Any Delaware & Hudson Fans...

Ooh, that one's nice too!  LOL!

gunrunnerjohn posted:

The D&H fits right in with my Pennsylvania railroads, and they indeed do have a great paint scheme.  My contribution is my Legacy Sharks, Love the look of the sharks and the D&H paint scheme.

That’s a sweet set, John.

And let's not forget Weaver's contributions to this sharp-looking line in O Scale - 20-inch aluminum passenger cars, A-B pairings of Baldwin Sharks in two different sets of road numbers, Alco C-630s in a few different road numbers, U-boats, and much more!

David;

That is one first class D&H collection... very impressive.

Paul - thanks for sharing, good stuff!

The D&H has such gorgeous livery. The NH McGuiness and D&H are among my very favorites. Arnold

Great stuff Paul. Thanks for sharing.

Bob

They look like ALCO's to me. Now.....if they had black smoke belching out of the stacks we would know for sure.

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briansilvermustang posted:

 

 

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HE HE

RS3u ... RS3 rebuilt by Morrison Knudsen with 2000hp Alco 251 engines, chop nose, etc. One was painted in Bicentennial scheme.  I really should get on with my Weaver rebuild.

Jason

Jason Dickie posted:

RS3u ... RS3 rebuilt by Morrison Knudsen with 2000hp Alco 251 engines, chop nose, etc. One was painted in Bicentennial scheme.  I really should get on with my Weaver rebuild.

Jason

Thanks Jason.

When is Atlas O going to be able to get the people working at the production facility in China to finally produce the D&H PS-2-CD 4750 3-bay covered hoppers? 

Andrew

The Bicentennial RS3u, number 1976, was later renumbered 506. It still exists on the Tioga Central and is used on excursions.

And here's my RS3u, from a Weaver, that I still need to paint one of these days.

Wish MTH had seen this photo when designing their PS3 versions of the handsome RK RS3. Mine only produces mere whisps of smoke and it's NEW!

   http://ctr.trains.com/railroad...llen-flag-remembered

       http://www.trainweb.org/dhvm/p...graphs_Class_E-5.htm

    "Now, if you want a REAL smoke belching ALCO, another Facebook gem from today (Delaware & Hudson Alco PA No. 16)..."

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Sunset did a 2-rail O-scale D&H Challenger many years ago for $1500 ... $1600 dollars.  I seem to remember being sat in a chair with someone swinging a flashlight left to right, chanting "only D&H diesels...only D&H diesels... ...!  Wow, how did she get that to work?!?

Jason

Hi! 

I am a huge D&H fan and it look like I'm a little late to the party. 

I am a member of the BridgeLine Historical Society:  bridge-ling.org   I have been doing a lot of research along with my friend, Dr. Robert Powell from Carbondale, PA, on where the D&H got started in railroading - The Gravity Railroad. Fascinating stuff.  

A lot of firsts with the D&H. Here are a couple of them: 

- First to run a steam locomotive in America, the Stourbridge Lion.

- First to operate a Gravity Railroad, it opened in 1829. This was most likely a huge contributor to the industrial revolution. It was also the first assembly line type of operation as workers remained in one location as the string of coal cars moved across the system. (I know what you are going to say, Henry Ford invented the assembly line - please note that I'm used "assembly line type of operation" as they were moving coal - not building coal cars.)

I will have to share photos of my rolling stock and layout later tonight.  

Larry

My apologies about the grammar. I was typing faster than I was thinking and it's my lunch break. 

Where I wrote "...please note that I'm used..." should read "...please note that I'm using..."

Larry

Welcome to the party Larry.

Bob

The D&H had door and paint scheme variations for the Pullman-Standard 50' box cars. 

Atlas O has made one version. 

MTH needs to make the other D&H PS-1 50' box cars. 

Andrew

Lionel can have a Delaware & Hudson PS-2 2-bay covered hopper produced in with the right body style and opening hatches in China. 

Andrew

GNERR posted:

Hi! 

I am a huge D&H fan and it look like I'm a little late to the party. 

I am a member of the BridgeLine Historical Society:  bridge-ling.org   I have been doing a lot of research along with my friend, Dr. Robert Powell from Carbondale, PA, on where the D&H got started in railroading - The Gravity Railroad. Fascinating stuff.  

A lot of firsts with the D&H. Here are a couple of them: 

- First to run a steam locomotive in America, the Stourbridge Lion.

- First to operate a Gravity Railroad, it opened in 1829. This was most likely a huge contributor to the industrial revolution. It was also the first assembly line type of operation as workers remained in one location as the string of coal cars moved across the system. (I know what you are going to say, Henry Ford invented the assembly line - please note that I'm used "assembly line type of operation" as they were moving coal - not building coal cars.)

I will have to share photos of my rolling stock and layout later tonight.  

Larry

Welcome, Larry... this is definitely one of my favorite threads. I’ve lived in NE Pennsylvania for the last 24 years, not far from Honesdale. On my list of things I need to get around to is going up to see the Stourbridge Lion. I finally made it to the Starrucca Viaduct a few months ago. I checked out the website for the historical society you mentioned - some great info on the D&H... thanks for sharing. (And it already taught me that Honesdale was named after the first President of the D&H)

Thanks Paul!

Here is the link to the Carbondale Historical Society and Museum:

https://carbondalepahistorical.org

Will try to post some photos tonight of my layout. I’m in the middle of wrapping up some of the scenery. Hope to be running trains again in the Fall - hopefully under a new control system. 

Larry

Who has photos of the D&H waffle side box cars when they were new? 

MTH could make PREMIER D&H Waffle Box Cars, if there are photos of the cars when they were newly painted.

Andrew

falconservice posted:

Who has photos of the D&H waffle side box cars when they were new? 

MTH could make PREMIER D&H Waffle Box Cars, if there are photos of the cars when they were newly painted.

Andrew

Andrew, MTH has offered a Premier-line version of that car. Click here to see the MTH product description.

I missed a few O scale catalogs in 2008. 

That explains why I never saw the D&H Waffle Box Car.

Andrew

This video of a Lionel D&H smokin' switcher hauling oil tankers is reminiscent of an event I attended a few years ago at West Point.

At that time my 6 year old grandaughter was a cheerleader in a Pop Warner-like football game. The playing field was at West Point close to railroad tracks on the western side of the Hudson River. Long freight trains run along those tracks.

Suddenly, the ground started to shake and one could hear the roar of a freight train. It thundered past us pulling seemingly endless oil tanker cars. Breath-taking.

Arnold

Hauling endless box cars:

Arnold

Apples55 posted:

Facebook is pretty rich today... there is something interesting about this humpbacked beast - it is, at once, beautiful and ugly!!! The caption reads:

”Delaware & Hudson , No.1403 , the L.F.Loree ,last built of the D&H high pressure experimentals , 4-8-0 , Schenectady 1935 . at the Colonie NY. Shops , 6-1935 …. H.K.Vollrath collection …. SLP library photo”

 

Why the saddle tank? Auxiliary water for long runs?

I believe it had to do with the 500# boiler pressure which was used in a "triple expansion" drive system.

D&H 1403

Scotie has it right. It was used for a Triple expansion drive system. The D&H was innovative in how to use steam more efficiently. I think 1403 was very futuristic looking in its design. 

Interesting- thanks guys.

This info (and much, much more) comes from a great book - Delaware & Hudson by Jim Shaughnessy. 

A few other interesting tidbits about the 1403 (christened the L. F. Loree, a President of the D&H).

• it was the only locomotive built in the country in 1933
• it was the world’s first four cylinder triple expansion, non-articulated compound steam locomotive
• it carried 500 pounds of pressure in the water tube boiler
• it had four cylinders, but unlike articulated engines, it had one cylinder in each corner of the frame (it’s a bit hard to see in the pic, but you can just make out the rear cylinder)
• the average thermal efficiency of conventional steamers of the day was 6%... the Loree attained almost 13%
• the high temperature and pressure was the engines early downfall - it was retired after a few years with only 9,845 miles of service 

Picked this up from Grzyboski’s yesterday. I have to admit, I am pretty impressed by the sharp details of the add-on railings, grab irons, etc. Although it has, what looks to me to be a smoking chimney pipe, there is no smoke - a plus for me as I never use smoke!!! AND, it has the “hidden” coupler release - no thumbtacks.

The deadline for ordering the Atlas Model Railroading company or ATLAS O TRAINMAN Delaware & Hudson PS-4750 3-bay covered hoppers is October 23rd, 2019. 

https://shop.atlasrr.com/p-561...son-12313-12359.aspx

Find a railroad store or hobby shop that sells Atlas and order the D&H covered hoppers so they are produced in large number.

Thanks.

Andrew

D&H in the Lone Star State. 

The late Bill McClanahan of Dallas, employed with the Dallas Morning News, was well known for his freelanced Texas & Rio Grande Western HO scale layout located in the attic of his home in Big D.  He also authored a well known paperback book on scenery for model railroaders which was published by Kalmbach.  It was a popular publication and subsequently went through several printings over the years.   

Bill was also a regular customer at Bobbye Hall's Hobby House in Dallas.  Miss Hall, as she was affectionately known by most of her customers was the Queen of model railroading.  Because she demanded only the best from her Asian brass importers and didn't take any bull off of them, became known as the Dragon Lady among them!

In his senior years, Bill found the Deleware & Hudson's blue and grey color scheme so attractive that he adobted it for his T&RGW.  The D&H Texas style if you will?  Though my heart remains in O gauge, I am still fasinated by large scale.  A future project of mine will be to to obtain a well used LGB White Pass & Yukon Alco road switcher and have it professionally painted for my G gauge T&RGW, using the D&H scheme of course, not only as a tribute to Bill, but also the Bridge Line to New England as well.   

Although my small basement here in my German apartment won't take much more than a compact around the wall mainline with a lift out bridge for continuous running in large scale, it's purpose will be to keep me active in the hobby.  International shipping, including insurance and customs, not to mention the weight factor, is too expensive for me to order model trains from the States to begin with.  Besides, LGB is readily available here in Deutschland anyway.  An exception will be a Hartland Locomotive Works MACK switcher, which will receive solid black with the old red, white and blue D&RGW herald applied under the cab window.  Item: By the way, Hartland products are Made in the Good Old USA, in their Indiana factory!

Why G gauge and instead of say Z in my small basement you ask?  Having just passed Milepost 73 this Fourth of July my eyes like to see what's running on the layout without the aid of using a magnifine glass!  Also, the early LGB Rio Grande stock car, that for some unknown reason received green instead of black, will finally feel right at home hauling cattle on my basement empire!  The later released black painted Grande stock car will also be found on the T&RGW.  It comes equipped with sound, albeit less any "PU" authentic smells, thank goodness!

Happy Rails Y'all!

Joe Toth