Hi everyone!
We wanted to share with you our potential custom run lineup for this catalog. If you are interested in any of these please email us at bradystrains@gmail.com to let us know! No commitment to buy, we are just trying to gauge interest, which will help us determine which custom runs to produce. We'll be posting this as a separate post as well, to increase visibility. Please remember that our proposed custom runs have to be reviewed by Lionel and details may change based on what they can do. Comments welcomed! Scroll through!
(Apologies for the repetition, wasn't sure how to cross-post with the Lionel Topic & 3-Rail general)
1. PRR Triplex -- design finalized, already ordered, though still let us know if interested! We can likely up our order quantity if we receive more interest. Right now only 65 made. We already received
Lionel 2431870 BRADY'S CUSTOM PENNSYLVANIA VISION TRIPLEX #180
Closeup of engine
2. Blue Comet 4-6-0 Passenger set-- Engine plus 6 wood-sided passenger cars PROPOSED
Approximate cost $1,980 based on catalog pricing and 10% off MAP price -- this would be a great value with 6 cars!
We want to do this custom run, but we would need to make 100 of each pack! It's really important if you like this set to contact us!
We have yet to come across anything like this in the Blue Comet scheme with wood-sided cars.
ENGINE
Proposed Custom Run Brady’s Train Outlet Blue Comet 4-6-0 Legacy engine #168
Period Fantasy scheme
Coloring scheme: using authentic BLUE COMET colors Packard Blue and Royal Blue!
Use Packard Blue for roof, tender top .tender trucks, and other spots where noted
Replace blue color to Royal Blue on main body and where indicated
Packard blue grab railings on engine and tender
Pilot truck wheel centers Royal Blue & packard blue on sides of pilot truck frame
Smokebox and firebox need to be a darker gray
keep gold accent on cow catcher in front like on 2431640
Use Jersey central logo like on 2431640
Gold drive wheel and pilot truck outlines
Light in front, centered like from 2431660 in catalog
Retain gold accents wherever possible from 2431640, including on cab
PROPOSED PASSENGER CARS
We have developed this Observation car pack for reference based on 2427570-- the other car packs would be modeled on the B&O Royal Blue offerings 2427550 and 2427560
We used lots of historical images to develop this period scheme for the wood-sided cars. These would be really fantastic to make if we get enough interest!
OBSERVATION CAR PACK
Car names: Tralles--refers to Great Comet of 1819; Viscara--refers to Great Comet of 1901
Car coloring:
Packard Blue roofs, cream stripe, and Royal Blue car bodies and ends
Retain gold accenting where possible like on the Royal Blue set
Packard Blue on bottom of cars and doors
Replace city names on Royal Blue set with THE BLUE COMET spaced out and in a lighter shade of gold
Gold accents on curtain in back
On observation car:
We would like to do a printed version of the "NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC CITY" banner on the curtain
Keep railing and step accents gold
We want to add a Blue Comet logo to the railing but are in discussion with Lionel over whether / how this would be possible. If not we will add the logo somewhere on the car. We want to use the original logo which is inversed from the common logo and more appropriate to the time period!
Historical photos
The other two car packs would have a similar design with the following notes;
Doors are solid packard blue on the baggage and combine but otherwise same color scheme as the observation car pack
Names (based on famous comets):
Passenger cars:
Donati (1858)
Messier (1769)
Baggage car
Newton (1680)
Combine
Coggia (1874)
3. N&W H-7 Legacy PROPOSED
N&W fantasy scheme H7 2-8-8-2 locomotive
Blacked out design similar to 2431560 in catalog
Dogbox tender design from 2431590 in catalog
Coloring:
N&W Tuscan Red accent striping on engine, tender, ladders, bearing caps, and steam cylinders
Lighter red accent color on window in cab and tender dogbox
N&W Gold lettering: on tender (Norfolk and Western), cab number (2402), and superheater in front (N&W)
Under number 2402 on cab, add ROANOKE in smaller font, italics similar to what is on the 611 cab
Replace builder plate with Roanoke Shops if possible
4. Legacy SD45 Chessie CSX heritage PROPOSED
CSX engine body with a Chessie System nose-- based on the graffitied engine from this past summer, a GP-40. We want to use this design on an SD-45 engine, with authentic CSX and Chessie colors and black truck covers. We think it will look fantastic and complement the other CSX heritage engines offered this catalog run.
Cars:
A. UP hot box reefer
B. Conrail hot box reefer
C. PRR reefer-- might make this into a 3 pack with other period designs
This reefer would be TUSCAN RED but we left it white here so you can tell it's wood-sided.
This advertisement image will need to be adjusted for scaling onto the car.
D. UP TOFC Trailers with 20' trailers
Possibly also a PRR wood-side caboose to complement our PRR triplex -- design forthcoming!
If you are even potentially interested in any of these designs please let us know or they might not get made!!! Email us at bradystrains@gmail.com, reach out on Facebook or Instagram, or call us at 724-838-8448.
Thanks everyone for supporting a small business!
