Switcher Saturday 3-25-2023

Good morning, SwSat fans!  Last Saturday, while filming the ATS&F scrap train, your Yardmaster had a pleasant surprise.  A Union Pacific local freight, headed by EMD GP20 no. 475, passes on the opposite track.

John

Good morning fellow switcher fans!   Thanks JHZ563 for getting us rolling this morning! Nice pic of the scale test car.  I have a pic of one in my line up today too.  Basically today's photos come from the archives and are dedicated to the EMD SW type switchers ... SW9 and SW1. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone posts today.   Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

New York Central System 0-6-0 #231 is an MTH Premier model (20-3281-1) listed in the 2007 Volume 2 Catalog at MSRP $599.95 with 3-volt PS2, in which I installed a BCR2. It is built to the 0-6-0 steam switcher design developed by the United States Railroad Administration during World War 1.

The tooling for this engine has been sold to Lionel and used on its recently released Legacy version. The MTH model is highly detailed and runs very smoothly.

Chicago River and Indiana Railroad (CR&IRR) #231 was one of 14 USRA 0-6-0 switchers in New York Central’s B-62 class which, I believe, were the only USRA 0-6-0 switcher locomotives on the New York Central System. The engine weight was 165,000 pounds and the tender weight was 144,000 pounds. It operated at a boiler pressure of 190 pounds-per-square-inch on 51-inch driving wheels with a tractive effort of 39,100 pounds.

The videos were taken on my 10’-by-5’ layout (O-54 curves) with the engine running at 16 scale miles-per-hour forward and 11 scale miles-per-hour in reverse.

MELGAR

Happy Switcher Saturday.

Night traffic in Maine.

My RailScope Geep ( which I use as a reliable twin can-motored road switcher with an attractive paint scheme), is bringing new arrivals to the Bronx Zoo…..

Have a great and safe weekend, folks!

Peter

This is an interesting switcher. Along with a C&O, it was, to the best of my knowledge, the first time Lionel had mated “china drive” to one of their GP7/GP9 frames. Offered only in a set, it was conventional with an electronic horn. I don’t know if it predated the introduction of TMCC. It’s a stump puller, and a great engine for conventional operation.

I had some fun running  conventional along with ps3 on one of the variable powered tracks with my dcs this week. It’s a real blast once you get the hang of it. Here is the conventional  RMT Bang s-4 (a great little engine) moving a load out while the PS3 RS3 waits on the siding -

@Putnam Division posted:

My RailScope Geep ( which I use as a reliable twin can-motored road switcher with an attractive paint scheme), is bringing new arrivals to the Bronx Zoo…..

Have a great and safe weekend, folks!

Peter

Peter - are the cans in the shell, or the trucks? Thanks.

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Peter - are the cans in the shell, or the trucks? Thanks.

Don't remember.....will have to look.

Peter

A little action on the layout last night. The MTH made Southern SD35 switching some Lionel rooftop hatch kaolin cars. Have a great weekend everyone!

Sally the Yard Goat making her debut on Switcher Saturday. See the swinging bell:

Arnold

Happy SWSat!

Another weekend is upon us! I'm going to follow @Mark V. Spadaro and his sharp WM Geep. I have a TMCC version of # 23 that I just put back on my layout and programmed into my Cab 1L. By coincidence, I have the same WM covered hopper in too. No fireball logo and different lettering on this one also.

I bought both from @Mark Boyce. Thanks again Mark!

Have a great weekend!

Bob

Good morning SWSAT crew!

Last night I participated in an operating session with several local HO guys.  My assignment was yardmaster at one of the three yards on the layout.  My job was to sort the cars in the yard and assemble outgoing trains, accept incoming trains, work the local industries, and switch the interchange track.  All moves are made with car cards. 

Unfortunately, I was so busy that I never had a chance to shoot any video.  I did manage to grab some still shots after we shut down for the evening:

There were six of us running the layout.  I spent over three hours switching the yard and performing other duties.  Very tedious work, and sometimes frustrating, but I HAD A BLAST!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Tom 

A good Switcher Saturday all.

Premier CSX  Genset heading to the yards for this day's work. God speed to all.

@BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Night traffic in Maine.

Can't say enough about the modeling and lighting here Johan.

Really fantastic.

@RSJB18 posted:

Happy SWSat!

Another weekend is upon us! I'm going to follow @Mark V. Spadaro and his sharp WM Geep. I have a TMCC version of # 23 that I just put back on my layout and programmed into my Cab 1L. By coincidence, I have the same WM covered hopper in tow. No fireball logo and different lettering on this one too.

I bought both from @Mark Boyce. Thanks again Mark!

Have a great weekend!

Bob

Bob, you are quite welcome!  What is so ironic is that a little later @leapinlarry contacted me to see if I was interested in A Legacy WM #21 before he listed it for sale.  😄  He offered it at a price that was too good to pass up.  Now I will have to get a photograph of it up on this page since you were so kind to mention me!!  👍🏻👍🏻

It's 1951, Mickey Mantle's rookie year. He will be starting in right field with the Yankee Clipper in center.

The fans can't wait to get to the House that Ruth built to see this phenom hayseed from Oklahoma, who hits the ball over the moon and runs like a deer. Some of these fans are taking The Ole Put, shown below, to get to the ballpark with  NY Central RS3 on the point:

Arnold

PS: That's an MTH PS3 NY Central RS3, which was made special run for one of our Forum Sponsors, JR Junction Hobby, and MTH heavyweight Madison NY Central Pullman green passenger cars.

Have a good Switcher of a Saturday all. Support your Troops in Syria