Electrics!

And one more, before I revert to New Haven:

Another Baldwin, but this one has Wolfer trucks.  I do cheat on those drivers; these are just cast-iron spoked.  I play a little loose sometimes - and someday I have to get that package of slack adjusters out.

You know what?  I burned out with the CLW Baldwin transfer trucks under my H 16-66.  There were so many tiny little pieces on those trucks it made me happy to be a doorstop kinda guy.  I'll let the next modeler do the slack adjusters - and in a lot of cases, the power!

There are two more Gs around here - one has a body I got from Dan Henon, and the other is an aluminum-bodied Duddy complete with the Alexander trucks (the iteration before he got the Wolfer trucks on-line).  Wish I had a photo of the Egolf Pullman I traded to Dan - a true classic!

Speaking of "Rivets"

First everyone's favorite paint scheme!

Something a little more traditional.  My personal favorite scheme on this locomotive.

Lived on the Main Line 1956-61.  Saw and rode behind PRR steam.  I did see a silver GG1, but by golly I cannot abide by anything other than Dulux cat whiskers (well, maybe gold).  But capturing "Rivets" was a smart move - probably the best GG1 model (again, opinion!).  So, off to New Haven for me. 

This one may look like Carey's, but it is not - it resides here.  Unlike some of my models, this one is fully powered with CLW transmissions on each main axle, and Pittman motors.  It also has those spring-loaded plungers that transfer the body weight to the engine trucks.  I really should get some decals; the lettering is by stencil.

Parmele & Sturgis:

You know what?  I am really not finished with PRR electrics.  Let me finish up with my first GG1, followed with the MTH P5a (which so far has not crumbled).  I may someday get rid of those stripes, since all the P5s I saw were simply black/Brunswick with the road name.  As far as I can tell, the big flaw with the MTH (aside from zinc pest) is the depth of those screens in the side.  I can probably live with that.  I will add the boxy P5 in the maybe not too distant future.  We were going to make sand castings, but Allan (and his foundry) are on that last train west.

This is the body I got from Dan, and the trucks are from Ed Alexander, purchased right there in his shop in Yardley.  I doubled the sideframe thickness with brass plate, so I could use outside journal bearings.  The body casting needed lots of work, including some Bondo in the notches.

Ron

@bob2 posted:Being

Lived on the Main Line 1956-61.  Saw and rode behind PRR steam.  I did see a silver GG1, but by golly I cannot abide by anything other than Dulux cat whiskers (well, maybe gold).  But capturing "Rivets" was a smart move - probably the best GG1 model (again, opinion!).  So, off to New Haven for me.

I'll balance out my previous post of 4800 with this sacrilegious post

Being born just prior to the PC bankruptcy, I actually think the worms and all black give the G a brutish look.  I am young enough though to not have remembered the corporate disaster this entity was.  These are both Weaver models.  Not truly scale as they are short by about 1/2".  The MTH and Williams versions are derivations of this model and most of the parts are interchangeable.

For those of you that can't unsee the above image, here is your safe space.

Since P5s were mentioned some of those as well.

A Sunset on my 2nd O gauge layout circa 2007.

An MTH modified from a TCA public event in Mesa, Arizona in 2003.  I have since sold this locomotive as the details were too pronounced for my liking.

I replaced the MTH model with this Overland one.  Is it a better model?  It depends on your definition, but it more closely suits my interests and I prefer the more subtle detailing.

Don't forget the humble K-line box cab.

Here's something a little different,

For your veiwing pleasure, a MTH Conrail E44 & E33, a MTH Conrail GG1 4800 and a MTH Penn Central P2 Boxcab. I acquired the boxcab about 7-8 years ago,off the Bay. I've never seen another come up for sale, so I guess it's a rarity.  I would like to also acquire a Cleveland Union Terminal Boxcab but right now I'm too busy with steam. I already have the NYC Lightening Stripe but that is conventional only.

My MTH Conrail GG1 - yes it used to be blue - next to my CR 4840 which retained its DGLE single stripe until retirement.  The former CR blue is the start of a future project to make a prototypical NJDOT 4879.  I need to beat the &$%! out of the shell for some added realism.  By the end in 1983 you could see every joint and there were dings and creases everywhere.  I have a lot of future projects these days!

Who! this electric thread is a hit. Ive been enjoying the pictures and the motivation. I have a 17/64 GG1( scratch building ) under construction, a cast aluminium Little Joe body, and with Bobs help a EP-3 set of casting, the sides almost don. So much work to do, so the motivation is good!     cTr....( Choose the Right )

Some pictures of some unfinished scratch building electrics projects. I started with a wooden mock up to build around, and help form the brass body, for the GG1. The Little Joe body, happened because, I had access to a foundry that I could play and experiment in. So I made a Pattern ( not so good ) and you see the result.     cTr....( Choose the Right )

Stephen, those are really cool. No one starts off as a craftsman so just learn from your errors and make improvements next time around. Just gettingdown and having a go is more than 99% do anyway.

This is an enthralling thread. I am fascinated by heavy electric’s as well as the lighter ones. I’m surprise no one has mentioned the side rod electric locomotives like the PRR L5 and FF-1 only made by MTH.  Or the PRR DD-1 made by Max Gray, Sunset and MTH.  Then there is the Virginian EL-3a/b; MTH was going to make some sets then the 2008 recession hit. Let’s not forget about the Milwaukee Road electrics offered by Overland, Weaver and MTH.

Sunset DD1

Atlas AEM7 and ALP44:

The diminutive Lionel HHP8:

I guess, technically these also count:

Anybody remember Watson House?  Probably the great granddaddy of that TV doctor - but surely a pioneer in the Northeast modeling community.  I believe these are from his collection.  No proof at all . . .

I have two of these - one is powered with Pittman/CLW; the other is a dummy.  These are said to be either Alexander or Icken.  Coach is K-Line - true bargains in O Scale.

I forgot my one other electric the Amtrak in the foreground imaged here with my other Amtrak power.

Ron

Sunset 3rd Rail T motor (with appearances by Lionel S motor and MTH P motor):

Jim

Really nice scenery.  You should consider 2-rail.

and then there is the electric no one wanted to make..  The PRR E2b:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/314266880247096671/

This is my long term (REALLY long term) project. I have gone so far as to:

1) Get donor shells can be suitably kitbashed (MTH EP 5s),  You can see the similarities...and the differences. The primary one being the EP5 is much shorter and less massive).  With the MTH units I'll get the right sounds (close enough) and the nifty panograph movement.

2) Running gear (Sunset F units),

3) The truck sides made in resin, then cast in brass. Work done by Russ Briggs

4) the 48" wheels  using the Sunset axles. Wheels machined by Carl Jackson

Stay tuned.

Hard to follow up a post like that so I just go to the pure ridiculous.

My Penn Central Electric collection. K-Line (kitbashed), Williams and MTH…

Tom

John, never cease to amaze.

We studied the E2b project. Considering both the FA2 and Erie-built shells cobbled together.

Ye olde Labelle traction motor kit................

@bob2 posted:

Really nice scenery.  You should consider 2-rail.

Thanks, Bob.

I was in 2-rail for many years. After a move, lack of space forced me into the tight radius stuff. I accumulated so much 3 rail that I kept with it even when more space became available. If I were able to do it again, it would be 2 rail.

Jim

Here's 80% of my electric fleet.

Williams Conrail E-33, K-Line GN EP-5, K-Line traditional GG1 and a Lionel MPC PRR single stripe EP-5.  I don't know if either the E-33 or the K-Line EP-5 are scale but the K-line EP-5 is significantly longer and marginally wider than the Lionel and the Williams E-33 is significantly longer than Lionel's rectifier.  The last horse in the stable is a Williams Amtrak E-60 that is undergoing long term conversion to a GN Big Sky Blue paint scheme.  I'm also trying to find pantographs to replace the Williams pantographs that are in need of repair.  I've picked up one Atlas AEM 7 pantograph trying to find another.

@GG1 4877 posted:

Sunset DD1

I had a set of them and could not get rid of them quick enough. One trip around the layout and one of the gears (worm, ISTR) was stripped

Some more of my miscellaneous electrics, both two and three-rail.

Two-Rail:

Now for the oddest NH EP-3; someone did this one up in Denver & Inter Mountain:

Three-rail, I also have a Weaver gold GG1 and a scale MTH silver GG1 (but no photos of them):

Note this EP-5 is a three-rail version; I have both.

A humuorous note about the HHP-8. It quit running after about an hour or so; I told a friend about it (he was a tower operator at K Tower at Washington Union Station), he said "Well, Lionel got that right, the real ones were not too reliable, either!" I had planned on two-railing it with the guts of the Atlas AEM-7 so I was not too concerned and I had not opened the factory carton until a couple of years after purchase anyway.

Trolley. I also have several more box motors and steeple-cabs (again, no photos):

@coach joe posted:

Here's 80% of my electric fleet.

Williams Conrail E-33, K-Line GN EP-5, K-Line traditional GG1 and a Lionel MPC PRR single stripe EP-5.  I don't know if either the E-33 or the K-Line EP-5 are scale but the K-line EP-5 is significantly longer and marginally wider than the Lionel and the Williams E-33 is significantly longer than Lionel's rectifier.  The last horse in the stable is a Williams Amtrak E-60 that is undergoing long term conversion to a GN Big Sky Blue paint scheme.  I'm also trying to find pantographs to replace the Williams pantographs that are in need of repair.  I've picked up one Atlas AEM 7 pantograph trying to find another.

The Williams E33 is fairly close to scale.  The K-Line EP5 is as close to scale as the Overland brass one.

@GG1 4877 posted:

The Williams E33 is fairly close to scale. ...snip...

I took mine over to a friend's and we compared it to his scale one, the only significant difference we could detect was the height of the body, the Williams was about a half-inch or so taller to accommodate the "China drives".  Other than that, it matched up quite well.

@GG1 4877 posted:

...snip... The K-Line EP5 is as close to scale as the Overland brass one.

On another forum (or maybe here, I no longer remember), when I posted my photo of the two-railed version that I had just acquired, one of the posters said that K-Line one was better than the Overland one. One day I would like to be able to compare the two side-by-side.

@Jim Policastro posted:

Sunset 3rd Rail T motor (with appearances by Lionel S motor and MTH P motor):

Jim

Just came out of your Mott Haven Yard!!!