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Hey Switcher Saturday crew, can you believe its February already?

Today's kick off is my little docksider getting ready for craft time with the kiddos.

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So gang, your dispatcher is going on vacation starting next Saturday.   If anyone wants to kick things off for the next couple weeks please let me know!

Please share an image, a video, a story, a happy thought etc., related to a switching loco of any era or scale!

Switcher Saturday guidelines:

1. Everybody continues to be nice.  In the digital age it's too easy to forget that words on a screen were typed by a living person.  It's never been an issue on this thread yet, and I think we should be proud of that.

2. The subject here is small locomotive power of all kinds.  3 rail O is a given,  but all are welcome,  Full size, Hongz, live steam,  park RR's, industrial critters,  clockwork specials etc.  You get the idea!

3. This weekly thread starts on Saturday but is open all week.   Feel free to check out old threads. Here is a link to last week's thread.

4.  This thread is in the photo album section to follow the terms of service of the OGR forum website.   In that same vein, please only post pictures of your own or those you have permission to use here.  Think it's cool but can't find a way to get copy and paste permission,  no problem,  just post a link instead.

5. Have fun!

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lee drennen posted:
Dave Ripp. posted:

A2A1A3Burlington Junction Montgomery Illinois.

Great pic Dave! There’s one of these just like it at Valley Park Mo. (South County St.Louis) that switches grain cars I’ll try to get a shot of it one day 

Thanks Lee, They have 3 units they use here 2 were out working this one was parked. They have a lot of cool old diesels and a good looking paint scheme.

The crew on the local was not too happy today as they were sent out with an A-B-B-A set of F3's to do their rounds.

Here they are getting ready to pick up a boxcar at the produce warehouse.  The brakeman's extra set of eyes are  very helpful as the visibility for switching moves is pretty well non-existent with the carbody diesels.

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At least they have the horsepower to get the train moving once they get back on the main line.

Tom

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Happy SWSAT!!

NASA had a switching railroad! It was 38mi of track and connected with the FEC. The map and pics belong to NASA and are Public Domain so OK to post.

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They had three SW1500s, all purchased from Toledo, Peoria & Eastern:

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Sorry, no non-copyrighted pics of #2 but Big Brown brought me a familiar looking box the other day:

 

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and in the box was:

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NASA RR #2!

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Another beautiful quiet smooth slow runner. Aside from having a scrambled sound file and gray trucks instead of white it is perfect.

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NY Central RS-3 switcher hauling freight through My Little Town:

Where:

"I grew up believing, God keeps his eye on us all  .  .  .

Coming home after school, flying my bike through the gates of the factories  .  .  ." Lyrics by Paul Simon.

So often, when I run my trains through My Little Town, I think of that song by Paul Simon.

Arnold

 

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