Penn Central, New York Central, Pennsylvania & New Haven Modelers, please help......

From the website https://utahrails.net/drgw/rg-diesels-4.php on D&RGW Diesel Locomotive Roster, under EMD F7B, may be the one:

Peter, I'm not at all into the "scale" trains, but I am into all the road names you mentioned. The Penn Central purchased some units from D&RGW to use as trade material for GP-38's, so it is a prototypical paint scheme, such as it is... maybe more of a prototypical patch paint job.

If I recall correctly, Penn Central bought some F7a's from the Rio Grande, expecting to use the Rio Grande units in trade to EMD for newer power.   But the engines turned out to be in better condition than expected, so PC slapped some worms on them and continued to use them rather than trade them in.   I don't know whether Rio Grande B-units were part of the deal.

Thanks, everyone.....this place is just a gold mine of knowledge! I will check my New York Central motive power books tonight....

Peter

Hello Peter, I never seen anything like that in the Philly area, could it be part of the south/north wind special set which had most of the consist in yellow and some other color, I cannot remember which. 

Its legit.

See Photo

Here's a photo of the D&RGW/PC F7 set working their way east. Note the crooked "PC" emblems on the units' sides. Kind of appropriate...

Great pictures....,thank you!

Peter

What is a D&RG F unit set doing on the east coast with the worms on it? 

here it is in D&RG.

@Stoneboro Branch posted:

Here's a photo of the D&RGW/PC F7 set working their way east. Note the crooked "PC" emblems on the units' sides. Kind of appropriate..

Fantastic photo! I've never seen it before. Do you happen to know where this was taken?

Bryce

Yes;  from my notes, this photo (by John Stroup) was taken at Calumet City IL on an Eastbound freight April 2, 1970, likely the first and last time this set worked together under PC ownership!  It's from a group of slides I assisted in selling for a collector a few years ago. With permission, I had a group of them professionally scanned for my collection before they sold. Beautiful shot of a rare moment on the PC!

@RockyGN posted:

From the website https://utahrails.net/drgw/rg-diesels-4.php on D&RGW Diesel Locomotive Roster, under EMD F7B, may be the one:

5712

Jun 1952

16533

22 Feb 1970

Sold to Penn Central, 28 February 1970; in service as PC 712; renumbered to PC 3479; renumbered to Conrail 3873; retired on 24 May 1978; traded by CR to EMD.

Well, I am proud of Lionel for offering such an unexpected variation. Were I doing the NE in the correct era I would be all over it - along with the DRGW F's with the "PC" logos on them, if made available (easy decal job, though).