How about some Pennsylvania freight

Best looking consist on your layout!!

I think I'll go down the basement and clear out some more stuff.....gotta get my new layout up and running sooner rather than later!

-Greg

Pennsy "Sharks" rolling on Super-O.  Can not get much better then that.

Ron

A PRR M1-a pulls a long coal train.

https://youtu.be/0nt153Z_H-s

Heres a weathered pennsy drag of empties. 

DJ

Lollipop pulling a mixed freight: https://youtu.be/kPn9la5yyvI

Mountain pulling a short coal train

https://youtu.be/or1h2HKT3mU

David1, looking really good, PA is one of my favorite Railroads.  Neat layout.

Randy Harrison, very nice pictures, and PAT KN, very nice pictures. 

You guys have me inspired to get back to work on my layout. Thanks and Happy Railroading...

pennsy484 posted:

Lollipop pulling a mixed freight: https://youtu.be/kPn9la5yyvI

 

pennsy484 posted:

Mountain pulling a short coal train

https://youtu.be/or1h2HKT3mU

Jeff,

Nice videos!  Your layout is looking good!

I've never heard of an L1 being referred to as a Lollipop.  Do you know the background?

Interesting, I don't photograph my freight very often.  Some of these pictures go back 10 years and many layouts ago!

CAPPilot posted:

pennsy484 posted:

Lollipop pulling a mixed freight

I've never heard of an L1 being referred to as a Lollipop.  Do you know the background?

Hi Ron. I hope all is well  It was nice seeing you at York. 

I am currently reading Pennsy Power and it says in there that when the Mikados first arrived some crews called them lollipops because they were so long compared to the consols.  I hadn't heard it before but it's funny and interesting to me because it shows the progression of these things; as we see it now the Mikes are relatively small compared to the mountains and J1's and certainly compared to western roads' articulateds, etc., but to the crews on the PRR at the time they were quite long compared to a consol. 

This ones a little "rough around the edges", but the audio is good:

Some photos from years past.

Finished up a pedestrian bridge.

Currently spotted on the team track :