Switcher Saturday 5/8/21

Happy SWSat!

I was just about to start the thread for you @jhz563. Glad I checked before posting.

Here's the latest addition to the fleet. Williams PRR 44 ton # 9331.

Been wanting one of these for a while and Trainland is running a great deal right now so I decided to take the plunge finally.

I post some more photos on the layout later.

Have a great weekend and Happy Mother's Day to all the moms.

Bob

Happy Switcher Saturday!

Weaver, Pennsy A5.

Happy Saturday! Have a great weekend everyone! And remember Mom!

The track cleaning train.......

I've been waiting all week to show these!

Happy SWSat......have a safe and great weekend folks.......

Peter

@RSJB18, good morning Bob. Usually I draft the post the night before and just hit publish on Saturday morning.   That didn't happen last night and this morning I was making breakfast for everyone and got a little behind.   Thanks for be ready to cover for me!

@jhz563 posted:

@RSJB18, good morning Bob. Usually I draft the post the night before and just hit publish on Saturday morning.   That didn't happen last night and this morning I was making breakfast for everyone and got a little behind.   Thanks for be ready to cover for me!

No worries. I'm usually not up too early but I had to drive my son to HS for his SAT exam this morning.

Happy SWSAT!

Nothing new this week.  I'm spending time with my wife and mom today!  Here is one from the archives.

Tom

Happy SWSAT everyone. Sorry for the long absence but it’s Spring I’ve been so busy with the garden and Hobby Farm.so it rained this morning so no outside work today so I figured I would take some pics and a video for SWSAT.   Here’s my Weaver RS3 with a manifest of AHM, All Nations and Atlas O cars. All the pics you guys are posting looks awesome this morning. Have a great weekend.

Great pictures everyone!

Peter who makes the cars in your track cleaning train?

Great photos, everyone! Lee, you just answered a question I was about to ask- I need to find a Weaver RS3 in Lackawanna livery. It looks like yours is a good runner.

Wow, it’s Switcher Saturday already, where does time go, it surely flies... Great pictures everyone. Have a great weekend, tell your moms and wives Happy Mother’s Day.. They are very special ladies. Happy Railroading Everyone

An RMT “Bang” (Alco S2) switcher on a caboose hop (also by RMT) heads to the yard.

Inaugural run

Bob

Good afternoon fellow switcher fans!!  Wonderful pics and videos everyone!

Today on the FSJR the company photographer has been busy out and about the FSJR system snapping photos of switchers in action.  Have a terrific weekend everyone! Honor your Mom's for Moms are very special!!   Be safe = Be well!

Washington Terminal RS 1 and  Western Maryland BL2 are the headend power for their respective trains.

BL2 number 81 rounds the bend running lite.

It's all about the B&O as SW 9 does some switching leaving the caboose on a siding.

The welcoming committee of Patsburg, standing in front of the town trash truck, are not even aware of the switching operation taking place as a Baltimore & Annapolis SW9 is about to couple to a WM boxcar.  Brakeman Barney Stiles is standing in the center of Patsburg Ave. about to do his thing as the engine moves forward.

B&O 594 is about to couple to an all B&O cut of cars. Brakeman Corky Rodgers stands by.

Up on the Mountain Division SW1 of the MA & PA has just set out a loaded flat car of logs.  

@RSJB18 posted:

Happy SWSat!

I was just about to start the thread for you @jhz563. Glad I checked before posting.

Here's the latest addition to the fleet. Williams PRR 44 ton # 9331.

Been wanting one of these for a while and Trainland is running a great deal right now so I decided to take the plunge finally.

I post some more photos on the layout later.

Have a great weekend and Happy Mother's Day to all the moms.

Bob

Congratulations on your new 44 tonner Bob!  I have the same switcher in Pennsy livery and also bought it from Trainland several years ago.  It's one of the locomotives primarily assigned to the FSJR Mountain Division.   It continues to run great and I've never had a problem with it.  Do BE CAREFUL in handling this critter for the handrails are most delicate and break easily.  Have fun and enjoy!!

@trumptrain posted:

Do BE CAREFUL in handling this critter for the handrails are most delicate and break easily.  Have fun and enjoy!!

Thanks Patrick. I have heard that about the rails. I was extra careful taking it out of the styrofoam.

Bob, here’s another tip on your new 44 tonner.  You probably noticed it tends to start and stop abruptly.  Couple a relatively heavy train behind it; you’ll find smooth starts and stops are much easier.

John