After reading a post in the Amtrak Genesis thread referencing the repeated production of EMD F-units, it got me wondering if any O-gauge manufacturer offered Penn Central black F-units. IMO, their black F's looked sinister and fantastic.
I don't even know if there is a market for Penn Central equipment.
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No PC black F unit has been made in O scale that I am aware of. I don't think it would have been a real sales hit. For years the only black PC diesel was a GP-7 made in the mid 1970's. I think Marx late in it's life made a Jade green E-7 in Penn Central.
Williams made them. Not my pic.
OK, there you go!
RMT made a PC BEEP diesel in 2 different roadnumbers...#7083 and #7084 both with a prototypical 'red' P in PC logo.
Walter M. Matuch
While we all poo-poo the mating worms logo, someday it may become a "collectors item".
Walter Matuch posted:RMT made a PC BEEP diesel in 2 different roadnumbers...#7083 and #7084 both with a prototypical 'red' P in PC logo.
Walter M. Matuch
Those are NOT "F Units", so what's the point?
3rd Rail also did PC black FL-9's.
Because they are units that had an F to denote the front and were painted in PC's 'colorful' black paint scheme.
Walter M. Matuch
The Williams PC F3's look great with the Railking PC 60' passenger cars. Pictured here with a Williams GG1, but great cars for the WBB F3's.
OK, were the PC locos BLACK or A VERY DARK GREEN. The NS heritage unit is a very dark green.
Black. PRR had Brunswick Green which was nearly black, but PC is pure black.
A few years ago I did some PC F unit decals for the black locos for someone here on the forum. I can't recall I ever saw them finished.....
These custom jobs were sold recently
645 posted:How about the most colorful F's PC had?
Yep - ex-Rio Grande. PC ran four of them for a couple of years in DRGW paint before they were repainted black plus I believe they also saw service with Conrail.
Just found an image of the full A-B-B-A set, link can be found here: http://trains-and-locomotives....Ex_DRGW)_F_units.jpg
I did those F units......well those units a few weeks earlier!!!!
3rd rail did the FL9 in PC Black. Here is mine.
I have this set - on purpose; I may remove the Penn Central markings and substitute the even smaller "CR" for Conrail which appeared on some/all PC diesels before the blue repaints. I also have a Weaver UP AA E-8 set that is on the list for the PC or CR repaint/decaling.
There is a myth that all of us want "bright colors" on our diesels, when the opposite is true for many of us. These sell also. They are realistic, too. And just more imposing.
I have only one - 1 - diesel in the ATSF "Warbonnet" scheme (an MTH DL109) and it almost got repainted recently (I repainted a Milwaukee DL109 instead).
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