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This is our newest addition to the Great Northeastern Railway's fleet, a K-Line, Tuscan red, PRR, GG-1 to lead the PRR Congressional. This was a pre-York acquisition delivered and tested in the lobby of the Orange Hall on Friday morning. It will soon receive an upgrade to MTH, Proto-Sound 3.

GG-1 K-Line Tuscan Red

I could not get the Imbed Media function to work this morning so, below is a Youtube link to a run-by video.

April 23, 2024 (youtube.com)

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This is our newest addition to the Great Northeastern Railway's fleet, a K-Line, Tuscan red, PRR, GG-1 to lead the PRR Congressional. This was a pre-York acquisition delivered and tested in the lobby of the Orange Hall on Friday morning. It will soon receive an upgrade to MTH, Proto-Sound 3.

GG-1 K-Line Tuscan Red

I could not get the Imbed Media function to work this morning so, below is a Youtube link to a run-by video.

April 23, 2024 (youtube.com)

Great looking locomotive Randy!   As far as I know K line was the only manufacturer  to have full sized ( length ) cab access doors on their GG1s.  K line GG1s are not only good looking models, they are also fabulous pullers!!  Congrats on your purchase!

This is our newest addition to the Great Northeastern Railway's fleet, a K-Line, Tuscan red, PRR, GG-1 to lead the PRR Congressional. This was a pre-York acquisition delivered and tested in the lobby of the Orange Hall on Friday morning. It will soon receive an upgrade to MTH, Proto-Sound 3.

GG-1 K-Line Tuscan Red

I could not get the Imbed Media function to work this morning so, below is a Youtube link to a run-by video.

April 23, 2024 (youtube.com)

Randy - hard to tell (for me, anyway); is it a scale or traditional sized GG1?

My front-end-view for Friday May 3, 2024 shows Pennsylvania Railroad G5s 4-6-0 ten-wheeler #5740 – an MTH Premier model (20-3031-1, MSRP $699.95) delivered in March 1999 with PS1. I’ve been running this engine for almost 25 years. It’s from the first release of the MTH G5s model and has a BCR.

The PRR G5s was the most powerful ten-wheeler steam locomotive ever built. It was designed for fast acceleration in commuter service on the hills around Pittsburgh and also was used in Philadelphia, Chicago, Grand Rapids Michigan, and on Long Island. The LIRR operated 31 G5s locomotives and retired the last two in 1955. PRR G5s #5741 is preserved at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

Photos and video show #5740 pulling a short freight train on my 10’-by-5’ layout.

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I picked up the MTH Propane Turbine at the October York show in 2023.  That chrome propane tender/tank caught my eye!   It's worked perfectly after replacing noisy smoke unit motors. It was delivered in January 2001. (20-2261-1)  Next to it is a Legacy Veranda Turbine (2133560; 2021 Catalog).  They look so cool running together pulling tank cars.



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At the head-end this Friday May 10, 2024 is Lehigh & New England Railroad RS-3 #658 (MTH Railking 30-21185-1) – a special run model by Forum Sponsor Public Delivery Track. The online L&NE Diesel Roster says #658 was built in 1949 and actually was an Alco RS-2, not an RS-3. The major difference between the two types was horsepower – 1500 for the RS-2 and 1600 for the RS-3.

Video shows #658 exiting the tunnel’s south portal, crossing the truss bridge, and passing behind the Idaho Hotel on my 10’-by-5’ layout.

It should be mentioned that today, May 10, 2024 is the 155th anniversary of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad and the driving of the Golden Spike at Promontory, Utah on this date in 1869.

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