PASSENGER TRAINS - Let's See Them!

NYC Fan, Wow, that’s a stunning picture with the big bridge backdrop, and you have a really nice layout. Beautiful passenger trains, neat trackwork. The two tug boats look absolutely at home in the scene you’ve captured. Please add some more pictures of your layout for our pleasure. Thank you very much. Your observation cars are awesome to. Happy Railroading Everyone

I lack the fancy backdrops (or any backdrops) so far since I've just gotten trains running on my new layout.  OTOH, I do have the Aerotrain and a prototypical 10 car consist running.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

I lack the fancy backdrops (or any backdrops) so far since I've just gotten trains running on my new layout.  OTOH, I do have the Aerotrain and a prototypical 10 car consist running.

Fantastic!  If only MTH sold the sets with the correct ten car consists..

@Jeff B. Haertlein posted:

Here's a few

Is that fish aquarium gravel?

The north Jersey carriage trade is indeed treasured by the Central Boulevard System’s General Passenger Agent, Pete Kruimer.

Since only the best will do, the COL recently took delivery of a brand new all First Class conveyance imported from Germany and built by Lionel-Shuco GmBH.

Known as a Rail Zeppelin, this vehicle offers true dead rail, battery free operation via an environmentally friendly, fuel free thumb drive propulsion system. See this revolutionary railcar’s maiden run here -

Central Boulevard System -  Nothing But The Best

Cheers,

- Mike

An Amtrak clocker passes through a station on the NEC at 70 smph

Hey all,  thought anyone interested in passenger trains would be interested in an article on famous trains. It is a story written by Tom Kacich posted in the Champaign News Gazette - link follows - free access for first 3 articles. Mostly focused on the Illinois Central trains, it describes meals available and travel times and speeds. Fun short read. 

Famous Trains

Pennsy passenger train on the main through Patsburg.

All aboard the Limited!

All aboard on The Put:

Arnold

Hey Arnold - that kid on the bike is going to get creamed by the crossing gate when he gets a little taller.

Thanks for sharing. 

passenger car Comparison Bottom K-line vs top Golden gate depot.

Running my K-line chrome Surf liners at Angel's Gate train club in San Pedro

A couple of MU cars in suburban NJ.

@Artie-DL&W posted:

A couple of MU cars in suburban NJ.

Very nice Artie! Are those MU cars the K-Line ones?

Bryce

Thanks, Bryce! Yes, I think they were K-Line by Lionel by the time I picked them up at Grzyboski’s. They have sound, and a switch on the bottom to change from parallel to series wiring, which is nice for slow running. I swear they came up to NJ to record the conductor announcements!

John Seitz’s Santa Fe  consist at  the TMB  model train club Legacy diesels with MTH passenger cars with LED ligthing

Great videos and pictures fellows. If this works, the Texas Special is on the top level, 76 inches off the floor coming from the siding on its way around the room. It’s a nod under for 6’2 fellows. Happy Railroading Everyone

These cars are new to me just got them a couple days ago.  The wheels don't show any track wear.  Sorry about the vertical video but I only wanted to capture the train crossing the bridge and the engine smoking which is new to me also.

My new Legacy Strasburg 4-6-0 locomotive with the MTH Premier Strasburg Woodside passenger cars.  I finally have assembled a complete Strasburg train.

First time out of the box and therefore first time on the track, Lionel Milwaukee Road 18” cars with some recently LED upgraded K Line UP cars.  

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

My new Legacy Strasburg 4-6-0 locomotive with the MTH Premier Strasburg Woodside passenger cars.  I finally have assembled a complete Strasburg train.

Nice looking train and a great little puller.

Thanks, I never did warm up to the MTH Strasburg 4-4-0 pulling it, I was happy to see this Nicholas Smith special for a better looking locomotive to pull these great looking MTH cars.

Had ol number 682 out today pulling modern PRR Lionel cars.

Got 682 smoking.

Here it is - the completed Spirit of St. Louis.  Four K-Line 18" aluminum cars pulled by my newly acquired Lionel PRR E-7 A-As, all in tuscan.

George

Also got out one of my favorite circa 90s sets, the Santa Fe with the add on horn car.

Here's an MPC era B&O passenger train - one of my favorites!

Does anybody here have the older Lionel Canadian Pacific passenger set that came with the CW 80 transformer and Fastrak? I’d love to see that I’m action. I think it has Railsounds.

Here’s a sweet series of 50s Lionel Lines passenger cars being pulled by the PRR engine that was in an early LC set called The Broadway Limited.

@pdxtrains posted:

Here’s a sweet series of 50s Lionel Lines passenger cars being pulled by the PRR engine that was in an early LC set called The Broadway Limited.

Pdxtrains, those passenger cars, which I believe are known as the Lionel Postwar 2400 Series passenger cars, are my favorites. They navigate 031 curves, even 027 curves, very well, and I like the names of the NJ cities and towns on them.

They look great behind  Jersey Central locomotives, and I also run them with Pennsylvania and NY Central engines. Arnold

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Pdxtrains, those passenger cars, which I believe are known as the Lionel Postwar 2400 Series passenger cars, are my favorites. They navigate 031 curves, even 027 curves, very well, and I like the names of the NJ cities and towns on them.

They look great behind  Jersey Central locomotives, and I also run them with Pennsylvania and NY Central engines. Arnold

Arnold, the colorful postwar Jersey switcher Lionel 611 would look great pulling these. I'm going to look for one!

Departure time in Sacramento CA...

I normally do not do video because the one camera I have that does video is not very good at it.  But I thought I play around with it so here is one showing my Lionel Centipedes pulling a short accommodation train.

@pdxtrains posted:

Arnold, the colorful postwar Jersey switcher Lionel 611 would look great pulling these. I'm going to look for one!

I agree.

Other good candidates are the MTH Proto 1 Jersey Central Trainmaster and the Williams NW2 diesel and, of course, the Lionel or MTH Proto 2 Blue Comet or Jersey Central K4 Pacific ( I have the LC Plus model).

Here's  a couple of my favorite passenger trains in a night scene on a trestle.

Finally took the new DLs out for a run.

@farmerjohn posted:

Here's  a couple of my favorite passenger trains in a night scene on a trestle.

Nice set and layout John.  Did you paint the yellow railing on the observation deck?

John

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