any New Haven fans ....

Yes I am. this is my Christmas Present from me This holiday

I call it FRANK'EN G.....Lionel EP5 Lionel GG1 gear...The yellow is a Len Carparelli paint.....

Happy Holidays to all New Haven fans......check out time frame 2:05-3:25......Christmas 1958,,,,,I was 5 years old....

https://youtu.be/Lx7NB_gVzh8

Peter

I’ve been running a New Haven Railroad train powered by ALCo RS-3 #531 on my 12’-by-8’ layout.

New Haven RS-3 #531 is an Atlas O Trainman model (20033012, MSRP $399.95) with TMCC made in 2012. It is pulling MTH Premier stainless-steel passenger cars with fluted sides.

The New Haven Railroad’s first RS-3s were delivered in 1950 with an orange hood/green cab livery. The orange hood/black cab McGinnis livery was first applied to New Haven’s RS-3s in 1956.

MELGAR

@Putnam Division that is so cool. It is incredible to see the original in action. I've been looking at that engine from when Lionel did the re-release under the conventional classics line.

@MattD87 posted:

@Putnam Division that is so cool. It is incredible to see the original in action. I've been looking at that engine from when Lionel did the re-release under the conventional classics line.

Thank you......and, she runs like the day I got her! You can see her on the top shelf in the train room........

Peter

Figured this would be the best post for this. I just picked up a weaver Bradley car and boy to I love it. Now I’m planning on doing a full interior. I’ve looked around online but can’t find anything on the seat colors? Have any of you done this before and have found the right color?

Nate, the seats were listed as blue. I have a book on NH lightweight passenger cars. There is a color publicity photo that shows the interior of a pre-war coach. These were the only lightweight coaches before the war so I’m    guessing it’s a Bradley car. Appears to be a dark blue.

Pretty sure the car you have in the photo. Was an extra separate sale one Weaver made. The 4 car sets didn’t feature the script lettering on the car ends. The NH  did a few cars in this scheme that featured a separated  partitioned smoking lounge. The seats were laid out like an observation car. Somewhere I have the floor pan. I laid out mine in the same manner. Can’t remember what I used for seats. I know I bought some Keil Line standing ashtrays. Perhaps the seats came from them to.

I had a Grill Car made many years ago by a local modeler using this car as a base. Built the same way as the prototype conversion. 3 windows were blocked out and he did a full interior. I’ll have to dig both of them out and post a few photos.

Nate, Google, Rapido Trains NH smoking car.  These HO guys get it right. Just checked it out and they show the interior of your car with the correct seating arrangement as well as mentioning some added vents.

@Dave_C thank you. Some of the photos I saw of HO cars had a dark blue for the seat. In my search I did see some one on here talking about the grill car. I have some time before I start this project. Starting with a MTH streamlined RPO car first, might not be 100% accurate. Also still need to work on my C-liner as well.

Williams New Haven GP-38 from 2008 hauling some Menards boxcars along with a Williams Caboose.

Wow! This thread is 5 and a half years old and 27 pages long......I guess the answer is an emphatic YES! There are a lot of us New Haven fans!!!!!

Peter

@Putnam Division posted:

Wow! This thread is 5 and a half years old and 27 pages long......I guess the answer is an emphatic YES! There are a lot of us new Haven fans!!!!!

Peter

I'm not sure there are a lot of us, but there seem to be some diehards that we can count on. Sadly, the original poster, Briansilvermustang, has not visited the Forum for almost two years. Happy New Year to "Any New Haven Fans."

MELGAR

Happy New Year to everyone as well. We are a loyal bunch!

Some pics. of modified Weaver Bradley cars. The first is a grill car. The modeler that did it for me was an avid NH fan and modeled in G scale. Very talented. He blocked out the windows and doors just like the NH did and created a Grill Car. Tough to see but a full interior. Not sure if the lettering is correct but it’s a beauty.

The other car is like the one Nate showed. The cars with the script lettering featured a smoking lounge. A partition was built and one seat was flipped to face the other. The lounge seats I believe were from Keil Line. There are ashtrays in there and the seats in both sections were painted in prototypical colors.

Fantastic cars. Not sure how many of you might be aware but our local minor league team (Double-A affiliate of the Rockies) is named after a railroad term. The Hartford Yard Goats.

@Dave_C thank you for posting those pictures, it’s a huge help.

@MattD87 that they are. I can see the stadium from the yard, at least the south end.

@MELGAR posted:

I'm not sure there are a lot of us, but there seem to be some diehards that we can count on. Sadly, the original poster, Briansilvermustang, has not visited the Forum for almost two years. Happy New Year to "Any New Haven Fans."

MELGAR

And a Happy New Year to you too, Mel. Now, being an admitted iconoclast, you have pictured one of the few NH (or any other line) that I don’t like - something about those electrics has always looked off to me… but I love the paint scheme (Is that an EF-4 or 5???)

@Apples55 posted:

And a Happy New Year to you too, Mel. Now, being an admitted iconoclast, you have pictured one of the few NH (or any other line) that I don’t like - something about those electrics has always looked off to me… but I love the paint scheme (Is that an EF-4 or 5???)

Paul,

It's an EF-4, the last New Haven electric freight motor. They were nicknamed "bricks." Twelve were purchased from the Norfolk & Western in 1963 for the bargain price of $300,000 (total) when the New Haven was in bankruptcy.

MELGAR

Happy New Year all.  I have two 072 outer loops with one siding where I run electrics. Here are three NHs EP5 EF4 and EP3. Not shown is my PRR GG1. The EF4 number 303 (same as Mel’s?) is an MTH Ps1. Still runs great after so many years

Great Photos, and let me throw my hat in the New Haven ring. My first diesel set. The grandkids have it on the siding while the polar express takes the main line in the photo. Lionel 922 and 923 run smooth and i am looking for a nice caboose to match the livery as this is my favorite..... Orange on black. Sorry for the poor photos, I did not want to cut n paste one off the dark web,,,,,,

Been searching for this dl-109 for years. Just got from forum sponsor TRAINZ   They graded c7-excellent (minor scratches/wear etc). To me it looks new  all packaging materials etc.  They underpromised /over delivered    When I started it up (after putting in a BCR) everything was great except sound volume was low and garbled. On this forum I found out this is a common problem with PS2 speakers. I swapped out with speaker from my DL-109 Cranberry and that did the trick. I was so happy for such an easy solution. I reported to TRAINZ and they gladly gave me a price refund for cost of a replacement speaker.

@Wvm,

Glad to see you found this. One of my favorite MTH/New Haven locomotives. I run it with freight and passenger cars. Hope you enjoy it.

MELGAR

Thanks Mel. This treasure hunting is part of fun. Even though this one was by no means cheap it was still less than cost for a new MTH or Lionel diesel. It hasn’t been remade in last 20 years so I was more than willing to pay even knowing of potential problems with PS2 5 volt boards

Great looking engine!

The MTH Premier model of New Haven Railroad EF-4 #303 (20-5508-1) was listed in the 2000 Volume 1 catalog and delivered with PS1 in February 2000 at MSRP $329.95. I run my PS1 engines with a BCR.

The New Haven Railroad filed for bankruptcy in 1961 at a time when its electric freight motors were beyond economical repair but electric motive power was necessary to maintain freight service under the catenary between Cedar Hill (New Haven), Oak Point Yard (Bronx, New York) and Bay Ridge Yard in Brooklyn. In 1963, the New Haven trustees purchased twelve surplus rectifier freight electrics from the Norfolk & Western Railway for a total of $300,000. They had cost $267,710 each when new at GE in 1956 and 1957. Designated class EF-4 and known as “bricks,” they had 3,300 horsepower and were very successful on the New Haven. Usually run in pairs, they hauled hundred-car trains. Eleven were still in operation when the New Haven was merged into Penn Central in 1969 and ten lasted into the 1976 formation of Conrail. They ran until Conrail terminated electric freight operations in 1981.

Photos and videos show #303 on my 12’-by-8’ layout with other New Haven locomotives and cars.

MELGAR

Here is picture of mine. Bought it used a couple ofd years ago for about $150   Runs likes a champ and one of my favorites. Runs on my outer loop Maine with a siding along with my only other conventional only Williams scale GG1

A set of New Haven FA's pulls  string of empty hoppers back toward Scranton. The power is several older Weaver units.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/n72C1HWz4WcEePwd6

A New Haven DL109 leads and short express on its way to New Have. Power is an MTH unit

https://photos.app.goo.gl/deU3hTQ8JLdobadVA

@Bill Park posted:

A New Haven DL109 leads and short express on its way to New Have. Power is an MTH unit

https://photos.app.goo.gl/deU3hTQ8JLdobadVA

Gorgeous train, Bill!

Peter

Bob Buehler (Eastern Division TCA President) just gave me a “heads up”.
The link takes you to the Eastern Division home page. Scroll down to the layouts coming to York this April and my New Haven passenger train is running through the picture of our layout.

http://easterntca.com/

Peter

I have recently acquired this black scale K-Line NH boxcar, to go along with it’s orange stable mate, from a fellow forumite.

A recent acquisition

New Haven Railroad Alco S-2 diesel switchers #0617 and #0615 are MTH Premier models (20-20588-1 and 20-20587-1, MSRP $449.95) released in 2016 with PS3. Photos and videos show them running as a push-pull consist under conventional control on the O-54 loop of my 12’-by-8’ model railroad.

Twenty-two Alco S-2s were built for the New Haven Railroad (Class DEY-5) during 1943 and 1944. They had a 1,000 horsepower, turbocharged 6-cylinder 539T engine and a tractive effort of 57,500 pounds. On the New Haven, S-2s were used for heavy switching and to replace 2-6-0, 2-8-0 and 2-8-2 steam locomotives on local freights. New Haven S-2s were still running when Penn Central took over in 1969 and three made it into the 1976 formation of Conrail.

MELGAR

New Haven Railroad trains have been running on my 12'-by-8' model railroad this week.

4-6-0 Ten-Wheeler #816 is a Lionel Legacy model (6-82272, MSRP $899.99) shown in the 2014 Volume 2 Catalog. The prototype #816 (Class G-4a) was built by Baldwin in 1904 and was used in Shore Line express passenger service when new.

New Haven S-2 #0615 is an MTH Premier model (20-20587-1, MSRP $449.95) delivered in 2016 with PS3. The prototype #0615 (Class DEY-5) was one of 22 built by Alco in 1944 with a 1000 horsepower turbocharged 539T engine and 57,500 pounds tractive effort.

MELGAR

Just waiting for some trains to direct!

Have a great and safe weekend, folks

Peter

@Putnam Division posted:

Just waiting for some trains to direct!

Have a great and safe weekend, folks

Peter

Who made or what is the source of the tower? TIA

Juicebox bringing us some beer...

And the crane to pick oneself up after over-indulging?

@PRRMP54 posted:

And the crane to pick oneself up after over-indulging?

After certain outings long ago, the tool of choice for post-beer cleanups was a Jordan Plow...