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Santa Fe SF30C Semaphore Sunday (SFSSS) finds westbound La Juanta to Barstow freight #448 at the east switch of the passing siding at Model, Colo. June 22, 1993. Those SF30Cs were sure neat.
Another Alco presents itself for "Switcher Sunday", this one being the Ann Arbor's #7 wearing it's final AA paint scheme version. The #7 is an S-3 model, which was the relatively less produced version of Alco's standard early switcher models. Only 137 S-3's were ever built compared to the much higher production numbers for the S-1, S-2, and S-4 models.
A true treasure and one of the most historic restorations done by the Delaware-Lackawanna at Steamtown is Lackawanna 426, an EMC Pre-SC model, displayed at the Steamtown roundhouse during the 2010 NRHS national convention. The 426 is the surviving example of two such units built way back in 1935, as Electro-Motive's first end cab switcher model, constructed at General Electric's Erie PA shops. Along the way the switcher traded its Winton engine for a 567 block, helping its survival, and toiled for years on industrial steel railroads, before repatriation to Scranton and the DL&W.
A Minnesota Valley RR eastbound operating on ex- Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway track. A pair of former Milwaukee Road GP9s lead an ex-BN GP9 and a switcher model NW2 that came from the IHB. I recently photographed the 315 on the Elkhart & Western in Indiana a few weeks ago and I am looking to see if I saw it on the Milwaukee Road when I first started taking slides in 1978.
MNVA was the operator for this line in west central Minnesota that was owned by local government agencies. MNVA ran the 94-mile-long line until 1994 after which it sat dormant for a few years. Neighboring Twin Cities & Western then rehabbed the line and currently runs it as subsidiary Minnesota Prairie Line.
In the windy city for a "Switcher Saturday" selection, we have this road unit wanna-be MP-15DC belonging to the BRC. This was kind of EMD's last effort at a switcher model, and it clearly appeared they were transitioning into road units. Would have been cool to see more of these, but the rail industry was clearly moving into bigger and bigger power in the quest for one engine trains.
The BRC purchased 4 of the MP-15DC units, but sold off two of them. Meanwhile, they kept two of them including the #533 seen here, and rebuilt them into MP-15AC units. So this unit remains in service to this day, but it now renumbered to #151.
Escanaba & Lake Superior RR's M&M Job is passing the former C&NW station at Marinette, Wisconsin. The M&M Job is named for the cities it serves, Menominee, Michigan, and Marinette, Wisconsin. At this time the E&LS used trackage rights over the Wisconsin Central (former C&NW) for a mile or so between the two cities that are separated by the Menominee River. After switching customers in Menominee, the crew is now making a turnaround run to Crivitz, 25 miles away. Crivitz is where this M&M Branch connects with the E&LS main line between Channing, Michigan and Green Bay, Wisconsin. All the E&LS in this area is former Milwaukee Road track.
E&LS No.202 is a Baldwin switcher model DS4-4-1000. This loco was acquired by E&LS in 1969 from the Calumet & Hecla Consolidated Copper Company whose paint scheme it continued to wear on the E&LS.
Late in the switcher era, EMD tried to increase sales by "converting" their SW-1500 switcher model into a "roadswitcher" diesel, making several changes with the most visible change being road diesel trucks. The move was successful as EMD did end up selling over 600 some of the MP-15AC/DC/T models. Even so, in most applications, the owning railroads continued to use these locomotives in switcher duties. As such, I think the MP-15 does qualify as a switcher and we have LEF&C #26 presenting itself for "Switcher Saturday".
The LEF&C was a 15 mile long coal hauling railroad operating 6 EMD switchers (SW-1500 and MP-15DC types) at the end of it's existence. Originally, it was planned to be built onward further west but the cost of the huge trestle needed to cross the Clarion River could not be financed. I was happy to have been able to see this neat operation several times, but too young to have visited when it was operated by Alco RS-1 diesels. That would have been choice! With economic pressures forcing coal mines out of business into the 1980's, loss of coal traffic eventually forced the LEF&C out of business. Operations ended in 1993 and we saw the loss of another one of the very cool little Pennsylvania coal haulers.
Escanaba & Lake Superior no.202, a Baldwin switcher model DS4-4-1000, slips across a trestle between Crivitz and Marinette. This loco was acquired by E&LS in 1969 from the Calumet & Hecla Consolidated Copper Company whose paint scheme it continued to wear on the E&LS. I wish I'd have had time for a little tree removal....
Between 1978 and 1984, Union Pacific rebuilt 75 EMD SW7s, SW9s, and TR5As into a new switcher model, the SW10. The rebuild/upgrade included replacing the original 567 power assembly with a 645 prime mover. Other upgrades were made to the electrical, and cooling systems, control stand, electrical cab heating, refrigerator, and roller bearing trucks.
UP SW9 No. 1848 served as the prototype, and became the first of the 75. By Aug. 1979 it was released from Omaha for service, and renumbered UP 1200 in March 1980. By July of 1998, time had run out, and UP 1200 was retired from the roster and sold to Boise Locomotive. In April of 2000, it was leased from owner Diesel Supply to Circle 4 Farms in Milford, Utah, lettered as 'Hog Express'. Info from UtahRails.net
We were taken up into the CSXT Control Tower in Groups to prevent overcrowding and to prevent any interruption of the Tower Operator Duties.
In November 2005, I took an AMTRAK Train from Tampa Union Station in Florida to Hamlet, North, Carolina to attend a Summer Convention of the ACL/SAL Historical Society in and around the Hamlet Area Hamlet Metro Area, One of the sites we visited was CSX Hump Classification Yard Hamlet.
Tower Mailing Address: 127 CSX Drive, Marks Creek, NC 28345
This Yard is relies on Gravity, a Ladder of Switches and Speed Retarders to assemble trains destined for all parts of the US and Canada on an assortment of tracks, one track for each destination. or Intermediate Yard.
This particular photograph shows CSX EMD Model MP50AC Endcab Switcher Number 1185.
We were taken up into the CSXT Control Tower in Groups to prevent overcrowding and to prevent any interruption of the Tower Operator Duties.
In November 2005, I took an AMTRAK Train from Tampa Union Station in Florida to Hamlet, North, Carolina to attend a Summer Convention of the ACL/SAL Historical Society in and around the Hamlet Area Hamlet Metro Area, One of the sites we visited was CSX Hump Classification Yard Hamlet.
Tower Mailing Address: 127 CSX Drive, Marks Creek, NC 28345
This Yard is relies on Gravity, a Ladder of Switches and Speed Retarders to assemble trains destined for all parts of the US and Canada on an assortment of tracks, one track for each destination. or Intermediate Yard.
This particular photograph shows CSX EMD Model SW1500 Endcab Switcher Number 1117 (2 of 2).
A yard job makes its way across Mark Steenwyk's Milwaukee Road Beer Line through the Humboldt Yard engine terminal on his industrial switching model railroad set in 1975 Milwaukee, WI. We had a very nice operating session on this fine layout this evening. Rule G is never in effect on the beer line.
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Olathe, KS
for º•AmazingDolly•º's BNTM Cycle 4
Melony Hein is ready to step up in the competition in place of Melinda Strumm. Melinda is a great model, but seeing that she can't pose due to her piziez body, she is very difficult to work with. AmazingDolly graciously allowed me to switch models which I am very grateful for. Thank you so much!
This is Mark Steenwyk's Milwaukee Road Beer Line Humboldt Yard engine terminal on his industrial switching model railroad set in 1975 Milwaukee, WI. We had a very nice operating session on this fine layout this evening. Rule G is never in effect on the beer line.
4-21-16
Olathe, KS
We were taken up into the CSXT Control Tower in Groups to prevent overcrowding and to prevent any interruption of the Tower Operator Duties.
In November 2005, I took an AMTRAK Train from Tampa Union Station in Florida to Hamlet, North, Carolina to attend a Summer Convention of the ACL/SAL Historical Society in and around the Hamlet Area Hamlet Metro Area, One of the sites we visited was CSX Hump Classification Yard Hamlet.
Tower Mailing Address: 127 CSX Drive, Marks Creek, NC 28345
This Yard is relies on Gravity, a Ladder of Switches and Speed Retarders to assemble trains destined for all parts of the US and Canada on an assortment of tracks, one track for each destination. or Intermediate Yard.
This particular photograph shows CSX EMD Model SW1500 Endcab Switcher Number 1117 (1 of 2).
Her head always seemed too small according her long neck so I decided to change it with a 2011 Skipper body.
It's the middle of the night at Union Terminal. The lights reflect off the platform tracks in the foreground and the huge train shed looms over the scene. In another hour this place will start busting as the first commuter trains of the day begin to arrive.
Photo by NAPM member Mark Mathu.
Visit the club online at www.napmltd.org.
The locomotive, MRS-1 (Military Road Switcher Model 1) No.2043 was built by the American Locomotive Company in 1953 for use by the U. S. Army. The locomotive was built to be used on the rail networks of foreign countries. The locomotive was equipped with special telescoping axles which allow the engine to operate on any track between three feet an five feet between the rails. (Text adapted from a sign at the Bluegrass Railroad Museum.)
Montreal Locomotive Works Road Switcher model 18 built for Canadian Pacific. Hasselblad 500 C/M, Fuji Provia 100.
15-ton Whitcomb Switcher, model SRD industrial switching locomotive with mechanical drive; clutch and four-speed transmission. Built in 1924, This locomotive was used at the St. Louis City's Howard Bend Water Plant.
In 1948 the Whitcomb Locomotive Company of Rochelle, Illinois built this 65-ton industrial switcher, model 65-DE-17-A for American Steel Foundries - specifically the Granite City Works (of Granite City, Illinois) as their locomotive number 8. The diesel has a B-B wheel classification, cost $49,775 when new, and was built with two Hercules, 4 cycle, 6 cylinder diesel engines that each produced 240 horsepower, for a total of 480 HP. (These were later replaced with 200 HP Cummins engines, giving it 400 HP.) The loco has a top speed of 41 MPH and was donated in 1980 to the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis by American Steel Foundries.
My unpowered LEGO version is 7 studs wide with both the front and back ends being identical.
EMD switcher model SW1200 number 30 of the South Buffalo Railroad is stabled inside of the South Buffalo Railroad Workshops on 26-5-2010.
SB30 was built for Southern Pacific as 2266 in Decber 1964
Good grief - this was NOT my intent.
I had this "great idea" of doing a high key shot in two parts.
Part one would be Henry lounging on the dog cot, covered in red "velvet" (the cot, that is) with a bit of gauzy fabric over the camera lens. How romantic!
Part two would be Toby standing broad-side to the camera, wearing the heart collar, looking back toward me behind him. (see comments)
High key setups take more effort. I first put up a white fleece fabric, then cover it with a white stretchy velvet - the velvet not being heavy enough to hide the seams in the backboards.
Then it takes two flashes - the extra one with a small softbox on the floor lighting the backdrop.
(It also takes a bit more post-processing, probably because I don't do it as often and I don't have the settings on the camera "perfect".)
I figured I'd take advantage of the setup and get two different shots out of it. Note to self: That is a horrible idea.
Anyway, by the time I dug out the two white fabrics for the backdrop, picked out my gauze remnant, and found the red "velvet" for the cot (ALL the way in the bottom bin) - I was feeling less than inspired.
So I punted on the cot and the gauze and decided to shoot the boys the same - that is, broadside to the camera looking backing to me, with Henry getting the addition of the hat.
A couple lighting test shots for Henry (who ALWAYS goes first) and I was ready to go. Was feeling in a hurry at this point so I didn't even double check his pose (what could possibly go wrong, right)?
Did I mention this wasn't what I had in mind?
Note to self #2: Check at least one of the supposedly "final" shots before switching models.
Thankfully, I did check before I started Toby's shoot - so I was able to make a pose course correction.
Daily Dog Challenge - #3363 - "Red"
2021 Weekly Alphabet Challenge - F is for February
When I think February I think Valentines day, hearts, and red. And while Toby's pose was true to my intent, this cracks me up AND has more red!
And Henry was only doing exactly what I asked him to do.
365:2021 - #44
Taylor Swift had gotten in a car accident. Her body was badly banged up, but her head was okay, so the doctor's transplanted her head onto a new body...a male body. At first she thought her career was over, but the doctor's gave her hormone supplements to keep her voice from deepening and prevent her from growing a bread. Still, her days as a pop star were numbered. Then one night she was looking at herself in the mirror wearing nothing but her boxers. She was almost turned on by her own body. She could still make it, and become a model as well. Feeling better than before Taylor was in top if the world. There was only one question left: was it likening boy or liking girls that was considered gay for her?
NINTENDO SWITCH: Model Debut2 # Nicola Video Game (FuRyu)
"This work is a model simulation game in which a player who has debuted as a new model in small production and aims to become a top model while enjoying fashion, model work, and sometimes love.
The fashion item of this work is supervised by "nicola", the most popular teen magazine. You can enjoy a wide variety of fashions, as well as trends like hair makeup made up of exquisite colors and nuances.
Furthermore, by connecting to the internet, you can share fashion with players all over the country and there is a function that improves your fashion sense."
Dividend maximization in a hidden Markov switching model. Szölgyenyi arxiv.org/abs/1602.04656 #q-fin
It all started after I recently found some old hardcopy photos of freights at Peerless circa 2005. I ordered some prototypical cars online, and scratch-built this part of Peerless Confection Co. on my HO layout last night.
Will hopefully get around to scanning those hardcopies soon. I'll also make a more realistic and accurate version of this model in the future, but that’ll also mean changing the track layout to add a formal siding, street-level track, etc. We'll see!
These are Roger Puta's photos.
1. NW (Wabash) 386 (an H12-44) and GP9 510
2. NW 401, a Lima Hamilton switcher model LS 1000
3. NW 655, and 3718 (both ex-Wabash F7As), and 2 geeps
4. NW 1302, an ex-Wabash GP35 with no dynamic braking
T6 14 leaads a trio of these rare units, the last switcher models built by Alco, on the Fort Smith local. October 28, 1998. © 2015 Peter Ehrlich
Dividend maximization in a hidden Markov switching model. Szölgyenyi arxiv.org/abs/1602.04656 #q-fin
Picked up the skirt and belt from Smart Switch on evilbay (finally!) and was fortunate to find a vintage top closing near the same time that is reminiscent of the original. I think the top might have been made by a talented seamstress who closely copied a Mattel design. I've only been looking for an affordable version of this outfit since I first started collecting...LOL
After spending quite some time building a Lego moc of one of the biggest steam engines in the world (the Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 'Big Boy'), I thought it would be fun to see how small of a steam engine I could model in a fairly realistic, in-scale manner, and yet, still have it be completely powered by Power Functions.
I decided that the perfect prototype to model for this project would be a Vulcan Iron Works 0-4-0T.
The main design goal was, of course, to find the most efficient packaging solution possible for the rechargeable battery box, receiver, M sized motor, and wiring. However, the battery box had to be accessible and removable for quick changing, and as such, it could not be used as a structural component in the moc's design.
A few of the other design goals were that it had to have functioning pistons and drive rods, good slow speed characteristics (it was going to spend a lot of it's time being used as a yard goat), and fully functional front and rear couplers. Equal weight distribution between the front and rear axles was also going to be key, as I needed to have a well balanced engine for maximum traction if it was going to have any kind of usable pulling power due to it being as small and light weight it would inevitably be.
You might have noticed that this moc uses the small train wheels, and (although I might be wrong) I think that this is the first steam engine moc with operating pistons and drive rods that uses those sized wheels as drivers.
The prototype that this particular engine is modeled after can be found here:
www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=56945
(BTW-the above link is a GREAT reference site for steam engine moc builders.)
Information about this locomotive comes from their website at BGRM.org:
Builder: American Locomotive Co. (Subcontract of EMD)
Class: MRS-1 (Military Road Switcher Model 1)
Built in 1953 for the military, MRS-1 class diesel locomotives were built for the specific purpose of being a motive power source to be used on the rail networks of foreign countries. To do this these locomotives are equipped with special telescoping axles which allow the engine to operate on any track between 3 feet and 5 feet between the rails. This locomotive stands today as a static display at the museum site in the Woodford Co. Park.
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Seaboard Air Line
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Alco road switcher model RSC-2 No. 1526 built for the Seaboard Air Line in 1949 is new at the plant in Schenectady, NY. A total of 65 units of this 1500 hp model were built between October 1946 and November 1949. SAL received 32, numbered 1500 – 1531 (Alco Historic Photo Collection)
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Used two Yongnuo YN-560 II with umbrella's one was to the left of the camera at 1/64 and another to the right at 1/64 power triggered by Yongnuo RF-603
B-2043 MRS-1 (Military Road Switcher Model 1) was built by the American Locomotive Company in 1853 for use by the U. S. Army. The locomotive was built for being a motive power source to be used on the rail networks of foreign countries. The locomotive was equipped with special telescoping axles which allow the engine to operate on any track between three feet an five feet between the rails. (Text adapted from a sign at the Bluegrass Railroad Museum.)