Weekly Photo Fun 12/16 - 12/23/16

[bdw9535]

First snow cover of the season, and I caught up with WPMA-29 picking up a car at one of the food distribution warehouses at Whiskey Point.

Bruce

[cn nutbar]

Bruce---thank you once again for starting this week's thread with another great scene.Back at Leetown CNR K3B Pacific #5588 is one of the high-stepping speedsters used on one of the daily commuter trains on the Leetown Division

[JaBear]

Another short video taken at the Club Open Day.

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Cheers, the Bear.

[faraway]

An old favorite is back on the layout.

IMG_0876 by faraway52, on Flickr

The Athearn blue box BN shell is from an eBay auction from "Modellbahn Wunderland" in Hamburg several years ago fitted with a modern RTR Athearn SW1500 drive. I got some help here in the form to find better laser cut windows, made some minor changes to go from BN to BNSF and added Loksound today. The old blue box shell went a long way.

[Schraddel]

one, two, three:


And two D&RGW steamers are running on DCC.

Cheers Lutz

[e-paw]

A few cell phone pics that I took in work last week. Harmon Meadows, Secaucus NJ.

   

   

[faraway]

BNSF 3405 got a sister today. BNSF 3418 will enter revenue service early Monday morning. It is joined by BNSF 3605 a dummy SW1000 also patched from BN to BNSF today.

IMG_5237 by faraway52, on Flickr
IMG_5239 by faraway52, on Flickr

[bdw9535]

A couple shots for the steam guys. SMS Rail Service has been rebuilding this ALCO 0-6-0 in their shop at Bridgeport, NJ.

Bruce

[e-paw]

Bruce,,, are those wooden pilot steps ?????
She looks great, very similar to BLW 26 in Scranton. I believe that #9 is an ex-US Army switcher.
   

   

[Lester Perry]

[doctorwayne]

Great to see you here again, Les.

Wayne

[bdw9535]

Bruce,,, are those wooden pilot steps ?????

Yes they are. You are also correct on the origin of #9. I was told it was built for the US Army in 1942 and worked out of Fort Dix, NJ and Fort Eustis, Va. The Army sold it to the Virginia Blue Ridge Railway, they later sold it to the New Hope and Ivyland RR in PA, who then sold it to the SMS Rail Service in 2009. They have been working on it since then. I had pictures of it from early 2010 but they were some of the 39 months of pics I lost when my external hard drive and computer two years ago.

Bruce

[modelsof1900]

Great pictures! Thanks to all for sharing!

[e-paw]

You are also correct on the origin of #9. I was told it was built for the US Army in 1942

The 26 is also a US army vet of sorts, but of the first world war. She was ordered by the Army ( hence the green paint ), Built and painted by Baldwin, but never shipped to Europe, The war ended first. The army canceled the order and she became the shop switcher at Eddystone. At some point she was involved in a wreck that dented her pilot and bent her frame.     Instead of scrapping her, the people at Baldwin rebuilt her. They altered the main rods and valve gear to overcome the bent frame. During the last rebuild at Steamtown the frame was straightened and running gear reworked back to it's original shape. The dent was kept as it records its history. The other work was done as it lessens the stress on the engine with all the parts in line.

This little 0-6-0 almost met the scrapper's torch, but was saved by the Ohio central. In a trade, it entered the National parks collection for a duplicate engine.
It's last rebuild took about seven years, and was completed a year ago. It added decades to the steamers life. This was truly a job well done, I hope the 9 can enjoy the same.