I’ve got nineteen units total, all first generation diesels. Eight for each railroad I model, and three ‘miscellaneous’ units. Six are GM switchers and the rest are all Alcos.
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Two, one at each end (my layout is point-to-point).
I have four diesels, and five steam yard switchers on my layout.
Four. Three and one. I’m thinking of getting another, what do you think, should I?
I have about 5 switchers total both diesels & steam.
Gordon
One, I have a SW 1500 in my yard some of the time it is paired with and other 4 axle that handy for working the yard. I have switched the yard with one 6 axle from time to time.
One switcher, no yard. Something is wrong here!!![(-D][(-D][(-D]
just 1 , a GE 44 Tonner
Have three in the fleet. One SW12,two SW1500.Two are CSX,and one NS,the two owners of my Phenix City,Seaboard and Southern Railway.
I have a P2k 0-6-0 B&O and a Cow and Calf set (Athearn) also for B&O for the heavier breaking and making of trains. I also am expecting delivery of a Western Maryland VO 1000 from Stewart Hobbies any day.
I will be adding one more to handle interchange duty for loads of logs, coal, ore and stone coming down from the hills. I have not yet found a suitable switcher for that duty.
I got 2 SW1500 and 0-6-0T so that is 3
and there is also an old camelback for shifting MOW trains, does that count as a switcher as well?
Counts as a switcher to me!! I’ve got a pair of LL SW1200s (n scale) but need someone in n scale to make SW1500s so the North Texas Central can retire those tired 567’s!
None at the moment, but the IMRR is planning on purchasing a couple of SW1500s of MP15-1s for its limited yard facilities.[:)].
i have 8 SW1500s that work my yards and do local transfers.
Ten, all diesel. Four Alcos and six EMDs. Four of the switchers are modern: one SW1000 and three SW1500.
2 Athearn SW7s - one Amtrak, one PB&NE (from the SE set of a few years ago). However, as my layout depicts a museum shortline switching tends to be done using whatever’s available. This can include Dash 9s (runthrough CSX power), F7s, SD9s, etc
Lets see…4 C&O ,2 Chessie (c&o),3 Chessie B&O ,2 C&HV and 1 IHB Total 12.
Since I model a Quasi-urban “short line” which mainly does local switching and transfer runs (a rather common theme nowadays I understand), basically my entire fleet is ‘yard engines (3 SWs and 1 MP)’; remember that GP38s (1) and the such are also used in real-world yard switching. I may get a CF7, which again I think is used a lot in yard switching in the real world (there were like 233 unit I think, most now sold off to smaller railroads).
counting the steam power that i run, i would say that it’s close to 20 or so untis. i’ve got some that unit is older than me. I’ve also got three that i designed and custom built from the railhead up. to quote one of the persons here,“LIFE IS SHORT, PLAY WITH TRAINS”.[:)]