any New Haven fans ....

@Landsteiner posted:

"This is a LC w/bluetooth board. Not a LC+"

I thought LC doesn't allow for electrocouplers?

By the way, I and quite a few other folks eagerly await your description of how you added dirt cheap command control to a conventional loco.  Hopefully Lionel won't stop supplying the boards as soon as it is well known (thanks to you) how to do this conversion.  Under $100 would seem a pretty good deal, even given the labor needed.  I think that's what Ed Bender charged to add his TMCC "Train Brain" to my MTH GG1 PS1 equipped loco about 30 years ago .

yea....see my response to John.

I'm hoping this goes well too.

Thanks

Ctr, I loved seeing that I-4 with the very nice passenger consist. Here is sister I-4 1389 with a short string of cars on the Scranton reverse loop on my layout. We could use mor eNew Haven engines.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/GWYqNMBZqxVrSsFH7

Here is an NH EF 3b which is what MTH has labeled it.

I can't see what road number is on your engine Bob, but for your reference here is the classification system for the New Haven's EF-3s:

Numbers 0150 - 0154 came from Baldwin-Westinghouse in 1942 and were classified as EF-3.

Numbers 0155 - 0159 came from General Electric in 1943 and were classified as EF-3-a.

Both classes, while intended primarily for freight service, also had provisions for passenger service. In 1944 the 0150 - 0154 had some ballast removed and a passenger service steam boiler added in its place, and became class EF-3-b.

~Chris

@C.Vigs posted:

I can't see what road number is on your engine Bob, but for your reference here is the classification system for the New Haven's EF-3s:

Numbers 0150 - 0154 came from Baldwin-Westinghouse in 1942 and were classified as EF-3.

Numbers 0155 - 0159 came from General Electric in 1943 and were classified as EF-3-a.

Both classes, while intended primarily for freight service, also had provisions for passenger service. In 1944 the 0150 - 0154 had some ballast removed and a passenger service steam boiler added in its place, and became class EF-3-b.

~Chris

Chris, thanks for the information. I can go up and check the the number; but according to the attached it looks like they assigned #150.

Here’s the photo of the number board.
It looks like MTH got it wrong. According to your notes # 159 should be EF 3a.

I haven’t seen many New Haven fans posting lately so here are a photo and video taken on the O-36 inner loop of my 12’-by-8’ layout, which I rarely run. The locomotive is New Haven Alco S-2 diesel switcher #0615 – an MTH Premier model (20-20587-1). It’s pulling four New Haven steel boxcars and caboose C-681 (Atlas O).

MELGAR

An New Haven Alco I-5 heads an all stainless steel consist out of Scranton headed for New Haven, while ahead on the same track about Scranton is New Haven Alco I-4 with a short string of boxcar freight bound also for New Haven. Both engines are running on Legacy control.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Vi2xWJwgmC1i8pGx9

Photos and videos of NH 3025 with me at the throttle as engineer for the day.

Was there yesterday!!

@87smokemetalic posted:

Was there yesterday!!

Did you run it?

I thought about it , but it was last minute planning.  My daughter and I did enjoy the ride though.

We're alive and well Mel.

Bob

A set of New Haven FA's head a revenue freight toward Cedar Hill yard on the New Haven portion of my layout

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Uc4UuPi63avwuxvN7

Amazing Bill

Thanks for sharing. Beautiful work.  Brings back good memories of Connecticut and New England.

@Bill Park posted:

A set of New Haven FA's head a revenue freight toward Cedar Hill yard on the New Haven portion of my layout

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Uc4UuPi63avwuxvN7

Love it!

Peter

Guest operator Jim (MainLine Steam Forum Member) runs a DL109 through Cedar Hill Yard headed for Maybrook with Jim's K-Line stainless coaches, on the New Haven portion of my layout

https://photos.app.goo.gl/2Qq7eqrxdVXJ7JjU7

A pair of NEW HAVEN DL109s leave engine storage to pick up reefer block waiting for them across main.Hauling the reefer block at speed.

Great videos!

Peter

@ctr,

Impressive trackwork and New Haven locomotives - a great combination.

MELGAR

Gotta love the New Haven Color scheme.

Forum member Bill Park had a get-together yesterday and we had a great time running mostly New Haven consists. Here's a selection of photos and videos I took.

F-5 Consolidation #153 enters yard limits with a local freight while R-2-a Mountain 3507 waits to depart with a priority freight:

Heavy mainline traffic yesterday:

Pacing each other:

We can't forget about passengers - a new Budd RDC passes above a passenger consist pulled by an R-1 Mountain while the local freight passes above:

~Chris

New Haven Railroad Alco PA #0767 by MTH (20-21889-1) is a custom run by MrMuffin’s Trains. Videos show first run on my 12'-by-8' layout. As usual, MTH Alco diesel engine sounds are terrific.

MELGAR

Mine, at the club, stalls on the turnouts.

@DMASSO posted:

Mine, at the club, stalls on the turnouts.

Don,

Will see you at the club to discuss.

MELGAR

C. Vigs and Bill parks. Great videos of your super layout Bill. I gotta get up there someday

Mel. It was a pleasure to see you again. So glad you were able to visit the museum.

I took my engine home and will see how it does on my Ross turnouts.

New Haven Railroad Alco PA A-A #0767/#0770 (MTH 20-21889-1 and 20-21890-1, PS3) is a custom run by forum sponsor MrMuffin’s Trains – shown with New Haven Alco DL-109 #0719 on my 12’-by-8’ layout.

As a New Haven fan, I thank MrMuffin for making these models. The colors and MTH Alco diesel engine sounds are terrific. At first, I bought just one model, #0767. After it arrived, I ordered #0770 to make an A-A set.

The warm orange/green roof/silver-gray pinstripe color scheme was used only on the New Haven’s first ten Alco PAs (Class DER-3a - #0760 to #0769 diesel-electric-road) delivered in 1948. In 1949, seventeen more PAs arrived and were painted in a Pullman green with gold stripes scheme similar to the Alco DL-109 (Class DER-1). The first ten engines were repainted into the green/gold scheme by the early 1950s. New Haven PA #0770 was delivered in 1949 so it was never painted in the original scheme and I think the colors on the model of #0770 are not authentic. Nonetheless, orange PAs and green DL-109s were both seen on the New Haven Railroad in 1948 and probably pulled heavyweight and “American Flyer” passenger cars.

The PAs were initially assigned to passenger service on the Shore Line between New Haven and Boston. Unlike the DL-109s, which had two 1,000 horsepower 539-T engines, the PAs each had a single four-cycle V-16 Alco 244 engine that developed 2,000 horsepower at 1,000 RPM and were geared for 80 miles-per-hour. In 1953, the New Haven’s fleet of 27 PAs were re-geared for 90 miles-per-hour and the last one was retired in 1965.

MELGAR

@MELGAR posted:

New Haven Railroad Alco PA A-A #0767/#0770 (MTH 20-21889-1 and 20-21890-1, PS3) is a custom run by forum sponsor MrMuffin’s Trains – shown with New Haven Alco DL-109 #0719 on my 12’-by-8’ layout.

As a New Haven fan, I thank MrMuffin for making these models. The colors and MTH Alco diesel engine sounds are terrific. At first, I bought just one model, #0767. After it arrived, I ordered #0770 to make an A-A set.

The warm orange/green roof/silver-gray pinstripe color scheme was used only on the New Haven’s first ten Alco PAs (Class DER-3a - #0760 to #0769 diesel-electric-road) delivered in 1948. In 1949, seventeen more PAs arrived and were painted in a Pullman green with gold stripes scheme similar to the Alco DL-109 (Class DER-1). The first ten engines were repainted into the green/gold scheme by the early 1950s. New Haven PA #0770 was delivered in 1949 so it was never painted in the original scheme and I think the colors on the model of #0770 are not authentic. Nonetheless, orange PAs and green DL-109s were both seen on the New Haven Railroad in 1948 and probably pulled heavyweight and “American Flyer” passenger cars.

The PAs were initially assigned to passenger service on the Shore Line between New Haven and Boston. Unlike the DL-109s, which had two 1,000 horsepower 539-T engines, the PAs each had a single four-cycle V-16 Alco 244 engine that developed 2,000 horsepower at 1,000 RPM and were geared for 80 miles-per-hour. In 1953, the New Haven’s fleet of 27 PAs were re-geared for 90 miles-per-hour and the last one was retired in 1965.

MELGAR

Nice PA's Mel. I like the orange/gray.

Bob

A brand new U-25B diesel hauls revenue freight through Meriden Connecticut on the New Haven section of my layout. The U-25B is an MTH special run from JR Junction Hobby shop in Syracuse, NY.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/zsckr2qtjr1TXVRr8

I’ve been continuing to run models of three New Haven Railroad Alco PAs on my 12’-by-8’ layout. New Haven #0767 and #0770, running as an A-A set and painted in the 1948 orange-green-silver pinstripe scheme, are recent models by MTH. #0771, painted in the 1949 green and gold scheme, was made by Sunset/3rd Rail. The New Haven had ten PAs (#0760 to #0769) in the orange-green-silver scheme and seventeen (#0770 to #0786) in the Pullman green and Dulux gold paint scheme. Locomotives with the 1948 paint scheme were repainted into the green and gold scheme in the early 1950s.

The last of the New Haven PAs was retired in 1965.

MELGAR

Another look at the new MTH New Haven U-25B hauling revenue freight into the Scranton PA yard. The unit was a special New Haven run by JR Junction Hobby Shop in Syracuse New York

https://photos.app.goo.gl/tCR5PgD91AucbEVG8

Photos and video show my recently purchased MTH Premier model (20-21845-1) of New Haven Railroad GE U25B #2507. The video shows the model running smoothly under conventional control at 10 scale miles-per-hour on my 10’-by-5’ layout. The diesel engine sounds are noticeably different than on MTH models of Alco locomotives.

The U25B was introduced in 1960 and had a 2,500 horsepower four-cycle V-16 diesel powerplant. Its weight was 252,000 pounds with a tractive effort of 75,000 pounds for starting and 64,000 pounds continuously. GE produced 478 U25B’s between 1959 and 1966. The New Haven ordered 10 U25Bs (class DERS-7) in 1964 at a cost of $170,068 each. They were known as “U-boats” and went into service on the New Haven’s Maybrook Line in October and November of 1964 running in three- and four-unit sets. Sixteen more were ordered a year later. Road numbers were 2500 to 2525 and referred to the 2500 horsepower rating. Road numbers 2500 to 2509 had a one-piece windshield and the others had a split windshield. The MTH model of #2507 has a split windshield that should be one-piece – but it’s otherwise accurate as far as I can see.  #2525 was the last locomotive built for the New Haven Railroad and is preserved at the Railroad Museum of New England/Naugatuck Railroad in Thomaston, CT.

MELGAR