acquired to fill in temporarily and get some of the backlog out of the way.

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone! 

Rich & Bob- Always a pleasure to be the host of Switcher Saturday.

Today, I have some vintage stuff, all Pennsy A5 0-4-0's found online.

For the first one #560, notice that it appears to be in a stored serviceable condition, cab boarded up, headlight and stack covered up. It was retired in May 1952. Taken in Philadelphia, it was not listed as to when the photo was taken, so it is unclear if she ever made it back to being active. 

PRR A5 #855, Taken in 1941 in Tacony, Pa. A Time magazine report in 1940 claimed that 75% of the handsaws in the US were made in Tacony, a suburb of Philadelphia. At one time, the plant had 5000 employees. 

Looking like a scene on a model railroad, and among blackened ties and weeds,  #1800 takes water in 1946 in Philadelphia. 

Tom 

Caught this action at work this past week.

Great photos Tom!

RSJB18 posted:

Happy SWSat..urday morning!

Rich- welcome back. I am glad you were getting your switcher fix last week. Thanks again to Tom for getting us started.

Peter- I saw the pix of your "gifts" on your thread. These are in rough shape but should clean up well. I have the flat car with the pipes. Here's what it looks like cleaned up.

This week I have some more new stuff to debut. I just received a K-line NYC S2 with the lightning bolt stripes, along with another Plymouth from New Hope Valley Lines. Not quite Steamer Dave's color but still green. Also a NYC 2-bay covered hopper. Almost the same number as your's Rich. Obviously mine has not been sitting in the yards in the Bronx like yours was.

The S2 is my third and so is the Plymouth. The switchers keep multiplying

"The New Hope Valley Railway is a heritage railroad in Bonsal, North Carolina operated by the North Carolina Railway Museum, Inc., an all-volunteer, nonprofit, and tax exempt educational and historical organization. The railroad consists of a total of 5 miles of track between the communities of Bonsal, North Carolina and New Hill, North Carolina. The North Carolina Railway Museum, located in New Hill, North Carolina, features a collection of antique train cars, artifacts and historic train memorabilia, and a G-scale model railroad layout and club."

Everyone have a nice Weekend.

Bob

Beautiful trains and pictures, Bob.

DaveP posted:

The North Branch & Lamington has been shuffling it's motive power resources lately. With the B&M 1200 in the shops for a broken drive shaft and motor issue, Pennsy 9171  was acquired to fill in temporarily and get some of the backlog out of the way.

Gorgeous

MNCW posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday everyone! 

Rich & Bob- Always a pleasure to be the host of Switcher Saturday.

Today, I have some vintage stuff, all Pennsy A5 0-4-0's found online.

For the first one #560, notice that it appears to be in a stored serviceable condition, cab boarded up, headlight and stack covered up. It was retired in May 1952. Taken in Philadelphia, it was not listed as to when the photo was taken, so it is unclear if she ever made it back to being active. 

PRR A5 #855, Taken in 1941 in Tacony, Pa. A Time magazine report in 1940 claimed that 75% of the handsaws in the US were made in Tacony, a suburb of Philadelphia. At one time, the plant had 5000 employees. 

Looking like a scene on a model railroad, and among blackened ties and weeds,  #1800 takes water in 1946 in Philadelphia. 

Tom 

Magnificent photos of Pennsy switcher

My best switcher: Lionel Delaware & Hudson RS-11 smoking diesel:

Arnold

great pics Tom.

Peter that looks like a work train that's had some hard miles.Great gift.

PRR B28s #8166 0-6-0 Younstown Ohio 1938

Milwaukee Road #1521 unknown time and place

Builders pic of Missouri Pacific #9301

Another switcher from Mad River & NKP Museum in Bellevue.

Tom

briansilvermustang posted:

Talk about an ugly duckling....

Breaking News: Somehow a D&H freight train was seen crossing the George Washing Machine Bridge and passing Yankee Stadium during batting practice before today's game!

The Alaska RR on the S&Y RR.

   Bill T.

Happy Switcher Saturday

A PRR 0-6-0 USRA switcher pulls a train of coal hoppers into the yard for disposition and unloading.

SD40 pulling the big hook! This train delivers cold ones up and down the bar.

Ok, so no time to take pictures of switchers on the layout today with soccer, sheep race, and a horse race going on later...But yesterday, my son and I went downtown Dayton, OH to Webster St and saw a local CSX switcher in action.  Sorry for the cross-post if you saw "Front End Friday" yesterday.

tnkMarx posted:

Ok, so no time to take pictures of switchers on the layout today with soccer, sheep race, and a horse race going on later...But yesterday, my son and I went downtown Dayton, OH to Webster St and saw a local CSX switcher in action.  Sorry for the cross-post if you saw "Front End Friday" yesterday.

 

 

 

Love that Chessie System caboose. Here's mine:

Yours is much better cause its weathered.

Happy Switcher Saturday from Finland. This weekend is post only some real switcher pics from Finland. Dr14 is a quite nice looking switcher and build here in Finland 1968, manufacturer Lokomo. 

Hello SWSAT friends!  Great photos and videos everyone!!   

Rich welcome back and Tom thanks for kicking us off last week.   As I've been extremely busy this week, there was no time for new photos ... so here are some re - peats.  WM BL -2, C&O 080, Virginian Train Master, SW1 Ma & Pa, Docksider B&O Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!

jhz563 posted:

Caught this action at work this past week.

Too cool- have always wanted to see a rotary car dumper in action. As a kid on the Southeast Side of Chicago we explored the abandoned Indian Hill & Iron Range rotary car dumper at Whiting Indiana (just across the border from Chicago), but I never saw it in action.

My latest aquisitions. The Alaska unit was Mint and just needed a good oiling to run well! All logging all the time.

Dave Warburton posted:

My latest aquisitions. The Alaska unit was Mint and just needed a good oiling to run well! All logging all the time.

That logging train looks real good.

tnkMarx posted:

Ok, so no time to take pictures of switchers on the layout today with soccer, sheep race, and a horse race going on later...But yesterday, my son and I went downtown Dayton, OH to Webster St and saw a local CSX switcher in action.  Sorry for the cross-post if you saw "Front End Friday" yesterday.

 

 

 

Dayton was always a cool place to watch trains. Lots of action downtown back in the late 80's with Chessie and Conrail

briansilvermustang posted:

 

Briansilvermustang love those MA & PA switcher's

Trump train love the MA & PA SW1 #70

Me with MA & PA SW9 #82 at Muddy Creek Forks 

Murnane posted:

nice gift!  Are you going to do a general cleanup / get it running or were you thinking about something more dramatic (repaint, etc.).?

Putnam Division posted:

A recent gift that needs an overhaul.....

Peter

 

General clean-up and get it running....

Peter

Another great day of SWSat-ing everyone. Great stuff

Bob

Hi guys, sorry I was MIA after yesterday morning, had to drive up to Long Island for a family thing.  See you guys next week...Rich

Hey Rich- should have let me know- could have said Hi!

hey Bob, I'm at my Dad's house in Bayville (near Oyster Bay), my uncle passed away suddenly yesterday morning (Flushing) so I'm here to help out, probably leaving tomorrow night or Tuesday.  My dad and I just drove around Oyster Bay and I showed him the 1/2 turntable which is near the beach, was used by the boat builders there.  The half turntable is about a 1/2 mile west of the full turntable, which is in a yard with some old trains and the boiler and tender from PRR #35 (G5 4-6-0).

Rich, Sorry to hear about your uncle.

Tom 

same here Rich

Sorry for your loss