Switcher Saturday Mark II, Thanksgiving weekend edition 2020

Happy SWSAT fellow forum friends.  My newly acquired C and O 624 sans antenna.  A shipping mishap.

A bit of personal history.  During a period in the 1970s, I  was a fireman/ engineer on the above mentioned RR. At that time you hired in as a fireman and later promoted to engineer.

Shortly after promotion, I was an extra board fill in on the midnight LOF (Libby Owens Ford) job.  That was a glass plant about 10 miles from our yard. After arriving at the yard shanty the yard master brought out our assignments.  The engine number was not familiar to me.  We usually had a GP 7/9 or GP 30s for that job.  Hmmmmm?  I got to the hostler track and found the NW-2.  They were rare in our zone and I had never been on one before.  Yikes!!!

Not to worry, these were easy to operate and a successful shift ensued.  

Happy Switcher Saturday. I am back. I lost my big brother a couple of months ago and it took time to recover from the worst grief. Now I’m trying to build some new Maine landscape again. Hope you like it.

Johan, I am sorry for your loss. May your brother Rest In Peace.

My condolences on your loss.  Hope you find some comfort and distraction in your trains and the interaction with your fellow Forumites.  Good to have you back.

Johan - so very sorry to hear of your brother's passing.  May you find peace and healing in the days going forward.  

@BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday. I am back. I lost my big brother a couple of months ago and it took time to recover from the worst grief. Now I’m trying to build some new Maine landscape again. Hope you like it.

Very sorry to hear Johan. My condolences to you and the family as well.

Hopefully your trains will provide some much needed distraction from the recent loss.

Bob

Good morning switcher fans!  Great info., and photos everyone!!  I always learn LOTS from this thread!!  Today the FSJR is featuring their short line switcher fleet.  Those lines being .... the Baltimore and Annapolis, Canton, Maryland & Pennsylvania, Patapsco & Back Rivers, and Washington Terminal Co.  Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!  Be safe = Be well!!

A Patapsco &Back Rivers Baldwin VO1000 heads out of the yard.  

A Baltimore and Annapolis SW9 brings it's train through a grade crossing as a B&O Docksider idles on the adjacent track.

A Washington Terminal Co. RS 1 idles on track 2.

Washington Terminal crew member is ready to give the B&O GP9 and it's train a roll by inspection.

Patapsco and Back Rivers VO1000 with a brand new hot ladle car.

A P&BR on the main with a transfer freight.

Canton Railroad SW 1500 and caboose.

MA & PA SW 1  switching the yard.

Short line power on the ready track.

@BAR GP7 #63

My condolences on the loss of your brother.  I hope you find peace in the days to come.  Thank you for sharing your beautiful modeling.

A quick post before putting lights up today.  Happy SwSat!

OK- Back to SWSat!

Happy SWSat to all. I think I've emerged from my food coma unscathed. I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving and celebrated with proper social distancing .

Apparently while I was unconscious, a new diesel was acquired and joined the fleet on the RSJ&B. New Haven # 1406 is a Lionel RS-11 w/ command. It's from a freight set break up and I just bought it here on the forum. It's my second RS-11 and when I saw it listed I jumped.

So the crew went right to work this morning pulling a couple of loaded cars from the local factory in town. They stopped along the way to wave to the crew in D&H 1505 and picked up their orders from the yard master in the tower before heading out of town.

(Notice the three different depictions on the NH logo?) Box car- Menards, Plymouth- K-line, and Lionel.

Enjoy the rest of this long weekend.

Bob

Johan,  very sorry for your loss.  May you find solace in your wonderful modeling.

Johan,

I extend my deepest sympathies to you and your family.  I hope you can find comfort with your friends here at SWSAT.

Tom

Penn Central GP9 7180 (Atlas O) run light with a transfer caboose:

Tom

Good morning to all here on this Thanksgiving SWSAT.

A before pic:

And after shot of the shortened Crane:

As well as aesthetics there was a very practical reason for lowering the Crane. With the train room sloping Cape Cod ceiling it was possible to jamb the crane boom against the ceiling if not careful and that issue has thus been resolved.

The same design issue was addressed at the West End by placing the Paint Factory siding behind the structure, thus allowing clearance to the ceiling:

Serendipitously this permitted a longer siding enabling more switching opportunities (you knew I was going somewhere with this ).

Atlas SW's left.  K-Line B6 switcher, Weaver A5 switcher.

Thank you Guys, I really much appciate Your kind words. I love my hobby and this wonderful group is very important to me.

Johan

@BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday. I am back. I lost my big brother a couple of months ago and it took time to recover from the worst grief. Now I’m trying to build some new Maine landscape again. Hope you like it.

Very sorry to hear. This is a tough time all around. I lost my best friend from my younger days to Covid-19 last week and have another one in ICU with it.

My condolences on your wrenching loss.

@trumptrain posted:

Good morning switcher fans!  Great info., and photos everyone!!  I always learn LOTS from this thread!!  Today the FSJR is featuring their short line switcher fleet.  Those lines being .... the Baltimore and Annapolis, Canton, Maryland & Pennsylvania, Patapsco & Back Rivers, and Washington Terminal Co.  Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!  Be safe = Be well!!

A Patapsco &Back Rivers Baldwin VO1000 heads out of the yard.  

A Baltimore and Annapolis SW9 brings it's train through a grade crossing as a B&O Docksider idles on the adjacent track.

A Washington Terminal Co. RS 1 idles on track 2.

Washington Terminal crew member is ready to give the B&O GP9 and it's train a roll by inspection.

Patapsco and Back Rivers VO1000 with a brand new hot ladle car.

A P&BR on the main with a transfer freight.

Canton Railroad SW 1500 and caboose.

MA & PA SW 1  switching the yard.

Short line power on the ready track.

Great modeling. Great photos. As always. Thanks for sharing!

@BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Happy Switcher Saturday. I am back. I lost my big brother a couple of months ago and it took time to recover from the worst grief. Now I’m trying to build some new Maine landscape again. Hope you like it.

Johan,

I'm sorry for the loss of your big brother. I always admire your scenic modeling of Maine and the B&M - especially when you are working from so far away.

MELGAR