Pennsy Lovers-What Rings Your Bell?

Pennsy Power II

Pennsylvania Q Class Classic Power #8

Pennsylvania M-1 Dual Service Mountains Classic Power #8

The Pennsylvania Railroad 1940s-1950s

 

 

I have two Postwar 675s

a 671 Turbine

1615 0-4-0, has the Belpaire Firebox but they got the headlight wrong....

MTH RK M1a Mountain

 

 

anything with a Belpaire Firebox, high headlight,but a notable exception is one of these.......added bonus is that Red Keystone

I'm into semi-scale as well, got a k4s,  0-6-0 b6 switcher, gp9 ,and a couple others, those are the basics for any Pennsy fan. I have The History of the Pennsylvania Railroad by Timothy Jacobs, good read, lotta pics, and another good one, the name escapes me at the moment.

 

Lotta good Pennsy videos on youtube as well, just go there and type in "Pennsylvania Railroad" and its a feast for the eyes to see and hear the Pennsy in action.

 

We most of my trains are PRR  scale k_4,Q_2, Y_3 , GG_1,E_8and a few others that are sitting.
I.enjoy running them all

My collection of mostly scale Pennsylvania was started due to my love of steam. My favorite is the K-4. I have two K-4s and love to run them prototypically double headed pulling a long passenger train. I also run My Atlantic and G-5 with passenger trains. Occasionally, I take out the S-1 or T-1 for a great looking passenger consist.

 

 For freight, I love the looks of my Consolidation pulling a string of Atlas billboard reefers. I also run M-1a, or J-1 if want to run "big stuff". 

 

 

 I also have a some electrics and diesels. My pride is, of course, my scale GG-1s. I have a MTH in brunswick green and a Williams in tuscan. 

 

 

 

Actually I think its the scenery, bridges and steel mills in Pittsburgh that I remember most as a kid. Pittsburgh Penn Station was great too!

 

 

 

 

 

The PL&E was my favorite too.

Off course, Pennsy engines are Iconic! And Howard Fogg did such a good job at portraying them in action!

 

 

 

 

As a kid it was seeing G-5's with pings on the LIRR.

Scotie

What do i run?: FA (pair), GG1 (5), GP9, H10, K4s, O1 (scratch built), RS1, RS3.

 

Books: Pennsy Power I, II, & III; Black Gold, Black Diamonds; Pennsy Electric Years; Under Pennsy Wires; Pennsylvania RR in the `40's & `50's; Horseshoe Heritage; The Remarkable GG1; Conquering Gotham and a few others i can't find.

 

One GG1 is currently on the For Sale section of this forum, and i might be talked into selling the GP9 - need to finance the two 44 ton switchers on order.

 

jackson, CEO - Not-So-Great Eastern RR aka The Never Done Lines, Division of the Southern Adirondack Railway Cartel

I've got a PRR K-line Mikado I won years back at my LHS.  Great engine, and probably the largest engine I'd consider for the size layouts i've had.  Also a k-line 0-4-0 switcher, man that's one heck of a smoker.  I pulled out my K-line KCC GG1 this christmas.  Hadn't run it in years, but it looked nice pulling the 15" broadway limited madison cars.  Other than that, some mixed frieght, and a cool little PRR station where the people dissappear as the train goes by, so it looks like they got on the train.

I am surprised that there are not any Lionel Legacy models of the class I1sa 2-10-0.

This would be a REAL seller...

 

 

 

The Pennsy also had unique locomotive wheel arrangements that where just not standard.

 

 

 

PRR T1 as built!

Norm

Norm,

  Do you know that there is a T1 trust that is hoping to build a new T1?

 

http://www.prrt1steamlocomotivetrust.org/ 

Tom

 

LOL... and I think there is a spaceship going to Mars for recolonization too.

 

I love a GG1 under wire pulling heavyweights.....

 

 

 

 

I have always loved this pic of GG1s in South Philly:

 

 

Peter

 

 

Going to Mars is easy! I'm only an hour away(Mars,Pa)

The Pennsy is my favorite railroad. During the war my father was in the Navy and he and my mother were in Miami for a time. My mom would ride the "South Wind" between Miami and Indiana.

 

I have the..

 

MTH Q2

MTH S1 duplex

MTH T1 dulpex (skirted)

Lionel T1 duplex (unskirted)

MTH Centipede

Lionel J1a

Lionel S2 Turbine

MTH K4 (streamlined)

Williams Alco PA

Williams GG1

 

The railroad bridge that crosses the White river here in Columbus still has the PRR paint on it.

 

Bridge

ES44AC, E8, BP20

M1a or b

Another picture of the BP 20

GE 44 tonner and an A5.

Pennsy C1

Pennsy E6

 

Pennsy F3/7 Lionel

 Pennsy H10

 

Pennsy K4, Lionel

Pennsy L1s Mikado

Pennsy B6

U25b

G5

RSD12

 SD35

 

I was stoked when I read about that bridge, since our oldest daughter lives in Columbus.....Ohio. Oh well!

My one Pennsy engine really is not Pennsy.  It's my Lionel starter set 4-4-2, and apart from the roadname on the tender, is devoid of any signature PRR features.  Nevertheless, between my starter set and it's two expansion packs, the Pennsylvania is the most well represented road in my fleet.

I have a RMT GG1 on order, but don't see myself getting any other Pennsy engines anytime soon.  For a time I really wanted to get a LionMaster T1, but I don't have those kind of funds right now.

I like the Pennsylvania's streamlined locomotives--steam, diesel, and electric--because I think they look dark and moody, especially in DGLE.  I cannot help but think "Batman" whenever I see them.

And as far as books: The History of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Timothy Jacobs.

PRR is my first love. Introduced to the RR in 1943 with visits to the roundhouse at Crestline (yes, we could walk in and look, even in wartime).

I like 'em all, with the ten-drivered locos more-or-less my favorites:

My Pennsylvania RR books include the following:

Pennsy Power I and II by Al Staufer.

Pennsylvania Railroad-1940s-1950s by Don Ball.

Pennsylvania Diesel Years by Robert Yanosey.

Pennsylvania Electric Years by William D. Volkmer.

 

I enjoy running both the scale and semi-scale GG I, K4s, GP-9, E-8, and last but certainly not least Lionel's iconic Post-War Pennsylvania S2 Turbine of which I have several. 

 

 Lionel Legacy K4 and M1b:

 

 

 

If it has PRR on it.....I can find something to like!!!!

I am sitting in the Amtrak lounge at Chicago Union Station so I have no photos.....but I'd post a S1, T1, Hippo or other big steam. Love them all really.....

Both MTH and Thirdrail have done the I1 Decapod.

Thirdrail is a nice model for control systems upgrade. 

Right in picture.

If it's Pennsy, and Lionel built it, I probably have it.  Here's a few.

 

 

Johnsgg1,

   You have lots of locomotive classes there and I see a lot of cabooses, too.

   Nice collection.

 

Tom

Johnsgg1

 

That is impressive

 

Charlie

Wow and my Wife says I have issues...

cabooses....I don't see no cabooses...but I do see some nice Cabin Cars.....

Yessiree...I stand corrected! 

The electric motors do it for me.  Most of our o is mth, since they have produced most of the pennsy. 

http://youtu.be/dmf7fllDRAU

Johnsgg1,

Very nice gg1 collection. Interesting to compare the scale to the postwar versions.

What's not to like about the Pennsy?  Click on any photo to see a full size version.

 

Doubleheaded Weaver H10s 2-8-0's approach a grade crossing.

 

 

 N1s 2-10-2 (3rd Rail) departing Annville Yard while an HH1 2-8-8-2 (ex-N&W Y3, Lionel model) passes overhead with a coal drag).

 

 

 N1s 2-10-2 passing the signal and watchman's shanty in Rockview.

 

 

 I1sa 2-10-0 snapper (3rd Rail, snapper is Pennsy speak for helper locomotive) approaching an N8 cabin car (MTH) prior to giving this train a big shove.

 

 

 Passing AE Tower (actually an MG Tower model by Harry Heike).

 

 

 A B6sb 0-6-0 (K-Line model) is working a cut of cars past the cabin car service buildings in Annville Yard.

 

 

 FS10 switcher (MTH) prepares to move a B60b baggage car (Weaver) from the Annville Post Office so it can be picked up by a passenger train.

 

 

 An M1a 4-8-2 (3rd Rail) is rounding Horseshoe Curve on Track 3 while another freight descends on Track 4 with an N6b cabin car (MTH) bringing up the rear.

 

 

 

 Bob

Bob, that freight station in the first photo is awesome! I like that cantilevered signal too...

Beautiful photos.  Some of them look almost real, especially Pat Ku's Williams GG1s.

 

I too like the five axle locomotives.  This one is scratchbuilt, using a Lobaugh main frame and a Scale Craft K4 boiler.

 

I got enough weaver hoppers to start.

Anachronism police here:if you're going to lay out over a grand for an I-1, you really must have it (them) pull correct PRR hoppers. So, dig up Atlas H-21's and, when they show up, Lionel Gla's. Circle keystone, please.

 

Bob B- your railroad is magnificent.

 

Bob2- really? A K-4 boiler on a Dec frame? I thought only Penn-Line did that, and in HO, too. You really must scratch build a proper superstructure!