Lets See Your Passenger Engines!

Longer than a "Big Boy"!

Ron

The sleekest K4.

Ron

While this may not have headed a passenger train, it was used to assemble them.

Pete

The B&O E6's sitting on the test stand after I converted the non-powered B-unit to power.  An A+B consist of e-units was a somewhat stand for the B&O

Have a complement streamline passenger sets that very closely represent the "Columbian."  In fact the Observation car, the Deer and Dome car are correcting named for the train

Sometimes they pulled a heavy weight RPO car on the front end.

Also the B&O was the first road east of the Mississippi to run (low profile) dome cars. Actually should have said east of Chicago.  When a pre-teen road the "Columbian" round trip from home town to Chicago.  Most of the trips both ways was in the dark and I road in the dome.  The two Columbian consists Dome cars were named "High Dome" and "Sky Dome". Diners named "Pittsburgh "and "Akron" and the Observation cars "Washington" and "Chicago"

Ron

Probably the most unusual passenger engine the steam turbine electric.

Ron

@PRRronbh posted:

Probably the most unusual passenger engine the steam turbine electric.

Ron

Every time I see a C&O Turbine Electric I can't help but think of this.  Not a commentary on your engine, by the way.  It's just , like you said, it's a really unusual looking engine.

Newest acquisition, an S scale Enhorning F9...

I added a couple of additional wires that improved the electrical pick up; now it runs very smoothly and quietly.

Has a large Pittman "DC 94" motor; 8 wheel drive with (2) gear driven axles and belts connecting the other 2:

I started a thread about this in the S scale forum and it surprised me that no one else has posted any photos of theirs; does this mean it's a rare piece? 

Mark in Oregon

@mike.caruso posted:

Every time I see a C&O Turbine Electric I can't help but think of this.

I guess this would more fit your analogy.

MTH Santa Fe #3463 "big hudson".  The 3460 class locomotives had 84" drivers and ran passenger trains between Chicago, Il. and La Junta, Co. 

Ron

I don't want to crash the server.  I've got over 100 passenger locomotives in O alone.  Freight locomotives is a shorter list for me.

                          Pecos River Brass Santa Fe "Little Hudson" #3450 final re-built version.

@PAUL ROMANO posted:

                                     

                          Pecos River Brass Santa Fe "Little Hudson" #3450 final re-built version.

I have both the Pecos River small hudsons and they are just outstanding.

Ron

MTH NYC E8s after just leaving the shops.

Pete

Today's entry is my Lionel Pennsy T1.  Too bad Lionel could never rerun this engine, it would have made a great Vision engine.

Not exactly Amtrak's latest, here's some passenger power from the 19th Century well equipped for winter weather...

@CAPPilot posted:

Today's entry is my Lionel Pennsy T1.  Too bad Lionel could never rerun this engine, it would have made a great Vision engine.

Like you, Ron, I have the TMCC version, but I’d love to see a Legacy version... my wallet, on the other hand, is considering scheduling an intervention

In O:

And in HO:

@CAPPilot posted:

Today's entry is my Lionel Pennsy T1.  Too bad Lionel could never rerun this engine, it would have made a great Vision engine

Hello Ron,

Hope all is well back home. I have obviously missed something in past conversations or posts. But, why can't Lionel rerun the T1?

The only two on the layout. One for me and one for the wife.

@Pitts posted:

Hello Ron,

Hope all is well back home.  I have obviously missed something in past conversations or posts. But, why can't Lionel rerun the T1?

Apparently the factory that Lionel used to build this scale locomotive was caught with some of MTH T1 drawings, so MTH sued saying the drawing were stolen.  There are some lawyers on the forum that know the specifics, but something in the settlement has prevented Lionel from building these again.  Maybe now that MTH is gone, we may see it again.

My Alco units smoking up the room.

@Ron H posted:

My Alco units smoking up the room.

Wow, Ron... that set off MT smoke detectors That is a beautiful SF set - thanks for sharing.

@PAUL ROMANO posted:

                                 

                                 

MTH Santa Fe #3463 "big hudson".  The 3460 class locomotives had 84" drivers and ran passenger trains between Chicago, Il. and La Junta, Co.

I have 3463, 3464 with a custom tender, and 3465. I bought 3465 mint sans boards, so I need to get those to get it going.

Oh and class leader 3460, the "Blue Goose"

Apparently I like these ATSF 3460 class Hudsons. I have 4 of them now....

@Ron H posted:

My Alco units smoking up the room.

Ron H...nice "consist" of SF PA's in your video...I need to utilize my smoke units more...adds nice detail to the layout.  PA's have always been a favorite here...after seeing your"B" unit in the video, I'm going to take mine out of the box and hook it up...

@Norton posted:

A few more:

Pete

I don't recognize that Daylight - with the number boards on the front. I don't suppose that's one of the VL G5s, at least one of which (#4458) is supposed to come configured that way? I can't read the number on the side of the cab - it looks like "444" plus something; the number board has a train number. Plus small lettering on the tender.

@Hancock52 posted:

I don't recognize that Daylight - with the number boards on the front. I don't suppose that's one of the VL G5s, at least one of which (#4458) is supposed to come configured that way? I can't read the number on the side of the cab - it looks like "444" plus something; the number board has a train number. Plus small lettering on the tender.

Its a custom painted 3rd Rail engine 4449. I model pre '45 and I aleady had a set of 2005 Lionel 18" cars lettered for SP Lines.

Pete

@Norton posted:

Its a custom painted 3rd Rail engine 4449. I model pre '45 and I aleady had a set of 2005 Lionel 18" cars lettered for SP Lines.

Pete

I geddit now - thanks. I have a 3rd Rail #4449 in a slightly different configuration but also train #98. This is not a great photo because of the lighting in what passes for the train room:

Mine has been modified (by me, not a pro) including by replacing the sound system and the stock "blinker" Mars light with something much more prototypical.

For me having 4449 in its as built scheme allows running period trains as well as modern day. I just add an MTH auxiliary water tender.

Pete

Sticking with an Espee Daylight theme for a minute, here's short run-by of my "SP Daylight Fantasy Excursion Train" headed up by a Daylight AC-12 and an ALCO PA A-B-A set. They pull the 2010 Shasta Daylight cars plus a few others I add in. The colors are, of course, all over the place, especially as between the diesels and everything else, but I'm no purist (and I like toy train smoke):

                                Lionel AT&SF F3A #19C. I added the "C" to the number boards.

Wow! what great pictures of some fabulous locomotives, especially the scale ones of such a length that running them on my layout would be just a dream !!....However, maybe I can contribute because you all have not yet mentioned a few train makers and time periods in today's posting (except for Bobby O'gauge who did include what seems to be a 1920's vintage Lionel 152 in his post). So here are some simple additions just for fun on a dreary Saturday.

First a Marx #62 B&O F-3 AA from the 1950's (1953-1954,1958).  Mr. Marx never used these beauties for a cataloged passenger set preferring NYC, Santa Fe and WP for all his streamlined consists.  However, I have used them to pull my Lionel post war small silver streamlined passenger cars and they look great behind this loco (yes I have to fuss with the coupler but its not too hard to jury rig a temporary fix ).

Now a Joy Line (Marx was their exclusive sales agent) clockwork, cast iron loco from about 1934-35.  She pulls her consist of 4 wheel Joy Line coaches and an open platform observation in green/orange "JOY LINE" livery.

Now an American Flyer pre-war O gauge # 3110 Steeple Cab from 1928-1929 pulling a 3 car set of AF coaches and baggage car, baggage car liveried for the Great Northern RR including the "goat" herald.  Cars are also from about the same period.

Here is a post war (1950's) French Hornby Av0 locomotive pulling its consist of French Hornby SNCF pullmans in the blue / cream livery.

Happy train weekend everyone.  Its down to low 20's here in  central Texas so its a "play with trains day" for sure!!

Don

@Bobby Ogage posted:

@Bobby Ogage:

Is this Blue Comet an MTH model? If so, can you post the MTH Product Identification number (i. e. 30-XXXX)? We have a Lionel Fundimentions Comet that is conventional control and would like to get one with DCS Proto 2 or 3 that runs on tighter O-31 curves.

Thank you

@Capetrainman posted:

Ron H...nice "consist" of SF PA's in your video...I need to utilize my smoke units more...adds nice detail to the layout.  PA's have always been a favorite here...after seeing your"B" unit in the video, I'm going to take mine out of the box and hook it up...

These PAs have custom made scale pilots and additional truck detail that I did a post series on a couple of years back.

Santa Fe 2900 Class 4-8-4 on First No.4, the former California Limited.  This was during summer, 1952, and was a special tourist train.  It made a side trip to the Grand Canyon coming west as a section of No.23, and a side trip to Carlsbad to tour the caverns en route east.

I guess no collection is complete without a SF warbonnet. Here is one of mine with all the units now traveling in the same zip code.

Pete