A good year for Penn Central fans

 

 

You mean all two or three Penn Central fans out there? 

 

And then there are those of us who, if not "fans", are "supporters". I have a pair of Weaver UP E-8 A-units that will become Long Black PC diesels when I get to them. Heck, the PC is how a NYC fan like me justified getting a (PC Black) scale GG-1. Sharp.

 

PC Black is sort of the antidote for too many Warbonnets.

 

(To be honest, though the black E8's may wind up with little "CR" decals, instead...)

I thought the PRR and NYC bounty hunters had rounded up the last of them up and sent them the Isle of Denial re-education camps.

 

OK. I've had my fun with you Tom. Nice acquisitions. I wish there were more correct CNW offerings.

There is one more Doctor Peter Condro aka Putnam division has posted many a photo of the items aka worms, we will not hold it against him because he is one of the nicest guys out there.

 

Matt you are correct, they have to be assimilated, The Isle of Denial needs more members.

 

Now there are worms about, where is me shovel there is whomping to be done!

 

 

This thread reminds me of the Rolling Stone's song "Want to Paint it Black."

I might have to get the PC 8-door 86' boxcar, if nobody else wants them.

 

Andrew

 

 

LOL, I never said I was a PC fan, Tom incorrectly made that assumption, so it's back to just two of you! 

Love that Jade Green.......hey......Love that Alco horn on the PennCentral legacy RS-11.

 

Another I recent acquisition......PennCentral RailKing E-33 Juice Train.

 

Peter

I admit that I have a fascination with Penn Central equipment.

Of course I also have a fascination with Morticia . . . she was hot !

Then there was Granny on the Beverly Hillbillies . . . . . a bit older but still smokin'

Kate Smith . . . . . still comin' round the mountain . . . way around.

Yes, it is that Jaded green of the Penn Central.

Ummmmm, give me a minute . . .

Actually I have at least three Penn Central GG1's.

Two great cabooses by Brother Love in Penn Central.

Lots of derelict equipment prototypical, of course, to the Penn Central.

Where is Ben Fiorello when I need him?

 

Scrapiron

 

John,

I was not assuming that you were a PC fan.  I was just admitting that there are only a couple of us out there.  However, if you want to come over to the dark side.....

 

Tom

All kidding aside from the other contributors, the truth is that there are enough Penn Central fans out there willing to purchase these items BECAUSE they got made.

 

In this day and age where road names are announced and then cancelled for lack of orders, the fact these items were produced says there was enough interest to warrant their production.

 

Maybe folks are just jealous that Penn Central items DO get made and the items they wanted to see made, got cancelled for lack of orders?  I'm sure the manufacturers don't mind "closet" Penn Central fans as they seem to come out of the woodwork when the products are produced.

 

Being a semi-scale guy, I have little interest in these particular scale items (though they do look really good!), though I do have plenty of Penn Central.

 

And funny enough, but Microscale continues to produce decals in Penn Central, so there must be interest in HO also. Being a semi-scale guy, I can use the HO Penn Central decals for many projects... and I do. Which also speaks of market interest: If there was enough support for O scale decals, Microscale would not have dropped nearly all of their O scale decals.

 

Nice looking stuff Tom! I like it. Not might not be your cup of scale, but I just got done repainting a traditional Lionel passenger coach into Penn Central, similar to your car pictured.

 

This is an old photo, though I still have the engine. One of my early repaint projects, where I asked myself "If the Penn Central hadn't been so cash-strapped, how might they have livened up their paint scheme?"

 

It could also be assumed that NYC, Pennsylvania and New Haven offerings are also default PC offerings since they stayed in those paint schemes for so long after the fact.

I'm not afraid to stand up to the hatred and derision and claim my oppressed minority status as a PC fan.

Not only that I run Conventional and have  GP38's, F3s and Semi Scale  GG1s from WBB. (I know, gasp horrors mounted on horrors.)

As time goes on I think we are going to see more Penn Central
This may hurt a little but ---
As more  of the older guys go away ( 70/80 year olds )
The kids (40s into their 60s)  do not necessarily dislike Penn Central ---  they remember it from their youth

Being an East Coast guy I find myself yearning for the good old days of  Conrail ---  almost sounds silly
Just my take
Joe S

A video

 

 

Peter

I have always loved the Penn Central since I remember it from growing up in the 1970's and since I have gotten into the hobby I have a lot of MTH Penn Central locomotives and rolling stock in addition to the PRR,Amtrak and Conrail equipment. Penn Central was definitely an interesting railroad.

Hi, Brian.

 

I typically don't pay much attention to models which aren't prototypically accurate but your Penn Central FA is very creative and well done. I enjoy seeing the custom work you do with traditional equipment. The Lionel industrial switcher painted for CNJ which you posted in this week's switcher thread is excellent as well. My compliments and thanks for sharing.

 

Bob  

Count me as another PC fan. I've painted a set of Weaver E-8s in PC black as well as; (old) Atlas F units...Atlas RS-1....MTH N5c cabeese.....(old) Atlas mill gondolas...2 Weaver GP-38-2s.....and I bought the WbB F3s when they came out.

 

I'm happy with all that is offered in Penn Central to help remind us all of the largest corporate failure in history (until then). When you think about the fact that PC was in existence from 1968 until the formation of Conrail in 1976.....we fans are pretty lucky.

 

Still think about the poor condition of the passenger fleet headed toward Renovo and north from Lock Haven as the PC trudged past our football practice field at (then) Lock Haven State College c. 1969. Dirty....ripped window blinds...and very few passengers.....ugh!

 

Got to get one of those new Lionel PC N5b cabeese!!!

 

Penn Central is actually a popular prototype in the smaller scales, but I think the average 3R O scale modeler is a bit more fossilized when it comes down to things like this...

 

Jeff C

Lionel has the Penn Central SD38 diesel loco, PC gondola with scrap load, PC N5b caboose, and PC 8-door 86' Hi-Cube Boxcar in the new catalog.

 

Atlas O has a Trainman Penn Central gondola in 2 road numbers coming.

 

Atlas just announced new road numbers for their Master Series Penn Central Caboose.

 

There are a decent amount of scale items announced considering it is the Penn Central.

 

Andrew

Here's another video.....I was playing on the NYC to PC transition era.....

 

 

Peter

I have several of these items on pre-order.  I am also waiting...patiently... for the Atlas O Trainman U23B.  Unfortunately, since my layout only has 42" curves, I can't operate some of the larger items.  If the SD38 would operate on my curves..."OUCH" (that was my wallet speaking)

I would like to see these scale locomotives in Penn Central paint:

GP9, GP35, GP38, SD40, SD45. 

 

These locomotives were prolific on the PC.  They could be found almost anywhere on the system.

 

I'm just thankful for what has been offered in recent years.

 

Tom

 

 

I have mixed emotions about obtaining PC stock.

 

I had to cross the tracks of the North Jersey Coast Line at Red Bank every day on my way to work during the reign of the PC and the transition to CR.  I'd try to time it just right so I had to stop for a train just to see what motive power they were using (this before electrification).

 

Was quite sad / sombering to see the drab, well-sooted-over, livery of the rails in decay.  Guess that's why I choose the happier times of the Jersey Central.  Just too many sad memories.

On the Penn Central branch line that ran through Vicksburg, MI the motive power was usually a GP7 or GP9.

 

It does not look like there has been a true O Scale Penn Central GP9 that has been factory painted. Anybody who wants a PC GP9 would have to get an undecorated or repaint an O Scale PRR or NYC GP9.

 

Andrew